Haifa International Festival for Children’s Theatre 2013 will take place from March 27 – 29, 2013 with a colorful, wonderfully diverse program to enthrall audiences of all ages! Six original Israeli plays for children will premiere at the festival, as well as many guest performances. Throughout the three days of the festival, there will be outdoor performances by international troupes – all open to the public free of charge!
Opening the festival will be the play Bat Hamelech (The King’s Daughter), inspired by the legend of King Solomon and his daughter, …

Purim is coming – it’s time to be a kid again! The Holon Adloyada – the traditional Purim Parade, will take a trip to toyland with this year’s theme: Toy Symphony. The parade will take place on February 24, 2013 beginning at 12:00 The Adloyada will march along Sokolov Street and end at Weizmann, corner of Leon Blum Street. The fun will begin an hour before the parade, at 11:00, with street performances along the route.
It’s the biggest and brightest Purim parade, with giant floats and 4,500 participants from Holon, …

Not Born to Be Gladiators, the 3D animated comedy-action film chronicling the adventures of Timo the would-be gladiator, will be released in Israeli theatres on February 21st, just in time for the Purim holidays.
Set in ancient Rome, young Timo, orphaned after the destruction of Pompeii, is taken in by General Carino, and grows up in the most famous Gladiator Academy in Rome. Timo is not particularly inspired to take up his adoptive father’s calling until he falls for Lucille, the General’s daughter. With the aid of Diana, the tough trainer, …

Hannukah – eight days of music, dance, theatre and holiday fun from the traditional to the delightfully different!
Start the holiday off with Ohana Brass Band at Beit Avi Chai (48 King George St. Jerusalem) on Saturday, December 8th at 22:00. No Hannukah would be complete without levivot (latkes/potato pancakes/what you will), and Hannukah would just not be Hannukah without Shmemel and Hannah Zelda! Shmemel concerts are always a fantastic party, and their traditional crazy Hannukah antics are legendary. Just so you don’t miss them, they will have two performances during …

“When the visit is over, the experience remains.” This is the motto of the Israel Children’s Museum in Holon, which aims to give children a fun and memorable experience while instilling them with educational values. The museum has recently opened two new exhibits, each touching on significant aspects of life to which children can relate. The museum’s exhibits appeal to many different age groups: adults can join preteens and teens for some, while others are directed at children as young as 4 or 5. Visitors are divided into small groups …

Looking for a moment of color? Stop into the Sipur Pashut bookstore at 36 Shabazi Street and enjoy illustrations for children’s books made by third year students at Bezalel. The illustrations were made in a semester-long course led by Rutu Modan and Avi Buhbut, each student selected a text to work on – Israeli children’s stories from Shalom Aleichem to Dan Pagis and internationally beloved classics like Peter and the Wolf. The exhibition will be on display through November 31, 2012. Opening hours: Sunday – Thursday 10:00 – 20:00; Friday …

The Sounds of Childhood festival of music will take place in Holon during the Sukkot holiday, from October 2 – 4, 2012. Now in its 12th edition, the festival is under the baton of a new artistic director, pianist and conductor Dr. Uri Leshman.
The annual event seeks to foster a love of music with fun and colorful concerts, musical plays and dance performances that communicate to a young audience without compromising on quality. In this spirit, throughout the days of festival, in addition to the scheduled performances, there will be …

Animix 2012 – the International Animation, Comics and Caricature Festival, will take place from August 8 – 12, 2012 at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. It’s an amazing 5 day marathon of animated films, exhibitions, lectures, workshops, activities for kids, and master classes. A complete schedule is available in Hebrew on the Animix website.
A special guest at this year’s festival is New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly.  Ms. Donnelly will talk about the New Yorker as a platform for political cartoons, and discuss the issue of women – or lack thereof – …

The annual summertime doll exhibition will take place at Hecht House in Haifa from August 16 – 18, 2012. Hundreds of dolls made by doll makers from all over the country in a variety of techniques, styles, materials and sizes will be on display: porcelain dolls, puppets, marionettes, Papier-mâché dolls, sponge dolls, knit dolls, balloon dolls and more…
This year’s theme – “wine makes the heart rejoice” – was presenting to the artists as a challenge, each doll maker creating his or her interpretation.
Curated by Nava Shfeicher, this unique Haifa exhibition …

For the past eight years the Tel Aviv Cinematheque has been the host of the International Children’s Film Festival, an event dedicated to promoting quality cinema for both children and adults alike. The movies screened are produced by and for Israeli and international children, and deal with prominent issues of childhood that are often overlooked by adult filmmakers such as fear, love, dreams, and disappointments. The Festival Director is Michal Matus, Cinematheque chairwoman is Gila Almagor and Cinemateque Manager Alon Garbuz.
The festival, July 22nd to the 27th, will include thirty …