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From $500 to a Century of Impact: How Seven Women Changed Thousands of Lives

NA'AMAT USA and Canada reunite in Toronto to celebrate 100 years of sisterhood and impact

 Hagit Peer, Shirley Shavit, and Susan Isaac portraying Golda Meir

Gal Gadot, Pulp Fiction producer to be honored at Jerusalem Film Festival

 A PAST Jerusalem Film Festival.

Joel Mesler’s ‘The Light Within’ illuminates Tel Aviv’s art scene

 AMERICAN ARTIST Joel Mesler: ‘The very first thing I did when I got here was dance in front of the gallery.’

Visit the Golan Heights before summer: Cherry picking, nature, and history

 Cherries found alongside the hiking trails in the Odem Forest in the Golan Heights.

Tel Aviv photography exhibit rediscovers the legacy of Jewish women

Featuring notable photographers like Claude Cahun, Julia Pirotte, Elinor Carucci, and more, the exhibit includes archival footage, vintage cameras, and special events with participating artists.

 PHOTOGRAPHS BY Dorothy Baum are featured at the ‘20&20 – A Lens of Her Own: Pioneering and Contemporary Women Photographers’ exhibit at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv

Omer Avital debuts newest work with Israeli Andalusian Orchestra

Omer Avital’s visionary ‘North African Dream’ debuts with the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra Ashdod at next week’s Meridiano Festival

 OMER AVITAL: I compose and orchestrate at home; it can take weeks or months, depending on the length of the pieces.

Caitlyn Jenner to attend Tel Aviv pride parade as guest of honor - report

"I can’t wait to celebrate love in the heart of the city,” Jenner reportedly said ahead of the event which will take place on Friday, June 13.

Caitlyn Jenner

Comedy for Koby hosts benefit raising funds supporting victims of terror, trauma

The comedians are donating their talents to benefit the programs of The Koby Mandell Foundation, founded by Seth and Sherri Mandell, in memory of their son, Koby, and his friend, Yosef Ishran.

 Avi Liberman.

A voice of kindness: Iranian-born Maureen Nehedar finds her own melody in a new album

Nehedar will bring her new music to life in a performance on June 19 at FeelBeit in Jerusalem.

 MAUREEN NEHEDAR

Tribeca festival to feature films of Israeli and Jewish interest

The sole Israeli feature film in the festival is Dead Language by Michal Brezis and Oded Binnun, an expanded version of their Oscar-nominated short.

 A SCENE from 'Holding Liat'

A dream of recovery, amid reality of war: Israel Festival goes to the periphery

The festival’s two opening performances will take place in a specially built open-air amphitheater in the Jerusalem Theater Plaza.

 ‘COMING HOME’ and ‘Brothers’ are two of the featured performances of this year’s Israel Festival.

Survive, in Order to Create: Exhibiton launched in Ma'ale Adumim art museum

“The Destroyed World” hall presents the destroyed Jewish life. Apart from the killing of millions of people, the Holocaust involved the destruction of of a whole world of Jewish spirit and identity.

 ‘In Memory of the Victims of the Rumbula Forest Massacre’ by Haim Aronstam, 1973.

'Jewish Concepts of Divine Oneness:' What does it mean to say ‘Hashem is One’? - review

Whether seen as a statement of exclusive loyalty, divine unity, or cosmic uniqueness, the “Shema” serves as a window into the diversity of Jewish monotheistic expression.

 People dance with a Sefer Torah, Jerusalem

Three artists, three questions: New artists explain what inspires them, sets them apart

The Artists Greenhouse section highlights new, independent artists. Selection is anonymous and takes over half a year.

 SHIRLEY MONEYHON