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Pass the salt: discovering the Dead Sea's surprising food scene

The pandemic and war kept foreign pilgrims away from the Dead Sea, but a surprising food scene has emerged; Amir Kaminer explores culinary stops along its northern shores and returns with tempting reasons to visit the lowest place on Earth

Amir Kaminer | 10.21.26

"במשך 20 שנה חייתי בתחושה אמיתית שאני דפוק". אוראל קמחי

'Robuchon's famous mashed potatoes are a fraud': Israeli chef reveals dark side of fine dining

Popina chef-owner Orel Kimchi opens up about severe post-traumatic stress after October 7, nearly closing his restaurant and life-changing hypnosis; marking 14 years of Popina, he recalls abuse in Joël Robuchon's Paris kitchen and its cult of personality

Amir Kaminer | 10.15.26

Israeli director Ariel Vromen: ‘Trump posted our video, then Hollywood began canceling me’

After directing stars including Kevin Costner and Gal Gadot, Ariel Vromen is betting on AI to transform Hollywood; he recalls the backlash to Trump's viral Gaza video, discusses his new series Run For Tina, the Rambo film he nearly made and defends Mel Gibson

Amir Kaminer | 10.11.26

Same grapes, one meter apart: Why Burgundy can cost $50 or $10,000

Filmmakers Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw spent 2½ years inside Burgundy, where tiny plots can produce wildly different prices and young winemakers face a land market that makes ownership nearly impossible

Amir Kaminer | 09.24.26

Simone Signoret survived Yves Montand’s Marilyn Monroe affair — and refused to be defined by it

Filmmaker Diane Kurys revisits Simone Signoret and Yves Montand’s turbulent marriage, the Marilyn Monroe affair that left a lasting wound, and an extraordinary life shaped by cinema, Jewish roots, Israel, politics and an Oscar-winning comeback

Amir Kaminer | 09.14.26

‘Today we are Israeli in every sense’: tourism returns as the Golan Druze embrace a new, delicious chapter

Once widely identified with Syria, younger Druze in the Golan Heights increasingly embrace Israeli identity; in Mas'ade, ancient food traditions, contemporary cuisine and generous hospitality tell the story of a community in transition

Amir Kaminer | 08.29.26

After Oscar win, 'No Other Land' creators head to Venice with new Gaza documentary

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor will premiere 'NAZA,' a Guardian-produced documentary on the mechanisms behind IDF strikes in Gaza, at Venice Film Festival; the film is the festival's only documentary in competition and is co-produced by Jonathan Glazer

Amir Kaminer | 08.24.26

‘For me, being Jewish has always been a positive thing’: Jesse Eisenberg on fame, family and giving back

Jesse Eisenberg opens up about donating a kidney to a stranger, his Jewish identity and Holocaust-rooted family history, while reflecting on fame, Hollywood and his responsibility to help others: 'I feel like I've been given so much'

Amir Kaminer, Karlovy Vary | 08.10.26

Foodies flock to Netivot for the market born in an empty parking lot

What began with Moroccan fish patties served from a table beneath an IKEA umbrella has become a Friday sensation, offering 60-year-old Tunisian recipes, Bukhari dishes born from October 7 trauma and craft beer honoring a fallen Golani soldier

Amir Kaminer | 08.01.26

Amos Gitai’s new film on Rabin and Bedouin history to premiere at Venice Film Festival

Amid growing challenges for Israeli filmmakers abroad, Amos Gitai’s 'Road to Jericho' will represent Israel at Venice, featuring archival material, interviews with Yitzhak Rabin and encounters with a Bedouin community displaced in 1948

Amir Kaminer | 07.23.26

Myanmar lesbian romance ‘Fruit Picking’ wins top prize at Karlovy Vary Film Festival

Aung Phyoe’s debut feature about two female factory workers who fall in love claimed the Crystal Globe, while Juliette Binoche and Jeffrey Wright received career honors at the festival’s 60th edition

Amir Kaminer | 07.12.26

History’s first celebrity is back: The coffin stunt, scandals and legend of Sarah Bernhardt

Long before Hollywood and social media, Sarah Bernhardt turned every performance, romance and scandal into a media event; 'The Divine Sarah Bernhardt' revisits the turbulent life of the French Jewish actress and global trailblazer

Amir Kaminer, Paris | 07.07.26

ג'סי אייזנברג, דסטין הופמן, מגי ג'ילנהול

Karlovy Vary opens with Hoffman, Gyllenhaal and Eisenberg, but no Israeli films

Festival’s 60th edition opens with World Cup tribute, honors for Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jesse Eisenberg, and a polished mix of humor, music and glamour; but for the first time in years, Israeli cinema is entirely absent

Amir Kaminer, Czech Republic | 07.05.26

Yuval Shani on bullying, coming out and turning childhood pain into art

Director Yuval Shani says he hid behind a macho persona to fit in after enduring years of bullying; his debut feature, 'Youthful Grace,' reimagines the vulnerable, feminine boy he once was as the film's strongest character

Amir Kaminer | 07.03.26

גל גדות ואוסקר אייזק, מתוך "בידיים של דנטה"

‘Gal Gadot’s casting caused a major storm, but she did phenomenal work’

As In the Hand of Dante arrives on Netflix, Jewish-American artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel praises Gadot’s performance, rejects boycott calls and revisits his own complicated relationship with Israel, Judaism and his controversial Palestinian drama Miral

Amir Kaminer, Venice | 06.20.26

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