Famous jewish artists

'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
Rachel Kainy, Road Sketch, workshop during Manofim Festival 2026.
"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
Isaiah Zagar at the HBO documentary screening of "In A Dream" at the Brooklyn Museum on August 23, 2009 in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City.

Isaiah Zagar, renowned Jewish mosaic artist who created Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, dies at 86

Zagar died of heart failure and Parkinson’s disease complications at his home in Philadelphia. He is survived by his wife and two sons.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

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