Monthly Archives: March 2011

Film: Gei Oni (Dan Wolman, 2010)

Posted on March 13, 2011 by admin

‘Gei Oni’ based on a book by Shulamit Lapid and directed by Israeli veteran Dan Wolman is the kind of epic story from the beginnings of the Zionist endeavor in Palestine at the end of the 19th century that includes … Continue reading →

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Film: Kikujiro (Takeshi Kitano, 1999)

Posted on March 12, 2011 by admin

By one of these coincidences that make you wonder the very day the strongest earthquake in memory hit Japan, a Japanese film festival took place at the cinematheque in my city. Kikujiro which I saw last night is a very … Continue reading →

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Foto Rachel

Posted on March 11, 2011 by admin

Another exhibition which I visited last week at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv was the very interesting and moving exhibition of photographs named Foto Rachel – open to the public until March 30. It marks and brings testimony … Continue reading →

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Trenul credintei

Posted on March 10, 2011 by admin

After writing yesterday about the Eretz Israel exhibition about the First Governor of Jerusalem, I was asked about my article on the Hejaz train exhibition. I looked back in my archives and I discovered that it was written a few … Continue reading →

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Sir Ronald Storrs – The First Governor of Jerusalem

Posted on March 9, 2011 by admin

The Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv has a great tradition of exceptional historic exhibitions, based on photography and documents that bring back important and sometimes forgotten episodes from the history of the Land of Israel before and after the … Continue reading →

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The 6th Biennale for Israeli Ceramic

Posted on March 7, 2011 by admin

This is a first in a series of articles about the exhibitions we visited last Saturday at the Eretz Israel Museum The first exhibition we visited was the show that every two years gathers the most interesting works in the … Continue reading →

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Machiavelli’s ‘La Mandragola’ at the Beit Lessin Theatre

Posted on March 5, 2011 by admin

The Israeli mainstream theaters suffer from a repertory policy which encourages commercial plays and leaves too little room to my taste to innovation – both in what concerns the selected texts as well as the means of expression. The Beit … Continue reading →

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Serge Gainsbourg at Casino de Paris

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

I have written a few weeks ago about Joann Sfar’s film Gainsbourg (Vie Eroique) which I liked a lot. The Arte TV culture channel broadcast several segments dedicated to Gainsbourg 20 years after his death (on March 2, 1991). One … Continue reading →

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Jazz: Henri Texier

Posted on March 2, 2011 by admin

The Mezzo TV station presented a documentary and concert excerpts featuring bassist Henri Texier. Born in 1945 Texier became known in the 60s and 70s when he worked with several American jazz players who were singing in the Paris hot … Continue reading →

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Jazz: Seamus Blake, Rodney Green & Assaf Kehati in Tel Aviv

Posted on March 1, 2011 by admin

The Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art proposed for its 5th concert of the season an experiment. Instead of bringing in one special guest with his band or with an Israeli band (usually in quartet formula) … Continue reading →

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