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Jerusalem highlights: June 6-12

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Illustrative image of grilled cheese.
 IMAGES FROM the documentary ‘Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire.’

New doc tells story of Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel

 Johanna Riethmueller

Jerusalem highlights: May 30 – June 5

 Following the cancellation of "Bring the Family Home" by Facets, CJA rescheduled the screening at the Wilmette Theater in suburban Chicago on May 13, 2025.

A Chicago cinema canceled a pro-Israel movie screening, relented — then canceled again


Checkout: A Mossad spy parody movie worth watching - review

Dov’s frantic attempts at gaining a totally Israeli identity will resonate more with most viewers than the darker story about the conflict.  

 A SCENE from ‘Checkout.’

Jerusalem Highlights: April 25 – May 1

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Artwork by Miryam Adler.

Nadav Lapid’s new film to be shown at Cannes

The film is reportedly set in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, which led to the outbreak of the current war in Gaza.

 Nadav Lapid's movie, Synonyms, won the Golden Bear Award at the 2019 Berlinale.

Jerusalem Highlights: April 18-24

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 The music of Jemaa El Fna.

‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex haredi Orthodox Jew in ‘Kugel’

As a preview — a taste of the “burnt end” of the kugel, Nuhem might say — Gabay spoke with the New York Jewish Week about filming in Antwerp.

Sasson Gabay stars as the well-meaning, conniving Nuhem in "Kugel," a prequel to the hit Israeli series "Shtisel."

Funny fables from the underworld in ‘Jaffa Stories’ - review

The movie is an adaptation of the series of books called Jaffa Stories by the late journalist Menahem Talmi, which ran in Maariv and has just been reissued in digital editions.

 A SCENE from ‘Jaffa Stories.’

Jerusalem highlights: April 11-17

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 People are seen riding bikes in Jerusalem in this illustrative image.

Jerusalem Cinematheque screens classic films for 50th anniversary

The movies include Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane (1941), Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957), Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), and more.

 A SCENE from ‘Citizen Kane.’

Actor Val Kilmer, star of 'The Prince of Egypt', dies at 65, NYT reports

The cause of death was pneumonia, the paper said, citing his daughter Mercedes Kilmer.

 Actor Val Kilmer visits the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York to promote the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative, July 20, 2019.

'Lost City': A look at the trains of Amsterdam that sent off Jews during the Holocaust

Lost City tells the story of the trams that were used to transport Jews to Amsterdam train stations, from where they were shipped to death camps.

 THE AMSTERDAM trams played a crucial role in transporting the city’s Jews to the death camps.

Paul Rudd, Ebon Moss-Bacharach to appear in 'Avengers: Doomsday' alongside Downey Jr. 

The cast features characters from the previous Avengers film, Avengers: Endgame, as well as the X-Men franchise and the upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps.

 Paul Rudd.