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Snapshots in Tzfat (Safed) – Galleries and Synagogues

Posted on October 17, 2012 by admin

I am spending a short vacation traveling all over Israel with old friends from Bucharest. It’s their first visit in Israel, but for me it’s maybe the 20th time I have the joy to be guide to family and friends … Continue reading →

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fantasizing around Klimt (Film: Klimt – John Malkovich, 2006)

Posted on October 14, 2012 by admin

Gustav Klimt was a fascinating character. At a time when all modern art was going through one of the greatest transformations in history Klimt was slightly dislocated, or better said located at the wrong place. The elegant city of Vienna … Continue reading →

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‘Encounters in Edvard Munch’s Space’ at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Posted on October 13, 2012 by admin

Twenty years ago Liliana and me visited Paris for the first time in our lives. It was a memorable trip from many respects, and one of the major highlights of that first encounter with the magic city was the exhibition … Continue reading →

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Art: ‘All His Sons: The Brueghel Dynasty’ at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Posted on October 12, 2012 by admin

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art hosts during these months one of the most interesting exhibition of classical masters paintings that I have seen lately. All His Sons: The Bruegel Dynasty gathers works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, of his … Continue reading →

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Carte: Lavinia Betea – Lucretiu Patrascanu, Moartea unui lider comunist

Posted on October 9, 2012 by admin

Aveam 15 ani in aprilie 1968 cand comunicatul Plenarei CC al PCR anunta rezultatele si recomandarile comisiei care anchetase cazul Patrascanu. Pot spune ca imaginea lui Lucretiu Patrascanu, a comunistului cu fata umana, mai liberal si mai independent fata de … Continue reading →

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An Yidishpiel in Hebrew (Stempenyu at the Cameri Theater)

Posted on October 8, 2012 by admin

Was there a real Fiddler on the Roof? This question is being asked by viewers enjoying the well-known musical or the movie inspired by it, or admiring Chagall’s paintings. The historical figure behind the character actually existed, he was was … Continue reading →

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Chairman is another of His names (Film: The Adjustment Bureau – Matt Damon, 2011)

Posted on October 7, 2012 by admin

The Adjustment Bureau starts like an election year movie. As we are in 2012 this may be the right time for such films, but it quickly quits that path to go into a direction that I personally find even more … Continue reading →

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Simchat Torah 5773 – Torah in Art

Posted on October 6, 2012 by admin

  Jews all over the world start celebrating tomorrow evening Simchat Torah, the last of the Jewish holidays in the autumn season. The holiday marks the end of the annual cycle of reading and learning of the Torah, and the … Continue reading →

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Rehearsal for The Artist (Film – OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus – Michel Hazanavicius, 2009)

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin

I am yet to see The Artist, the film that conquered the Academy preferences and received the Oscar for the Best Film, as well as the Best Actor award for Jean Dujardin. I had recorded however about one year ago … Continue reading →

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The Magic Ends (Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, parts 1 and 2)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by admin

I am no big fan of Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling’s novels are a combination of two literary genres that I am not fond off – the teenager adventures which I somehow left behind after reading Jules Verne when I was … Continue reading →

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