In “BREAD AND ROSES,” a September art exhibit, the participating Arab and Jewish artists contributed 75% of their sales ($24,750 of $33,000) to a project called “Women and Work.” This is jointly run by the Workers Advice Center (WAC), Sindyanna…
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Flamenco in Ladino: Interview with Yasmin Levy
Please tell me about yourself. How did you come to music? I grew up in a house of singers. My father, may his memory be for a blessing, was Yitzhak Levy, a musician, composer, poet and singer. His family is…
A Perfect Subject for Comedy
A Woody Allen lookalike, in his own words, is a fairly accurate description of London Jewish standup comedian Ivor Dembina, who was in Israel/Palestine this month for a tour of the chaos and for three performances of his show “It’s…
WAC Youth Perform The Old House
The Old House by Mahmoud Diab Adapted and directed by Hisham Suleiman Performed by the WAC Youth Theatre Group ON September 11 (a date that lends resonance to whatever happens on it), the Amateur Theatre Festival was held at Tzavta, a…
Poetry from the Buttocks Ensemble
Actors Yuval Segev and Nadav Bosem appear often at Bamat Etgar events, a stage for progressive culture in Jaffa. They play the Yashvanim, or “Buttocks Ensemble.” The name also alludes to “mityashvim,” meaning “settlers”. Their specialty is poetry. It is…