Written by Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv
The documentary „My Beautiful Dacia” presented at Holon Cinematheque. December 13th, 2012, 8:30 p.m.
Crulic – The Path to Beyond, directed by Anca Damian, at the fourth edition of the annual Israeli animation competition MaraToon. 15.12.2012, Holon Cinematheque
Common Roots. Design Map of Central Europe. Holon Design Museum. 15 November 2012 – 23 February 2013
Exhibition of Photographs by Sandu Mendrea: ”Romania in Images”. 28 November 2012 – 15 January 2013
The two concerts, honoring the Late Russian Conductor Rudolph Barshai, will feature a program based mainly on the three Violin Concertos by Johan Sebastian Bach, played and conducted by the legendary Russian Violinist-Conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky.
CHANUKAH ("dedication" in Hebrew) is celebrated this year from sunset Saturday, December 8, until sunset Sunday, December 16. The festival commemorates both the 164 BCE rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after its desecration by the ruling Seleucid (Syrian Greek) Kingdom, under Antiochus IV – and the re-establishment of religious freedom for the Jewish people after a period of harsh repression. The success of the popular revolt led by Judah Maccabee and his brothers has, ever since, symbolized the Jewish people's fight for, and achievement of, its liberty and freedom as a nation against overwhelming odds. Chanukah is not a legal holiday in Israel; offices, shops and public transportation will operate as usual. The Government Press Office offers the following guide:
Yesterday, December 6, 2012, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Israel, Mr. Caspar Veldkamp, co-hosts the opening event of the combined exhibition of World Press Photo and Local Testimony, at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv. The largest and most important exhibition of its kind comprises a selection of the World Press Photo competition and the best of local photojournalism -Local Testimony. The World Press Photo exhibition, curated by the Dutch World Press Photo Foundation, is considered the world’s most prestigious exhibition of international current affairs photography.
In March 2013 the Second Mediterranean Biennale will open in Sakhnin, initiated by the artists and curators Belu-Simion Fainaru and Avital Bar-Shay in co-operation with Mifal HaPayis and under the auspices of the Municipality of Sakhnin, the Ministry of Education, Culture & Sport, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the newspaper Haaretz, the French Cultural Institute, the Goethe Institute, The Polish Institute, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Embassy of Austria, and the Rich Foundation. Preceding events have been scheduled to take place during December:a6/12 – Painting workshops with Florin Stefan, Professor of Art in Cluj University, Romania. Stefan will reside in Sakhnin, meet with the residents there, and execute paintings on the subject of "Sakhnin – the town and its residents". These paintings will be displayed in the exhibition in 2013. Stefan will teach the students long-established methods of preparing coloring matter in techniques such as making paint from eggs or dairy cheese, which was traditionally used in Romania for painting icons on glass during the Middle Ages.