A Flat for Rent (Hebrew: דירה להשכיר, Dira Lehaskir) is a beloved children's book by the renowned Israeli poet and author Leah Goldberg, first published in 1948. The book, illustrated by Shmuel Katz, has remained on Israel's bestseller list for over five decades and is considered one of the most iconic children's books in Israeli literature.

Yaacov Agam was born in 1928 in Rishon LeZion and studied at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem before continuing his education in Zürich and Paris. He is the founder of the Kinetic Art movement, and is considered to be the most important Jewish artist in history, as the concept of Kinetic art was inspired by the Jewish tradition of "הווה ומתהווה" - "being is becoming."

The Kinot written today remind us that every generation here ends up adding its own page to the national narrative. It is our way of keeping a silent, collective promise: we remember, and we will keep remembering.

At first glance, it might seem as if the narrow lanes of Old Jaffa have always borne the names of the twelve zodiac signs. In fact, this is a relatively recent layer in the neighborhood’s long history.

Discover the captivating art of Moshe Kassirer, an Israeli artist renowned for his unique blend of naturalism and cultural symbolism.

The text describes Joel's experiences with the Sadovski family in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem neighborhood during the 1980s. Joel, who had always admired Morris Sadovski, a wealthy French investor, and his son Amir, finds himself entangled in the local community’s complex social dynamics.

This story is about an Arab writer who, while on his way to meet a widow in Nablus to discuss turning her extraordinary life into a novel, faces the harsh reality of life under the Arab-Israeli conflict. As he navigates the oppressive atmosphere of multiple Israeli army checkpoints, he attempts to use his knowledge of the Israeli author Etgar Keret to avoid humiliation and violence from the soldiers.

In 1999, the narrator's father moved to a studio apartment in Bat Yam to focus on writing a novel about their family's history, only to abandon the project months later. During this period, the narrator recalls a conversation between their parents about their legacies, with the father dreaming of writing a great Israeli novel, and the mother believing her work in professional magazines would ensure her name lived on.

Discover a short story that gives a bit of perspective about what Israelis live on a day to day basis.

The story follows an Arab student on a bus ride from Jaffa to Jerusalem, absorbed in his thoughts and observations. He meticulously records mundane details in his notepad, but his mind drifts into dark, imaginative scenarios, envisioning a terrorist attack on a nearby bus filled with soldiers.