Venice

Venice art installation grapples with its Jewish history at 61st International Art Exhibition

At once playful, spiritual, and unsettling, Nabatele imagines a Jewish house of worship without ground beneath it.

Image of the Nabatele installation at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
Micol Radzik on the Tayelet in Tel Aviv, 2019.

From visiting to belonging: Micol Radzik's path to aliyah

People enjoy a gondola ride on the Grand Canal, where the canal's water has been dyed green in a protest organised by the "Extinction Rebellion" climate activists, in Venice, Italy, November 22, 2025.

Greta Thunberg, other activists fined, banned from Venice after Grand Canal dyed green

Hasidic Jews look at directions from a London street map in Westminster in Westminster, London, England, 18 June, 2025.

'A serious and unacceptable act': Venetian mayor condemns antisemitic attack on Jewish tourists


Italian politician attacked by youths in Venice shouting about Anne Frank

Former member of parliament Arturo Scotto was punched in the face by the youths, even though he's not Jewish.

Venice, Italy

Venice’s ancient ghetto floods as new tides rise

Venice's ancient Jewish neighborhood was flooded on Friday morning, as a new high tide peaked at 154 cm, leaving 70% of the iconic Italian city inundated.

Campo di Ghetto Novo, Venice, November 15, 2019.

Israeli arrested in Venice after locking teller in currency exchange stand

Unsatisfied with the exchange rate, the man reacted violently, entering the stand, closing the blinds and locking himself inside with the teller.

Venice, Italy

Roman Polanski film about Dreyfus wins 2nd place at Venice Film Festival

Polanski, 86, who has lived outside of the United States and avoided extradition since pleading guilty in 1977 to unlawful sex with a minor, did not attend the festival.

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Violent scenes cause some viewers to walk out of Holocaust film

Despite the violence, the film recieved positive reviews. Xan Brooks, a critic for the Guardian, said that some of the shocked viewers were frantic when trying to get out of the dark theater.

JEWS BEING transported by railway during the Holocaust.

Bar Refaeli flaunts baby bump on Venice red carpet

Refaeli, 34, has posted many glamorous pregnancy pics to Instagram, including several in which she showcases her still pretty tiny belly in bikinis.

Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli poses at the NBC All-Star party in Beverly Hills, California July 20, 2008

Venice Film Festival preview

Can ‘Joker,’ Brad Pitt, Scarlett Johansson and ‘Birth of a Nation’s Nate Parker continue the festival’s hot streak?

WARNER BROTHERS’ ‘Joker’ will premiere at the 76th Venice Film Festival.

Israeli films make European short list, Venice festival weathers a storm

Three Israeli films made the shortlist to be nominated for the European Film Academy awards, while the festival is mired in Polanski-Parker controversy

Kais Nashif in 'Tel-Aviv on Fire'

Anne Frank’s Diary reading to honor her 90th birthday in Venice's Ghetto

Ninety people, as many as the years she would have celebrated, will take turns reading the entire Italian translation over several hours.

Anne Frank in 1940