The Complete Guide to Israel's Summer Art Shows

This summer, Israel’s numerous galleries and museums are showcasing an especially large selection of art by Israeli and international artists

At Age 99, Israeli Photographer Is Finally Having Her Day in the Sun

After years of activity as artist, curator and collector, Dvora Schocken is having her first exhibition. She tells Haaretz about her early love of photography and the sculpture garden she curated for the Mossad

An Israeli Rock Star Tries to Figure Out Where Zionism Went Wrong

On the cusp of 40, soft-spoken musician Rona Kenan, daughter of the mercurial leftist Amos Kenan, has come out with a hard-wrought album. In it she looks beyond her own private walls to ask poignant questions about why life is so alienating and chaotic today

Rank and File: Reflections and Recipes of an Alzheimer's Caregiver

Plus, Moishe House receives the Jerusalem Unity Prize and Rabbi David Kilimnick presents 'Jews in Israel: The Raw Israel Comedy Experience' in Jerusalem

Gal Gadot to Star in New Netflix Film 'Red Notice'

Israeli actress will act alongside Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds in an art heist thriller

How Mahmood's ‘Soldi’ Became Israel’s No. 1 Hit

Although it missed winning the Eurovision Song Contest in May, coming in second, Israelis think it’s a real winner

Rank and File: New Literary Group Launching in Beit Shemesh

Plus, remembering education adviser Debby Millgram, and Tel Aviv Sexual Assault Crisis Center's annual benefit concert

Opinion We Took the Money and Ran

Rank and File: Where to Celebrate the 4th of July in Israel

Plus, the Schusterman Family Foundation’s annual ROI Summit concludes in Jerusalem, and Kay Wilson and Col. Richard Kemp speak in Ra’anana

Editorial Encouraging Servility in Israel

New Negev Taking Shape as Young Entrepreneurs Bring High-tech, Arts to Southern Israel

Closing factories in long-neglected region make way for startup accelerators, which remain a hard sale for Tel Aviv-based industry

Shunned by Her ultra-Orthodox Community, This Lesbian Comedian Is Having the Last Laugh

New Yorker Leah Forster is one of the few people to have been outed twice. The first time turned her life upside down, but the second has become a blessing for her career

Opinion Self-censoring and Ignoring the Occupation: The Grim State of Israeli Theater

Amos Oz's Last Prophecy: Zionism, Violence and the Future of Jews

In a lecture before his death that’s now been published as a book, Amos Oz sums up his world view, and explains why he is still optimistic

Haaretz at 100: Israel’s National Poet Praised the Paper for Shunning Fake News

In 1933, Haim Nahman Bialik lauded the daily – and its left-wing competitor Davar – for eschewing ‘harmful exaggeration’

Being a Mizrahi Woman in Israel: This Yemeni Author Explains Identity Politics to English Readers

Ayelet Tsabari’s memoir, ‘The Art of Leaving,’ offers a rare narrative about a globe-trotting woman who flees home. Now that she has reconciled with her Yemenite roots and (partially) with Israel, she explains what drove her away

Westerners Out, East Asians In: The New Faces Coming to Volunteer on Israel's Kibbutzim

After the 1967 war, Anglos and Europeans flooded kibbutzim, adding flavor to life in the fields and cowsheds. Now the faces are different – as are the reasons for coming

Rank and File: 'Summer Series' Concerts Start in Jerusalem

Plus, Karen Treiger talks about her Holocaust-surviving in-laws. and three talented English-language authors are in conversation with Ilana Kurshan

'Tel Aviv on Fire' Director Takes a Satirical Look at the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Sameh Zoabi takes flak from both sides for his films like the current ‘Tel Aviv on Fire.’ He tells Haaretz why it's best to turn the gloom into satire

Rank and File: Putting English-language Theater Center Stage in Israel

Plus, 600 guests celebrate Jerusalem Day at a Shabbat Together event and J-Town Playhouse presents a 'non-gender specific' production of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'

Five Films You Have to See at Tel Aviv's International LGBT Film Festival

Documentaries on Montgomery Clift, drag queens and transgender teens are as thrilling as features exploring the lives of members of the community

This Israeli Artist Is Shedding a New Light on Bauhaus Design

'It's boring to create a light fixture that will be in every home,' says Ohad Benit, who creates unique lamps inspired by the paintings of Hungarian artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Men Must See This Movie, One of the Most Important Ones Ever Made About Prostitution

‘A Whore Like Me’ gives an incisive, unflinching look at the life of a trafficked woman, showing it's one end of a continuum on which many, if not all, women can be found

Rank and File: One of Johnny Carson's Favorites Performing at Comedy for Koby

Plus, Ricky Rapoport Friesem holds an evening of poetry and music to celebrate the launch of her latest collection, and the annual Reuben Rose international competition celebrates the legacy of its founder

A Rumor Spread in Africa That Bibi Is an Albino Born There. This Artist Decided to Investigate

Israeli-Argentinian artist Luciana Kaplun was inspired to make a film about the tale. It will be screened this week at the Musrara Mix Festival in Jerusalem

Israeli Top Dancer Accused of Supporting BDS, Drawing Culture Minister’s Ire

In an interview, Ohad Naharin said he would support the Israel boycott 'if [it] would improve the situation in the territories or bring a solution to the conflict'

We Found Something Even Worse Than Eurovision

'Douze Points', which tells the story of a French competitor blackmailed by ISIS, is embarrassing. But there's a sole consolation

Rank and File: Tel Aviv’s Gesher Theater to Offer English Subtitles for Its Shows

Plus, special joint bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah ceremony for a group of deaf or hearing-impaired children, and immigrants learn about affordable housing options in Israel

Bursting Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s ‘Bubble Inside a Bubble’

In her first interview as the institution’s director, Tania Coen-Uzzielli says she’ll bring in fashion and design shows and is confident the state cannot enforce censorship of art