Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has said he will pull state funding for the country’s national film honors, the Ophir Awards, after the Palestinian anti-war drama The Sea took top prize at the ...

Israel’s minister of culture has vowed to cut funding for the country’s film academy and its annual awards show after a movie about a Palestinian boy’s dream of seeing the ocean won big. On Tuesday ...

In recent years, Israel’ssports culture has undergone a remarkable transformation, evolving from a primarily local pastime into a dynamic arena that draws international interest. This shift is not ...

Culture Minister Miki Zohar, of the ruling Likud party, said on Thursday that Gaza belongs to Israel, and that the roughly 2.3 million Palestinians in the enclave are “guests” whom Israel is merely ...

At last year’s Academy Awards, Anora — a frenetic, somewhat ambiguously Jewish look at a Jewish enclave of New York, took home best picture, original screenplay, director and actress for its Jewish ...

Israeli citizens Khaled Farrag and Yasmin Yablonko defended their refusal to serve in the Israel Defense Forces because of the Israeli government’s treatment of the Druze and Palestinian communities ...

Israel football fans turned out in force for their first match in the men’s competition in Paris (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire) A major cycling race in Spain was disrupted by protests against an Israeli ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. When Guy, a 15-year-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MATTI CASPI performs in 2015. (photo credit: GERSHON ELINSON/FLASH90) The family said in a statement, “With aching hearts and deep ...

Neta Elkayam and Amit Hai Cohen teach the most popular elective at Xavier University. At least for now. The class does not begin with a lecture. Instead, Neta Elkayam stands at the front of the room ...