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Springsteen duets with McCartney in Liverpool

Band founder Paul McCartney joined rock royalty Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for two songs during Springsteen’s second concert in the city, at Anfield Stadium.

 Paul McCartney performs with Bruce Springsteen as he headlines the Pyramid Stage during day four of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2022 in Glastonbury, England.

Adara Peskin Shalem: The foraging expert who fights for LGBTQ+ awareness in Orthodox circles

 Adara Peskin Shalem

Korff quietly champions Israel stories as Paramount+ expands globally

 Brandon Korff, whose behind-the-scenes support helped bring “The Children of October 7” to Paramount+’s global audience.

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke criticizes Netanyahu, Hamas and pressure on artists to opine on Gaza

 Thom Yorke performs as part of British group The Smile at Roskilde Festival, in Roskilde Denmark, July 1, 2022.

‘Since You Left’: A final song by Beniho Biton released months after his murder on October 7

“Since You Left” was released as part of the “Netzach” (Eternity) Project, an initiative founded by musicians and producers, many of whom also lost loved ones in the October 7 attacks.

Since You Left / Beniho Biton, of blessed memory

Yayoi Kusama’s stunning mirror room to light up Tel Aviv Museum permanently

Three years after the closure of Kusama’s hugely successful exhibition at the museum, one of her works will join its permanent collection starting next month.

 Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Room.

Olim-run Tel Aviv bike shop to ride 600 laps around city landmark for hostages

Dizengoff Square, where the ride will take place, has become a symbolic site of remembrance and resilience, with memorials and gatherings taking place there regularly since the war began.

 DIZENGOFF SQUARE in Tel Aviv, which had become a symbol of disunity last Yom Kippur over the placement of a prayer partition between men and women, transformed into a hub after October 7 for anyone who needed to grieve, the writer notes.

Robert Shwartzman's Indy 500 dream ends in a crash

Shwartzman, driving for IndyCar newcomer Prema Racing, lost control of his No. 83 car as he entered the pit box under yellow.

IndyCar driver Robert Shwartzman after the the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500.

The most prolific couples from history, mythology, and fiction - explainer

In many spheres of endeavor, people pair up to maximize their efforts to achieve their goals. So let’s take a look at some dynamic duos.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in a lobby card for the 1935 film ‘Top Hat’

To Laura Ben-David and the many who love her

Author, writer, photographer, speaker, and marketer Laura Ben-David is a star of the Anglo-Israeli community. A photography exhibition of her images shared her story.

The exhibition team: (top row, L-R) Shira Lankin Sheps; Laura Ben-David; writer Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll; Timna Seligman. (Bottom row from L) Yitzchak Woolf; Tzipora Lifchitz; Sarah Tuttle-Singer.

From Rising Star to national inspiration: A musical journey after October 7 - interview

While he once stood under the bright lights of Kochav Habah (Rising Star), his music now resonates in a different key: soul, faith, and national healing.

 Howie performing at his Love and Faith show

Yuval Raphael pays homage to Theodor Herzl’s iconic Basel photo

The photo of Raphael on Friday was snapped in the same location where Herzl posed in 1901 when he was attending the fifth Zionist Congress.

 Yuval Raphael echoes Theodor Herzl’s pose in Basel.

Israeli museums to open for free for International Museum Day

“On Museum Day there is a sharp rise in attendance at museums – in some places it is up to 40%. That is good for us all, for revenues,"chairwoman of Israel ICOM says.

 THE ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Ramat Aviv.

Israel Museum Jerusalem: Guarding the past, shaping the future - interview

Suzanne Landau, director of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, reflects on the institution’s past, present, and future.

 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem