Jennifer Lopez lands in Israel!
Superstar singer JLo is scheduled to give her first-ever concert in Israel at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv on Thursday night.
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Poet and Israel Prize laureate Tuvia Ruebner dies at 95
Tuvia Ruebner wrote poetry in Hebrew and German, taught literature and also engaged in translation, editing and photography. Over the years, Ruebner was awarded every major literary prize in Israel, including the Jerusalem Prize and the Israel Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature, which he won twice.
Back in a blaze of glory, Bon Jovi rocks Tel Aviv
Giving 45,000 Israeli fans one wild night, iconic band delivers its greatest hits in an electric show that closes their two-month world tour. “This House is Not for Sale” tour has reportedly grossed over $43 million.
Film on rescue of Ethiopian Jews to debut in SF Jewish Film Festival
Netflix's "The Red Sea Diving Resort" tells the story of Mossad agents who in 1984 established a fake resort up the coast from Port Sudan in a bid to help Beta Israel communities in Ethiopia escape their plight.
Lebanese rock band takes center stage in freedoms debate
Church leaders and conservative politicians claim the songs of band Mashrou' Leila are an insult to Christianity. Rights groups, intellectuals, activists, protest ban: "Mashrou' Leila is one of the greatest things to happen to the Middle East."
DC suburb to screen anti-Israel film narrated by Roger Waters
“A municipality is using taxpayer money to show a widely rejected ‘documentary’ narrated by a notorious anti-Semite that peddles anti-Semitic canards,” says senior member of the Jewish community. “They should be bringing people together, not dividing them.”
Media watchdog: Trailer for new HBO series vilifies Israeli society
CAMERA warns that while network pitched "Our Boys" as story about the killing of three Jewish teens that led up to Operation Protective Edge in 2014, trailer focuses on horrific death of Palestinian teen and portrays Israeli society as bloodthirsty and racist.
Discarded windows give view of Jerusalem's diversity
Art installation constructed of discarded windows from around Jerusalem tells "a deeper story about the way we are supposed to treat each other in this city, the fact that this city has room for everyone," festival organizer says.
Israeli students tapped to produce new Netflix documentary
The eight-part series, about the ultra-Orthodox community in Israel, will be filmed and produced in Israel and the United States by students from Tel Aviv-based Studio Free Media.
Ethiopian Israeli musicians use stage to promote struggles
Local music scene sees growing Ethiopian Israeli presence, especially in the hip hop and dancehall scenes, as artists use various platforms to protest what they see as racism and discrimination.