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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

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Volker Gerling, creator of 'Portraits in Motion,' his 'thumb cinema' performance art that he will perform at the Israel Festival in Jerusalem on September 18 and 19, 2024 (Courtesy)
German artist brings flipbook portraits of October 7 survivors to Israel Festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Volker Gerling to perform his ‘cinema art’ in Jerusalem, the first time he’s developed a new piece in a foreign land
Volker Gerling, creator of 'Portraits in Motion,' his 'thumb cinema' performance art that he will perform at the Israel Festival in Jerusalem on September 18 and 19, 2024 (Courtesy)
September 11, 2024, 10:44 am
German artist brings flipbook portraits of October 7 survivors to Israel Festival
Volker Gerling to perform his ‘cinema art’ in Jerusalem, the first time he’s developed a new piece in a foreign land
By Jessica Steinberg
Policewoman Az-Oolay in Jerusalem. (Shai Kendler)
February 18, 2024, 4:30 pm
Send in the clown: A slap-happy ‘policewoman’ is a gas at Israel’s many protests
Hashoteret Az-Oolay doesn’t discriminate between causes or sides as she spreads smiles and a message of love at demonstrations of all kinds across the country
By Bernard Dichek
The original train carriage that was the theater space of the new Karon Theater in Jerusalem's Liberty Bell Park (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 4, 2021, 9:26 am
Jerusalem’s Train Theater takes a short ride to a new playhouse
The Karon Theater offers more space and facilities for the city’s beloved children’s theater, with its original train carriage still on site
By Jessica Steinberg
Musician Asaf Roth, left, artistic director Anat Safran, middle and director Zvi Sahar of the Gnazim Itim Ensemble performance project produced in Tel Aviv's Beit Ariela public library and premiered December 28, 2020 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
January 3, 2021, 2:35 pm
Letters from literary lights inspire artists in underground library show
Basement stacks of Tel Aviv’s Beit Ariela become online performance space for musicians, actors and dancers responding to authors’ letters
By Jessica Steinberg
Performance artist Zeev Engelmayer protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on August 15, 202 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 6, 2020, 3:46 am
Police arrest artist in naked woman costume at anti-Netanyahu protest
Zeev Engelmayer, a fixture at the Balfour protests as his character ‘Shoshka,’ claims he was strip-searched; cops say he’s suspected of ‘sexually harassing the public’
By ToI Staff
The Last Supper created by performing artists, a lasting image from the July 14, 2020 protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Courtesy Omer Burin)
August 10, 2020, 6:05 am
Stripped of work, their futures at stake, artists make the protests a show
Singers, musicians, theater performers and others have made Jerusalem’s streets their stage, as they vent their anger and frustration after months of unemployment and despondency
By Jessica Steinberg
Workers from the culture and art industry clash with police during a protest outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on June 15, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 15, 2020, 7:56 pm
2 arrested as artists, performers demonstrate for support amid virus crisis
Thousands protest opposite Finance Ministry, demanding government provide financial assistance for cultural industry that has been shut down for months due to coronavirus outbreak
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A performance during the Acre in Hebrew Fringe Theater Festival in Acre on October 16, 2019. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
October 17, 2019, 5:51 pm
Israel celebrates 40 years of alternative theater in Acre festival
Annual gathering in mixed Jewish-Arab city during Sukkot has become an institution for the ‘fringe’ performance art scene
By Alexandra Vardi
Taking an autovisual journey with Rimini Protokoll as part of the Israel Festival 2018 (Courtesy Mike Vonotkov)
May 17, 2018, 1:38 pm
At Israel Festival, a journey through Jerusalem as performance art
Two visiting teams of artists offer their own take on the city’s urban landscape with theatrical walking tours
By Jessica Steinberg
The cast of "The MeshugaNutcracker! The Chanukah Musical," including guest star Bruce Vilance (center), in 2016. A film version of the musical comedy will be screened on Dec. 19, 2017 (Courtesy: Guggenheim Entertainment)
December 18, 2017, 10:25 pm
Hanukkah gets a kitschy ‘Nutcracker’ treatment for the holiday’s last night
The film version of a musical comedy based on Festival of Lights to screen at hundreds of US movie theaters on December 19
By Matt Lebovic
Performer Eddie Vitch with cabaret dancers in the late 1950s. (Courtesy Sigal Bujman)
October 27, 2017, 12:13 pm
As jester to Göring and Goebbels, was this Jewish comic a Nazi collaborator?
Before reaching Hollywood, Eddie Vitch was one of Europe’s greatest entertainers of German soldiers at the height of WWII
By Gregory Gutterman Scruggs
Clockwise, from left: Israeli comedians Yossi Tarablus, Shachar Hasson, and Yohai Sponder. (Courtesy)
October 13, 2017, 10:29 am
Israel exports laughs to London as comedians take the stage in Covent Garden
Funnymen Yossi Tarablus, Shachar Hasson, and Yohai Sponder translate the perils and pitfalls of Israeli life at two English performances in the British capital
By Jenni Frazer
T-Art at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art; a time for free culture (Courtesy Yaara Oren)
August 21, 2017, 11:55 am
As dog days end, summertime events are still hot and happening
Avail yourselves of a street theater festival, free tours of the Foreign Ministry, Negev nights and modern dance
By Jessica Steinberg
Screenshot from the teaser of the 2017 Israel Festival (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 31, 2017, 4:24 am
Nudity and neon lights at annual Israel Festival
Director Eyal Sher says 56-year-old arts event, which runs June 1-8, is not government approved despite government funding
By Andrew Tobin
Japanese performance group Miss Revolutionary Ido Berserker brings the zaniness of 'Crazy Girls Save the World,' bringing Japanese animation to life for the Israel Festival (Courtesy Cyclone A)
May 3, 2017, 11:20 am
In timeless Jerusalem, Israel Festival celebrates the contemporary and avant-garde
The annual performance series, now in its 56th year, continues its push for young and restless audiences
By Jessica Steinberg
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