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Fall 2008 Newsletter
Exhibition
“Dateline Israel” New photography & video art
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Photo from
exhibition: Tal and Moran
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September 2, 2008-January
4, 2009
The Jewish Museum of Maryland
15 Lloyd Street, Baltimore,
MD
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Dateline Israel: New
Photography and Video Art, on loan from The Jewish Museum, New York, and on view at
the Jewish Museum of Maryland from September 7, 2008 through January 4,
2009, features work by noted artists from Israel,
Europe, and America.
The program will include
a talk with artist Gillian Loeb whose work appears in the show. There will
also be Israeli dancing and refreshments. Admission to the opening is free.
For additional information the public should contact 410- 732-6400, ext.
214
Photo credit: Gillian Laub, American, b. 1975, lives
in New York.
Tal and Moran, May 2002
Chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist and Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York.
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Israeli Conductor Dan Ettinger Conducts “La
Traviata”
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Dan Ettinger
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September 15-October 5, 2008
Kennedy Center
Opera House
Washington, DC
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“Stunning season opening production directed by Marta
Domingo
and conducted by Dan Ettinger in his company debut”
Washington National Opera General Director Plácido
Domingo announces the company’s 52nd season, which opens with
Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata at the Kennedy Center Opera House
in eight performances from September 13 to October 5, 2008. Marta Domingo returns as the
director of this lavish production which features conductor Dan Ettinger in
his East Coast and company debut.
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David
D’Or in Voice of Love Concert
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008 7 pm
Music Center
at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD
20852
Born in Israel,
David D’Or is a very famous star in Israel and throughout the world
with his powerful tone and musicality in singing. He is a creative singer,
writer and composer.
His music style manages to combine classical, world and
ethnic music to a perfect harmony. His unique counter-tenor voice is
characterized as voice from heaven and led him to perform in the presence
of the Pope at the Vatican
and the King of Thailand. In January 2008, he was invited by Dr. Martin
Luther King III to sing in Harlem,
NY in celebration of Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day. His angelic singing is the voice of love calling out
to people around the world. For more details, please go to David’s
official site at http://www.daviddor.com/.
For tickets please call (410) 730-7270, (240) 888-5678 or
(571) 259-5237
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Balkan
Beat Box
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Balkan Beat Box
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Wednesday, September 17
8 pm
Black Cat, Mainstage
1811 14th
St NW
Washington, DC
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A band of New Yorkers, Israelis, Africans and Bulgarians-
led by ex Gogol Bordello member Ori Kaplan and Firewater’s Tamir
Muskat- Balkan Beat Box brings together electronic beats, video
projections, a rotating cast of vocalists, and folk music from the Balkans,
North Africa and the Middle East. Blending the new with the old, this
exciting and internationally acclaimed collective is out to prove that all the world is indeed a stage—and that we are
all Gypsies.
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Amos Oz Film at Washington Jewish Literary Festival
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Amos Oz
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Monday, September 22
7:30 pm
Washington DCJCC
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Greek director Stelios Charalampopoulos paints a captivating
portrait of acclaimed and iconoclastic Israeli author Amos Oz. In this
film, which was shot in front of the breathtaking backdrops of the Israeli
desert in Arad and the stunning city of Salonica, Greece, we are invited to learn
about the rich family history that shaped one of the world's most prolific
and influential writers.
Oz—whose writing captures the truth of human emotion—is a
champion for peace, and notably open about his
feelings on the struggles in the Middle East.
The viewer is struck by the authenticity of his process and his love for
his work. The film delves into Oz’s complicated past—including
his mother's suicide and his years spent on a kibbutz—to examine how
these difficult years shaped the work of this compassionate and often
courageous author.
This film will be followed by a discussion with Professor
Eric Zakim, executive director of the Gildenhorn Institute
for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland.
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Itzhak Perlman &
Pinchas Zuckerman
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Perlman
& Zuckerman
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September 20, 2008 7 PM
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Washington, DCD
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The National Symphony
Orchestra inaugurates the 2008-2009 artistic season with its annual
Season Opening Ball Concert. Itzhak Perlman will lead the NSO in a
breathtaking performance, joined by Israeli violinist Pinchas Zukerman,
who has received worldwide acclaim for his infectious style, and rising
star cellist Alisa Weilerstein, a virtuoso hailed for her expressive
range.
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Israeli
Caricature Artist Hanoch Piven
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Woody Allen portrait by Hanoch Piven
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Sunday, September 21- Monday,
November 14, 2008
Sixth & I Historic
Synagogue
Sunday, September 21,
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Children's Workshop)
Sunday, September 21, 3:00 p.m. (Opening)
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Israeli artist Hanoch Piven creates evocative pop
portraits of celebrities and notable politicians using found objects such
as bubble gum, light bulbs and electrical wire.
Viewing hours are Monday - Thursday and the first Sunday
of the month from 12 noon – 3:00 p.m., or call 202/408-3100 to
schedule an appointment.
In addition to the exhibit opening, there will also be a workshop for
children on Sunday, September 21. The exhibit opening and
children’s workshop are both free. R.S.V.P. for these events to
Sonia Rosen here or call 202/408-3100.
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Inbal
Pinto Dance Company presents “Shaker”
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“Shaker” photo courtesy of performingarts.ufl.edu/.../05/inbalshaker.jpg
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Thursday, October 16, 2008,
7:30 PM
Christopher Newport University
Ferguson Center for the Arts
1 University Place
Newport News, Virginia
23606
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Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak’s newest
dance-theater piece takes its inspiration from the snow-filled glass
globes that fill with snowflakes when shaken. The world inside
the shaker is magical and enchanted, but not necessarily happy – it
has both good and evil, joy and sadness. Accompanied by a musical
score that features classics by Chopin alongside Swedish folk music and
fifties-era tunes performed by Japanese pop artists, Shaker weaves
fantasy, drama and comedy together for a mesmerizing and enthralling
experience.
“Inbal
Pinto and Avshalom Pollak’s latest work, Shaker, is so beautiful
that it hurts... It is definitely one of their best works ever. It is a matue,
and cohesive piece that comes through as pure and unscathed-with no extra
frills and exaggerated visual effects. Yet, it maintains the rich characteristic
rich imagination we have come to expect from its creators...that thrives
on the theatrical and surreal. Watching Shaker had a cathartic
effect.” –Jerusalem
Post
"Clever and imaginative." -The New York
Times
For more information on the Inbal Pinto Dance Company
please click HERE
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Variations Ladino: A voyage into the heart of
Judeo-Spanish heritage
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Liat Cohen
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
6:30 PM
Inter-American Development Bank
Enrique V. Iglesias
Conference Center Auditorium
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Though they come from very different cultural backgrounds,
virtuoso guitarists Liat Cohen (Israel)
and Luiz de Aquino (Brazil)
have come together on common ground that is inspired by the rich cultural
heritage of the guitar. Liat Cohen and Luiz de Aquino will perform works
from the recently released album Variations Ladino, inspired by
the Judéo-Spanish tradition.
A performance suffused with gentleness and beauty with works by CARDOSO, RODRIGO, ALBENIZ,
DE AQUINO,
VERDI-TARREGA, PLAZA, ACEVEDO.
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Author David Grossman-Until the
End of the Land
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David Grossman
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Wednesday, October
29th
Noon
Abramson Recital Hall
Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
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David Grossman is
the author of six internationally acclaimed novels, several works of
nonfiction, a collection of short stories, a play and twelve
children’s books. His novels
include The Smile of
the Lamb (1983), a fictional work about the West Bank, See Under: Love
(1986), a widely acclaimed bestseller probing events of the Holocaust
and its ramifications, and Someone
to Run With, a love story set in modern Jerusalem. His works of nonfiction
include Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with
Palestinians in Israel and The Yellow Wind, one of the
most controversial and best-selling books in Israel’s history. David Grossman has won 21 Israeli and
International Literary Awards, among them the Prime Minister’s
Prize for Hebrew Literature in 1984. His latest novel, Until
the End of the Land, was released in Israel in April 2008.
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Israeli Sensation Yael Naim in Concert
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Yael Naim
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Wednesday, October 29th 2008
8 pm
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Washington, DC
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Yael Naim is a Israeli-French singer-songwriter
who rose to fame in 2008,
after her hit single "New Soul" was
used by Apple
in an advertising campaign for its MacBook Air.
The success of this song made her the first Israeli solo
artist to have a top ten hit in the United
States.
Tickets go on sale Friday, August 29 at
10:00 am. This show is sure to sell out, so act fast. Tickets
are on sale through Ticketmaster and the Sixth & I Box
Office (202.408.3100).
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“Someone
to Run With”
“Someone to Run With”
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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