A film written, directed and produced by my sister, Maya Korat. Subtitles in English will soon be available. It is her first film. Created for her 1st year in Tel Aviv University Film School. She is now in the screenwriting track of her 2nd year.
I really like this film, and would love you to write feedback.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Criticism of U.N.'s attitude towards middle east human rights situation
1. “Human Rights in the Middle East” by Robert L. Bernstein. U.N Watch.
2. video of one point of view of the middle east conflict
what do you say?
2. video of one point of view of the middle east conflict
what do you say?
Update of Miscelleneous Things
Went to a show of Further, Grateful Dead continuation... Madison Square Garden.
Taught the song 'My Shadow and Me' of Yehuda Poliker, in Hebrew lesson today. To an enthused art-teacher. It was inspiring and fun!
Listened to Eran Tsur's new alubm. Sensetive, beautiful and funny.
Loving music again. Reconnecting to it!
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Sunday:
Write Action! was wonderful! Getting back in touch with my writing-Self.
Tea Girls - 1st meeting. 3 of us. Brain storming. Warrior's exchange. Creativity and criticism, exploration of non-judgemental space. Joy and curiosity.
Further show- recalling beautiful live Pearl Jam moments. :-) Reconnecting to my music-loving-self. Connecting to my lover who is a Further fan.
Taught the song 'My Shadow and Me' of Yehuda Poliker, in Hebrew lesson today. To an enthused art-teacher. It was inspiring and fun!
Listened to Eran Tsur's new alubm. Sensetive, beautiful and funny.
Loving music again. Reconnecting to it!
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Sunday:
Write Action! was wonderful! Getting back in touch with my writing-Self.
Tea Girls - 1st meeting. 3 of us. Brain storming. Warrior's exchange. Creativity and criticism, exploration of non-judgemental space. Joy and curiosity.
Further show- recalling beautiful live Pearl Jam moments. :-) Reconnecting to my music-loving-self. Connecting to my lover who is a Further fan.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
City Creativity
From this link
Time to be Creative
"This report argues that the sharp downturn in New York City's real estate market presents a unique opportunity to address the serious space needs of the city's artists, arts groups and creative entrepreneurs. It includes 17 recommendations for taking advantage of the downturn to strengthen New York's creative sector."
by Jonathan Bowles
"Other Israel" Film Festival: "Coffee, between reality and imagination"
Last night I saw this series of 11 films by different young Arab and Jewish, Israeli, filmmakers from Tel Aviv University.
I will share my notes, impressions, questions and opinions soon.
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Film description by the Festival:
COFFEE: BETWEEN REALITY AND IMAGINATION
Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers embarked on a journey to create short films, fiction or documentary, inspired by Coffee, which takes part in Middle East cultural identity and social reality. Coffee creates a connection between different people, no matter who they are. Each film gives a personal and courageous point of view on the reality in which we live in.
I will share my notes, impressions, questions and opinions soon.
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Film description by the Festival:
COFFEE: BETWEEN REALITY AND IMAGINATION
Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers embarked on a journey to create short films, fiction or documentary, inspired by Coffee, which takes part in Middle East cultural identity and social reality. Coffee creates a connection between different people, no matter who they are. Each film gives a personal and courageous point of view on the reality in which we live in.
Other Israel Film Festival: World Class Kids
Last night I saw the film 'World Class Kids'. I will write here about it, and would love to hear your comments and have a discussion!
Yael
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From the Festival's description:
WORLD CLASS KIDS
An Arab, a Jew, a Chinese, and a Philippine walk to school one morning…”—sounds like the beginning of an old joke, but that’s not the case. These are some of the second-grade pupils attending the Tel Nordau Elementary School, in the heart of Tel Aviv. The film follows the pupils’ interactions among themselves and with Meirav, their teacher. Meirav has to adapt the ill-suited educational materials, which are in contradiction with the needs of her classroom’s post-modern melting pot. The film follows the class throughout one school year, which becomes volatile as the Gaza War upsets the social dynamics in the classroom.
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Yael
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From the Festival's description:
WORLD CLASS KIDS
An Arab, a Jew, a Chinese, and a Philippine walk to school one morning…”—sounds like the beginning of an old joke, but that’s not the case. These are some of the second-grade pupils attending the Tel Nordau Elementary School, in the heart of Tel Aviv. The film follows the pupils’ interactions among themselves and with Meirav, their teacher. Meirav has to adapt the ill-suited educational materials, which are in contradiction with the needs of her classroom’s post-modern melting pot. The film follows the class throughout one school year, which becomes volatile as the Gaza War upsets the social dynamics in the classroom.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
The Margaret Mead Film Festival - Nov. 11-14th, NYC
The Margaret Mead Film Festival , at the American Museum of Natural History, offers an opprotunity to watch documentary films by anthropologists about different cultures in the world and different cultural phenomena and to engage in discussions about it.
One of the memorable films and panels I've seen in this festival, in 2007, was about the new trend of user-generated content (UGC), and Web 2.0, as presented by Michael Wesch, assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University.
This year, I will be volunteering for the festival for the second time
Here are a few films you may be interested in, that I plan to see:
Plug & Pray - an exploration of current Artificial Intelligence development and its critique.
In the Garden of Sounds- a blinded physical therapists helps developmentally disabled children transcend their sensory limitations through the healing power of sound.
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Secrets of the Tribe- Exploring the observation and explotation of anthropologists of the Yanomami tribe of the jungles of Venezuela and Brazil, who were overly-researched by westerners. Conteroversial discussion panel will follow the film.
There Once was an Island- Papua New Guinea culture's fatal obstacles as global ecology and culture dictate a new world.
Even if you can't go see the films, check out the info, be informed, check out links for trailers.
Broaden your point of view of world cultures.
Festival Site
[originally written, 10/15]
There Must Be Another Way- Arab-Jewish, Israeli Duet
Duet of Arab-Israeli and Jewish Israeli women, singing together, representing Israel in the Eurovision song contest 2009.
NYC's JCC's film festival - "Other Israel" - will screen a US premier of the 70-min. film titled like the song, following this duo as they go to the contest after the military operation in Gaza, and despite criticism from left and right. There will be Q & A with singer Mira Awad.
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About the song, from Wikipedia:
NYC's JCC's film festival - "Other Israel" - will screen a US premier of the 70-min. film titled like the song, following this duo as they go to the contest after the military operation in Gaza, and despite criticism from left and right. There will be Q & A with singer Mira Awad.
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About the song, from Wikipedia:
"There Must Be Another Way" is a song by Israeli singers Noa and Mira Awad, and was Israel's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, finishing 16th with 53 points. The song competed in the first semifinal on 12 May, qualifying for the final round. The song was composed by Noa, Awad, and Gil Dor, and contains lyrics in English, Hebrew and Arabic.[1][2]
Awad, an Arab-Israeli, and Noa, a Jewish-Israeli, performed it together as a song that emphasises hope and understanding through common humanity. The singers describe "There Must Be Another Way" not as a song of peace, but as a simple call to respect the humanity of others.[3]
The song also has a Hebrew title, "Einaiych" (Hebrew script: עינייך; English translation: "Your Eyes").
There was some controversy about the duo performing together for Eurovision in left wing circles in Israeli and Palestinian circles. Some felt it was hypocritical to choose them following the Gaza siege of January 2009, and that this did not reflect on the reality of life within Israel between those Israeli citizens who are Jewish and those who are Arab.[4] In an interview on National Public Radio, Awad acknowledged this criticism, and said, "We're not naïve enough to think that we're representing any existing situation. We are trying to show a possible situation that we believe is possible if we just make the necessary efforts."[5]
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
It's not about conflict, but about people.
Copy pasted from the "Other Israel" Film festival website:
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OUR MISSION
Founded in 2007, The Other Israel Film Festival uses film to foster social awareness and cultural understanding. The Festival presents dramatic and documentary films, as well as engaging panels about history, culture, and identity on the topic of minority populations in Israel with a focus on Arab citizens of Israel/Palestinian Citizen's of Israel, who make up twenty percent of Israel's population. Our goal is to promote awareness and appreciation of the diversity of the state of Israel, provide a dynamic and inclusive forum for exploration of, and dialogue about populations in margins of Israeli society, and encourage cinematic expression and creativity dealing with these themes. Our programming is guided by our mission to showcase quality cinema that brings to the big screen the human stories and daily lives of Arab Citizens and other minorities groups in Israel, often overlooked by mainstream Israeli society and culture.
LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER
The Other Israel Film Festival was founded to be a vehicle for cultural change and social insights into the nature of Israel as a democracy and the complex condition of the lives of its minorities that are living in the Jewish Sate. Israel's largest minority within its midst is the 1.7 million Arabs. In its 60 years of existence Israel has fostered another group of people who have put down roots in Israel and have born their Hebrew speaking children in its boundaries - Israel's 300,000 foreign workers. It is not about the conflict - it is not about taking sides - this festival is about people.
Film can be a powerful tool, it can show new sides, change perceptions, and evoke emotions. Through the use of film we are provided with a human dimension that extends beyond the daily news bulletins. Film can explore the deeper meaning of everyday living. Through these films, the festival aims to present the lives, dreams and strengths of the Arab minority and to show their participation in Israeli life. Foreign workers present a unique condition in Israeli society and we aim to familiarize our audience with the faces of "foreign workers."
I care deeply about Israel and its future. Growing up in a democratic Jewish state has without any doubt shaped the cultural and national identity of all of its inhabitants and citizens - who know no other home. These films and artistic expressions are paving the way to co-existence and a new, more inclusive culture in the Middle East.
Sincerely,
Carole Zabar
Founder
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Criticism about the Israeli Arab and Jewish radical left de-Jewifying Israel
In its core, Israel has the conflict of being both a democratic state and a Jewish state. To make Israel equal to all its citizens, there is a suggestion that its Jewish and Zionist cultural elements could be removed from it so that it can have a more universal and inclusive character. That may sound quite nice, but it creates further complications.
I voted for the radical left wing in the last elections, and a friend of mine sent me this article to chew on. How would Israel look like if it wasn't predominantly Jewish? How would Israel 'speak' as a state if it could not refer to itself as 'The Jewish People" in the "Land of Israel", but rather as a state for different people, who are all "Israelis" but of different religions, ethnicities and sub-cultures? And to what extent will many Israeli-Arab leaders, representatives and citizens advocate towards a state of predominantly Arab characteristics? Rather than adopt a universalist point of view of multi-culturalism?
I am not suggesting an obvious answer, because I don't know any.
I invite you to read this thought-provoking article by Jewish, Israeli, left-winger and well-known Israeli political scientist, Shlomo Avineri.
I voted for the radical left wing in the last elections, and a friend of mine sent me this article to chew on. How would Israel look like if it wasn't predominantly Jewish? How would Israel 'speak' as a state if it could not refer to itself as 'The Jewish People" in the "Land of Israel", but rather as a state for different people, who are all "Israelis" but of different religions, ethnicities and sub-cultures? And to what extent will many Israeli-Arab leaders, representatives and citizens advocate towards a state of predominantly Arab characteristics? Rather than adopt a universalist point of view of multi-culturalism?
I am not suggesting an obvious answer, because I don't know any.
I invite you to read this thought-provoking article by Jewish, Israeli, left-winger and well-known Israeli political scientist, Shlomo Avineri.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Other Israel Film Festival
Check out the Other Israel Film Festival WebsiteThe 4th Annual Other Israel Film Festival, (www.OtherIsrael.org) will take place from November 11th – November 21st. Since its establishment, The Other Israel Film Festival showcases the diversity of Israeli life with award-winning films and open discussions on the margins of Israeli society that is rarely seen by the mainstream, let alone presented to American audiences. Among those are the country’s Arab population (Christian, Muslim, Bedouin and Druze) that makes up 20% of Israel’s population, as well as migrant workers, immigrants and more.
Films descriptions and schedule
Selected Films
WORLD CLASS KIDS
An Arab, a Jew, a Chinese, and a Philippine walk to school one morning…”—sounds like the beginning of an old joke, but that’s not the case. These are some of the second-grade pupils attending the Tel Nordau Elementary School, in the heart of Tel Aviv. The film follows the pupils’ interactions among themselves and with Meirav, their teacher. Meirav has to adapt the ill-suited educational materials, which are in contradiction with the needs of her classroom’s post-modern melting pot. The film follows the class throughout one school year, which becomes volatile as the Gaza War upsets the social dynamics in the classroom.
COFFEE: BETWEEN REALITY AND IMAGINATION
Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers embarked on a journey to create short films, fiction or documentary, inspired by Coffee, which takes part in Middle East cultural identity and social reality. Coffee creates a connection between different people, no matter who they are. Each film gives a personal and courageous point of view on the reality in which we live in.
Attending Events @ The Interdependence Project
Planning to attend these events atThe Interdependence Project:
Thursday Night Open Class and Gathering: "Love, Attachment, and Heartbreak: Is it Possible to Practice Dharma in Relationships?" with Susan Piver
Learn about romantic love and non-attachment. How to have a loving relationship with less confusion and suffering...
Cultivating Intuition and the Munay-ki Rites with Robert Chender
Unleash creativity Inca style
"Write Action" Writer's Group
Meet on Sunday to write awakefully
Thursday Night Open Class and Gathering: "Love, Attachment, and Heartbreak: Is it Possible to Practice Dharma in Relationships?" with Susan Piver
Learn about romantic love and non-attachment. How to have a loving relationship with less confusion and suffering...
Cultivating Intuition and the Munay-ki Rites with Robert Chender
Unleash creativity Inca style
"Write Action" Writer's Group
Meet on Sunday to write awakefully
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