The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv invites professionals, journalists and the general public to
The international conference titled “The Jewish World in Romanian Literature”, taking place at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, February 14-15 (program attached). In English and Romanian.
and to
A round table themed “The Myths of Central Europe and the Jews”, at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, February 16 (starting 5.30 pm). In Romanian.

The events are organized in partnership with The Center for the Research of Romanian Jewry, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Ditza Goshen) and the Cultural Center in Jerusalem (Costel Safirman).

Participants in the conference:
- from Romania: Adriana Babeţi and Cornel Ungureanu, Universitatea de Vest in Timișoara; Ioana Pârvulescu, Manuela Cazan and Camelia Crăciun, Bucharest University;
- from Israel: Moshe Idel, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; Ilia Rodov, Bar Ilan University; Rafi Vago, Tel Aviv University; Menahem Keren, Tel Aviv University; Sarit Cofman-Simhon, Kibbutzim College; Lucian Zeev-Herşcovici, the National Library of Israel; Shlomo Leibovici-Laiş; Arie Laish; Avi Meirowich; Costel Safirman, Jerusalem Cinematheque;
- from USA/Israel: Michael Finkenthal, Johns Hopkins University.

The events in Jerusalem are dedicated to the memory of professor and literary critic Leon Volovici.

The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem invite you to the exhibition "Jewish Avant-Garde Artists from Romania /דווקא: אמני אוונגרד יהודים מרומניה" at Israel Museum.

November 11, 2011-April 14, 2012 (initially till February 18). Opening: November 11, 12 noon
Location: Robert and Rena (Fisch) Lewin Gallery, Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis Gallery, Hildegard and Simon Rothschild Foundation Gallery, Edmond and Lily Safra Fine Arts Wing
Artists: Tristan Tzara, Marcel Janco, Victor Brauner, M. H. Maxy, Paul Paun, Jules Perahim, Arthur Segal
Curator: Radu Stern and Edward van Voolen;
Curator-in-Charge at the Israel Museum: Adina Kamien-Kazhdan
Media: Oil on canvas, works on paper, assemblages

Exhibition of 90 works of Jewish avant-garde artists from Romania, created between 1910 and 1938, explores the question of center and periphery and illuminates the role of Jewish artists in the avant-garde. Tristan Tzara and Marcel Janco played a crucial role in the development of Dada, co-founding the anti-establishment Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, and Victor Brauner was a leading force in the Surrealist movement in Romania. Works by these artists, as well as by M. H. Maxy, Paul Paun, Jules Perahim, and Arthur Segal, seen outside of Romania for the first time at the organizing venue of this exhibition, the Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, are now revealed at the Israel Museum. This exhibition was organized by the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam. Catalogue available
More: http://www.english.imjnet.org.il/htmls/home.aspx

 

In view of the national Caragiale year 2012 (1852 - 1912), Karov Theatre and the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv invite the public to the premiere of the comedy ”בקרנבל/Off the Carnival”.
Nine Israeli actors (among them Moran Rosenblatt, recently awarded the prize for Best Actress at the Jerusalem Film Festival this summer) will bring a new life into the classical text, performing a modern adaptation of the play, in Hebrew language, with a look on the tribulations of today's society.
The show "brings on the stage the world of carnival and fair in a whirlwind of comic situations built around romantic complications" as imagined by an author whom Eugene Ionesco, the famous French playwright of Romanian origin, considered his main literary mentor.