Category: Media & Culture

For much of the past week, Israel’s latest unlikely celebrity lounged on the Jaffa beach, drawing throngs of onlookers, constant media attention and round-the-clock protection from the government as she sunbathed and slept the day away.  Then early on Tuesday afternoon, the unwitting star named Yulia — a rare 6-foot species of seal weighing hundreds […]

Players of the video game “The Sims” can now bake a challah or dish up a bowl of matzo ball soup, after updates made by the game’s creator that are designed to increase Jewish representation. The new updates add traditional Jewish foods to the expansive menu available to users of “The Sims,” a best-selling life […]

The Orthodox singer Ishay Ribo, whose music has attracted a diverse audience of religious and secular Israeli fans, will be the first Israeli artist to headline a concert at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. “I’ve been keeping this inside for a long time and more than once I pinched myself to check if I […]

Procrastination is a trap that many of us fall into. In fact, the data shows that about 80 percent of people are procrastinators. One in five is already a chronic procrastinator. Although it may be comforting to know that we are not alone in this, we need to understand how much it can hold us […]

A high-profile movie project depicting Israel’s victory in the 1967 Six-Day War could star “Jane the Virgin” actress Yael Grobglas. Oded Raz — known for directing the Israeli box office hit “Maktub,” which now streams on Netflix — will direct “Jerusalem 67,” Variety reported on Friday. Grobglas — a French-Israeli actress who starred in last […]

Israel’s 2023 Eurovision Song Contest representative Noa Kirel would only accept interviews from international news outlets as long as they didn’t ask any political questions about Israel, Ynet reported. Speaking to Walla! Culture, Noa Kirel‘s spokeswoman Shir Pinto confirmed this report, which said that the reason for this condition is that “this is a music […]

No one thinks of Israel as having lakes, except for the Sea of Galilee also known as Lake Kinneret. So, for those other small bodies of water in Israel, a proper name had to be found. Agamon, meaning a little lake fits just right. Many have heard of Agamon HaHula, but there is another one […]

The art of photography has taken a bash or two over the last couple of decades, thanks to technological advancements. Today, we are all “photographers.” All we need to do is whip out our cell phone and merrily snap away. We are now at a stage in the evolution of human consciousness, social awareness and […]

It takes a lot of chutzpah to open a restaurant serving ethnic cuisine in New York City – arguably the city with the most diverse culinary scene in the world. Growing up Israeli, though, Gazala Halabi knows a thing or two about chutzpah and what makes good food. The chef, a Druze woman hailing from […]

Israeli pop star Noa Kirel is set to take the stage to represent Israel with her song “Unicorn” at the Eurovision finals in Liverpool on Saturday night. Earlier in the evening, Kirel received the title of fan favorite in a competition on Eurovision’s official TikTok account. NOA KIREL from Israel performs during the first semi-final […]