Jerusalem Cinematheque

The queen of Israeli cinema: Remembering Lia van Leer ahead of Jerusalem Film Festival

She was brilliant, visionary, charming, hardworking, funny, ambitious, extremely cultured, demanding, and imperious, so it’s no accident that she was eulogized by many as the queen of Israeli cinema.

 Lia van Leer with a Jerusalem Film Festival guest, legendary Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni, 1987.
Jerusalem Cinematheque unveils renovated auditorium

Jerusalem highlights: July 11-17

 Bar Rose

Jerusalem highlights: July 4-10

 ‘A Sick Day for Amos McGee.’

Jerusalem highlights: June 27-July 3


Jerusalem highlights: June 13-19

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Gilding workshop

Jerusalem highlights: June 6-12

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Illustrative image of grilled cheese.

Jerusalem highlights: May 30 – June 5

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Johanna Riethmueller

Jerusalem highlights: May 23-29

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Uri Shafir, ‘The Waiting Hollow’

This week’s Jerusalem International Writers Festival to light up literary landscape

“Even during the war that is currently taking place, and in the incessant war since 1948, Israel continues to create and enrich the world with its culture."

MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ will be appearing at the Jerusalem International Writers Festival and the Jerusalem International Book Forum.

Jerusalem highlights: May 9-15

Jerusalem Cinematheque unveils renovated auditorium

Jerusalem Highlights: May 2-8

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 CROWDS COME OUT to celebrate Mahaneh Yehuda’s 100th birthday.

Jerusalem Highlights: April 25 – May 1

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Artwork by Miryam Adler.

Jerusalem Highlights: April 18-24

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 The music of Jemaa El Fna.

Jerusalem Cinematheque screens classic films for 50th anniversary

The movies include Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane (1941), Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957), Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), and more.

 A SCENE from ‘Citizen Kane.’

Let my people go have fun! 48 things to do for Passover in and near Jerusalem

48 ways to celebrate Passover – Fun In Jerusalem provides the guide

 Children are seen spelunking in the Biyar Aqueduct.