Writer: Rachel Neiman

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.

A New Twist on Tel Aviv

Media artist Victor Enrich creates social commentary through photo-manipulation, deconstructing and reconstructing the White City’s architecture.

Easter Sunday, Jerusalem 1941

Times were tense in early 1941 as Jerusalem waited on the sidelines of a world at war. Perhaps that’s why the Matson Photo Service chose to document Easter services at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

The Berman Bakeries story

Jerusalem bakery Berman has a century-old tradition of innovation, from founding the first flour mill outside the Old City walls to its newly launched packaging — and a clever viral video.

Our Disappearing Playgrounds

The development of public play areas is explored in a new exhibition at Design Museum Holon but the threat is real for Jerusalem residents who fear for the future of the iconic Monster sculpture.

The Rebels

Photographer Assi Haim discusses his race against time to document Israel’s old-time businesses and the people who run them.

A Dry Look at Passover

For 40 years, the Children of Israel wandered the desert and for 40 years, there have been Dry Bones Passover cartoons, now packaged in an engaging new Haggadah in time for the holiday.

Tel Aviv Photo 2014

The 4th annual Tel Aviv Photo 2014 exhibition presents works by Israeli photographers from all fields: commercial, art, fashion, journalism, documentary and more.

The Rival Revelers of Tel Aviv

The origins of Tel Aviv as Purim party central begin almost a century ago with Hevre Trask, a group of anarchic merrymakers whose hijinks faced stiff competition – and even a lawsuit – from legendary man-about-town Baruch Agadati.

Deathknell for A Very Much Alive Night?

The radio show, which for 20 years featured live performances by beloved artists of yesteryear, has been cancelled but Israel’s nostalgia-lovers are not prepared to let Laila Chai Me’od go gently into the night.

She Speaks for the Trees

While some see the forest, photographer Raya Segal sees the trees in an exhibition entitled “Trees Speak”, opening this week at the Man and the Living World Museum National Park.