Rachel Neiman is an experienced media professional whose journalism credits include ISRAEL21c, Globes Online, The Jerusalem Post and LINK magazine. She has served as marketing communications director at several Israeli innovation-based startups. Rachel attributes her vast knowledge of Israeli nostalgia to her Palmach-generation folk-singer mother and Jewish historian father, as well as her own lifelong obsession with all things pop culture.
During the War of Independence, conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein underwent a trial by fire that forged a bond with Israel and helped shape the country’s classical music scene. “I see my future as very close to the future of Israel.”
Award-winning US-based Israeli nature photographer Amos Nachoum explores the watery world and advocates for marine life.
Anything old used to be suspect but rebrand those hand-me-downs and trendy Israelis are there.
Photographer Tamar Avni’s new photo series presents portraits of real-life women looking at the camera — calmly, directly and powerfully.
An online collection of chewing gum wrappers spans Israeli history from pre-State to sugarless.
Photographer-scientist Tami Rishona Ellison developed her unique Photage 3D-like illusions to convey Israel’s rich history and textures.
The mystery surrounding a controversial photo of the 1917 Australian Light Horse charge on Beersheva is solved and a museum honoring the event will be established.
The spirit of surrealism infuses Eran Yerushalmi’s work. No less surreal: his dreamlike images are created with an iPhone only. And then there’s that Big Brother connection…
A new exhibit explores the history of the photography department at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design.
An exhibition of large-format prints at a unique gallery unearths secrets hidden within Jerusalem’s urban wildlife refuge.
It’s currently in the headlines as a symbol of the high cost of living but Israel’s favorite chocolate pudding and whipped cream treat has always inspired high passion.
An up-close view of the International Hot Air Balloon Festival – Israel’s largest to date.
This year’s Hot Air Balloon Festival was Israel’s largest to date with local and international balloonists passing over the country in spectacular airborne style.
The Israeli presidential open house at Sukkot tradition started in 1952 with the idea of raising public awareness about issues like absorption and mass immigration. It continues today, bringing concepts of environmental protection and tolerance for others to the fore.
In biblical times, Sukkot celebrated the post-harvest handling of the growing season’s yield. In that same spirit, modern-day Israel boasts world-class expertise in ingathering and improving food reserves.
