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The globally famous designer and octogenarian Maccabiah athlete urges listeners at Tel Aviv Museum of Art to find inspiration from unexpected sources.
It’s not surprising that Zuzanna Surowy was selected out of 650 amateurs for the role, even though she hasn’t acted before.
July ushers in a Israel’s leading annual international film event with an eye on Israeli film.
X-rays of “Nude with a Hat” reveal unfinished portraits by the famed Jewish Italian artist. He likely reused canvases because he couldn’t afford new ones.
“It’s not just about winning military battles. It’s about having moral footings that come with being a believer in following a religious path,” said former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
It was based in part on a story by Liraz Brosh and Ehud Bleiberg, and stars a number of actors who appeared in the Netflix hit series “Fauda.”
He received the Gold Badge of Merit for Services to British Music from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in 1989.
“People said that I’m a dreamer,” said the Israeli statesman, who lived to 93. “It’s true. But ask me this: What’s wrong? Who said people who don’t dream are right?”
Ukraine, which won 2022 competition, will not host because of war with Russia • Competition looking for another host country.
“From Where They Stood” is a vitally important documentary that chronicles those brave enough to take a picture in concentration camps during World War II and the Holocaust.
The actor was once asked upon his visit to Israel if anyone told him not to go, a reference to the BDS movement against the Jewish state. “They would have gotten punched in the face,” he said. “No, I don’t hang around with anti-Semites, if that’s what you mean, and I don’t know any.”
A historical film in the making by Michele Kupfer shows the connection “of all of us—Jewish people from Israel and the Diaspora—as part of a big nation with a long tradition.”
