In complete darkness: Ohad Naharin's new Batsheva dance performance is a wake-up call for Israelis

by mgall74 | Dec 24, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Even when the lights go completely out, the dancers don’t let you sit back comfortably as they speak in a mélange of languages and shout with locked jaws and terrifying grinsIn his new work, “ZŌ,” the world-famous choreographer Ohad Naharin...

Reading like it's 1949: Two books from Israel's establishment are just as relevant today

by mgall74 | Dec 22, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Which books did Israelis read in the years after the War of Independence? Nearly eight decades later, literature that emerged during the birth of the country – like the two books below – remain shockingly relevant for a society navigating the current postwar...

The first Israeli filmmaker to see an Arab as a human worthy of being a protagonist

by mgall74 | Dec 7, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] News Life and CultureColumnists and OpinionHaaretz Hebrew and TheMarkerPartnershipsHaaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.©...

Israeli concerts honoring iconic Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum rankle Arab world

by mgall74 | Nov 25, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Allegations of cultural appropriation and ‘artistic theft’ abound as Israel’s Firqat Alnoor Orchestra, which has both Jewish and Arab members, tours the country. The singer’s family members now plan to sue [ad_2] Source...

'Harms the war effort': Israel's defense minister announces proposal to shutter army radio

by mgall74 | Nov 12, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Wednesday that he will submit a resolution for government approval to shut down Army Radio, Israel’s popular military-run national radio station, staffed largely by soldiers but operating as a mainstream national...