Stories republished from Haaretz, Israel’s newspaper of record.
For coverage of Haaretz itself, see Israeli media.
Stories republished from Haaretz, Israel’s newspaper of record.
For coverage of Haaretz itself, see Israeli media.
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The Schmooze Haifa Starts Rocking
Crossposted from Haaretz A festival being held for the first time is an idea. A festival being held for the second time is already a fact on the ground. Haifolk, Haifa’s indie music festival, had its second run this weekend and can, therefore, safely be declared an established festival on the Israeli indie music scene….
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The Schmooze Brave New Concrete World
Crossposted from Haaretz I experienced my own great architectural revolution in 1955, when my family moved from a rural area in the heart of the Sharon to an apartment block in a Histadrut labor federation cooperative housing project, on the outskirts of Givatayim. The moment we unpacked our bags on the gravel — which later…
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The Schmooze The Goat and the Pear
Crossposted from Haaretz The master wishes to eat a pear, but a series of strange setbacks prevents him from biting into the succulent fruit — until the happy ending. This is the frame story of an old German folk song. Over the course of it, we encounter the following: a dog, a stick, water, fire,…
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The Schmooze New Avenues in Computerized Architecture
Crossposted from Haaretz Last night the exhibit “Parameter: Digital Collaborative Design” opened in the ZeZeZe Architectural Gallery in the Tel Aviv port. The exhibit is the product of collaboration between the department of interior design in the academic track of the College of Management and the Institute for Advanced Architecture in Catalonia, and it presents…
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The Schmooze Much Ado at the Cameri
Crossposed from Haaretz For years now the Cameri Theater has been the country’s busiest cultural project. On an ordinary day one can choose to see any one of five productions in the building in Tel Aviv (Cameri 1, Cameri 2, Cameri 3, Cameri 4 and also a cafe-theater, where the performances are not part of…
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The Schmooze Hebrew for the Internet Age
Crossposted from Haaretz “Writing on the Internet is like breathing or walking,” says Dr. Carmel Vaisman, who earned a Ph.D. from Hebrew University for her research on language, gender and play. “Hebrew Online” (Keter, in Hebrew), which Vaisman wrote with her colleague, Ilan Gonen, who is completing a thesis on the Aramaic of Kurdistan’s Jews,…
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The Schmooze Dances With Sculptures
Crossposted from Haaretz Improvisations by veteran dancer Anat Shamgar and up-and-coming dancer and choreographer Arkadi Zaides form the basis of “Dance with a Sculpture,” an intimate, magical and profound show. Created with sculptor Avital Cnaani, the dance is accompanied by the sounds of the cello, played by Dan Weinstein and Karni Postal. The name of…
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The Schmooze The Artist’s Pinch
Crossposted from Haaretz If you’re willing to pose with a hibiscus flower in place of a sexual organ, or have a lobster dance with you as you strike a pornographic pose — and have that photo tagged on Facebook — you have to pay for it. Yoash Foldesh approaches a wide drawer in his house,…
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