Arts & Leisure

House Call / Staring at the walls

Three friends decided to turn their apartment into an art project. Next month, it will be opened to the public

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Trio Carpion
Brand spanking old

An album of poetic songs about time, an effort by a trio that hearkens back to the old country and a retrospective prove new music doesn't always have to be new.

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illustration
The writing on the wall

For disgruntled students, Facebook has become a forum for expressing their frustrations with teachers - but many argue the insults go too far.

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Stefano Bollani (Abraham Kabilio)
Magic where you can get it

Italian jazz pianist Stefano Bollani is welcome back here anytime, even to do renditions of Justin Bieber songs.

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Yad Mordechai Museum (David Gary)
Experience the Warsaw Ghetto

Visitors to a new exhibit at the Yad Mordechai Museum can take a virtual train to a virtual death camp, and feel the cannon-fire in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Is the Disneyland approach the only way to interest today's kids in Holocaust history?

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Tour Bois Le Pretre
Design or revolution

Is socially responsible design an oxymoron? A special clinic that was launched at the College of Management in Rishon Letzion is tackling this very issue.

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Aboulafia
Feeding frenzy

Well-established restaurateurs are opening new branches across Tel Aviv as locals culinary tastes expand.

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Tribute perfomance in Givatayim (David Tchetchik)
He was something else

In a memorial tribute to jazz teacher Amit Golan, who died last month, his students express the love of jazz he instilled in them.

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Be'er Sheva's pyramid building (Yuval Tebol)
Pyramid scheme

Much thought was given to experimental housing projects in Be'er Sheva, but they didn't all pan out.

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Miles Kane (Getty Images)
Big promise power-pop

British rocker Miles Kane is proof that cliches aren't necessarily a negative thing.

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internet - Haaretz - January 11 2011
Caution, children surfing

How can we protect children on the Internet without invading their privacy? Two new software companies believe they have the answer.

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toister - David Bachar - January 10 2011
Step into the light

According to artist Yanai Toister, whose works are currently on display in both group and solo exhibitions in Israel, photography - at its most basic level - is merely 'a recording of light.'

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crab - Getty Images - January 10 2011
A crabby customer is the latest pet rage

The hermit crab is fast making its way to Israel - from America's shopping malls.

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funniest - Daniel Tchetchik - January 6 2011
Israel's funniest home videos

A new sketch comedy show is bringing partners Tal Rosenthal and Noam Sharon out of anonymity, and pushing the boundaries of late-night TV.

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neopharm - Friederike Von Rauch - January 6 2011
Office louver affair

Neopharm updated its drab headquarters into a building that winks at its surroundings with a network of employee-controlled windows.

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Oded Ezer - Tali Mayer
Designing a 22nd-century classic

Graphic designer Oded Ezer hopes his latest Hebrew typeface will do what 50 years of fonts haven't done - join the language's staples

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Roberto Gini Ilan Assayag
At home in Israel

Conductor and scholar Roberto Gini, an Italian with Jewish roots, is here for three weeks of concerts and classes, spreading his love of Baroque music.

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Anat Yaffe
So you think you can choreograph?

A new program is nurturing young dancers looking to make their mark on the creative side, and giving them good reason to stay in Jerusalem.

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The Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin champagne house
Wine and Spirits / The widow's wine

Since 1987, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin has been part of the empire of the LVMH group (Louis Vuitton, Moet, Hennessy ), a multinational corporation that controls many of the world's luxury merchandise.

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Hamitzer
Done kidding around

To kids’ TV guru Giora Hamitzer, making the leap to mainstream programming is more than just growing up.

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brown - Yuval Tebol - November 1 2010
Ami Brown, a foremost Israeli art collector, dies at 81

The former consul general to Los Angeles and founder of Coca-Cola Israel owned a collection numbering more than 3,000 works.

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bergman - Tali Shani - November 1 2010
Director Bergman wins second Tokyo Film Festival prize

Win by ‘Intimate Grammar’ surprises after it failed to claim any Israeli Ophir Awards.

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Miracolo 1
Theater / A 'miracolo' of mutual appreciation

Israeli and Italian actors come together for a joint production in Tel Aviv.

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A scene from the Israeli film The Wanderer
A reel local triumph

The works screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival, which just ended, attest to the new tradition of loading movies with references to Israel’s cinematic history

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Missy Elliott
A misdemeanor against us all

Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ Elliott assaulted Tel Aviv Thursday night with a concert that could be called soulless at best. Maybe next time she’ll do us a favor and join the artists’ boycott

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