Editorial Regev’s Loyalty Law
The Israeli culture minister's proposed cultural loyalty amendment is contemptible, and befits a totalitarian regime. It has absolutely nothing to do with loyalty to the country – only loyalty to the rule of the right
Israel culture
How Jewish Comic Book Artists Led the Fight to Break the Silence on the Holocaust
A new book and exhibition both aim to show how comic books and graphic novels were the first to depict the Shoah, and its victims, in popular culture
BDS or Not, These Are the Gems to Watch at the Haifa Film Festival
The events on Israel's borders might be keeping some guests away, but those who show up can catch current and older classics that take you from America's death row to France's wine country
Rank and File: Walking Tours in Jerusalem for Sukkot
AACI provides educational walks around the Old City; Nefesh B'Nefesh goes hiking in Gush Etzion; and Telfed celebrates its 70th birthday with a picnic
No Nakba, No Boycott: Israeli Minister to Get Power to Crack Down on Cultural Institutions
Culture Minister Miri Regev has been trying to receive an authority similar to the one the finance minister has, to retroactively suspend funding for cultural activities that 'contravene the principles of the state.' Now she has the finance minister on her side
Opinion The Struggle Over the Definition of Jewishness Is Now Existential
The centrality granted to the Jewish component over the democratic one in the constitutional identity of the state and the increasing influence of religion on the lives of Israelis make defining Judaism all the more important
The ‘Oslo Diaries’ Creators Explain Why They Haven’t Lost Hope for Peace
Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan discuss how the filming process altered their extreme leftist positions and why, despite failure, we should continue along the path of Rabin and Arafat
Israeli Culture Minister Pushes to Nix Funding for Festival Featuring Films That 'Undermine Our Value'
Miri Regev calls on Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon to ax the funds for the festival over a film that portrays an Arab-Jewish relationship and another about an ex-soldier who joins right-wing group against human rights activists
How an Israeli-Arab Woman's Investigation Into Sexual Abuse Became a Powerful Artwork
Hala A’kishek's 'Assault' uses 15 large sponges, 'bleeding' with red paint, to create a work that is like a kick to the stomach but hopes to foment change
Culture Clash Film 'What Will People Say' Isn't Much to Talk About
Even though the movie by Norwegian-Pakistani director Iram Haq has a powerful and even shocking story to tell, it is told in a didactic, schematic fashion that veers into the realm of melodrama