Category: Entertainment

Noa Kirel, who represented Israel and achieved third place in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest has faced backlash from Poland after commenting on the high score of 12 points that she received from them during the contest’s finale last Saturday night. In an interview with Israeli news site Ynet, Kirel spoke about her experiences throughout […]

Thousands of years after it was last heard in the region, the ancient language of Proto-Semitic is ringing out once again, in a unique audiovisual project at the bell caves at the Beit Guvrin National Park in central Israel. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org Israeli multimedia artist Dor Zlekha Levy […]

Israeli pop sensation Noa Kirel was honored on Thursday with a special meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara warmly congratulated Kirel, 22, for her outstanding performance in the Eurovision Song Contest, where she secured an impressive third place. Kirel did a feminine-feminine-phenomenal job During the […]

Israeli actress Gal Gadot and other notable Israelis and Americans were honored by the Israeli-American Council (IAC) and Israel’s Consulate in Los Angeles at their official celebration of the Jewish states’ 75th anniversary of independence. “Israel is my heart and my home,” Gadot, 38, said upon being presented her award. “We all here are deeply […]

Israel will play in its first FIFA World Cup tournament since 1970, as the Under-20 squad will step onto the pitch on Sunday for its debut matchup in the 24-team tournament that is taking place in Argentina. The blue-and-white bucked all of the odds by qualifying for the competition last year as part of the […]

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 […]