Israel News » Jerusalem News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: War, boycotts, and shrinking budgets push Israeli culture to the brink
How much of a helping hand do our culture purveyors get from the authorities? As the post-Oct. 7 and post-Iran war – possibly inter-Iran war – trauma continues to leave its mark on us all, we, ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Ambassador of Israel: “Israel is home for every Jew. We are one."
The tribute, presented to Israeli Ambassador to Portugal Oren Rozenblat, recognizes that the creation of the State of Israel fundamentally transformed Jewish life after two millennia of dispersion and ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Israeli culture minister Miki Zohar mocks film industry, vows to defund
Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has escalated his campaign against the country's film industry with a new Likud primary spot that mocks Israeli filmmakers as anti-Israel profiteers and vows to ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar Says Pulling Funding For Ophir Awards After Palestinian Drama Wins Top Prize
Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has announced he is pulling state funding for the country’s Ophir Awards after drama The Sea, which focuses on the struggles of a Palestinian boy living under ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: For Christians in Israel and Jerusalem, intolerance is becoming normal
At first sight, last week’s unprovoked attack on a French nun walking along a street in occupied East Jerusalem came without warning. However, for the roughly 180,000 Christians living in Israel – and ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Mifal HaPais presented its 2026 Landau Prizes for Arts and Sciences to leading Israeli researchers
Each of the nine winners received a NIS 150,000 grant. The ceremony marked the 25th anniversary of the Landau Prize, which recognizes exceptional achievements and contributions to Israeli research.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Prominent Israeli writers and US Jewish leaders rally behind east Jerusalem bookstore that was raided by police
“Our people should not be in the business of banning books,” posted one Israeli English-language author. Some of the biggest names in Israeli literature, in addition to an array of American Jewish ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: In Jerusalem, everything is political — even the stone architects used to design the city
During the British occupation of Palestine, a law was passed that all buildings in Jerusalem have to be made out of Jerusalem stone, a name that refers to different types of pale stone found in the ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Jerusalem Design Week sports a World Cup, Maccabiah Games theme
Annual event at city's Hansen House has designers probing team colors, symbols, flags and uniforms in exhibits and installations ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Culture: Trump invited to Jerusalem to receive Israel Prize
Minister of Education Yoav Kisch on Tuesday invited U.S. President Donald Trump to attend the Israel Prize Award Ceremony in Jerusalem on April 22, at which he will be awarded the Israel Prize for ...