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Seconds before they release their new and extremely anticipated album, Lucille’s crew got together on a sunny Tel Aviv afternoon to give Balcony TV a lil’ taste from what’s coming up.

Lucille will celebrate their new album on the road, touring from TLV to NYC.

For upcoming dates, music and videos, stay tuned @https://www.facebook.com/Lucille.Smok…

3 Israelis movies on the schedule @ this year’s Inside Out LGBTQ film festival in Toronto… buy your tickets and check them out!

more via Insideout.ca

FILM: ADAM

Indonesia, Israel, USA

Adam is a sensitive 17-year-old who is secretly in love with Jonathan, the most popular guy at school. One day, Adam decides to make his true feelings known but the result is not what Adam was hoping for.

Wednesday, May 29th @ 5:15

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FILM: LITTLE MAN

Israel, UK

Elliot is unable to form a long-lasting relationship but he never gives up, moving on to the next available man. One particular weekend, Elliot becomes obsessed with a very odd neighbour who is making too many loud noises. Reaching his limit, Elliot is out to kill whatever is eating him up.

Wednesday, May 29th @ 9:30

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FILM: Out in the Dark

Israel, USA, Palestinian Territories

The romance between Nimr, a Palestinian grad student, and Roy, an Israeli lawyer, must withstand the forces that are trying to drive them apart, in this sensual and gripping drama.

When Nimr and Roy first meet, their attraction is mutual and they begin falling for each other. But complications soon arise. Roy’s family tries to sow seeds of doubt about Nimr’s intentions, while Nimr must struggle with the fear of rejection or, worse, of having his family find out that he’s gay. Meanwhile, Israeli Security Forces threaten to revoke Nimr’s permit to study in Tel Aviv if he doesn’t provide information about his older brother’s increasingly violent activism. Faced with these obstacles, can Nimr and Roy’s relationship survive?

Sparked by electric chemistry between its handsome leading men and imbued with assured cinematography that conveys the film’s intimacy and urgency, Out in the Dark is a sensitive, compellingstory about love, family and loyalty, set in a politically charged reality.

Thursday, May 30th @ 7:15

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The Lod mosaic (photo courtesy of Lod Municipality)

Hundreds of thousands of tourists expected to view spectacular Lod mosaic at world’s most visited museum this summer

History is being made at the Louvre Museum in Paris: For the first time an official Israeli exhibition will be displayed in the world’s most visited museum.

The spectacular Lod mosaic that was uncovered in an archaeological excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority will be on display in the Cour du Sphinx (Sphinx Courtyard) in the Roman wing of the museum between May 23 and August 19.

So far, the mosaic has been shown at five museums in the United States, first and foremost among them a successful presentation held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and a total of some 700,000 visitors have attended the exhibitions in America.

Until today, only a number of private Israeli artists have been exhibited in the Louvre, and now, for the very first time, an official Israeli exhibition will be displayed in the French museum.

According to the director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, Shuka Dorfman, “This is a great honor and achievement for the Israel Antiquities Authority and a wonderful opportunity for the millions of visitors to the museum to see the masterpiece from Lod and learn about the archaeology and history of the Land of Israel.”

The 1,700-year-old mosaic, one of the most magnificent and largest ever revealed in Israel, was uncovered in the city of Lod in 1996 and covered over again in order to protect it.

In 2009, after obtaining the necessary funding to expose it, the Israel Antiquities Authority renewed the archaeological excavation there and removed the mosaic from the site in order to conserve it.

The mosaic constitutes a rare archaeological gem that is extraordinarily well-preserved. It measures approximately 180 square meters and is composed of colorful carpets that depict in detail mammals, birds, fish, flora and the sailing and merchant vessels that were used at that time. It is thought the mosaic floor was part of a villa that belonged to a wealthy person in the Roman period.

The Shelby White and Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center, which will be constructed in the city of Lod where the mosaic was discovered, is presently in the advance stages of planning. The center is scheduled to be opened in the autumn of 2014.

Click here for the Lod mosaic exhibition announcement on the Louvre Museum website

Source: Ynetnews.com

The first Guerrilla Lighting event in downtown Tel Aviv celebrating 10 years to UNESCO declaration on Tel Aviv as a world heritage site.

Malkovich at Ben-Gurion Airport (Photo: Motti Kimchi)

American actor to play lead role in musical-drama ‘The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer’ as part of 8th Eilat Chamber Music Festival

American actor John Malkovich arrived in Israel on Monday ahead of the 8th Eilat Chamber Music Festival, which takes place in the southern resort city this week.

Malkovich will play the lead role in successful musical-drama “The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer,” which will be broadcast live on Ynet on Thursday.

This is Malkovich’s first performance in Israel. He visited the country in 2008 as the guest of honor of the Jerusalem Film Festival.

“The Infernal Comedy” will be shown both in Eilat and at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art as part of a collaboration between the Eilat festival and the 15th Felicja Blumental International Music Festival.

Source: Ynetnews.com

Project that brings Shoah survivors, Jewish high school students together on stage had its American debut on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day

An Israeli theater project that brings Holocaust survivors and Jewish high school students together on stage will have its American debut on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day with local Shoah survivors and students from New York.

The Israeli Witness Theater project was brought to the United States for the first time by the UJA- Federation of New York, which sponsors the project in Israel together with JDC- Eshel. The program works in conjunction with Selfhelp Community Services.

As part of the program, Holocaust survivors from around New York have been working on the show with Jewish students, ages 17 and 18, from the Yeshiva of Flatbush, Joel Braverman High School in Brooklyn over the course of the past year.

The first show will be taking place on Sunday, the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel.

The Witness Theater Program is an innovative and emotional intergenerational “journey” for Holocaust survivors and high school students. Working together, the two generations elicit and expose the moving stories of survival and explore issues of war, loss and trauma.

The survivors are the narrators, and students work with them to draw out their stories and to enact their wartime experiences.

The concept for the program was developed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s division for the elderly in Israel (JDC-Eshel), supported by UJA-Federation of New York, and is currently operating in many cities across Israel.

Selfhelp Community Services, Inc. (Selfhelp), the largest provider of services to Nazi victims in North America, is implementing this powerful and moving program in the United States.

Selfhelp is working in partnership with the Yeshiva of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School. Thirteen students and ten Holocaust survivors are participating this year. The students were recruited from the senior class at Yeshiva of Flatbush and the Holocaust survivors are connected with Selfhelp’s Brooklyn programs.

The Yeshiva of Flatbush’s partnership with Selfhelp and Witness Theater is an outgrowth of its well established commitment to Holocaust Studies that is integrated into the yeshiva’s curriculum at every grade level.

Beginning in September 2012, students and survivors have been meeting weekly over the course of the academic year with a trained drama therapist, theater director and social worker. The project will culminate in the production of staged performances, with the student actors portraying the personal stories of the survivors in their group.

These moving accounts highlight the memories, pain and survival of the Holocaust through the eyes, ears and speech of youth. The program aims to involve Holocaust survivors in a therapeutic process designed to help them come to terms with their past, and to instill the memory of the Holocaust in the next generation. The performances serve as a vehicle for the survivors’ testimony to be heard by many and to witness the special connections made between the generations.

There will be two performances of Witness Theater: On Sunday at 7 pm, and on Monday, Holocaust Remembrance Day, at 10 am. The performances will be held at the Yeshiva of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School in Brooklyn.

Selfhelp plans to continue this project for a second year in New York, beginning in fall 2013.

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