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Opening Night
Saturday, Dec. 12, 9:00PM @92YTribeca Opening Night with Smadar Levi, Sarah Aroeste
& Galeet Dardashti's "The Naming"
@ 92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street, Tribeca NY
Doors 8pm | Show 9pm | $15Adv | $20Door
Yair Dalal Monday, Dec. 14, 7:00PM @ Union Hall The legendary Yair Dalal with Asefa and Michelle Webb
@ Union Hall
702 Union St
Brooklyn, NY 11215
7pm | $10 | 21+
| Keren Ann @ City Winery, Sunday, Dec. 13, 9:00PM Keren Ann, is a skilled songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. Her signature style skirts Nouvelle Chanson, and demonstrates a firm understanding of French musical traditions. Enigmatic and poised she commands every stage she graces. Price - $15 Keren Ann and Avishai Cohen @ The Knitting Factory, Monday, Dec. 14, 8:00PM Keren Ann co-wrote and co-produced with Doriand the second album of Singer/Actress Emmanuelle Seigner to be released in January 2010. Avishai Cohen is one of the most in demand trumpet players in New York and around the globe. His diversity has allowed him to perform and record regularly with Keren Ann, pianist Jason Lindner, Roy Hargrove, Third World Love, as well his own band. Avishai Cohen blends his love of African music, traditional jazz and his Israeli heritage to create a dynamic musical experience focusing on rhythmic exploration, unusual compositional forms and groove. Price - $15 Doors open 7PM; Show at 8PM | | Ran Dank - Pianist
Monday, Dec. 14, 7:30PM @Merkin Concert Hall Introducing Ran Dank, Israeli pianist, First Prize Winner of the 2008-09 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
Works by J.S. Bach, Schoenberg,
Granados, Bartok, Chopin, Scriabin, and Bellini/Liszt
Price - $40, $25, $10
For more information call -
(212) 307-6656 or e-mail - Jennifer@yca.org | | These Mountains: Selected Poems of Rivka Miriam Available in bookstores and onlineTo read the poetry of Rivka Miriam is to view the world through the eyes of a sensitive soul, profoundly affected by the Holocust experience of her parents, deeply committed to engaging in the Bible and classical Jewish sources and yearning for intimacy with the divine. In language characterized by an appealing simplicity, Rivka Miriam shares with her readers a variety of moving responses to a lifetime of experiences which have spanned virtually the entire history of the State of Israel. Rivka Miriam's powerful vision inspires us to believe in the possibility of the renewal of the human spirit in our time.
|  Yehontan Geffen - Recital and Discussion Sunday, Dec. 13, 4:00PM @ City Winery Special guest: Shlomi Shaban on piano.
Yehonatan Geffen is a gifted poet, author, playwright, translator, lyricist and satiric performer. His live performances include recitals of his works, monologues and discourse as well as performing his extensive collection of songs.
Geffen will be appearing at City Winery for a special recital and engagement with the audience, conducted in both English and Hebrew. He will dig into his deep cannon of work, to entertain, incite, educate and illuminate the audience with the depth of his understanding of the human condition.
Price - $20
For more information - http://www.citywinery.com/ |  24th Annual New York Israeli Film Festival December 5-13 @ S.V.A. Theater The Israel Film Festival has shown more than 800 features films, documentaries, television dramas and short films to roughly 900,000 film enthusiasts. What makes this annual event so unique is that is plays in Los Angeles, New York and Miami-a rarity on the film festival circuit. This is the largest showcase for Israeli films in the United States. Feature Films- A Matter Of Size - Directed by Erez Tadmor and Sharom Maimon Adam Resurrected - Directed by Paul Schrader Bruriah - Directed by Avraham Kushnir For My Father - Directed by Dror Zahavi Jaffa - Directed by Keren Yedaya Kirot - Directed by Danny Lerner Mrs. Moscowitz & The Cats - Directed by Jorge Gurvich Seven Minutes in Heaven - Directed by Omri Givon Zrubavel - Directed by Shmuel Beru Documentary Films- A History of Israeli Cinema - Part 1& 2 - Directed by Raphel Nadjari Achziv - Directed by Etty Wieseltier Legend in the Dunes - Directed by Yaakov Gross Tale Of Nicolai - Directed by David Ofek The Green Dumpster Mystery - Directed by Tal Haim Yoffe The Mystery of Aris San - Directed by Dani Dothan and Dalia Mevorach The Shakshuka System - Directed by Miki Rosenthal The Worst Company in the World - Directed by Regev Contes Voice of Jerusalem - Directed by Ofer Naim Venue information - SVA Theatre is located at 333 West 23 Street, New York, NY 10011 |   Renana Raz in New York Renana Raz is a leading voice in the young generation Renana Raz is a leading voice in the young generation of Israeli choreographers. She creates, dances and teaches in the leading art academies and institutes of Israel. Raz has been awarded the Israeli Ministry of Culture award for young choreographers, the choreography prize at the Annual Theatre Awards, the Young Artist Rosenblum Award and the Ministry of Culture award for choreographers. Dec. 9 and 11 - Wednesday & Friday - 12:00 - 2:00PM The class is a combination of elements from several techniques including Feldenkrais, Release and Yoga, imbued with a personal style and composition components, the class emphasis is on organic, smooth movement which has a strong connection to the floor.
Prices - $16.50 for non members
$16 for DNA members
Excerpts of Renana Raz's work @ Dance New Amsterdam Friday, Dec. 11 2:15PM Gallery space At Dance New Amsterdam
Renana Raz will be showing 4 short sequences. three from her new solo Bach, Britney, BIGGER, Banjo part two, is a glimpse into the "backstage" of the creating process. Where all of the ideas, images and sensations blend and mix into a new compound. This specific piece was inspired by the music of Jean-Philippe Rameau and the last sequence will be from her piece "Motel". A creation that deals with human drive and the body that becomes it's servant in order to fulfill its needs.
The event is FREE Renana Raz - Studio Concert and Artist Engagement Schedule - 11am - Noon Light Brunch Noon-1:50pm. Performance and artist dialogue Co-presented by Barnard College and The Jewish Theological Seminary Rsvp to Aimurray@jtsa.edu | | For more ways to celebrate Chanukah visit-
Office of Cultural Affairs Israeli Consulate, NY | | |
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