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Comic actor and veteran director bring latest flicks to Hanukkah film fest

Comedian Michael Rapaport and filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff will be guests at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival

Israel Film Festival Screening: "Double Panther"

James Gunn, Peter Safran fired as DC Studios co-CEOs after Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

The two had been the heads of the major superhero movie production company since 2022, releasing three films which were part of the shared DC universe…

Palestinian Authority arrests suspects involved in sale of Jericho homes to settlers

Several nabbed over sale of buildings on outskirts of West Bank city; settler filmed slapping Palestinian woman; 10 Palestinians arrested over suspicion of planning attack

German ex-culture commissioner regrets criticizing anti-Israel film

Claudia Roth, 71, calling her remarks a "huge mistake" and a "great stupidity.”

The Sigd holiday – brought to Israel by Beta Israel

Fasting, prayer, love of Zion and festivities: how Ethiopia's Beta Israel Jews enriched Israeli Jewish life with a unique, ancient festival. Op-ed.

Arab journalist released from police detention, slams ‘culture of fear’

15 masked officers arrested Abed Abou Shahadeh on Wednesday on suspicion of contact with a foreign agent after interview with fugitive MK Bishara in Qatar

Security officer detained after being filmed pointing gun at settlers near West Bank's Jericho

Following the incident, an investigation was opened at the Jordan Valley police station in the Judea and Samaria District on suspicion of unlawful use of a…

Taking to the air: The fourth Fluorescent – Vertigo Jerusalem festival

The forthcoming festival is officially the third full-blown edition, although it was preceded by a smaller water-testing debut with no thoughts of the future.

The enigma of Robert Oppenheimer: New biography revisits the man behind the atomic bomb – review

Oppenheimer died in 1967. The popularity of the 2023 film, 'Oppenheimer', written and directed by Christopher Nolan, supports journalist David Rieff's claim that the “spell he…

Jazz trio Zafio to debut at Red Sea Jazz Festival ahead of second album

Pianist Shai Maestro served as the music producer and artistic director for the album. The Raft will be distributed through the record label owned by bassist…

‘Slums of Beverly Hills’: What wouldn’t a Jewish family do for a good education?

ToI's movie maven and deputy editor take on the 1998 campy classic starring Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin and a scene-stealing Marisa Tomei

Boy George in Israel: Emotional Nova visit, meeting Herzog and a pro-Israel anthem reviewed

From Boy George’s emotional Nova visit to the Adam Brody controversy on Netflix, here’s what Israeli and Jewish culture are talking about this week.

Musical unity from Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, Israeli artist Dudu Tassa at Jerusalem concert

While Boy George dominated headlines, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood quietly returned to Israel for a sold-out Jerusalem concert that spoke louder than politics.