Monthly Archives: September 2012

Culinary Epilogue

Posted on September 30, 2012 by admin

Some of my friends who read the travel notes recorded during our vacation in Romania this summer keep asking – what about the food? When will you share the culinary experiences of your trip? May I say that I kept … Continue reading →

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Sukkot 5773 – The Temple of Jerusalem in Art

Posted on September 29, 2012 by admin

Reading and Learning about the holiday of Sukkot which starts at sunset on Sunday I was reminded that Sukkot is among other the date when the First Temple of Jerusalem was consecrated by King Solomon. My idea for this festive … Continue reading →

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rock, musical and the national theater (Theater: ‘Next to Normal’ at HaBima)

Posted on September 28, 2012 by admin

What is a rock musical? or a rock opera? I confess that I never understood exactly where are the borders of the genres, actually where the classical operetta ends and the musical genre starts. Maybe when it is staged on … Continue reading →

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Monasteries and Churches

Posted on September 27, 2012 by admin

This episode of my vacation journal in Romania covers several monasteries and churches that we visited during the trip. Monasteries in Romania have in many cases an importance and signification beyond the religious dimension. The Romanians are historically deep religious … Continue reading →

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Carte: Octavian Soviany – Arhivele de la Monte Negro

Posted on September 26, 2012 by admin

Ultimul paragraf din Arhivele de la Monte Negro a lui Octavian Soviany (Cartea Romaneasca, 2012) suna ca o punere in context: Nota: Luigi Lucheni este numele anarhistului solitar, care o asasina in septembrie 1898, la Geneva, pe Elisabeta, imparateasa Autriei … Continue reading →

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Kol Nidre 5773

Posted on September 24, 2012 by admin

“All [personal] vows we are likely to make, all [personal] oaths and pledges we are likely to take between this Yom Kippur and the next Yom Kippur, we publicly renounce. Let them all be relinquished and abandoned, null and void, … Continue reading →

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Stolen Childhood (Film: Le gamin au velo – Dardenne brothers, 2011)

Posted on September 23, 2012 by admin

Cyril, ‘le gamin’ in Le gamin au velo (The Kid with a Bike) has all the reasons to be angry. His father left him, after sending him to a public dormitory school he just disappeared trying to rebuild his life. … Continue reading →

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A World in Slow Motion (Film: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia – Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011)

Posted on September 22, 2012 by admin

This is my first encounter with work from Turkish director Nuri Bige Ceylan, and one of my first with the Turkish cinema, most of my previous experiences were with films made by Turkish directors living in Europe (Germany especially) and … Continue reading →

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Timisoara

Posted on September 21, 2012 by admin

Besides Lugoj, Timisoara is another city that has an important place in my biography, a city where I had been maybe three times in my life before, but whose geography, history and stories are familiar to me from the numerous … Continue reading →

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Carte: Octavian Soviany – Viata lui Kostas Venetis

Posted on September 19, 2012 by admin

Cu ‘Viata lui Kostas Venetis’ (Cartea Romaneasca, 2011) Octavian Soviany da literaturii romane o carte nepereche. Cine ia in mana aceasta carte si se cufunda in lectura ei nu va putea ramana indiferent. De la primele pagini este evident ca … Continue reading →

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