Biennale, Italian for "biennial" or "every other year", is any event that happens every two years. It is most commonly used within the art world to describe large-scale international contemporary art exhibitions. As such the term was popularised by Venice Biennale, which was first held in 1895. The phrase has since been used for other artistic events, such as the "Biennale de Paris", "Kochi-Muziris Biennale", or even as a portmanteau as with Berlinale and Viennale. "Biennale" is therefore used as a general term for other recurrent international events.
ANU - Museum of the Jewish People, formerly the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, is located in Tel Aviv, Israel, at the center of the Tel Aviv University campus in Ramat Aviv.
Richard H. Schwartz is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the College of Staten Island; president emeritus of the Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA); and co-founder and coordinator of the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV). He is best known as a Jewish vegetarian activist and advocate for animal rights in the United States and Israel.
Judith Margolis is an Israel-based American artist working visually in paintings, drawings, artist's books and multi-media collages. In her art and writing she "explores tensions between consciousness, feminism, and religious ritual tradition".
Innovation: Africa is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that brings Israeli solar, water and agricultural innovations to rural African villages. Founded in 2008, the organization has completed over 300 projects providing light and clean water to 1.8 million people in 10 African countries. Innovation: Africa maintains headquarters in the US and Israel and operates in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Cameroon, Zambia and Eswatini.
Mika Rottenberg is a contemporary Argentine-Israeli video artist who lives and works in New York City. Rottenberg is best known for her surreal video and installation work that often "investigates the link between the female body and production mechanisms". Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.
Mordechai Omer was an Israeli art historian and museum administrator who served as Director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
The Jerusalem Biennale is a Biennale, an art event taking place every second year. The Jerusalem Biennale occurs in different locations around the city center of Jerusalem. It is dedicated to exploring the places in which the contemporary art world and the Jewish world of content meet. It is a stage for professional artists, who create and refer in their work to Jewish thought, spirit, tradition or experience, to exhibit their work in Jerusalem. In 2014, the Jerusalem Biennale became a member of the Biennial Foundation, together with more than a 100 Biennales from around the world.
The Arab Museum of Contemporary Art and Heritage is a Contemporary Art Museum in Arab city Sakhnin in Israel.
Solomon Souza is a British street artist. He is best known for spray painting portraits of contemporary and historical figures on the metal shutters of the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, turning them into an after-hours attraction.
HomeBiogas is a biogas company based in Beit Yanai, Israel. The company produces and sells anaerobic digesters that convert organic waste into methane gas and liquid fertilizer.
Nili Block is a 5-time Muay Thai and 1-time Kickboxing world champion representing Israel.
Smadar Sheffi is a curator, art critic and researcher of contemporary art and culture. Since 2019 she is the Chief Curator at the CACR – Contemporary Art Center Ramla, which she founded. Her bilingual blog, The Window, was established in 2012.
Bracha “Beatie” Deutsch is a Haredi American-Israeli marathon runner. She has won the Tiberias Marathon and the Jerusalem Marathon, as well as the Israeli half-marathon and marathon national championships.
The Shalva Band is a musical band consisting of eight musicians who all live with some degree of disability. The group was formed in 2005 at the Shalva organization, that supports and empowers individuals with disabilities and their families in Israel.
The Jerusalem Biennale, is a biennale taking place in Jerusalem, Israel, every odd year since 2013. As stated on the Biennial Foundation's website, "is a platform for professional curators and artists to present contemporary works that relate, in one way or another, to the Jewish world of content. Every two years, a growing community of artists, art lovers, collectors, writers, researchers, and social activists gather in Jerusalem to celebrate Contemporary Jewish Art and to enjoy a variety of exhibitions, projects, site-specific installations and events under this conceptual framework."
The Jerusalem Biennale, as stated on the Biennial Foundation's website, "is a platform for professional curators and artists to present contemporary works that relate, in one way or another, to the Jewish world of content. Every two years, a growing community of artists, art lovers, collectors, writers, researchers, and social activists gather in Jerusalem to celebrate Contemporary Jewish Art and to enjoy a variety of exhibitions, projects, site-specific installations and events under this conceptual framework."
Ram (Rami) Ozeri is the Founder and Director of the Jerusalem Biennale. He was born in Jerusalem.
Sivan Ya’ari is an Israeli social entrepreneur who founded Innovation: Africa and serves as its CEO.
Nir Peled,, known as Pilpeled, is an Israeli contemporary artist, graphic designer and illustrator, and founder of Pilpeled clothing and accessories brand.
