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Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová at Litvak

Posted on September 18, 2011 by admin

Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova are two of the most influential names in the development of glass art in the second half of the 20th century. They were married for almost four decades and during this period they created together … Continue reading →

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‘Beyond the Glass Curtain’ at the Litvak Gallery

Posted on September 16, 2011 by admin

Liliana and me spent today a morning in the exhibitions in Tel Aviv. We first visited the collective exhibition of Czech glass art opened last week at the Litvak Gallery, then we crossed the bridge and strolled in a few … Continue reading →

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Jazz: Ramon Valle and Denise Jannah in Tel Aviv

Posted on September 10, 2011 by admin

The new season of the Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art started started this year earlier than usual. A new and better Web site, a Facebook group and video presentations by the series organizer Ziv Ben … Continue reading →

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Jazz: Ceumar in Tel Aviv

Posted on July 9, 2011 by admin

I hesitated on the title of this note about the concert last night, the last of the season in the Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, a season about I already wrote that it was one … Continue reading →

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‘Post Trauma’ at Habima

Posted on July 3, 2011 by admin

Habima, The National Theater of Israel did not yet return home during this season despite the promises made last fall. Something about construction or safety permits, an example probably of the traditional mix of bureaucracy and inefficiency which makes so … Continue reading →

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‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Cameri Theater

Posted on June 23, 2011 by admin

‘What’s in a name?’ asks Romeo in one of the best known monologues in Romeo and Juliet and in the whole history of theater. What’s in the title of a play that any viewer knows about since school, whose every … Continue reading →

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‘Norma’ at the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv

Posted on April 26, 2011 by admin

In one of the best seasons of the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv that I can remember we watched on Saturday night the last performance of Bellini’s ‘Norma’. It also was probably the best music we got this season, … Continue reading →

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Jazz: Meg Okura in Tel Aviv

Posted on April 9, 2011 by admin

When I saw that the program of the 6th evening in this season of the Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art included violinist Meg Okura I knew that it would be an interesting evening. I did … 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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