Israeli culture

Israeli ministry collecting info on, and threatening to slash funding of, artists who shun settlements

Miri Regev of the Likud party said she circulated a questionnaire on the topic because she is proud to lead a “revolution” against boycotts. Critics say it creates a political litmus test.

The Yemeni Sisters Whose Video is Sweeping Across Israel and the Muslim World

The Israeli Band Carrying the Torch for Yemen’s Last Jews

The recent airlift evacuation of 19 Yemenite Jews to Israel made international news — now, there are only 50 Jews remaining in the Middle Eastern country. The 2000-year-old Jewish community in Yemen seems a hair’s breadth from its end. But meanwhile, some forward-thinking descendants of this community are bringing their culture and music to concert halls and […]