by Barbara Abraham
An enlightening interview with internationally recognized
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realistic-expressive artist Alex Levine who sees his paintings as following the Jewish tradition of passing on cultural and religious identities.
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by Helen Schary Motro
An exhibition, “A world apart next door”, at the
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Israel Museum and the prize winning film “Filling the Void” both allow the viewer an intimate look at the culture and traditions of the Hasidic community.
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by Daniella Roman
The Fantasticks, off-Broadway’s longest running musical,
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is the season opener for the Guild Theater in Raanana . The cast includes young talents, newcomers, and other familiar, well-loved actors from the area. Tickets for the shows are now available.
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by Helen Schary Motro
The international winner of 14th annual Tel Aviv Documentary
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Film Festival was Planet of Snail, a love story from South Korea. Through what the festival judges called “poetic and pure” cinematography, it portrays the transcendence of love and the sanctity of life in the face of the biggest odds in the world.
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by Norman A. Rubin
The Bible Lands Museum of Jerusalem celebrates its
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20th anniversary with a special ancient gold exhibition. This article provides an interesting and informative background on gold in its historical and cultural context.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
A description on the background and sections of the
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Etzel Museum in Tel Aviv, which deals with Etzel’s history and of course the tragic ALTALENA incident in 1948.
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by Sam Zebba
A chance showing of an 8mm family film in 1954 led
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to Sam Zebba making a commercial film.
Old age tradition in modern Africa is the theme of the film shot in Nigeria with amateur African actors and production team. Those were the days before zoom lenses and modern filming techniques, but with help from professionals in America the film was made.
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by Irving Spitz
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has discovered yet
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another child prodigy in the form of 12 year old Maya Tamir who played Franz Joseph Haydn’s piano concerto in D Major. The concert can be viewed on Youtube. Maya’s performance was insightful belying her young years. She blended beautifully with the orchestra making the concert delightful.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
A best kept secret is the David Amar World Center Museum,
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celebrating the fascinating and rich heritage of North African Jewry. It’s like visiting a corner of Morocco in the City of Gold – Jerusalem. Specialists were brought in to recreate the authentic and colorful atmosphere from architecture to tiles to furniture, everything that made the North African Jewish Culture so rich and distinct and that so many hundreds of the thousands had to leave behind but never forgot…
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by Sara Groundland
ESRA Cinema Club presented the documentary film, Here
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I Learned to Love
to a packed auditorium in Yad Lebanim in Raanana. This heartbreaking story of two Polish toddlers sent to the Cracow Ghetto with their family after the Nazis invaded Poland stunned the audience into silence. After a horrific journey they finally ended up in Israel. The older brother Itzik, wrote the book on which this film is based.
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
A new painting exhibition by the artist Anat Agami,
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will open on the 30th June till 12th July in Ranaana – 12 al Ha Agam Gallery. Curated by Orit Lotringer and opening speech will be given by the author Gali Zvi Weiss. Not to be missed.
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by Carol Novis
In Making an Exhibition of Itself, a tribute to the
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new wing of the Tel Aviv Art Museum, Carol Novis offers the reader an impressive look at this new addition to the cultural center which encompasses the
Israel Opera, Cameri Theater and Beit Ariela Library. The building has been called ‘visionary,’ and
‘unprecedented,’ ‘inspiring and exciting’ and some feel it is a major architectural achievement.
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by Wendy Blumfield
Wendy Blumfeld President of Voices Israel - an organization
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that encourages poetry writing and has branches throughout Israel, writes of the activities of this organization and encourages would-be poets to share their work and to join up with fellow poets.
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by Rolly King Kohansky
Dolphin Boy traces the true story of a boy who was
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so savagely beaten he becomes mute and
traumatically escapes from reality. His arduous 4-year rehabilitation process of return to normal life, with the aid of dolphins, is intriguingly told in the award-winning, stunningly photographed film as recounted by Rolly King Kohansky.
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