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Karen Chernick

Karen Chernick is a Tel Aviv-based arts and culture journalist. Her work has appeared on The Forward, VICE, Artsy, Lonely Planet, Hyperallergic and Eater.

Footage from the Lumière brothers, capturing a train pulling into Jaffa station in 1896, is accessible on the Israel Film Archive website.
Posted inHistory

The Israel Film Archive collects more than a century of Israeli historical footage online. Here are the highlights.

by Karen Chernick and JTA January 5, 2022

For years, only those with special permission could visit the climate-controlled repositories of the Jerusalem Cinematheque to see the moving pictures held in the Israel Film Archive. But following a massive […]

The street artist Dede Bandaid began illustrating face masks on real Israeli bills. (Photo/Courtesy Bandaid)
Posted inCulture

How Tel Aviv creatives made art out of the coronavirus crisis

by Karen Chernick and JTA May 12, 2020
Bidding on "Jacob's Ladder," a Chagall oil on canvas, will start at $110,000. (Courtesy Tiroche Auction House)
Posted inCulture

Marc Chagall painting stolen 20 years ago resurfaces at auction in Israel

by Karen Chernick and JTA January 24, 2020

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