Category: Art and Culture
Street and Graffiti Artist in Israel - Profile of AME72
Posted on October 4, 2007 | 1 Comment
A few weeks ago we published our first article in a series on the graffiti and street art scene in Israel. Today we are interviewing one of Tel Aviv’s most popular street deviants, AME72, who is well known for his loveable little Lego character that seems to pop up everywhere around Tel Aviv.
We’ll take a look at how long he’s been doing it, why, where and what he’s working on at the moment. Read more»
Dancing to the Stars
Posted on September 30, 2007 | 2 Comments
When Sally Anne Friedland got THE phone call in the summer of 2005, she hit payola. Artistic director and choreographer of Israel’s Dance Drama Company (DDC), Friedland was being invited to present her troupe at a prestigious Manhattan dance event - an invite she says resulted from a chance, New York layover the year before. Read more»
Shake it up for Sukkot
Posted on September 25, 2007 | 1 Comment
Yet another Jewish holiday is upon us, and this time it’s Sukkot. The practices related to this week of celebration are probably among the strangest offered by Judaism: we build wobbly huts that have leaves or twigs as roofs, and eat and sleep in them for seven days. We also make sure to shake a combination of palm fronds (whatever they are), myrtle (whatever that is), hyssop (ditto), and etrog (obviously). Read more»
Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. NY Knicks, an interactive event
Posted on September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
On October 11, 2007, The New York Knicks are set to host Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in what promises to be an unbelievable basketball showdown at Madison Square Garden. The money earned from tickets will benefit the Migdal Ohr youth village in Israel.
To add an interactive twist to this not-to-be-missed event, the Israeli consulate and AIFL set up an Israel YouTube video contest, with the theme ‘Israeli Sites and Faces’, which basically covers everything and anything Israel. The top videos will be voted on by the thousands at the game and the winner will get a round-trip ticket to Israel. I wish I could be there to witness this tremendous event, and to see who wins both the game and the contest. Does anyone want to record the game and send it to us, hint hint.
Contemporary Chinese Art now showing at Israel Museum
Posted on September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The Israel Museum is now exhibiting one of the world’s largest collections of contemporary Chinese art. The ‘Made in China’ collection is from the Estella Collection of New York, and comprises painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video, and works on paper.
The collection includes the work of 57 young and established artists who emerged from the life of China after the socio political settings of the Revolution (1966-76). Read more»
Bottling up and drinking Zionism
Posted on September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It’s amazing that Manischewitz is still dominant in the American Kosher wine market when supermarkets could be importing some of the hundreds of kosher wines lining the shelves in Israel with new ones are popping up every day. Ynet reports about a new wine afficianado in the Israeli winemaking industry. Adam Montefiore, who recently moved from England to Israel, is a descendent of the famous Moses Montefiore, who was apparently a big wine drinker too. Apparently the two just go together, wine and Zionism.
Montefiore gives us some Zionistic wine advice, “We don’t need imported wine, be proud of local wine produce which is reaping awards worldwide.”
(Hat tip: More Rhetoric)
Israeli Graffiti 101: the definitive guide and glossary
Posted on September 18, 2007 | 1 Comment
Is street art - graffiti? Is graffiti - art? Or is it all just fancy vandalism?
These are the questions that face “street artists,” and their audience of viewers. Spray cans spell vandalism for most, while a paintbrush represents the artiste. But we all know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder; so can beautiful graffiti be considered art?
The Israeli street art scene is particurly developed. Visitors to Disengoff Square in Tel Aviv are privy to the names and swear words plastered on the benches. Read more»
People of the Book learn ESL at Geula home-learning store
Posted on September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment
In a sure sign of Jerusalem’s changing economic and demographic reality, a new self-learning center for English as a Second Language opened recently in Geula – the first such business in the country catering to haredim (ultra Orthodox) seeking to master the lingua franca of the modern world, and thus increase their employment and earning potential.
The curriculum at Self Access English Learning Center, located at 16 Malchei Israel Street in the heart of Geula, has been designed to meet the cultural sensitivities of the Ultra-Orthodox, says the business’s founder Laurin Lewis. Read more»
High-holiday seats on eBay for $1.8m, free seats available for the “less fortunate”
Posted on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
A Conservative Miami synagogue is auctioning off two lifetime front row seats on eBay for $1.8m, ynet news has reported. In return for handing over the dough, the buyer gets to have their names engraved on the seats, free parking, and free prayer accessories like a tallit and kippah.
Sounds more like buying seasons tickets than participating in a solemn spiritual experience. But behold - ye Conservative Rabbi knoweth what he doth do! He says they did this to encourage the unaffiliated to participate in the High Holiday ceremonies. Wow - religion using social media and Web 2.0 to market their beliefs! That’s kind of like certain websites that use social media to market countries… Read more»
Israel almost 60, gets a face-lift
Posted on September 11, 2007 | 1 Comment
As Israel nears senior citizenship, it has decided to get a face-lift in the form of a new logo for its 60th birthday coming up in May ‘08. The logo, selected by officials, depicts a kid with messy hair throwing a ribbon that turns into the number 60. This logo looks like every other Israel logo I’ve seen, and reminds me more of the 60’s itself than current day, hi-tech Israel. It seems that others weren’t in love with this logo either. Walla.com took a reader poll to see which logo the people would have chosen. You guessed it, the people (1,173 voters) chose otherwise. Read more»
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