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Moshe Gershuni and other exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Posted on February 9, 2011 by admin

A visit to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art allows nowadays to play not only a labyrinth orientation game around the building which will soon enjoy the opening of a new wing, but also visiting a few exhibitions that are … Continue reading →

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Gogol’s ‘Revizor’ at the Gesher Theater

Posted on February 7, 2011 by admin

Gogol’s Revizor (The Inspector General as translated in English here) is one of these few great plays in the universal theater repertoire that has the potential of becoming inflammatory and subversive material for any society in any time. The combination … Continue reading →

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Film: The King’s Speech (2010)

Posted on February 6, 2011 by admin

Here is a film whose destiny is to gather a lot of statuettes on the Oscar night this year, and this may be one of its problems in my eyes. The combination between a personal drama doubled by a physical … Continue reading →

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Chihuly at the Litvak Gallery in Tel Aviv

Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

Dale Chihuly’s special relation with Israel continues with a double event this year. After having brought his sets to the opera representation of Bluebird’s Castle at the Tel Aviv Opera he opened across the street at the Litvak Gallery a … Continue reading →

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Gica Manescu – Ferestre deschise spre lume

Posted on January 31, 2011 by admin

Am placerea de a publica un nou articol pe care mi l-a pus la dispozitie prietenul meu Gica Manescu. De data aceasta punctul de interes special este legat de aspectele aut0-biografice ale unui fel de relatie pe care Gica a … Continue reading →

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Theater: “Sheindale” at Beit-Lessin

Posted on January 30, 2011 by admin

Sheindale is a remake performance of a play which more than twenty years ago opened a trend and created a genre in the Israeli theater – plays dedicated to the life and conflicts in the closed ultra-religious (haredi) society in … Continue reading →

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Film: Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky – 2010)

Posted on January 29, 2011 by admin

‘Black Swan’ is about art and obsession, is about sanity and madness, it’s about perfection and genius, all this described in the world which can be so mistakenly perceived of classical ballet. A world in which the spectator is supposed … Continue reading →

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Gica Manescu – Ploaia

Posted on January 28, 2011 by admin

Cu mare placere preiau din nou pe blog cu permisiunea autorului contributia doctorului Gica Manescu pe o tema care este actual cel putin in gandurile tuturor israelienilor in aceasta perioada – Ploaia. ——————————- E timpul cand toata lumea israeliana o … Continue reading →

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Reader Notes: Yeshayahu Leibowitz – Israel and Judaism

Posted on January 27, 2011 by admin

Yeshayahu Leibowitz was one of the best known thinkers and scientists in the history of Israel. He was also one of the most controversial ones, his outspoken and non-compromising opinions on a number of issues from the Israeli policy of … Continue reading →

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Theater: ‘Because It’s Us That You Have Chosen’ at HaBima

Posted on January 23, 2011 by admin

‘Ki Banu Baharta’ (‘Because It’s Us That You Have Chosen’) is the kind of a play that speaks mostly for Jewish audiences and probably only in Israel. It’s a strong drama about personal and family identity, but I doubt that … Continue reading →

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