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The 2025 Professor Dan Miron Lecture in Hebrew Literature with Orly Castel-Bloom
2024 - 2025, Upcoming Events
Join us virtually via Zoom for the 2025 Professor Dan Miron Lecture in Hebrew Literature with award-winning Israeli author Orly Castel-Bloom titled “‘Dolly City’ and ‘Biotape’ - From the Futuristic, Fantastical Dolly City to the Meticulously Realistic Tel Aviv”on Wednesday, February 19, at noon.
In 1992 Orly Castel-Bloom published in Israel her novel Dolly City, about a fantastical, unspecified, bustling city, controlled by the vehicles which were transformed into a goal. The city’s name – Dolly City – is connected to the protagonist’s name – meaning, it is Dolly’s city, the city of her mind, of her story. The borders between her and the city are completely blurred.
In 2022, exactly thirty years later, she wrote an entirely realistic novel, Biotope - meaning a scientific, almost biological exploration of one specific habitat. The story – and the biotope – take place in a specific, central and particularly busy street corner in Tel Aviv, named London Minister. This is the intersection of Shaul Ha’Melech and Iben Gvirol, where the French-Jewish protagonist Joseph happens to live, and he is the one describing the environment, taking into accou
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It's always refreshing to be reminded that beyond James Bond, Jason Bourne, and Jack Ryan there lies an entire world of espionage dramas that are as intelligent as they are exciting.
This year's greatest find is Bethlehem, a rich, multilayered character study about a young Israeli spymaster (Tsahi Halevi) who recruits the teenage brother (Shadi Mar'i) of a Palestinian militant wanted for launching numerous violent attacks against Israeli targets.
Cowritten by Israeli intelligence officer-turned director Yuval Adler and Palestinian author Ali Waked, and directed by Adler, Bethlehem is an amazing chronicle of the strange, intimate relationship that develops between handler and agent. It also provides a searing critique of both sides in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (http://adoptfilms.com/; $29.95; not rated)
More political intrigue
Omar. This nail-biting spy film from Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad has the same premise as Bethlehem: A Palestinian kid is forced into becoming an informant and agent for Israeli Intelligence. But it tells the story from a Palestinian point of view. (http://adoptfilms.com/; $29.95; not rated)
Prisoners of War: Season 1. The Israeli TV drama that inspired Showtime's Homeland is finally available on disc. A stun