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The 41st Haifa International Film Festival, to be held October 5-14, has announced its international program, which features much-awaited films by master filmmakers such as László Nemes, Rob Reiner, ...
News Israel » Haifa » Culture: Renowned Israeli filmmaker Avi Nesher's new film to open Haifa International Film Festival
Avi Nesher’s new film, Our Loves, will open the 42nd Haifa International Film Festival, which will take place during Sukkot, from September 26 through October 3. At the opening-night ceremony, Nesher ...
News Israel » Haifa » Culture: Haifa to host five-day Mu/Zi chamber music festival at Dan Hotels
Led by Guy Braunstein and Zvi Plesser, the five-day chamber music festival will bring international performers to Haifa's Dan hotels, featuring classical masterpieces, late-night concerts and a tribut ...
News Israel » Haifa » Culture: ‘Here we can be free’: The community revolutionizing Palestinian club culture
It’s just past midnight on New Year’s Eve and West Jerusalem is buzzing with end-of-year celebrations. The streets are lit up and the bars are full, music blasting from each of them. A gaggle of young ...
News Israel » Haifa » Culture: Haifa rewrites history: Israel honours Indian soldiers for 1918 liberation from Ottoman rule in World War I
The Israeli city of Haifa is rewriting its history textbooks to formally recognize the role of Indian soldiers in liberating the city from Ottoman rule during World War I. The announcement was made by ...
News Israel » Haifa » Culture: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra launches landmark 90th season
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra marks 90 consecutive seasons with 13 concert series, an anniversary festival, and an influx of younger concertgoers.
News Israel » Haifa » Culture: ‘A time capsule’: Israeli cave sealed for millennia sheds light on obscure prehistoric clan
A cave in northern Israel that was sealed for hundreds of thousands of years has revealed a treasure trove of remains from a mysterious prehistoric era just before the emergence of Neanderthals and ...
News Israel » Haifa » Culture: Despite Vatican-Israel tensions, Catholics and Jews work to build trust in Haifa
HAIFA, Israel — St. Louis the King Cathedral is festooned with string lights for the annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. The multitude pressed between the alabaster-like walls of the churchyard ...
News Israel » Haifa » Culture: Why London’s Hackney Council wants to repeal its ‘twin’ status with Haifa
East London’s Hackney Council is to vote on a motion to “de-twin” from Israel’s Haifa after almost six decades in protest against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. The London Borough of Hackney and ...