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STATE. Exhibition of the artists Dorina Horătău and Claudia Mușat at The Artists' House, Tel Aviv. 7 - 21 May 2016
The Romanian Cultural Institute has the honor to invite you at the exhibition STATE, open between the 7th and the 21st of May, 2016, at Tel Aviv Artists' House. On display there will be fiber artworks by Dorina Horărău and Claudia Mușat, two of the best Romanian fiber artists today.
The exhibition highlights a series work stages, as well as studies of the textile materials in various phases of processing. The artworks of Claudia Mușat reveal the artists' researches on silk and the tri-dimensional works of Dorina Horătău express meaningful moments of her private life.
The opening will take place on Saturday, the 7th of May, at 12:00 hrs., in the presence of the artist Dorina Horătău.
The exhibition will be open for public at Tel Aviv Artists' House, 9 Alharizi st. on the following schedule: Monday to Thursday between 10:00-13:00 and 17:00-19:00, Friday between 10:00-13:00 and Saturday between 11:00-14:00. More information: .
Partners: Tel Aviv Artists' House, The Romanian Artists' Union, The National Art University in Bucharest.
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Spring festival in the Ein-Yael "Hands-on" Museum in Jerusalem- taking visitors 2,000 years back in time
Meeting ancient artisans in the colorful Roman street ; treasure hunt for the whole family in the garden of Song of Songs; the wonderful children's play "Magical moments by the spring" ; making musical instruments from natural materials ; live music in the beautiful outdoors of Ein-Yael ; weaving wicker baskets; spinning wool in the spindle and a variety of other fun activities for the whole family
The Ein Yael "Hands-on" Museum is holding a spring festival in Hol Hamoed of Passover (24 -28 of April) this year! Among the activities: artisans recreating ancient handicrafts in the magical Roman street ; a treasure hunt for the whole family in the Song of Songs garden; live music which will be played around the site and a variety of other fun activities for the whole family.
In addition, visitors will be invited to experience all of Ein Yael's wonderful workshops: weaving baskets and making musical instruments of natural materials, painting wet plaster in the fresco workshop, learning about ancient building methods in the mud workshop, making clay in the ceramic workshop, planning and cutting a personal mosaic and lots more.
The dates of the festival are: 24-27th of April, from 10:00 to 17:00.
And on the 28th of April from 10:00 to14:00
The Ein-Yael museum provides a special and enriching fun-filled activity for the entire family, combining arts and crafts with learning about the ancient way of life. In the museum you will find orchards, a recreated Roman street, petting corner, a live spring, ancient agricultural facilities and olive trees, vineyards and more.
Entrance cost: 45 NIS for child, 35 NIS for adult.
The Ein-Yael "Hands-on" Museum, Jerusalem (next to "Malcha" train station)
Telephone: 02-6451866
Free parking.
Courtesy: Ein Yael Museum.
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Purim, one of Judaism's more colorful and popular holidays, is celebrated this year between sunset Saturday, 15 March, and sunset Sunday, 16 March, in most of Israel – excluding Jerusalem where Purim will be celebrated from sunset on Sunday, 16 March, until sunset on Monday, 17 March (see below). Purim is not a public holiday in Israel, but many offices, shops, and public institutions (including the GPO) will operate on a reduced basis. Schools will be closed, but public transportation will operate as usual, and newspapers will be published.
Background
Purim commemorates the events described in the Book of Esther. In Esther 3:8, the anti-Semitic Haman, Grand Vizier of the Persian Empire, tells Persian King Ahasuerus that, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among all the peoples... in your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every people, neither do they keep the king's laws. Therefore, it does the king no profit to suffer them. If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed..." Thus, Haman coined one of the most infamous anti-Semitic canards: That the Jews are a clannish and alien people who do not obey the laws of the land. At Haman's contrivance, a decree is then issued for all Jews in the Persian Empire to be massacred. But, as the Book of Esther subsequently relates, Haman's plot was foiled and, "The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor...a feast and a good day." (8:16-17)
Throughout the centuries, Purim – which celebrates the miraculous salvation of the Jews and the thwarting of Haman's genocidal plot – has traditionally symbolized the victory of the Jewish people over anti-Semitic tyranny. As such, Purim is a happy, carnival-like holiday.
Purim in Film
Following are clips from six films (courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, that depict the various ways in which Purim has been celebrated:
Adloyada, Tel Aviv 1960:
Faces of Freedom (1960) – New immigrants are absorbed into Israeli society at the beginning of the 1960s. The film begins with a Purim carnival.
Springtime in Palestine (1928) - Comprehensive survey of the developing country in the 1920s. Includes a Bukharian Purim feast and scenes of the 1928 carnival in which Baruch Agadati appears with Tzipporah Tzabari, the first Purim queen of Tel Aviv (from 11:33 min).
Eretz Yisrael: Building Up the Jewish National Home (1934) – The film begins with scenes of the Adloyada in Tel Aviv. It continues with agricultural scenes in Kibbutz Ein Harod, Deganya A and the women's agricultural school in Nahalal.
Edge of the West (1961) – A color film surveying Jewish life in Morocco in the early 1960s, including Purim celebrations (from 28:35 min.)
Hassidic Music (1994) – From the series "A People and Its Music" which depicts various Jewish music traditions. Includes scenes of Lubavitch Hassidim celebrating Purim (from 23:22 min.)
The Fast of Esther
Thursday, 13 March, is a fast day known as the Fast of Esther, commemorating (inter alia) the fact that Queen Esther – the heroine of the Book of Esther – and the entire Persian Jewish community fasted (4:16) in advance of Queen Esther's appeal for King Ahasuerus not to implement Haman's genocidal plot. The fast will extend from before sunrise in the morning until sunset. Special prayers and scriptural readings are inserted into the synagogue service. (The fast is usually held the day before Purim; it is moved to the previous Thursday if the day before Purim falls on Saturday, i.e. the Sabbath, as it does this year.)
Purim
After sunset Saturday evening, 15 March, festive prayers will take place in synagogues, where the Book of Esther will also be read aloud. It is customary for people, especially children, to come to synagogue dressed in costume. During the reading of the Book of Esther, whenever Haman's name is mentioned, congregants traditionally make as much noise as possible in order to drown out his name – a reflection of God's promise (Exodus 17:14) to, "blot out," the Amalekite nation, of which Haman was a descendant; special Purim noisemakers may be used for this purpose. The Book of Esther will be read again during morning prayers on Sunday, 16 March. A special Purim prayer is inserted into the daily prayers and the blessing after meals.
On Purim, Jews are enjoined by the Book of Esther (9:22) to send gifts of food to each other, make special contributions to the poor, and have a festive holiday meal in the afternoon. To this end, the day is also marked by collections for various charities, and by people visiting neighbors and friends to deliver baskets of food, prominent among which are small, three-cornered, fruit-filled pastries known as Oznei Haman in Hebrew (Haman's ears) or Hamantaschen in Yiddish (Haman's pockets).
At the festive meal, some maintain the custom of becoming so inebriated that they cannot distinguish between, "Blessed is Mordechai," (Esther's uncle and the hero of the Book of Esther) and, "Cursed is Haman."
Shushan Purim
In Jerusalem, Purim is ordinarily celebrated one day later than it is in the rest of the world; accordingly, all Purim-related observances are postponed by one day. This practice originates from the fact that an extra day was prescribed for the Jews of Shushan (the modern Susa, one of the Persian Empire's four capitals) to defend themselves against their enemies. This second day is known as Shushan Purim. As mentioned in the Book of Esther itself (9:16-19), Jews living in walled cities (later defined by rabbinical authorities to mean walled cities at the time that Joshua entered the Land of Israel) celebrate Purim one day later than Jews living in unwalled cities. There are several other such cities in Israel where Shushan Purim is celebrated. In some cities whose status is in doubt, the Book of Esther will actually be read on both days.
In many places in Israel, Purim is marked by special parades; the most famous of these takes place in Tel Aviv. Many kindergartens, schools, synagogues, and towns will also host special Purim parties and carnivals.
Photo by Avishai Teicher
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Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, February 10th, 2015. Accompanied by Dr. Landau, Minister of Tourism in Israel, the CEO of EL AL Airlines and the founder of Magdala, Fr Juan Solana LC, the 21st International Tourist Fair was inaugurated at the Israeli Trade Center in Tel Aviv.
During the opening, the Tourist Minister thanked all who participated in this event where more than 20,000 professionals, tourist agents and locals attended. As well, he welcomed the Mexican priest, Fr Juan Solana LC, as spokesman on behalf of Magdala, new tourist, cultural and religious center in northern Israel.
The tourist complex, Magdala, is located on the West shore of the Sea of Galilee and was inaugurated on May of 2014. Since then it has received more than 30,000 visitors from over the world, mainly from: USA, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Italy and Russia. The innovative project consists of an Archaeological Park and DUC IN ALTUM, prayer and worship center. A second phase is being constructed; it consists of a Hotel for 300 people and Restaurant for capacity up to 900 people. When the project finishes will offer more than 1000 jobs in the Galilee region.
Magdala is known as the crossroads of Jewish and Christian history, since the archaeological discoveries allow an encounter of two of the main religions on earth. The archaeological findings are dated to the First Century, Second Temple times and Jesus Public Ministry as well.
The Magdala founder, Fr Juan María Solana said: "It's an honor to be part of such an important event for the global tourism and cultures. I invite all who haven't been to The Holy Land, to come and the ones who already visited, to come back. It's an experience that not even money can buy".
The cultural, tourist and religious development of Magdala, expects to host more than 250,000 people at the beginning of 2016, being one of the most visited places by pilgrims and tourists in Galilee.
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The bad news is that the Israel Chamber Orchestra’s “Amadeus” series is over. The good news is that “over” applies to 2013. From September to November 2014 the orchestra will give another series of “Amadeus” concerts, celebrating the music of Wofgang Amadeus Mozart, the wonder child of the late 18th century. If you missed all or part of the series, all is not lost …
In 1787, at just 31 years old, Mozart himself conducted the premiere performance of his acclaimed opera “Don Giovanni”, in Prague. On Wednesday night in the Recanati Auditorium of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art the audience was held spellbound by Maestro Yoav Talmi conducting the orchestra’s interpretation of the opera’s overture. This was the last concert in the Amadeus series; other works in this last concert included Mozart’s symphony #33 in B-flat major, piano concerto #11 in F major, and piano concerto #23 in A major.
Without doubt the star of the evening was the celebrated Taiwanese pianist Ching-Yun Hu, whose virtuosity on the piano in concerto #23 was simply – brilliant. The support of the orchestra in this familiar-to-many concerto added to our pleasure.
Also showcased was 12-year old Israeli-born Yael Koldovsky – a rising pianist who still has a way to go. Her performance revealed budding artistic technique, and as Maestro Talmi explained, she was chosen as a child prodigy to emphasize the extraordinary talents and prodigious ability of the young Mozart, who began composing music at age five.
Check out the Israel Chamber Orchestra
website www.ico.co.il for details of the Blue Series – Rococo Variations, which begins on 14th January next.
Photos Silvia Golan
