The famous Red House (the Lodzia factory) in the Nahmani Street was bought by business man Roni Duek and his wife, actress Yael Abecassis, for NIS 25 million ($8 million!). The beautiful red-brick building was build in 1924 by Akiva Weiss, one of the founding-fathers of Tel Aviv. The Duek couple wanted first to use [...]
Yesterday, during a bright sunny day, I visited the beautiful Ajami-neighborhood. Towards the end of the 19th century the Ajami neighborhood , stretching south of ‘Old-Jaffa’ started to be built. In the beginning of the 20th century hundreds of families, mainly Christian-Arabs, settled in Ajami. After 1948, a large Arab population from different parts of [...]
This is the 3rd time (!) in a row that an Israeli Movie (Beaufort, 2008; Waltz with Bashir in 2009) is one of the 5 nominees at the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film. This afternoon, it was announced in L.A. that: AJAMI, directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani was nominated for an Oscar [...]
In two days we will know if the Israeli film: Ajami, directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani will be nominated for an Oscar. For all the people who saw, or will see this awesome movie about the Ajami-neighborhood in Jaffo, I recommand an outstanding book about the Arab-Jewish history of Jaffo: “City of Oranges [...]
An original sketch by the Dutch painter Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) of the pianist Felicja Blumental was discovered, a few weeks ago, in the Felicja Blumental Music Center (Bialik Square, Tel Aviv). While at a Beethoven festival featuring a solo performance of Felicja Blumental with the Pasdeloup Orchestra, conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser, at the Palais [...]
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