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A Jewish Expressionist artist’s life, preserved in a brownstone

NEW YORK — Even inside a five-story brownstone crowded with paintings, sculptures and books, no single work can fully contain the spirit of Ukrainian-born artist Ben-Zion. Still, o...

For Oran Almog, Yom Hazikaron Doesn’t End at Sundown

Oran Almog, who lost his eyesight and five family members in a terror attack in 2003, describes the delicate process of helping fellow survivors and bereaved families continue with...

The void left by Israel's reluctant hero: Aner Shapira's father tells Haaretz about grief, memory – and faith in human g...

Architect Moshe Shapira, whose son was killed saving others from Hamas on October 7, now dedicates his life to preservation in a way he never expected

Capturing the Jewish split over Mamdani, from one kitchen table in Brooklyn

Alison Klayman began working on 'Scenes From the Divide,' her new short documentary, after noticing that 'fights that had been about Israel were suddenly all about Zohran'

A country grasping onto life: A journey through Israel's missile-hit sites

From a potato field near Kiryat Shmona to the Yoseftal neighborhood in Dimona, from the heart of Tel Aviv to the West Bank, Israelis are trying to overcome the state's fecklessness

Editor's Notes: Milei’s torch should push Israel to think about its extra nine million

A country that was built to gather exiles should be better at recognizing the people standing near the edge of the camp, waiting to see whether anyone inside is ready to speak to t...

He was a dream-making, peace-seeking Israeli entrepreneur. He died suddenly at 38

From a young age, Zaki Djemal worked to promote coexistence and was an activist on behalf of humanitarian and LGBTQ causes, later becoming a social entrepreneur and successful vent...

'Go have coffee in Yad Vashem!': A night of poetry in a BDSM club reveals the state of Israeli culture

At Tel Aviv's poetry festival closing night, subtlety was in short supply, but earlier in the week, Gertrude Stein drew a crowd. Also: Yair Garbuz leaves a final impression in New...

In the depths of Tel Aviv’s bus station, a fragile refuge for those with nowhere else to go during war

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — Two floors underground, past dumpsters and oil-laden puddles, through a reinforced Cold War-era door, a bomb shelter is buried underneath Tel Aviv’s Central Bus...

Painting in limbo: The people who manage to make art without having a place to call home

Dana International releases a cover of "Oseh Shalom Bimromav," featuring a video with Jews and Arabs calling for peace, and an English-language screening of the independent 2025 do...

Lonely planets: What Israelis miss out on when they cower in their safe rooms

The 'privatization' of protected spaces prevents a rich debate, as fewer Israelis are heading for public shelters when missiles fall, says architect Els Verbakel. Israel should mim...

Let's clear up Israel's commemoration chaos and put up real memorials

Two and a half years since October 7, the dusty, peeling sticker walls at train stations and city squares aren't standing the test of time. The memorial at the Knesset is a better...

Behind the Scenes at the Israel Prize Ceremony

Synchronistic meetings prove, once again, that Israel is a small country The post Behind the Scenes at the Israel Prize Ceremony appeared first on Jewish Journal.

In the heart of Tel Aviv, an exhibition turns Israel's 'enemies of the state' into art

Artport's latest exhibition 'Fragments of a Portrait,' examines surveillance policies, while Israeli movie 'Tel Aviv/Beirut' about Lebanese and Israeli women caught up in the viole...

How architecture can help solve Israel's youth-violence epidemic

As evening falls, the streets become deserted, without inviting lighting and without solutions for teens who lack a place to blow off steam safely. As an architect, the 'responsibl...

The little shop on Jaffa Street that captured old Jerusalem - opinion

As Jerusalem Day approaches and we emerge from the trauma of Oct. 7 and the war with Iran, we are yet again reminded of the preciousness of our city.

'Why should Israel belong to a Belgian Jew more than to a Druze from the Carmel?'

In a new book, historian Avner Ben-Zakan, head of the Institute for Israeli Thought, argues that Zionism completed its mission when the state of Israel was founded. But that state,...

Portraits of Israel's surveillance state: Turning moments of arrest into art

Artport's latest exhibition 'Fragments of a Portrait,' examines surveillance policies, while Israeli movie 'Tel Aviv/Beirut' about Lebanese and Israeli women caught up in the viole...

End of an era as Central Park bench is dedicated to Israeli hostages

Plus, parents call for school board president in Scarsdale, NY to resign over anti-Israel incident. -- The post End of an era as Central Park bench is dedicated to Israeli hostages...

'Addicts and prostitutes are part of us': Tel Aviv café that defined a neighborhood shuts down

After serving as a home for community and cultural initiatives, Cafe Shapira has succumbed to economic strain and political despair

Mamdani has made ample efforts for Jews. How come no one is telling that story?

There is a familiar feeling I get these days when I hear about the supposedly unraveling relationship between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s Jews. It is the same...

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