Famous jewish artists

From Nazi-era escapes to October 7 memories: David Breuer-Weil's art comes to Israel

“A lot of my work has a sort of Monty Python double edge,” David Breuer-Weil says. “At first, it may be quite amusing, but there’s a deeper thing behind it.”

|ByNERIA BARR
DAVID BREUER-WEIL with ‘Emergence 2,’ 2020.
Rachel Kainy, Road Sketch, workshop during Manofim Festival 2026.

'Megillat Yerushalyim': Israeli artist Rachel Kainy is turning Jerusalem into a living scroll

Rachel Kainy documents the capital of Israel, with all its social and cultural shades and contrasts, creating the story of the city on paper scrolls – in a way, a megillah of Jerusalem.

|ByBASIA MONKA
"Disclosure Day" New York Premiere NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Steven Spielberg attends the "Disclosure Day" New York Premiere at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 08, 2026 in New York City.

Spielberg’s 'Disclosure Day' excites but falters in final act

Spielberg returns to sci-fi in Disclosure Day, blending thrilling action and alien intrigue. While the first two-thirds grip audiences, the final act becomes predictable and preachy.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Yair Garbuz

Influential Israeli painter and satirist Yair Garbuz dies at 80

Garbuz showed his work at dozens of exhibitions in Israel and all over the world, and also headed the Midrasha Faculty of Arts at Beit Berl College.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Beshalah: Eating the manna and receiving the Torah

This week's Torah portion.

JANUARY 29, 2015ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Torah scroll

Make and break

Auto-destructive artist Gustav Metzger gets viewers up close and personal with familiar images, jolting them into discovering them anew.

MAY 29, 2014ByBARRY DAVIS
THE PIECE titled ‘To Crawl Into – Anschluss, Vienna, March 1938