In 2003, the White City of Tel Aviv was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, by virtue of its very large number of modernist Bauhaus buildings that were constructed in the 1930s and 1940s. Today, half of these—around 2,000 buildings—are protected heritage sites.

Discover the enduring legacy of Ronit Elkabetz, a celebrated Israeli actor, director, and cultural icon.

Just like the US has the Academy Awards (the Oscars), Israel has the Ophir Awards, the highest recognition a filmmaker can get. Named...

Bourekas films are melodramatic comedies that highlight the everyday struggles and cultural tensions of Israeli society.

Ha-Trempistim (הטרמפיסטים) is an Israeli TV show in which the host, posing as a driver, picks up passengers on the road and takes them to their destination.

Israel is one of only two democracies in the world that has not enacted a formal constitution, despite a clear decision by the Constituent Assembly to do so. This raises fundamental questions: Why has a constitution not been established? What are the consequences of this ongoing absence? And most importantly, can this be changed?

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.