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Jessica SteinbergThe Times of Israel |
City’s arts and culture department taps local artists, evacuees, and residents for celebrations even as holiday is ‘draped in...
Oden Ronen’s ‘The Missings’ looks at the Supernova rave massacre, while a piece by Hillel Kogan dances around the topic altogether...
Family and friends commemorate the IDF sergeant’s heroism and his music with video that includes Hadag Nachash rapper Shaanan Streett
Brother of hostage urges boycott of PM and government, saying, ‘They need to stand here’; slain soldier’s father calls on Gazan...
Moroccan-born Gabriel Ohayon can’t wear a kippah at home in Strasbourg, says singing with the Andalusian Orchestra a dream come true
Being ‘sucked into a fairy tale’ is a good thing in wartime, says conductor Dan Ettinger as he discusses how he moved forward with...
Meirav Leshem Gonen and Ditsa Or live different lives in Israel, but feel like ‘distant sisters’ in their shared battles to bring their...
Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum puts contemporary art next to ancient objects, filling spaces left empty in galleries as treasures were hastily...
Art museum reconfigures its winter season after the Hamas attacks on Gaza border communities to highlight the losses that so many have faced
Former Supreme Court president Dorit Beinisch, actor Gila Almagor, activists, writers and entertainers among those to film video calling for...
Comedy veteran Hen Avigdori remains part of the struggle to bring the remaining abductees home
Sofie Berzon MacKie and her family survived the Hamas massacre on October 7; now evacuees, they’re attempting to rebuild their lives
Relatives of those held captive in Gaza speak about their loved ones at the site of the music festival massacre before departing for Sderot with calls...
‘They’re speaking out against the person in charge,’ explains families’ forum member; ‘When hostages were seized, no one...
US-born Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui was kidnapped on October 7, sees little benefit in shutting out foreign officials with power to help...
Ayelet Samerano, Forum legal adviser and head of diplomacy team show video of UNRWA social worker abducting her son’s body
Relatives say clip of Shiri Bibas and two young children being herded into car in Khan Younis ‘tore our hearts out,’ expressing hopes that...
Kamancheh player performs along with father, Piris Eliyahu, and three other musical colleagues for East-meets-West journey of sound
‘Shlomi’s Glasses,’ a six-minute experience created by family of Supernova security guard Shlomi Ziv, is meant to add emotional heft...
Maayan Sigal-Koren, whose mother, mother’s partner, uncle, aunt and cousin were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, talks about family’s...
Moshe Basson of Eucalyptus is ready to serve diners again for first time since war broke out, and his long-awaited book of recipes is out too
Social media campaign timed for Super Bowl aims to reach game-minded audiences to increase awareness of captives’ plight
Kaid Abu Latif’s youngest sibling Ahmad fell while serving in the IDF weeks prior to film festival in their hometown Rahat
Families with loved ones still being held urge Netanyahu to do all he can to make a deal with Hamas after he vows that Israel is on cusp of victory by...
Video art installations are focus of Mediterranean art show at Wizo Haifa; beeswax soldiers are lined up at Artists’ House
Hagay Lober, a rabbi and an actor, hopes to bring solace with show about the mourning process by Jerusalem’s Aspaklaria theater company
Andalusian Orchestra Ashdod musicians have played at hospitals and army bases, and are ready to return to the stage
Descendants of Fritz Grünbaum accept pair of pieces by Austrian expressionist, as prosecutors continue to fight for third work that Chicago museum...
Since October 7, the illustrator and humorist known as Shoshke has turned to drawing a pseudo-naive version of the day’s stories
Cousin of mother Shiri says baby ‘should be learning about colors, not languishing in a dark tunnel’; Shiri’s sister thanks people...
Extended family of the baby, his 4-year-old brother Ariel and their parents Yarden and Shiri Bibas, all abducted to Gaza, mark his first birthday with...
Over 300,000 gather in Tel Aviv for 24-hour rally to mark 100 days since October 7 Hamas massacre of 1,200 people and abduction of 240
Relatives of the kidnapped in Gaza express frustration with government; speakers include French president, US envoy, ex-Supreme Court chief, who...
Government softens refusal to sell arms to nations involved in the war in Yemen, citing Riyadh’s ‘constructive position’ toward...
Diverse mix comes together for rally in Tel Aviv, serenaded by musicians Idan Raichel and Aharon Razel, to mark a cause that has united Israelis from...
Kibbutznik and former New Yorker Julie Bausi is furious at the IDF and government after son Itai died without help at the Nova music festival; she now...
Relatives argue a ceasefire will speed up talks, Qataris view hostage release as humanitarian goal; Qatar’s PM reportedly says killing of Hamas...
Speakers at protest include injured military reservists, who emphasize sense of mission among soldiers fighting in Gaza
Kibbutz Nir Oz family invites singers Ehud Banai and Micha Shitrit to Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square event for their relative, hoping to raise...
Yuval Haran’s father was killed as seven family members were taken hostage; with six now freed, he battles to bring his brother-in-law home too
With thousands of foreign field hands having fled, it’s taking too long to pick the season’s lemons, oranges, persimmons, avocados and...
US diplomat Dennis Ross says military pressure pushing Hamas back to table, as released captive and families of those still held recount ongoing...
Since October 7, the plaza in front of Tel Aviv Museum of Art has been known as ‘Hostages Square,’ serving as a ‘spontaneous art...
Senior reserves officer says Israel can pay price to free captives and still get by as mother of Supernova party-goer wonders how leaders would act if...
Filmmaker Dan Pe’er shows ‘the dancing and the RPGs,’ using footage filmed by the partygoers and Hamas terrorists, for 52-minute...
Recreation of the festival space produced by the Tribe of Nova gives a sense of the horror
Singer took two weeks to pick up his guitar, salvaged from his home at Netiv Ha’asara following October 7; will perform at upcoming Oud Festival
Loved ones of those held hostage hold vigil outside military headquarters in Tel Aviv: ‘This country stopped on October 7, and it can’t go...
Iranian-born Dvora Leshem, 87, spoke to politicians each night of the holiday rather than light candles
Relatives say they know price will be high for releasing remaining 135 hostages, but say they want the government ‘to be brave in their decisions’