News for Festival How can we be commanded to be joyful?The holiday of Sukkot is the antidote to the fractured hearts of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Israeli professor calls Israel 'racist regime'Israeli professor, artists call to boycott Israeli-sponsored international Berlin festival. Watch: Hot air balloon festival in northern IsraelSixteen hot air balloons from Israel and abroad take off early Friday morning in 10th annual festival in Gilboa. Visitors trash Israeli farms during flower festivalNegev flower season brings thousands; farmers report many stole and destroyed crops, drove through wheat fields, broke into greenhouses. 'They will not take our air'Organizers of Negev hot air balloon festival which was cancelled due to Hamas rockets vow to fly their balloons in show of strength. Israeli show 'On the Spectrum' wins top prize at French festivalNew Israeli television series takes top prize at TV festival in Lille, France. 'Hebrew is like a Sleeping Beauty'Russian-speaking intellectuals gather in Jerusalem for 'slow reading' study of the city’s linguistic history. Paris mayor bans black feminist festivalParis black feminist festival 'prohibited' to whites sparks outrage. Tel Aviv’s White Night – what you need to knowFrom concerts to parties to road closures, the city that never sleeps prepares for its annual all-night festival. Time to Take Back HanukkahIs Hanukkah a festival or a farce? How many of those who celebrate it appreciate what it's all about? And is it even worth celebrating at all? Animations and Graphics Tell Holocaust StoryArtist and director Nissim Hezkiyahu says: "animation is a very popular language to tell a story." Thousands at International Arts & Crafts FestivalIsraelis got a taste of the world at the annual Arts & Crafts fair. Food, dancing, music and artwork of all kinds from all different nations Lollapalooza Music Festival: Next Year in Tel AvivLollapalooza, one of the largest U.S.-based music festivals, will be coming to Tel Aviv in the summer of 2013.Singer Drops Out of Wagner Fest Over Nazi TattooRussian singer Evgeny Nikitin has pulled out of an opera festival in Germany amid controversy over his Nazi tattoo. Pavement Drawing Festival Makes Debut in IsraelFor the first time in Israel, a street in the city of Ramat Hasharon will transform into an urban art district with 3-D pavement drawings. Carmen at Masada: Free Live Broadcast in 3 SpotsFor the first time ever, a free live broadcast of the premier of Carmen at Masada will take place in three locations around Israel. |
