כתבים חתומים Signed Manuscripts

דיאלוג - נדב בלוך

Humankind uses text as a tool to communicate and impart messages, ideas, concepts and significances by which to explain, interpret and decipher the world of phenomena and images.

Art uses sign language as an intermediary to convey messages between the artist and the observer.

The art work shown in this exhibition is the personal journal of a continuous journey by artists Nechama Levendel and Nadav Bloch in various countries.

Nadav Bloch disassembles ideas into letters and colors, using Hebrew, Latin and Arabic symbols to indicate the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Through constant search and Sisyphean effort Nadav builds strata of letters woven together in transparent layers using the three primary colors – red, blue and yellow. During the work process he creates strata of letters that describe various periods in the development of human history. As the upper layers build up, the lower layers slowly disappear. At the depth of the transparent layers, the light reveals a chaotic and confused world that expresses the lack of knowledge, understanding and ability to weave a clear universal text accepted by all. In the transparent language strata, mergers are woven in identical colors that create similarities between the letters, their interactions, and the gradual dialog that develops into a dynamics of understanding the necessity to communicate.

Nechama Levendel chose the book as the topic of her work – the book as a personal, social and environmental element that contains local and universal messages and values, which change in relation to time and place. Through travels and living in the countries where the artists have stayed, relationships were formed with the native inhabitants. Nechama received used books and incorporated the local knowledge she gained into her artistic work. The binding and weaving of the books is performed by using local characteristics such as samples of illustrations and weaving, local texts, used candles from local churches, discovered accessories, whilst using the region’s shades and the motif of rust color to indicate the changes in time. By means of meticulously coded messages, the books change their destiny – from clear structures of sentences and ideas they become architectural objects that hold an esthetic visual message.

Nechama Levendel Nadav Bloch

0544546530

levendelbloch@yahoo.com

Nadav Bloch

Nechama Levendel

Levendel-Bloch Gallery

Ein Hod artists Village 30890 Israel

Tel: 972 544546530

Tel: 972 546456530

http://www.lbart.com/

אם ננעלו - נחמה לבנדל

תערוכה ביריד הספרים הבינלאומי בירושלים: "כתבים חתומים" האמנים נחמה לבנדל ונדב בלוך

העבודות המוצגות בתערוכה זו הינן יומן אישי ממסע אמנותי מתמשך של האמנים נחמה לבנדל ונדב בלוך בארצות שונות. נדב בלוך מפרק בעבודותיו רעיונות לאותיות וצבע תוך שימוש בשפה עברית, לטינית וערבית כמאפיין לשלוש הדתות המונותאיסטיות: יהדות, נצרות ואיסלם. בחיפוש מתמיד ובאופן סיזיפי בונה נדב רבדים של אותיות הנרקמות בשכבות שקופות תוך שימוש בשלושת צבעי היסוד - אדום, כחול וצהוב. בתהליך העבודה נוצרים רבדים של אותיות המתארות תקופות זמן שונות בהתפתחות ההיסטוריה האנושית. ככל שנוספות שכבות הולכות ונעלמות השכבות התחתונות. בעומקן של השכבות השקופות חושף האור עולם כאוטי מבולבל המבטא את חוסר הידיעה וההבנה ואי היכולת לארוג טקסט אוניברסלי ברור המקובל על כולם. בשכבות השפה השקופות נרקמים מיזוגים בגוונים זהים היוצרים קווי דמיון בין האותיות, ביחסי הגומלין בינהן ובדיאלוג הדרגתי המתפתח לדינמיקה של הבנת הצורך בהידברות

נחמה לבנדל בחרה בספר כנושא לעבודה. הספר כאלמנט אישי חברתי וסביבתי בעל מסרים וערכים מקומיים ואוניברסליים המשתנים ביחס למקום וזמן. תוך כדי נדודים והחיים במדינה בה שוהים האמנים נרקמים יחסים עם התושבים, נחמה מקבלת ספרים משומשים ומשלבת בעבודתה האמנותית את הידע הנלמד במקום. עבודת הכריכה ואריגת הספרים נעשית תוך שימוש במאפינים מקומיים, כגון דוגמאות איור ואריגה, טקסט מקומי, נרות משומשים מכנסייות אזוריות, אביזרים שנמצאו, שימוש בגווני האזור ומוטיב גוון החלודה המאפיין שינוי בזמן. תוך עבודה קפדנית של הצפנת מסרים , הספרים משנים יעדם , ממבנים ברורים של משפטים ורעיונות הופכים למבנים ארכיטקטוניים ולאובייקטים בעלי מסר ויזואלי אסטטי.

בתערוכה מוצגות כ- 40 עבודות. התערוכה תפתח לקהל ביום ראשון בשעה 18.00

התערוכה השניה היא תערוכת צילומים של זוכי פרס השלום של התאחדות המולי"ם בגרמניה.פתיחת תערוכה לרגל מלאת 60 שנים לפרס השלום של התאחדות המו"לים בגרמניה. פתיחת התערוכה תצוין עם דיון מרצה: שגריר גרמניה בישראל ד"ר ד"ר כבוד האראלד קינדרמן, משתתפים: דוד גרוסמן (ישראל), מרטין שולט (גרמניה), אן בירקנהאואר (גרמניה). מנחה: אינגה גונטר (גרמניה).

התערוכה מתקיימת בשיתוף עם התאחדות המו"לים הגרמנית, מכון גתה בירושלים ויריד הספרים הבינלאומי בפרנקפורט ותהיה פתוחה לקהל במשך כל היריד. התערוכה כוללת צילומים של זוכי פרס השלום, מאז הקמתו בשנת 1950. הפרס נוסד בשנת 1949 על ידי האנס שוורץ, שפנה לקבוצת מוציאים לאור גרמניים ואלה החליטו להעניק פרס פעם בשנה לאושיה שעשתה למען השלום. הפרס הראשון ניתן למרק טאו. במשך השנים זכו בפרסים אישים ביניהם: אלברט שוויצר (1951), הרמן הסה ( 1955), יהודי מנוחין ( 1979), ואצלאב האבל (1989), עמוס עוז (1992), דוד גרוסמן (2010) התערוכה

תפתח ביום ראשון 20.2. בין השעות : 19:45-21:00

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Mary Gotlieb in Ein Hod

Made in Dusseldorf
Mary Gottlieb
Opening : Saturday January 29th 12:00
Ein Hod Gallery

Golden calf, ein hod and public funding

For a few days now, the colorful poster claiming that the Carmel fire took place due, among other things, to the "golden calf ceremony" held in Ein Hod and the fact that the towns in the Carmel region "bake pita bread over the Passover holiday" has been hanging at the entrance to the Religious Council building in Holon, an institution which is kept thanks to public funding.
"Why did the country burn?" the heading on the poster read while colorful pictures underneath it detailed the reasons for the fire that claimed the lives of 44 people.
"Idolatry of the golden calf, by hundreds and thousands in the artists' village of Ein Hod, turning the entire torah of Israel into a joke, baking pita bread during the Passover holiday out of spite, massive desecration of the Sabbath, debauchery and adultery by the thousands; how could God not burn the region?"
The poster includes a picture of a golden calf, put on display during an art festival held at the artists' village damaged by the fire. Another picture is that of a woman with a veil and blurred face, making a Druze pita with a caption that reads: "Baking pitas with Arabs during Passover".
Ein Hod residents weren't concerned over the poster, one of the residents noting cynically: "Our neighbors from the religious town of Nir Etzion heard the claims too and asked, never mind you sinners, but what did the orphans in Yemin Orde do?"
Ynet news

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Маёвка 1987 на Тивериадском Oзере

1.Маёвка — (в России до 1917 года) — нелегальное собрание революционно настроенных рабочих, устраиваемое за городом в день 1 мая; весенняя увеселительная прогулка за город.
2.истор. весенняя увеселительная прогулка за город ◆ Маёвкой тогда называли выезд за город на природу, но не для политики, как было при царе, а для отдыха. Михаил Хайкин, « Уха из пескарей. Истории Гончарной улицы» // «Вестник США», 2003 г. (цитата из Национального корпуса русского языка, см. Список литературы)

ערוץ הטיולים בקדרות עין הוד Travel channel in Ein Hod Pottery

Sinking in Ein Hod, Israel Pottery Always Open

We create hand made pottery:
functional stoneware pots thrown on the potter's wheel, decorated with various glazes, fired in a gas kiln to a high temperature.
Our pottery studio has been open to the public since 1982. We welcome visitors seven days a week and sell a variety of pottery: bowls, plates, casseroles, mugs (all of which can be used for cooking and serving food and drink), boxes, vases, and ocarinas(clay whistles and flutes).
We teach weekly pottery classes all year and conduct short workshops for groups and individuals during the week and on Saturdays and holidays(all ages).
We have a book shop where we sell a large selection of used and rare books in all languages.
For more information about our studio and activities and/or help in arranging visits and workshops with other artists please contact us:
Naomi and Zeev 04-9841107. zeno@netvision.net.il
נעמי וזאב ורוכבסקי קדרות עין הוד-תמיד פתוח קורס קדרות- (מגיל 13) לימוד טכניקות באובניים בחומר צביעה בגלזורות ושריפה בתנור גז סדנת שבת,חגים,ימי קיץ,ימי חול -עבודה בחומר לכל הגלאים-עבודת יד -התנסות באובניים מגיל 18 (30-40 דקות) לקבוצות -סדנת הדגמה-הסבר והדגמה באובניים והתנסות קצרה לכל משתתף (עד 25 איש, 40 דקות) -סדנה פעילה-הסבר והדגמה באובניים ועבודה לכל משתתף באובניים אישי. עד 16 משתתפים, שעה וחצי פרטים- נעמי וזאב ורכובסקי
Second hand books
At zeev Verchovsky "Pottery Always Open" #33 on the map
sink (sngk)
v. sank (sngk) or sunk (sngk), sunk, sink·ing, sinks
v.intr.
1. To descend to the bottom; submerge.
2.
a. To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages: The water in the lake sank several feet during the long, dry summer.
b. To subside or settle gradually, as a massive or weighty structure.
3. To appear to move downward, as the sun or moon in setting.
4. To slope downward; incline.
5. To pass into a specified condition: She sank into a deep sleep.
6.
a. To deteriorate in quality or condition: The patient is sinking fast. The family sank into a state of disgrace.
b. To diminish, as in value.
7. To become weaker, quieter, or less forceful: His voice sank to a whisper.
8.
a. To drop or fall slowly, as from weakness or fatigue: The exhausted runner sank to the ground.
b. To feel great disappointment or discouragement: Her heart sank within her.
9. To seep or soak; penetrate: The water is sinking into the ground.
10. To make an impression; become felt or understood: The meaning finally sank in.
v.tr.
1. To cause to descend beneath a surface: sink a ship.
2. To cause to drop or lower: sank the bucket into the well.
3. To force into the ground: sink a piling.
4. To dig or drill (a mine or well) in the earth.
5. To occupy the full attention of; engross.
6.
a. To make weaker, quieter, or less forceful.
b. To reduce in quantity or worth.
7. To debase the nature of; degrade.
8. To bring to a low or ruined state; defeat or destroy.
9. To suppress or hide: He sank his arrogance and apologized.
10. Informal To defeat, as in a game.
11.
a. To invest: sink money into a new housing project.
b. To invest without any prospect of return.
12. To pay off (a debt).
13. Sports To get (a ball) into a hole or basket.
n.
1. A water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe and generally a piped supply of water.
2. A cesspool.
3. A sinkhole.
4. A natural or artificial means of absorbing or removing a substance or a form of energy from a system.
5. A place regarded as wicked and corrupt.
Idiom:
sink or swim Informal
To fail or succeed without alternative.

Спасибо Леа и ее супругу

23 августа Латгальский культурно-исторический музей посетили гости из Израиля — дочь члена довоенного общества резекненских художников Аркадия Найшлоса Леа Бронфмане с мужем Марком (на снимке).

Художник Аркадий Найшлос (1903 — 1951) родился в Даугавпилсе в семье кожевника, закончил Рижскую Академию художеств и в 1938 году женился на резекненке Нехе Гурвич, которая преподавала латинский язык в Резекненской еврейской гимназии.
Незадолго до начала Второй мировой войны в Резекне проходила большая выставка работ А. Найшлоса. В начале войны художник с женой и дочерью Леа эвакуировались в Среднюю Азию, а все его картины остались в оккупированном Резекне. Часть из них пропала. По возвращении в Латвию А. Найшлос, несмотря на свою болезнь, продолжал рисовать, но в 1951 году скончался.
Теперь картины художника хранятся в семейном архиве его детей Леа и Исаака в Израиле, в частных коллекциях, в фондах Латгальского культурно-исторического музея и др. В 60-е годы прошлого века музей получил шесть картин художника.
То, что специалисты музея интересуются жизнью и творчеством ее отца, Леа узнала в 80-е годы прошлого века, и она прислала репродукции картин отца из семейной коллекции. Она написала также биографию своего отца. Но посетить Латвию семье Леа удалось только в этом году. Во время посещения музея она подарила музею диск с материалами об А. Найшлосе.
Сотрудничество с семьей продолжится. Работники музея ждут в гости и сына художника Исаака. Спасибо Леа и ее супругу за материалы, подаренные музею!
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האמנים המשתתפים : דיוויד גראבס, אמנון וולמן, דופראס - עידו גוברין וליאורה בלפורד, אוסקר אבוש, אוהד מילשטיין, דורית ברק, טלי מאייר, זמיר שץ וג'ין דאונינג

אוצרת: ליאורה בלפורד

פתיחה: 08.07.10 ב- 20:00 *

נעילה: 12.08.10

רח' קלישר 5, תל אביב

שימו לב- שעות הפתיחה שונות מהרגיל: א-ה 17.00 - 22.00

ביום שישי 10.00-15.00

בשבת סגור

התערוכה תהיה סגורה בין התאריכים 12.07-22.07

Mute- the politics of no sound
A new exhibition in the curatorial Studies Program Galler
Curator: Liora Bedford
Participating artists:
Amnon Wolman, David Grubbs, Dorit Barak, Duprass – Ido Govrin & Liora Belford, Jeanne Dunning, Ohad Milstein, Oscar Abush, Tali Mayer, zamir shatz
Opening event: 08/07/10, 20.00
Open through 12/08
Kalisher 5, corner of Tzadok Hacohen, Tel Aviv
Opening hours: sun-thurs- 17.00-20.00
fri- 10.00-15.00. sat- closed
the exhibition will be closed between 12/07-22/07

התערוכה מבקשת להציג את הרגע שבו אדם מפגין חוסר מעש ואילמות לנוכח פעולה המנוגדת לרצונו או לערכיו. הרגע הזה, בין אם במודע ובין אם לא, הוא מסוכן כי הוא מכיל בתוכו אשליה של חופש מחשבה, של בחירה אמיתית.

במקום בו יש שקט, חייבים להתקיים במקביל 2 כוחות – שתיקה והשתקה. הפוליטיקה של השקט - כלומר הכוחות האחראים לעיצוב חברה שקטה - מצביעה (בעיקרה) על הקול השולט, הנשמע, אך יותר מכל מלמדת על המנגנון המשמר או השואף לשמר את מאזן הכוחות. השתיקה מתקיימת כאשר מתנהל מאבק בין גורמים שכוחם אינו שווה. הפוליטיקה של השקט מאופיינת יותר מכל בכוחניות והאלימות אשר מופעלים על ידי המחזיק בעמדת הכוח, אך מי שנותן בסופו של דבר את התוקף לאלימות לגיטימית, הם דווקא שאר המשתתפים בשיח, אלה שבוחרים באילמות ובחוסר מעש. אלה המקבלים את חוקי השדה ואת ההיררכיה ללא כל ביקורת. באדישות.

הפעולות של הרבים משכפלות תדיר את דפוסי הכוח ומנציחות את הסדר הרצוי לכוח השליט, עד לנקודה שבה חוקי השדה מתקבלים כדרך הטבע, כדבר שאין לערער עליו. זוהי שתיקה פאסיבית אשר אין צורך להפעיל עליה כל פעולת השתקה נוספת. כוחו של ההמון בעיצוב ובהבניית ערכיו של הפרט הוא אדיר, עד שנדמה כי הפרטים עצמם משוכפלים. חושבים אותו דבר, נראים אותו דבר. הגבול בין הפרטי לציבורי כבר לא רלוונטי.

בערב הפתיחה תוקרן אסופת הוידאו קול קורא אשר עוסקת ביחסי הכוחות בשדה האמנות. האסופה מציגה עבודות של אמנים שהשמיעו את קולם כנגד חוקי השדה ומערך יחסי הכוחות המקובל בו:

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Arie (Lova) Eliav dies at 88

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A large fire broke out in a grove on Mount Carmel Wednesday night, near the community of Ein Hod. At one point the fire threatened residents of the community, but firefighters managed to gain control of the flames after several hours. Students at the nearby Yemin Orde boarding school were evacuated safely.

Watch and Enjoy:The Band's Visit (Bikur hatizmoret)

When the Ceremonial Police Band of Alexandria, Egypt, journeys to a gig in Israel, they can hardly anticipate getting stuck in a rut. But upon arrival at the Israeli airport, their hosts and transportation fail to show. So begins first-time director Eran Kolirin's fish-out-of-water comedy The Band's Visit (aka Bikur Hatizmoret, 2007). Trapped in a middle-of-nowhere desert town, the group members try to figure out what to do and where to go. In desperation, two of the musicians -- conductor Tawfiq (Sasson Gabai) and playboy Haled (Saleh Bakri) -- accept an invitation from sexy café owner Dina (Ronit Elkabetz) to bunk at her residence, and seemingly within no time, the unlikeliest of interracial (Israeli-Palestinian) romances begin to blossom -- not only between Tawfiq and Dina, but between Haled and local wallflower Papi (Shlomi Avraham), whose night together at a roller disco turns into a veritable comedy of errors. Meanwhile, the remainder of the bandmembers room with local resident Itzik's (Rubi Moscovich) family, which produces overwhelming conflict and innumerable tensions. As the days roll on, the co-mingling of Egyptian bandmembers and Israeli residents imparts each individual with insights into his cultural identity and that of the others.

ביקור התזמורת

תזמורת משטרה מיצרית מגיעה לישראל במטרה לנגן במרכז חדש לתרבות ערבית בפתח תקווה, הם מגיעים לשדה התעופה תלושים מהמציאות לבושים בבגדי תיזמורת יפים מסודרים ונקיים אך מחרידים להפליא , רק בשביל לגלות כי אף אחד לא טרח לבוא לקחת אותם, אז מפקדם החרוץ ששון גבאי מנסה להוכיח לתזמורת כי הם יסתדרו בכוחות עצמם אך נכשל במשימתו ונבוך הוא שמגלה שסחב את כולם לבית התקווה מקום שכוח אל שם מוצא למזלו את המושיעה והמלאכית רונית אלקבץ יושבת עם שני בחורים מובטלים במזנון הקטן שלה , המפגש בינם לבין ביקורם המפתיע של התיזמורת המצרית שצצה משום מקום, מקורי אך מתאר מפגש חיים פשוט ומרגש. חובה לראות 

Визит оркестра
Александрийский церемониальный полицейский оркестр в составе восьми человек прилетает в Израиль, где должен играть на открытии нового Арабского культурного центра. Музыкантов никто не встречает, и они пытаются добраться до нужного города самостоятельно. И оказываются буквально посреди пустыни, в маленьком и не очень дружелюбном на вид городке...
"Из географического казуса режиссер сделал милейшую комедию: конкретно - об арабах и израильтянах, а вообще - о понимании и человечности."

שירת האבן של טוביה יוסטר Tuvia Yuster: a sculptor of the holy and the profane

In what he does, Tuvia Yuster walks between the local and the universal. In touching the philosophical polarity that characterizes our lives, originality compared to infinity, his works raise questions of identity and belonging. As an artist, he does not completely ascribe himself to formal abstract or figurative sculpture. At the same time, Iuster finds the main inspiration for his work in the Bible. He therefore sees himself as "a sculptor of the holy and the profane".

שירת האבן

ביום שישי הקרוב, 23 באפריל 2010 , בשעה 11.00

בבית העלמין בעין הוד

אזכרה לטוביה יוסטר ז"ל

במלאת 5 שנים למותו

בשעה 12.00 – פתיחת תערוכה מעבודותיו בגלריה

The Balls of Fire

Bookstore chain removes leftist book from shelves
Days after it began selling the political doctrine The National Left, written by playwright Shmuel Hasfari and attorney Eldad Yaniv, which was sold for NIS 1 ($0.27), Tzomet Sfarim bookstore chain on Sunday announced it will stop distributing the book.
According to information received by Ynet, right-wing elements have been pressuring the chain's management in recent days to stop distributing the book in which the authors make harsh accusations against settlers and the settlement enterprise, calling to dismantle it and "stop the occupation."
The bookstore chain's spokesperson said, "Tzomet Sfarim is a chain for all of the people of Israel and has no political affiliation. It is never responsible for the content of the books that are distributed in its stores. Because we received many complaints that the book hurts the feelings of some of our customers, we decided to stop selling it."
Last September, the authors began distributing the book, which contains ideas on how to resurrect the social-democratic dialogue, and is written in a witty language, interwoven with provocations.
The authors described the settlers as "the lords of the land, hardly pioneers. They never planted a tree or built a house. It’s the Ahmeds that did all that for them. For years the settlers have been forcing us to build the future Palestinian land – at our expense." The authors continue to slam the settlers and write, "The settlers operate on a different type of fuel, which is called messianism. Their god appeared at once and defeated their enemies. After his mishap during the Holocaust – he is back and mightier than ever. They graduated from yeshiva high schools and stormed Judea, Samaria and Gaza with unconquerable messianic passion.
"No one realized that the 'new pioneers' were possessed by demons of messianic madness. Think about the brainwashed minds, hypnotized zombies, gangs of horny teenagers forcing themselves on the country. The young generation of settlers forgot what it's like to be a Zionist."
'Settlers rule the land'
In the book, the authors also describe the differences between the Right and the Left, "A rightist is conservative. A yapper. Polemicist. Resistor. Especially in the face of change. A leftist is a revolutionist. Practical. Leads the way, dares and is victorious. The Right believes that if we continue having the upper hand, we will be saved by the heavens. The Left believes that we must redeem ourselves, by ourselves. That is the reason that Zionism is leftist."
(via YNET read more...)
(Photo by Judy Jaffie)

Ein Hod and Golden Calf 2010 (золотой теленок эйн ход)

עיצוב העגל: גיא לוגשי, צילום: מריאן מאיר, עריכה: גלריה לבנדל-בלוך

עגל הזהב 2010

עין הוד

(via ein-hod.ning.com)

1949 : Tel Aviv and Max Perlman (born in Riga)

(via Pardes)
A writer in the Revisionist Herut newspaper protested in 1955 against the use of foreign languages in Israel, "the willful slavery and emulation of anything that smells foreign." "אלטע זאכן" (alte zakhn 'used items') – the call of rag-dealers under the pale blue skies of Tel Aviv, he wrote, pierces the heart and is reminiscent of Warsaw. "Is this what we strove for when attaining our independence and putting all our efforts into discarding the Diaspora and everything to do with it? Did we strive to wake up every morning to this language of Jewish rag-dealers?" The writer was particularly upset by the fact that nine out of ten rag-dealers were in fact not of Ashkenazi origins, men who didn't even know Yiddish but nevertheless learnt these particularly humiliating and insulting Yiddish words "אלטע זאכן" (alte zakhn) .
In 1950 a daily newspaper published a letter "Against a Foreign Tongue," written by an IDF soldier:
(from Mendele Review)

 I do not intend to criticize those new immigrants who use their native tongue only when they first arrive. Obviously, they have to be aided by their accustomed language when they begin to acclimatize. However, there are some people who are considered "long-timers", who find it necessary to spice their speech in public with some Yiddish. Many cafés and amusement institutions in Israel conduct a large part of their programs – songs, jokes, and so forth – in Yiddish.
In addition to the national sentiment, which forbids us the use of any language but Hebrew, we should also consider the large part of our society that does not understand Yiddish. In the state of Israel we must free ourselves from any diasporic habit, including the diasporic tongue. 

Max Perlman (1909-1985) - Perlman was born in Riga, Latvia to a middle-class family. At age six he sang in the choir of Hazan Rosovski and soon began to play children's roles in the theater.He studied at the dramatic studio in the Riga Peretz Club and found work performing in Russian and Yiddish theaters. With the founding of the Riga Nayer Yidishe Teater (New JewishTheater), he turned professional, performing steadily in Kovno and Riga between 1928 and1934.  In 1939 he was invited to Argentina, where he stayed for 3 years before moving onto Uruguay and Chile and, in 1945, to Latin America. He toured South Africa in 1948 and 1951and came to the United States in 1952, where he performed regularly from his home base inIsrael. The consummate song and dance man, comedic actor and song writer, Perlmanr eturned to Argentina in 1966 and, in 1967 toured there and in Brazil with Yiddish comedian Shimon Dzigan.

אודי דיין אמן משחרר

גלריה לבנדל בלוך

עין הוד

ניסיתי להגדיר לעצמי מה עושה את יצירותיו של אודי דיין כל כך מיוחדות בעיני

שכן בכל פעם שפגשתי יצירה משלו התמלאתי מעין חדווה עולצת חסרת פשר , סוג של תחושה בלתי אמצעית , שונה לגמרי מקשת האפשרויות שמוכרות לי מול יצירות אמנות אחרות .

המפגש עם יצירותיו לא נמצא בכלל על סולם השיפוט , ההשוואה או ההערכה המקצועית - הוא דומה יותר למפגש של אדם עם נופים חדשים ,צמחים מרתקים או בעלי חי שאותם לא הכיר.

אודי אינו אמן ממחזר או אמן מייצר הוא להגדרתי "אמן משחרר" – הוא זכה למתת ייחודי בעזרתו הוא מצליח לשחרר מהחומר את שאר הרוח שכנראה שוכן בו מאז ומעולם אבל אנחנו לא השכלנו לחזות בו בלעדיו.

והמתנה הזו איננה רק כישרונו הרב ,חריצותו או מקצוענותו השלמה- היא מחייבת חפות מוחלטת מכל אינטרס תועלתני ,חברתי או תרבותי שכן אחרת "שכינת החומרים" ודאי לא הייתה מעניקה לו את חליל הקסם הנדיר שאפשר לו להמחיש בפנינו כאן בספר את "חזון הגרוטאות היבשות" שקם וצועד אחריו במגוון מדהים של ברואי דיין חיוני כל כך.

דן חמיצר

via Babushka

He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!

Watch and enjoy Life of Brian... with arabic subtitles!
Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?
Reg: Fuck off! We're the People's Front of Judea

Reg: All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
Attendee: Brought peace?
Reg: Oh, peace - shut up!
Reg: There is not one of us who would not gladly suffer death to rid this country of the Romans once and for all.
Dissenter: Uh, well, one.
Reg: Oh, yeah, yeah, there's one. But otherwise, we're solid.

Brian: Have I got a big nose, Mum?
Brian?s mother: Stop thinking about sex!
Brian: I wasn't!
Brian?s mother: You're always on about it. "Will the girls like this? Will the girls like that? Is it too big? Is it too small?

Brian: I am NOT the Messiah!
Arthur: I say you are Lord, and I should know. I've followed a few.

Reg: If you want to join the People's Front of Judea, you have to really hate the Romans.
Brian: I do!
Reg: Oh yeah, how much?
Brian: A lot!
Reg: Right, you're in.

[a line of prisoners files past a jailer]
Coordinator: Crucifixion?
Prisoner: Yes.
Coordinator: Good. Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each.
[Next prisoner]
Coordinator: Crucifixion?
Mr. Cheeky: Er, no, freedom actually.
Coordinator: What?
Mr. Cheeky: Yeah, they said I hadn't done anything and I could go and live on an island somewhere.
Coordinator: Oh I say, that's very nice. Well, off you go then.
Mr. Cheeky: No, I'm just pulling your leg, it's crucifixion really.
Coordinator: [laughing] Oh yes, very good. Well...
Mr. Cheeky: Yes I know, out of the door, one cross each, line on the left.

Wise Man #1: We were led by a star.
Brian's mother: Led by a bottle, more like.

Suicide Squad Leader: We are the Judean People's Front crack suicide squad! Suicide squad, attack!
[they all stab themselves]
Suicide Squad Leader: That showed 'em, huh?

Brian?s mother: He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!

Brian: I'm not a roman mum, I'm a kike, a yid, a heebie, a hook-nose, I'm kosher mum, I'm a Red Sea pedestrian, and proud of it!

Brian: I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly!
Girl: Only the true Messiah denies His divinity.
Brian: What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me? All right! I am the Messiah!
Followers: He is! He is the Messiah!
Brian: Now, fuck off!
[silence]
Arthur: How shall we fuck off, O Lord?

Ex-Leper: Half a dinare for me bloody life story?
Brian: There's no pleasing some people.
Ex-Leper: That's just what Jesus said, sir.

Ex-Leper: Okay, sir, my final offer: half a shekel for an old ex-leper?
Brian: Did you say "ex-leper"?
Ex-Leper: That's right, sir, 16 years behind a veil and proud of it, sir.
Brian: Well, what happened?
Ex-Leper: Oh, cured, sir.
Brian: Cured?
Ex-Leper: Yes sir, bloody miracle, sir. Bless you!
Brian: Who cured you?
Ex-Leper: Jesus did, sir. I was hopping along, minding my own business, all of a sudden, up he comes, cures me! One minute I'm a leper with a trade, next minute my livelihood's gone. Not so much as a by-your-leave! "You're cured, mate." Bloody do-gooder.


Brian: Well, why don't you go and tell him you want to be a leper again?
Ex-Leper: Uh, I could do that sir, yeah. Yeah, I could do that I suppose. What I was thinking was I was going to ask him if he could make me a bit lame in one leg during the middle of the week. You know, something beggable, but not leprosy, which is a pain in the ass to be blunt and excuse my French, sir.

Brian: Please, please, please listen! I've got one or two things to say.
The Crowd: Tell us! Tell us both of them!
Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't NEED to follow ME, You don't NEED to follow ANYBODY! You've got to think for your selves! You're ALL individuals!
The Crowd: Yes! We're all individuals!
Brian: You're all different!
The Crowd: Yes, we ARE all different!
Man in crowd: I'm not...
The Crowd: Sch!

Reg: [arriving at Brian's crucifixion] Hello, Sibling Brian.
Brian: Thank God you've come, Reg.
Reg: Well, I think I should point out first, Brian, in all fairness, we are not, in fact, the rescue committee. However, I have been asked to read the following prepare statement on behalf of the movement. "We the People's Front of Judea, brackets, officials, end brackets, do hereby convey our sincere fraternal and sisterly greetings to you, Brian, on this, the occasion of your martyrdom. "
Brian: What?
Reg: "Your death will stand as a landmark in the continuing struggle to liberate the parent land from the hands of the Roman imperialist aggressors, excluding those concerned with drainage, medicine, roads, housing, education, viniculture and any other Romans contributing to the welfare of Jews of both sexes and hermaphrodites. Signed, on behalf of the P. F. J. , etc. " And I'd just like to add, on a personal note, my own admiration, for what you're doing for us, Brian, on what must be, after all, for you a very difficult time.

Matthias: Look, I don't think it should be a sin, just for saying "Jehovah".
[Everyone gasps]
Jewish Official: You're only making it worse for yourself!
Matthias: Making it worse? How can it be worse? Jehovah! Jehovah! Jehovah!
Jewish Official: I'm warning you! If you say "Jehovah" one more time (gets hit with rock) RIGHT! Who did that? Come on, who did it?
Stoners: She did! She did! (suddenly speaking as men) He! He did! He!
Jewish Official: Was it you?
Stoner: Yes.
Jewish Official: Right...
Stoner: Well you did say "Jehovah. "
[Crowd throws rocks at the stoner]
Jewish Official: STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT RIGHT NOW! STOP IT! All right, no one is to stone _anyone_ until I blow this whistle. Even... and I want to make this absolutely clear... even if they do say, "Jehovah. "
[Crowd stones the Jewish Official to death]

Brian: You have to be different!
The Crowd: Yes, we are all different!
Small lonely voice: I'm not!

Brian?s mother: What star sign is he?
Wise Man #2: Capricorn.
Brian?s mother: Capricorn, eh? What are they like?
Wise Man #2: He is the son of God, our Messiah.
Wise Man #1: King of the Jews.
Brian?s mother: And that's Capricorn, is it?
Wise Man #3: No, no, that's just him.
Brian?s mother: Oh, I was going to say, otherwise there'd be a lot of them.

Judith: [on Stan's desire to be a mother] Here! I've got an idea: Suppose you agree that he can't actually have babies, not having a womb - which is nobody's fault, not even the Romans' - but that he can have the *right* to have babies.
Francis: Good idea, Judith. We shall fight the oppressors for your right to have babies, brother... sister, sorry.
Reg: What's the *point*?
Francis: What?
Reg: What's the point of fighting for his right to have babies, when he can't have babies?
Francis: It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression.
Reg: It's symbolic of his struggle against reality.

Centurion: You know the penalty laid down by Roman law for harboring a known criminal?
Matthias: No.
Centurion: Crucifixion!
Matthias: Oh.
Centurion: Nasty, eh?
Matthias: Could be worse.
Centurion: What you mean "Could be worse"?
Matthias: Well, you could be stabbed.
Centurion: Stabbed? Takes a second. Crucifixion lasts hours. It's a slow, horrible death.
Matthias: Well, at least it gets you out in the open air.
Centurion: You're weird!
(read more...)
Graham Chapman ... Wise Man #2 / Brian Cohen / Biggus Dickus

John Cleese ... Wise Man #1 / Reg / Jewish Official / Centurion / Deadly Dirk / Arthur

Terry Gilliam ... Man Even Further Forward / Revolutionary / Jailer / Blood & Thunder Prophet / Frank / Audience Member / Crucifee

Eric Idle ... Mr. Cheeky / Stan (Loretta) / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee

Terry Jones ... Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant

Michael Palin ... Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus

Insight into the Soul of an Orthodox Jew

Usually orthodox Jews are suspicious and don’t like to be interviewed. Swiss filmmaker Jürg Da Vaz succeeded, however, to get close to them. In his amazing film “Itzhak Frey&Son” he reveals the mind of Itzhak Frey, an old wise Jew with Central European roots and deep Jewish convictions who sells pastries while giving Da Vaz some history lessons and - as a cashier counting the coins - is teaching Da Vaz religious philosophy.
His colourful movie, which also has touching encounters with Frey’s son David, is a revealing document of orthodoxy in the 21st century.

„As we left the bookshop in Mea Shearim where I had met David, he made sure: “Is the tape on?“ Walking through the narrow, busy lanes of Me’a She’arim and listening intently to his fascinating stories, I cautiously asked David: “May we visit your father?“ He first hesitated since he did not know how his father would react to my camera. His father had never allowed anybody to take a picture of him. Then David suddenly stopped, turned to the right and took me to the almost 90 year old Itzhak Frey who was working in his own Pastry Shop at Yecheskei Street as a cashier.“

Швейцарский режиссер Юрг Da Ваз в удивительном фильме "Ицхак Фрей & сын" раскрывает ум Ицхака Фрея, мудрого старого еврея , который продает булочки давая Da Вазу уроки истории и религиозной философии считая сдачу.
" ...я осторожно спросил Давида : "Можем ли мы посетить вашего отеца? Сначала он колебался, поскольку он не знал, как его отец будет реагировать на мою камеру. Его отец никогда не позволял сфотографировать его. Давид вдруг остановился, повернул направо и взял меня к почти 90 летнему Ицхакы Фрею, который работал в своей кондитории на улице Ехезкель у кассы".