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.

Searching – and finding – old friends

Many resources are available to those in search of long-lost relatives and friends but Nostal.co.il outdid itself this week when it closed the circle between a Tel Aviv schoolgirl, a Hollywood movie star and the 60 year-old scrapbook that connected them.

Batsheva celebrates 50

For 2014, its Jubilee year, Israel’s leading dance company is soliciting materials to create a living archive and research center available to all.

Stormy seas in Tel Aviv

Photographer Elyssa Frank of MADEinISRAEL braved last week’s storm to document the waves at the Tel Aviv port.

Would you believe, Jerusalem?

The freakishly cold and snowy weather may have shut down Jerusalem but that didn’t stop the city’s shutterbugs from stepping outside and snapping a few shots.

Underground Comix Surface in Holon

Three decades of political, social and economic change as illustrated through Israel’s underground comics scene are the subject of an exhibition and symposium.

Local Testimony 2013

The 10th annual Local Testimony photojournalism exhibition features works that bear witness to the events of the past year.

Farewell Arik Einstein

For decades Arik Einstein was the voice of Israel – his music created a soundtrack for the nation. After his sudden death yesterday, ISRAEL21c looks back at his life.

A-birding we will go

The 3rd annual Hula Bird Festival brought together bird lovers and birdwatchers, both Israeli and international, photographers and of course flocks of migrating birds.