Chaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatregoers and movie-watchers, has died in Tel Aviv at age 87. Israeli leaders say Chaim Topol, - the award-winning Israeli actor known for portraying Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" - has died in Tel Aviv. (March 9).

a provocative Israeli film that tells the story of forbidden love between a married ultra-Orthodox family man (a father of four) and a young male yeshiva student. The film captures the complex relationship between two men who struggle to reconcile their sexual desires with their religious and socia...

Three leading Israeli security experts brief the media on why the Iran nuclear agreement serves Israel’s long-term interests. The news conference included Knesset member Omer Bar-Lev of the Zionist Bloc, Major General (Ret.) Amiram Levin, and Ambassador Alon Pinkas and took place after the Obama adm

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have identified a new type of early human at the Nesher Ramla site, dated to 140,000 to 120,000 years ago. Headed by Prof. Israel Hershkovitz, Dr. Hila May and Dr. Rachel Sarig from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Dan David Center for Human Evolution and...

This short video depicts the countries that so far have fully adopted marriage equality. We will be updating this presentation and continue to add countries to our gay flag who pass laws providing equal opportunities for same sex marriages. As of September 1st, 2012 the marriage equality map include...

Issachar Ber Ryback (2 February 1897, in Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (today Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine) – December 22, 1935, in Paris) was a Jewish-Ukrainian-French painter. Rybak was a contemporary of Jewish-Russian artists Natan Issajewitsch Altman, Boris Aronson and Marc Chagall, who transmitted th

The Festival of Lights calls us to light a candle, banish the darkness, say a blessing, and enjoy the miracle of light. While this song was written for the Eurovision Song Contest, not for Hanukkah, I couldn’t resist its imagery of fighting hopelessness by creating light together. And, it was origin

Yoav, a successful architect, has everything he’s ever wanted: Dan, his lover of 15 years - a younger lawyer who adores him, and his best friend, Alma – a successful artist, who is like a mother and a sister to him. However, when Alma announces she’s pregnant, it ignites Dan’s desire to become a fat

In this twenty-eight episode of MALE BALLET DANCERS we introduce Ociel Gone from Cuba, Federico Javier Fleitas from Paraguay and Israel Rodriguez who danced for the Orlando Ballet and is also originally from Cuba. With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from

Tel Aviv Pride (גאווה תל אביבית) celebrates the rights and lives of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) in a week-long series of events that lead tothe biggest pride event in Israel and in Asia, Tel Aviv Pride Parade. The Pride Parade event starts off in Meir Park in central Tel Aviv with a