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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 536

Shira Geffen

Shira Geffen, center left, at the funeral of her father author and musician Yehonatan Geffen in Nahalal cemetery, northern Israel, April 21, 2023. Shira Geffen's T-shirt reads 'No democracy with occupation.' (Shir Torem/Flash90 )
June 14, 2023, 3:02 pm
Yehonatan Geffen’s daughter gifts contents of his home to Palestinian villages
Shira Geffen says move is a message to residents of Masafer Yatta, facing expulsion by the IDF, that they ‘are seen’
By ToI Staff
Friends and family members mourn during the funeral ceremony of athor and lyricist Yehonatan Geffen in Nahalal cemetery, northern Israel, April 21, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
April 21, 2023, 1:27 pm
‘Love has a country, and he was its prince’: Lyricist Yehonatan Geffen laid to rest
Mourners honor late author, musician with songs he wrote; daughter Shira Geffen recalls helping father with book of songs before his death, feared his passing upon completing work
By Michael Horovitz
Singer and poet Yehonatan Geffen at the EMI, the Israel Artists Association, lifetime achievement awards ceremony, held in Petah Tikva, February 17, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 19, 2023, 4:50 pm
Musical and literary icon Yehonatan Geffen dies at 76
The writer, nephew of Moshe Dayan and father to singer Aviv Gefen as well as artists Shira and Natasha, battled inner demons to express himself
By Jessica Steinberg
The Jerusalem Orchestra East West will perform 'Waiting for Nissim' with conductor Tom Cohen, and the book's authors, Shira Gefen and Etgar Keret, at the Israel Festival on June 17, 2021 (Courtesy Hayim Yafim Barblet)
June 4, 2021, 9:07 am
Children’s book by Keret and Gefen comes to life with musical rendition
Tom Cohen will conduct the Jerusalem Orchestra East West, with Etgar Keret and Shira Gefen in character at the Israel Festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Etgar Keret is the subject of a Dutch-made documentary about his storytelling and the people around him in 'Etgar Keret: Based on a True Story' (Courtesy Stephane Kaas)
October 11, 2017, 8:08 am
A hunt for the kernel of truth behind Etgar Keret’s stories
Dutch documentary about the beloved Israeli fiction writer, a cult favorite in Holland, opens at the 33rd Haifa Film Festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli singer Achinoam Nini in the Israeli Knesset during a meeting between Palestinian officials and Israeli ministers and members of Knesset, July 31, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 23, 2015, 3:56 am
Israeli singer verbally attacked, called ‘destroyer of Israel’
Famed left-wing chanteuse Achinoam Nini says abuse was hurled at her upon arrival at airport
By ToI Staff
Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, November 6, 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 21, 2015, 9:42 pm
Bennett calls attack on leftist writer ‘barbaric’
Jewish Home leader condemns ‘cowardly’ assault on Yehonatan Geffen days after poet’s fiery speech against PM
By ToI Staff
Yonotan Geffen in a 2012 interview with Israeli media. (screen capture: YouTube)
March 20, 2015, 9:55 pm
Writer assaulted at home days after calling PM a racist
Yehonatan Geffen beaten, branded a traitor when answering door in Netanya; attack leaves him traumatized
By ToI Staff
A still from Shira Geffen's 'Self-Made' (© Assaf Snir)
July 19, 2014, 7:46 pm
Shira Geffen doesn’t care if you call her anti-Israeli
In new film ‘Self-Made,’ which debuted this week at the International Jerusalem Film Festival, the director takes us down a rabbit hole of perception and identity
By Jordan Hoffman
From 'Self Made,' Shira Geffen's latest film (Courtesy 'Self Made')
July 17, 2014, 7:33 am
Religious divorce, an absent God and dancing Arabs
A look at the Israeli films premiering at the Jerusalem Film Festival
By Jordan Hoffman
At the opening of the 29th Jerusalem Film Festival, held, in the capital's Sultan's Pool venue. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
July 3, 2014, 10:25 am
Local flicks are the ticket at the Jerusalem Film Festival
With a new, homegrown director and a slew of Israeli movies, Jerusalem Cinematheque gets ready for its 31st annual adventure
By Jessica Steinberg
The 2014 Cannes International Film Festival's official poster (courtesy)
May 25, 2014, 8:02 pm
Was Cannes 2014 ‘good for the Jews’?
After watching 31 movies during the whirlwind festival, our film critic was blown away by Israeli Shira Geffen’s ‘Self-Made’
By Jordan Hoffman
A shot from Shira Geffen's film 'Self Made' (screen capture: YouTube)
May 12, 2014, 9:41 am
Booming Israeli cinema sends 5 films to Cannes
A marked improvement in the quality of local productions is attracting increasing interest from critics
By AFP
Assi Dayan, in 2013, still working, staging, directing (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash 90)
May 1, 2014, 1:02 pm
The brash matinee idol who treated life as a metaphor
Assi Dayan, the son of a revered general, wanted to show that Israel was more than just ‘grapefruit and soldiers’
By Jessica Steinberg
Director and writer Shira Geffen (photo credit: CC-BY-SA the7eye.org.il, Wikipedia)
February 10, 2014, 10:47 pm
‘Jellyfish’ writer sells second film
Shira Geffen signs with UK’s WestEnd Films for ‘Self Made,’ a tale of Israeli-Palestinian mistaken identitites set to premiere at Cannes
By Debra Kamin
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