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 interesting article I found today in Haaretz Magazine, written by Ofer Aderet about a trial in the Tel Aviv District Family Court: who owns the papers and works of author Max Brod, Frans Kafka’s friend and literary executor?
Tuesday (September 8th) there will be an evening in the Cinematheque (21:00) dedicated to the author Franz Kafka, featuring a talk given by poet Natan Zach, followed by a screening of the doco-drama: Franz Kafka: Hunger artist, directed by Peter Freistadt.
Information: 03-606.0800
No, there is no need to call the fire department, but if you have been here in Tel Aviv the last few weeks, you probably have felt that hell came down to visit.
This Friday noon I hang out with a friend in Neve Tzedek. I’m used to the fact that in summer there is less [...]
On August the 4th, Amos Kenan, the columnist, painter, sculptor, playwright and novelist, passed away at age of 82.
Kenan was born in 1927 in South-Tel Aviv. He wrote the first anti-establishment column in Israel, the satirical “Uzi & Co”. He lived in Paris from 1954 until 1962, were he befriended Jean-Paul Sartre, Herbert [...]
