Day 555 - Israeli art in a post-October 7 world

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🗓️ 13 April 2025

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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Culture editor Jessica Steinberg joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.

We begin today's program by discussing Israeli art in a post-October 7 world. Steinberg brings us several examples, starting with Design Museum Holon latest exhibit, “Heroines.” Steinberg explains how this show examines how fashion design provided a sense of hope during dark times.

Our next stop is the spiral surroundings of the Bat Yam Museum of Art, which are hosting artist Ester Schneider in her first solo museum exhibit, “Hoshana,” which showcases her installations, paintings and watercolors. Steinberg sets the scene.

Sofie Berzon Mackie, Kibbutz Be’eri’s art gallery director and curator, has lived and worked in more than one temporary home since the Hamas onslaught on October 7, 2023, decimated her home and community. Steinberg shares how the Be’eri gallery, an art institution cherished on the kibbutz since 1986, was torched by Hamas terrorists, leaving nothing untouched. She explains where the art -- and curator -- are now.

Finally, we turn to how hostage parents have prepared themselves for another Passover seder without their children who are still in bondage. One example is Viki Cohen, whose son Nimrod Cohen was a soldier taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. Viki has recently released a children’s Haggadah for Passover, adding illustrations of the hostages — those still in captivity, those who were freed and those who were killed — and symbols and signs of their lives. We hear more.

For further reading:

Fashion exhibit looks at design as symbol of hope during World War II

Artist calls for salvation in show at Bat Yam museum

Be’eri artist and gallery director finds clarity in temporary home, art and family

Hostages’ families yearn and mourn in new Passover Haggadahs

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IMAGE: From 'Heroines,' an exhibit about fashion design during wartime at the Holon Design Museum, from April 2025 (Credit Elad Sarig)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily briefing today's Sunday, April 13th, day 550
0:10.2	of the war. Amanda Borsel, Dan, here with our partner in crime, Jessica Steinberg,
0:16.6	wearing a different hat today as culture editor. Hi, Jessica. Thanks for joining me today.
0:21.6	Hey, Amanda. Thanks for having me. We are recording ahead with the Passover holiday, and we are going to
0:26.8	be discussing in general Israeli art since October 7, 2023, and how it's being exhibited right now.
0:35.5	She's going to bring us several examples of current exhibits,
0:39.1	and we'll get a sense of what's on show, especially during this Passover holiday.
0:43.5	We'll also speak about the families of hostages and how they're preparing themselves
0:48.4	for this Passover holiday a second in which their loved ones are still in captivity.
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