Mordechai Beck

The poet who's given women a place in the Haggadah

Marcia Falk's new Haggadah highlights the hidden, female aspects of the Exodus

Icon of Israeli music

Meet Shlomo Bar - a star in Israel and his native Morocco

Pulling in the A-List

Ronit Arbel on escoring Sir Paul McCartney, and countless other stars, around Israel.

Classical music gets eastern spice

Israel is embracing sounds from the Arab world.

Film that reveals the truth about the savagery of war

The battle to pray on the Temple Mount

Why tensions have risen around Judaism's most sacred site

Remember the Maccabees on Rosh Hashanah

Why do we have to eat matzah on Pesach?

How the humble unleavened bread became the definitive food of Pesach

Where is the incentive to vote?

How the rabbis turned swords into candles

Why Chanucah recalls a miracle in the Temple rather than the Maccabees' military heroics.

Dramatic lead

Tel Aviv’s theatre has entered a new stage of its always-inspiring

The human city