Metro

A German-Israeli love story

Author and journalist Katharina Hoeftmann opens up about leaving Germany and raising her Jewish family in Tel Aviv.

The result of a life-changing meeting in Goa, India: Katharina Hoeftmann with husband Nahum and son Ari

Star Catcher: Astrology for the week of November 24, 2017

Zodiac clock

Shades of the world

Angelica Dass challenges racial preconceptions associated with skin color.

Tilling the land, cultivating one’s self

An outdoor lesson in the vegetable garden in the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA) School in Petah Tikva, between 1920 and 1930.

In the center of it all

Marking 70 years since the vote that changed history on November 29, 1947

Jews celebrate in the streets of Tel Aviv moments after the United Nations voted on November 29, 1947, to partition Palestine which paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel on May 15, 1948.

A frame in time

It seemed like an impossible task.

Sigalit Landau’s ‘Salted Lake’ video work ‘touches upon collective memory and pain.’

City notes: Looking ahead to the month of light

Steven Wilson (L) and Aviv Geffen of Blackfield

City notes: Giving thanks

From environmental and transportation reforms in the North to deep, imaginative art in the Center to good ol’ turkey dinners in the South, there is plenty be thankful for this week.

‘Dwellings’ offers a visual exploration of home and acceptance.

Star Catcher: Astrology for the week of November 17, 2017

Deep space bright nebula

Living on dollars in Israel

Many transactions require pricey international wire fees, making transferring and converting amounts under $10,000 financially inefficient.

Quick and easy transfers: Joseph Sokol (left) and Meir Leff.

Living financially smarter in Israel

The book covers topics such as bank transfers, children’s accounts, the Post Office Bank, foreign currency exchanges, getting a loan in Israel, how Israeli credit cards work and much more.

Rifka Lebowitz's new book (top) targets English speakers coming to Israel who don’t understand the native banking system.

Pita perfect

Why is it then that most home bakers find it hardest to duplicate these famous, staple breads in their own kitchen?

The frst secret of pita/lafa baking is a very hot  oven and a very short bake

The natural way

The monochromic drawings are a wonder to behold and suggest some hidden paradise betwixt rich foliage and blissfully wayward vegetation.

A delightful early spring addition to the garden’s polychromic floral splendor

Staging Israel

The showcase organizers have cast their theatrical and thematic nets far and wide, and the visitors from abroad.

‘Schreber,’ written and directed by Ran Bechor, tells the  chilling story of a 19th-century German judge who  admitted himself to a hospital for the mentally deranged