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The Schmooze Bezalel Can’t Go Home Again
Crossposted from Haaretz For a moment it seemed that the Bezalel Art Academy had decided to back down: shelving a plan to build a new campus in the center of Jerusalem, developed by an international team of architects which won a design competition five years ago. For a moment it seemed possible to believe that…
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The Schmooze Marie Antoinette’s Tel Aviv Palace
Crossposted from Haaretz When he bought the house in Neve Tzedek four years ago, Boaz Monos knew Marie Antoinette’s palace would be the inspiration for its interior design. “I was very attracted to her image and she very quickly became a personal passion for me,” he says. “I read everything about her and visited every…
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The Schmooze Jazz Great — and Gone
Crossposted from Haaretz On Friday morning, the ninth-grade students in the jazz program at the Thelma Yellin High School for Arts were learning about the history of jazz with their beloved teacher, Amit Golan. That same day there was a test. The questions were about Duke Ellington, Art Tatum and other early jazz giants, whom…
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The Schmooze Still Captivating After All These Years
Crossposted from Haaretz Rivka Michaeli gives an impressive performance in the title role of “Nechama,” a film directed by Edit Sheratzki in which she plays an elderly woman who wakes up one morning knowing that it is her last day on earth. She has to deal with the people around her, who are either too…
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The Schmooze The Anti-Puppet Master
Crossposted from Haaretz “I have a small obsession: to get dancers to take their bodies and brains farther,” says choreographer Jacopo Godani. “An animal-like, emotional and physical approach to dancing is very important, but if the brain does not control the body, the body has a tendency to repeat its movements. Unfortunately, most dancers are…
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The Schmooze Israeli Documentary Shortlisted for Oscar
Crossposted from Haaretz Israeli documentary “Precious Life” was shortlisted for the Best Documentary Film category in the 83rd Academy Awards, alongside 15 feature documentaries. Director Shlomi Eldar’s moving film documents a saga involving a breathtaking race to save the life of a desperately ill Palestinian baby. The baby’s militant mother, an Israeli doctor and Eldar,…
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The Schmooze Israeli Hit Sitcom ‘Ramzor’ Wins International Emmy
Crossposted from Haaretz The Israeli hit sitcom “Ramzor” (“Traffic Light”) won Monday night the International Emmy award for best comedy at the award ceremony in New York. This follows the hit show’s earlier coup of having rights for an American version bought by the Fox television network. “Ramzor” was submitted as a candidate by Keshet,…
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The Schmooze Blending by Intuition
Crossposted from Haaretz Singing was a necessity and inevitability for Claudia Nurit Henig. Born in Argentina, her mother tongue is Ladino, a language that seems to encompass infinite musical riches. Even the transition as a child from Buenos Aires to Arad, after losing her parents one after the next, did not dull Henig’s passion for…
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