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Sex, Apocalypse and Wile E. Coyote: An Eyebrow-raising Week at the Cinema

Lana Condor and Will Forte in "Coyote vs Acme," which gives us so much to enjoy.

"The Golem" ("The Monster"), by Niki de Saint Phalle, Kiryat Hayovel, 1985.

Aliza Auerbach Photographed a Jerusalem That No Longer Exists

Ramat Aviv residents protest the municipality's approval of a new mikveh. "I understand those who fear that every new religious presence is part of an attempt to change the character of the neighborhood," says First Deputy Mayor Asaf Zamir.

Why a Planned Mikveh Has Tel Aviv Residents Worried

Israeli singer Odeya Azoulay.

Shabbat Wars Move OnlineShabbat Wars Move Online

Why Did an Israeli Fashion Brand Halt Sales on the Holy Day?

Tamara Nashri, right, and Alexander Ivanov performing Wagner outside Jaffa theater, August.

By Playing Wagner in Israel, This Swiss Director Broke Two Boycotts at Once

This Week in Culture

Avshalom Halutz

Artist Suleiman Mansour poses for a photograph next to his "Jamal Al-Mahamel" artwork in Dubai March 12, 2014

Sliman Mansour, a Defining Figure of Palestinian Art, Dies at 79

Basel residents floating in the Rhine. The whole city was invited to the river, and ice cream stands were set up along its banks.

A Hot Mess: I Spent Summer in Switzerland. Who Knew It Could Be Hell?

Itay Zalait's 'King Bibi' statue of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 2016.

Netanyahu Has Entered His Fat Elvis Era

Eggplants

Food Lovers Wait All Year for This Druze Farmer's Heirloom Eggplant

Mark Ruffalo arrives at the Oscars in Los Angeles in 2024.

Mark Ruffalo Rejects Paramount's Antisemitism Charge Over His Israel Criticism

What to Watch

Adrian Hennigan

יובל אברהם

'NAZA,' Film About Israel's Actions in Gaza, to Premiere at Venice Film Festival

Mark Ruffalo arriving at the 2024 Oscars in Los Angeles, wearing an Artists4Ceasefire pin calling for an end to Israel's war in Gaza.

Do Israelis Boo Israel Critic Mark Ruffalo When He Hits Their Movie Screens?

Sharon Angelhart. "I've been obsessed with the military because it's an essential Israeli experience I missed out on."

She Never Served in the Israeli Army. Her Heroine Is an Angry Soldier

Spider-Man's Real Superpower and Wham!'s Brush With the Chinese Communist Party

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli speaking on Kan 11. The reporter didn't shut him down.

In the Name of Jewish Supremacy: How Israeli TV Distorts West Bank Violence

Travel

Moshe Gilad

Ein Lavan. It was at the center of an environmental struggle.

Craving a Cool Midsummer Dip? Ein Lavan Is Your Best Bet Near Jerusalem

Passengers wait at a check-in area amid disruptions at Ben-Gurion Airport, August 20. A trip to Ben-Gurion will mean hours of waiting and skyrocketing ticket prices.

AnalysisAnalysis

Chaos at Ben-Gurion: Israel Faces a Future Cut Off From the World

Music

Sagui Dekel Chen performing on Monday.

'Afraid Not to Return''Afraid Not to Return'

Longing, Dread and Humor Mingle in Songs Israeli Hostage Wrote in Captivity

מועדון השקט מסיבה 10.11.2023

Israelis Don't Dance to Forget What They've Committed. Sometimes They Just Dance

The Buried History of Tel Aviv's Hilton Hotel, Told Through Its Vintage China

From "Black Gold". When they realized I wasn't going to be "hummus, fries, salad", I became a problem.

OpinionOpinion

Israeli Hip-hop Loves the Sound of Resistance, but Not When Palestinians Resist

Books

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara posing at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India in 2018.

Book ReviewBook Review

Dreaming of a Pragmatic West Asia From an Ideological Middle East

One of the two journals that Berl Kagan filled while hiding in a Lithuanian forest for 10 months in 1943.

Book ReviewBook Review

A Hidden Holocaust Story From Europe's Forests Is Revealed in a Survivor's Diary

Vice President JD Vance with his wife Usha Vance and their three children. Vance's hatred of the elite is in some sense also a form of self-hatred.

JD Vance's New Book Is Flat and Drained of Drama. It's No 'Hillbilly Elegy'

"Don't Feed the Lion."

Book ReviewBook Review

Don't Feed the Hasbara Machine: Yonit Levi's Novel Gets Lost in Translation

More Culture & Lifestyle

A Few Good Women: Photos of Israelis Protesting the War While Most Stay Silent

'Cascade of Wimps': How Israel Shamed Those Who Chose to Leave

Why Some Israeli Artists Think Twice Before Speaking Out

Eastern Exposure: A Groundbreaking 1930s Portrait Series From Palestine

Palestinian Comedy Festival Gets Last Laugh as Israel Bars Entry to Six Comics

How Virginity Became a Measure of Women's Worth in Medieval Jewish Culture

Ken Burns Thinks America's Complicated History Is Exactly What Can Unite It

'We're Not Nazis. This Isn't an Extermination Machine as During the Holocaust'

New Eurovision Rule Change Could Prevent Israel From Hosting in the Future

She Documents Settler Arson Attacks: 'This Fire Will Be Turned Against Us Too'

ICYMI

Gazan militias

'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'

A frame from security footage showing 36-year-old Yona Schreiber assaulting a nun in Jerusalem's Old City in April.

Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old City

Netanyahu at a conference in Jerusalem, Tuesday.

Poll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below Threshold

The Ronit Elkabetz school in Tel Aviv.

Parents to Suspend Classes at Tel Aviv School Over Admission of Migrant Children

In the Americans' Project Thor, for example, an array of 10 to 15 of such satellites would be able to strike any point in the world within 15 minutes.

Jewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'

Aravot Hayarden Regional Council. Hamahanot Haolim, a left-wing youth organization, wants to establish a kibbutz-model settlement in the area.

Israeli Leftist Youth Group Plans Kibbutz-style Settlement in West Bank