Vaccinated and immune theatergoers are in high spirits at the opening night of ‘Blithe Spirit’ at Jerusalem’s Khan Theater. ‘Better a comedy than a tragedy,’ one audience member tells Haaretz, summing up the mood
How a man’s hobby wound up attracting tens of thousands of readers a day, including some important musicians
Oz was interviewed on Tuesday about her new book, in which she writes about the violence she suffered from her father, the renowned Israeli author. 'The attacker can live his entire life in dignity, but when the victim starts to tell the story she is asked why she’s talking'
Galia Oz's claims have 'a kernel of truth,' her brother says, while the renowned writer's widow says her children weren’t physically harmed
American filmmaker David Osit realized that he is stuck with a one-dimensional view of Ramallah after meeting local hipsters. So he decided to present a more in-depth picture in his documentary film 'Mayor'
HBO’s ‘Allen v. Farrow’ is a damning documentary examining the abuse allegations against Woody Allen – who could only have fared worse here if he’d asked Ted Cruz to speak in his defense
In new autobiographical book, Galia Oz describes the reasons she cut ties with her father, who died in 2018. Fania Oz-Salzberger: 'We knew a different father. A warm, friendly, attentive father'
A breakthrough book by Gershom Gorenberg featuring uncovered secrets from World War II reveals how easily the war could have gone the other way, and how Israelis tend to exaggerate the role played by the Palmach
British thriller ‘Behind Her Eyes’ is the latest best-selling novel to get the Netflix treatment. But is a six-part series really the best format for it?
Collaboration between Ben-Gurion University and the Austrian Academy of Fine Arts will start by identifying the microbial miscreants – which must begin with cyanobacteria, as everything does
Netflix’s ‘Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel’ (about Elisa Lam) and HBO’s ‘The Lady and the Dale’ are true crime tales with a difference, ones that are just as concerned with the ‘scene’ as the ‘crime’
'I have no regrets when I think back. I don’t think about the little things, but the bigger picture'
'Even animals have culture. Here there’s nothing,' says celebrated Israeli actress Gila Almagor, who is coping with the demise of her life’s two great loves: husband Yaakov Agmon and cultural institutions
Haya Harareet, born Haya Neuberg in Haifa to Polish immigrants, also played in the 1955 Israeli classic ‘Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer,’ was honored at Cannes and became an international star in the late ‘50s
‘Unorthodox’ star Haas is accompanied by Sacha Baron Cohen, who got two nods for ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
'I do not deny any right / Whatever it would be / Of your Jews, Israel,' wrote Tawfiq Zayyad in 1970. A new biography about his life examines his important work
Plus, Netflix’s ‘The Dig’ is well worth exploring, and two documentaries take differing approaches to the subjects of Hitler and COVID-19
Ayelet Zurer, Lihi Kornowski and creator Sigal Avin reveal all about their Apple TV show ‘Losing Alice’ – and which of them shaved off their hair for nothing at the start of lockdown last year
Eden Alene, who was meant to compete in the 2020 Eurovision that was cancelled to the coronavirus, will represent Israel in this year's contest, planned for May 18 in the Netherlands
Ayelet Zurer and Lihi Kornowski shine in a Hitchcockian thriller that, unusually for an Israeli genre TV show, puts female characters front and center
Iddo Markus couldn't stop painting Donald Trump. Now he deals with people reacting with anger and disgust to his work
Elsa Gidoni's buildings in New York and Berlin became famous, but her work in 1930s Tel Aviv was largely forgotten. Now Gidoni and other female pioneering architects receive the spotlight
I can’t say I inherited my love of television from my father, though he did make sure we had a color TV set after he saw how the gorillas at the local zoo had one
Fran Lebowitz has fun (despite herself) hanging out with Martin Scorsese, but the real drama comes in HBO’s engaging sports documentary ‘Tiger’
A tour of the wards shows that the war against COVID also entails a battle for the patients’ mental health
The rush to get a COVID-19 vaccine, no matter what, is the natural outgrowth of broken policies
Against all odds, the Israeli TV industry had a pretty good 2020. The big question this year is whether ‘Fauda’ co-creator Lior Raz can become a global star with his upcoming Netflix thriller ‘Hit and Run’