Category: Media & Culture

“I need it so badly, I can taste it… maybe more than I ever needed it in my life.” David Draiman, everyone’s favorite world-famous, American, heavy metal demi-god who happens to be a staunchly vocal defender of Israel, wasn’t talking about drugs or drink, but getting on stage as the frontman for his band, Disturbed. […]

Actress Ana de Armas was asked in an interview with Wired about the rumor that she’ll play Wonder Woman after Gal Gadot. This came after it was reported that DC film division CEO James Gunn is rebuilding the brand’s cinematic universe and is expected to make changes in the casting. “Well, I feel like Gal […]

Many optical illusions and riddles are published every day, with some tricking your vision and others revealing interesting details about your personality or testing your IQ. In the next puzzle, you have to find the five hearts that are scattered in several places in the picture. Look at the picture in front of you, it […]

We are now in the last phase before the Eurovision and this Sunday, Noa Kirel and the members of the Israeli delegation will board a special El Al flight, which will take her unicorn song straight to Liverpool, where this year’s competition will take place. To make sure the stage is ready for the arrival […]

The Jewish community in Dubai is flourishing. Jews from all over the world – businessmen and tourists – are coming to the United Arab Emirates and are even making their homes there. Kosher restaurants have been opened as well as magnificent synagogues which are used by thousands of Jews throughout the year. Within the next […]

Momentum, formerly the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project, has launched a year-long campaign to highlight the legacies of eight Jewish women as a way to celebrate Israel’s 75th anniversary.  The organization defines itself as a global movement that inspires Jewish women to connect with Israel and their Jewish values.  The campaign, launched on Israel’s Independence Day, […]

Barrier-smashing singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, who once boasted of being “the most popular Jew in America” because of his rendition of a Hebrew classic, died Tuesday at his longtime Upper West Side home. He was 96. The New York City native was the one of the first Black artists to achieve […]

Every day during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and throughout the year, a group of Palestinian chefs gathers in a soup kitchen to prepare food for needy families in the West Bank city of Hebron. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org Hundreds of pounds of meat and poultry, as well […]

A new drama on Netflix centered on a haredi Orthodox family that runs a business in Antwerp’s famed diamond district hit the platform on Friday and is drawing comparisons to the hit Israeli series “Shtisel.” “Rough Diamonds,” a joint production from Israel’s Keshet International and Belgium’s De Mensen, follows the Wolfson family as it navigates […]

In a historic first, an all-female team of young Israeli mathematics students took home every medal possible at the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) in Slovenia. These young Israeli math enthusiasts won the gold, silver, and bronze medals after competing against 214 contestants from 54 countries worldwide.  Not only was this an extraordinary achievement for […]