DOCSLIB.ORG

Altman Reflects Experiencing War in Israel

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Altman Reflects Experiencing War in Israel August 22, 2014 26 AV 5774 Community 1 Published by the Jewish Community of Louisville, Inc. www.jewishlouisville.org INSIDE $5000 Raised for Stop the Sirens Campaign at Stand with Israel Rally at Evangel World Prayer Center PAGE 16 Communit■ ■ y FRIDAY VOL. 39, NO. 12 26 AV 5774 AUGUST 22, 2014 Altman Reflects Experiencing War in Israel by Kevin Altman Special to Community I have been back in the United States for three weeks, and was asked to write about my feelings concerning Israel now that I’ve come home and allowed them to wash over me. Returning to see the overwhelming support for Israel that this commu- nity possesses is extraordinary, and I’ll tell you why. Artistic Director John Leffert (front) and the CenterStage Company kicked off their 100th anniversary season Israel unites us. CenterStage at 100 with a gala party. See story, page 9. PHOTOS BY TED WIRTH Not merely as a community, but as Jews. Hofstetter Headlines Federation Comedy Event; You’re Invited We grow up learning about ave you heard? Something big Steve Hofstetter is the newly minted Satellite Radio and his “Sports Minute the land and its is coming on September 14, and owner of Louisville’s The Laughing Der- (Or So)” was syndicated on over 170 ra- legends. It is myth- Kevin Altman you’re invited. by at Comedy Caravan and a long-time dio stations and published in over 30 ical. It is holy – the H The Jewish Federation of Lou- performer on the comedy circuit. Per- newspapers. fields where heroes overcame impossi- isville knows that building community haps you’ve seen him on national TV, Hoffstetter performed at Comedy ble odds, the mountains where prophets is more than raising money – it is getting because he was host and executive pro- Caravan many times before purchasing communicated to G-d, and the days of people together to socialize, laugh and ducer of Fox Network’s “Laughs,” he’s the business earlier this year. He even glory when our people returned to win a have a good time, so on Sunday, Septem- appeared on ESPN’s “Quite Frankly,” brought his Jewish humor to a Young country of our own. ber 14, at 6 p.m. at The Temple, the Jew- CBS’ “Late Late Show with Craig Fer- Adult event for the Jewish Federation of Slogging through swamps, fertiliz- ish Federation invites you to an evening guson,” Showtime’s “White Boyz in the Louisville a number of years ago. ing the deserts, creating innovations to of comedy fun complete with dinner. Hood,” and more. Dave Goldstein was the featured share with the world – and all within Sara Armor will emcee the evening. He’s one of the top acts on the college performer at Temple Shalom’s Annual the storms of war in a region in con- Comedian Dave Goldstein will present circuit, hosted “Four Quotas” on Sirius Dinner last May. He’s made multiple ap- stant turmoil. Israel is our nation. Israel the opening set and he will be pearances on NBC’s “Late Night unites us. followed by headliner Steve with Conan O’Brien” and has But Israel’s detractors do not know Hofstetter. performed stand up comedy on this, nor do they care to know, because For dinner you have a The Comedy Network, Sirius/ many, if not most, have never been to choice. An assortment of food XM Satellite Radio, the Nation- Israel. They claim to “read books” and stations will offer you choices al Lampoon Radio Network and walk into arenas of various sorts touting of pasta, tacos made your way Comedy.net. their radical nonsense, fueled by emo- and salads. And, of course, So treat yourself to a night tion and not reason. there will be desserts. A Vaad of laughter and food and bring Some may call for a Palestinian “right approved option is avail- your friends along for this big of return,” or Israel’s complete elimina- able upon advance request. Federation event. RSVP online tion, but they see nothing more than the The full evening is just $36 at www.jewishlouisville.org/ real estate. They have not seen the Israeli person or $25 for those 30 Steve Hofstetter and Dave Goldstein will perform at the Jewish Federation’s come- funny-jews or contact Kristy at and under. dy event on September 14. Sara Armour will be the Emcee. 238-2739. see ALTMAN page 11 INDEX Join the Jewish Louisville Hunger Walk Team JCRC update.......................................... 2 One in eight people in the world go to The Jewish community was among Painting a Picture of Our Community .... 4 bed hungry each night. the Hunger Walk’s founders, and has al- Thanks to All from 2014 Campaign ... 4, 6 One in six people in Kentucky suffer ways been one of its strong supporters. It Bagels and Bloody Marys .................... 5 food hardship. was established in response to the death POSTAGE Doctors’ Ball .......................................... 5 You can help put hunger on the run of Bobby Ellis, a nine-year-old boy who KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE PERIODICALS Calendar of Events ................................. 5 by participating in Dare to Care’s 2014 died on Thanksgiving Eve in 1969. That JHFE Issues Challenge .......................... 7 Hunger Walk, Sunday, September 14. movement led to the beginning of Dare Pizza for the Pantry ................................ 7 This 37th community hunger walk will to Care over 40 years ago and grew into Poolside Shabbat ................................... 8 begin at 2:15 p.m. at the Belvedere. The a movement that formed The Hunger Big Rock Shabbat .................................. 8 Israeli Scouts ........................................10 5K (3.1 miles) route for walkers and run- Walk in 1978. Remembering Leonard Fein .................10 ners will be enhanced by entertainment The Jewish Community Relations Israel Fundraiser ...................................12 including live music. Council urges members of the Jewish Herb Brunch ..........................................13 A Hunger Walk Family Festival, 12- community to sign up as part of the Jew- Berman Inducted into Atherton HOF ....13 4:30 p.m., will bring added excitement ish Louisville team. Camp Gilda ...........................................14 to the event. The Festival will include Registration is $25 for adults and $15 Iftar Dinner ............................................16 the Stampede Against Hunger Obstacle for youth 18 and under. With online reg- Community Impact Grants ...................17 Course for children and adults provid- istration, individuals can also seek their High Holy Day Schedules .................... 21 ed by the Stampede Series, a Kids Zone own sponsors to increase their impact JFCS Calendar ..................................... 22 Newsmakers ........................................ 23 by KaZoing with inflatables, games and on the fight against hunger. Registration Yonatan Yussman ................................ 23 more. There will also be musical enter- and more information is available at Around Town ................................... 24.25 tainment, free food and refreshments, www.thehungerwalk.org. Chabad Launches JLI .......................... 25 and food available for purchase from The majority of the proceeds go to Review: Spring Awakening ...................... 25 four of Louisville’s finer food trucks. Dare to Care and other local hunger Lifecycle ............................................... 26 Aramark returns for the fifth straight relief agencies, including JFCS’s Food D’var Torah ........................................... 27 year as the Hunger Walk’s presenting Pantry, to fight hunger locally. A small- Chavurat Shalom ................................. 27 sponsor. see HUNGER WALK page 11 2 Community August 22, 2014 26 AV 5774 JCRC UPDATE by Matt Goldberg, Director in horrible ways. CommunityCommunit is published monthly by theJewish Community’s circulation y has Community of Louisville, Inc., 3600 Dutchmans Lane, been audited by the Circulation Jewish Community Relations Council Anti-Semitic incidents around the world have spiked in recent weeks be- Louisville, KY 40205-3216. Verification Council. Israel and World Jewry – USPS #020-068 at Louisville, KY. cause of the conflict in Gaza. Rioters in A Strong Relationship France did not head to the Israeli embas- The Jewish Community of Louisville is a nonprofit EDITOriaL STAFF Since the founding of the State of Is- Shiela Steinman Wallace sy; they attacked synagogues and Jew- organization. $26 of your pledge is for a subscription rael, there has been a symbiotic relation- ish-owned businesses. for Community. For more information, call (502) 459- Editor/Communications Director ship between world Jewry and the state. 238-2703, [email protected] Rabbis have been severely attacked 0660, fax (502) 238-2724, e-mail jcl@jewishlouisville. Even before 1948, Zionist leaders from org or check out the website www.jewishlouisville.org. throughout Europe, and even here in Kristy Benefield Ze’ev Jabotinsky to Chaim Weizmann the United States. In Great Britain, a POSTMASTER – Send address changes to Community Subscriptions traveled the world supermarket removed kosher food from Community, 3600 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, KY 238-2739, [email protected] seeking support 40205-3216. its shelves to avoid a boycott – not just among Jews for a Israeli products. Ben Goldenberg Jewish state. COMMUNITY DEADLINES Marketing Director In Turkey, a government supported Deadlines for the next two issues of Community for 238-2711, [email protected] Additionally, newspaper actually called on that coun- copy and ads are: September 18 for publication on Eddie Jacobson, try’s Jews to apologize on behalf of Israel
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Israeli Media Self-Censorship During the Second Lebanon War
    conflict & communication online, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2019 www.cco.regener-online.de ISSN 1618-0747 Sagi Elbaz & Daniel Bar-Tal Voluntary silence: Israeli media self-censorship during the Second Lebanon War Kurzfassung: Dieser Artikel beschreibt die Charakteristika der Selbstzensur im Allgemeinen, und insbesondere in den Massenmedien, im Hinblick auf Erzählungen von politischer Gewalt, einschließlich Motivation und Auswirkungen von Selbstzensur. Es präsentiert zunächst eine breite theoretische Konzeptualisierung der Selbstzensur und konzentriert sich dann auf seine mediale Praxis. Als Fallstudie wurde die Darstellung des Zweiten Libanonkrieges in den israelischen Medien untersucht. Um Selbstzensur als einen der Gründe für die Dominanz hegemonialer Erzählungen in den Medien zu untersuchen, führten die Autoren Inhaltsanalysen und Tiefeninterviews mit ehemaligen und aktuellen Journalisten durch. Die Ergebnisse der Analysen zeigen, dass israelische Journalisten die Selbstzensur weitverbreitet einsetzen, ihre Motivation, sie zu praktizieren, und die Auswirkungen ihrer Anwendung auf die Gesellschaft. Abstract: This article describes the characteristics of self-censorship in general, specifically in mass media, with regard to narratives of political violence, including motivations for and effects of practicing self-censorship. It first presents a broad theoretical conceptualization of self-censorship, and then focuses on its practice in media. The case study examined the representation of The Second Lebanon War in the Israeli national media. The authors carried out content analysis and in-depth interviews with former and current journalists in order to investigate one of the reasons for the dominance of the hegemonic narrative in the media – namely, self-censorship. Indeed, the analysis revealed widespread use of self-censorship by Israeli journalists, their motivations for practicing it, and the effects of its use on the society.
    [Show full text]
  • Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Sport, National Identity, and Media
    This article was downloaded by: [Shor, Eran] On: 15 December 2010 Access details: Access Details: [subscription number 931202395] Publisher Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37- 41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713636289 Sport, National Identity, and Media Discourse over Foreign Athletes in Israel Eran Shora; Yuval Yonayb a McGill University, b University of Haifa, Online publication date: 14 December 2010 To cite this Article Shor, Eran and Yonay, Yuval(2010) 'Sport, National Identity, and Media Discourse over Foreign Athletes in Israel', Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 16: 3, 483 — 503 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/13537113.2010.527239 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2010.527239 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.informaworld.com/terms-and-conditions-of-access.pdf This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material.
    [Show full text]
  • Media Accountability Online in Israel. an Application of Bourdieu’S Field Theory
    A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Kniep, Ronja Article — Published Version Media Accountability Online in Israel. An application of Bourdieu’s field theory Global Media Journal: German Edition Provided in Cooperation with: WZB Berlin Social Science Center Suggested Citation: Kniep, Ronja (2015) : Media Accountability Online in Israel. An application of Bourdieu’s field theory, Global Media Journal: German Edition, ISSN 2196-4807, Universität Erfurt, Erfurt, Vol. 5, Iss. 2, pp. 1-32, http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:547-201500645 , http://www.globalmediajournal.de/de/2015/12/18/media-accountability-online-in-israel-an- application-of-bourdieus-field-theory/ This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/231999 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle You are not to copy documents for public or commercial Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, If the documents have been made available under an Open gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.
    [Show full text]
  • Introduction
    Notes Introduction 1. The exact Hebrew name for this affair is the “Yemenite children Affair.” I use the word babies instead of children since at least two thirds of the kidnapped were in fact infants. 2. 1,053 complaints were submitted to all three commissions combined (1033 complaints of disappearances from camps and hospitals in Israel, and 20 from camp Hashed in Yemen). Rabbi Meshulam’s organization claimed to have information about 1,700 babies kidnapped prior to 1952 (450 of them from other Mizrahi ethnic groups) and about 4,500 babies kidnapped prior to 1956. These figures were neither discredited nor vali- dated by the last commission (Shoshi Zaid, The Child is Gone [Jerusalem: Geffen Books, 2001], 19–22). 3. During the immigrants’ stay in transit and absorption camps, the babies were taken to stone structures called baby houses. Mothers were allowed entry only a few times each day to nurse their babies. 4. See, for instance, the testimony of Naomi Gavra in Tzipi Talmor’s film Down a One Way Road (1997) and the testimony of Shoshana Farhi on the show Uvda (1996). 5. The transit camp Hashed in Yemen housed most of the immigrants before the flight to Israel. 6. This story is based on my interview with the Ovadiya family for a story I wrote for the newspaper Shishi in 1994 and a subsequent interview for the show Uvda in 1996. I should also note that this story as well as my aunt’s story does not represent the typical kidnapping scenario. 7. The Hebrew term “Sephardic” means “from Spain.” 8.
    [Show full text]
  • 9781474451185 Matzpen Intro
    MATZPEN A History of Israeli Dissidence Lutz Fiedler Translated by Jake Schneider 66642_Fiedler.indd642_Fiedler.indd i 331/03/211/03/21 44:35:35 PPMM Edinburgh University Press is one of the leading university presses in the UK. We publish academic books and journals in our selected subject areas across the humanities and social sciences, combining cutting-edge scholarship with high editorial and production values to produce academic works of lasting importance. For more information visit our website: edinburghuniversitypress.com Original version © Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, 2017 English translation © Jake Schneider, 2020 Edinburgh University Press Ltd Th e Tun – Holyrood Road 12 (2f) Jackson’s Entry Edinburgh EH8 8PJ Typeset in 11/15 Adobe Garamond by IDSUK (DataConnection) Ltd, and printed and bound in Great Britain A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 4744 5116 1 (hardback) ISBN 978 1 4744 5118 5 (webready PDF) ISBN 978 1 4744 5119 2 (epub) Th e right of Lutz Fiedler to be identifi ed as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (SI No. 2498). Originally published in German as Matzpen. Eine andere israelische Geschichte (Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2017) Th e translation of this work was funded by Geisteswissenschaften International – Translation Funding for Work in the Humanities and Social Sciences from Germany, a joint initiative of the Fritz Th yssen Foundation, the German Federal Foreign Offi ce, the collecting society VG WORT and the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers & Booksellers Association).
    [Show full text]
  • This Passage Appears Towards the Beginning of the Book, After The
    THE CONFESSIONS OF NOA WEBER By Gail Hareven Translated by Dalya Bilu First publis hed in Hebrew by Keter, 200 English translation published by Melville House, 2009 Study guide by Ilana Kurshan ABOUT THE BOOK: This novel is narrated from the perspective of Noa Weber, a 47-year-old lawyer and author who looks back on her life in an attempt to understand her obsessive love for a mysterious Russian emigre named Alek. Noa first meets Alek at a party in Jerusalem when she is seventeen. She falls hopelessly in love with him and becomes pregnant with his child. Alek, who works as a foreign correspondent, is a continuous but elusive presence in her life -- Noa meets him in Russia or Paris whenever he beckons. Noa’s love for Alex, to whom she remains legally married, does not waver throughout various life changes and occupations—the birth of her daughter, Hagar, whom she raises on her own; a stint as a lawyer; and a career as an author of feminist thrillers-- causing Noa to wonder if her love isn't part of some larger yearning. Her story unfolds against the backdrop of Israel's leaders, wars, and its sociopolitical developments, which set into relief the drama of Noa’s own trials and tribulations. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Gail Hareven was born in Jerusalem in 1959. She studied behavioral sciences at Ben-Gurion University and Talmud and Jewish philosophy at the Shalom Hartman Institute. Hareven, a journalist, has written widely on politics and feminist issues. She has been a columnist for Maariv, Hadashot, the Jerusalem Report and Lady Globes, and she also writes book reviews for the Hebrew press.
    [Show full text]
  • Exploring Israeli News Website Bias Using Simple Textual Analysis
    Exploring Israeli News Website Bias using Simple Textual Analysis Yuval Pinter1, Oren Persico2, and Shuki Tausig2 1Yahoo Labs 2The Seventh Eye fyuvalpinter,orenpersico, [email protected] June 7, 2015 Abstract Criticism of bias in Israeli media has been following a steep trend of escalation over the last few years, focusing on print journalism but by no means limited to it. We explore the hypothesis that various sources of bias are traceable in the main Internet news sites, using simple off-the- shelf Natural Language Processing tools to analyze the difference in style and language of the home page headlines among seven such sites over the course of a single month. Simple features prove powerful in a seven-class site identification task, reaching 49% accuracy using Random Forest. As part of this effort (still in progress) we created a dataset composed of a full year's headlines from these sites, which we plan to release for the benefit of the community. 1 Extended Description The run-up to the recent Israeli general elections has seen the issue of media bias penetrate into the heart of the political discourse, including explicit accusa- tions against specific news outlets by politicians as senior as the Prime Minister himself1. While continuous qualitative assessment of the daily news coverage by media experts and journalism critics (e.g. The Seventh Eye2, Velvet Un- derground3, Aviv Hurvitz4) provides valuable insights into the various flavors of media bias, to our knowledge a large-scale quantitative analysis has yet to be performed. We are also unaware of parallel undertakings elsewhere in the world.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Paper
    TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface & Acknowledgements 3 1. Introduction 4 The delicate dance of a “defensive democracy” 2. Press censorship in Israel: an overview 7 The shaky legal status of press freedom Press licensing The Military Censorship Other methods 3. The rise of gag orders 14 Definition and legal framework History and milestones Causes and criticism 4. How many is many? The search for data 31 5. Conclusions 35 Bibliography & Interviewees 38 Page 2 of 39 THE RISE OF GAG ORDERS IN ISRAEL PREFACE A peculiar choice of “music on hold” greeted journalists who called the Israeli censorship office during the summer of 2014. Two months of intense fighting with Hamas (“Operation Protective Edge”) required daily and even hourly communication between local media and censors, supervising any military related news prior to publication. Lines were often busy, temperatures high physically and emotionally, and while waiting to appeal yet another publication ban I suddenly realized: the music I kept listening to, but never really noticed before, was surprisingly a popular anti-war song from the nineties. 1 "You promised peace... you promised spring... you promised to keep promises"0F , sang the band just before the officer on duty picked up the phone to discuss war casualties. Whether it was deliberate criticism, an ironic prank or just a random choice – this anecdote illustrates Israel’s biggest challenge and source of growing tensions: liberal values, lifestyle and self-image in face of an ongoing violent conflict and military occupation with no clear solution in sight. A challenge in which government’s control over the media plays a massive role and checks and balances between security needs and freedom of the press are becoming extremely fragile.
    [Show full text]
  • Private Censorship” on Press Freedom and How to Confront It—An Israeli Perspective
    THE ENEMY WITHIN: The Effect of “Private Censorship” on Press Freedom and How to Confront It—An Israeli Perspective by Moshe Negbi The Joan Shorenstein Center I PRESS POLITICS Discussion Paper D-35 November 1998 IIPUBLIC POLICY Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Copyright© 1998, President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Telephone (617) 495-8269 • Fax: (617) 495-8696 Web Site Address: http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/~presspol/home.htm INTRODUCTION The Israeli press is one of the most vigorous, that goes on in America, too, after more than complex and diverse in the world. It has its ori- 200 years of experimentation with freedom. One gins in a rich cultural and historic mixture. answer may be governments that provide more Among the elements are an almost genetic urge information and withhold the spin. to get at the truth, a democratic setting that is There probably is no way though, to slow unique in an authoritarian neighborhood, and the concentration of the media in fewer and plain old stubbornness and disregard for authority. fewer hands, in both countries. The rapid disap- The mythic story of Jewish scholars assem- pearance of distinctly separate radio networks in bled to define what it means to be Jewish comes America poses a particular risk. to mind. To be Jewish, the moderator observed Israel has abandoned, probably forever, its thoughtfully, means to object. Quickly a hand socialist tradition and there are big bucks to be shot up.
    [Show full text]
  • JPS183 05 Anziska 57..74
    Neither Two States nor One: The Palestine Question in the Age of Trump SETH ANZISKA In the opening weeks of his administration, President Donald Trump overturned a longstanding U.S. commitment to territorial partition and a two-state model for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu seized the opportunity to demand “overriding security control over the entire area west of the Jordan River” while exploring regional approaches that bypass the Palestinians. At the same time, a host of Israeli politicians are reviving older models such as limited autonomy without political sovereignty and partial territorial annexation, or advocating for other forms of separation with Israel’s continued control. The resulting middle ground—neither two states nor one—poses a great risk to Palestinian self-determination. By situating recent developments in a broader historical context going back to the autonomy plan of Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, this essay provides an overview of a shifting political discourse and examines the consequences for the fate of the Palestinians today. Netanyahu’s Art of the Deal IN ONE OF THE MOST revealing moments during the joint White House press conference between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 15 February 2017, a reporter asked the U.S. president if he was “ready to give up the notion of [the] two-state solution.” Would he be willing “to hear different ideas” from Israel’s premier, such as “annex[ing] . parts of the West Bank and unrestricted settlement construction?” Dispensing with decades of official U.S. policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Trump responded like a carnival barker presiding over the stately East Room.
    [Show full text]
  • Israel and Germany
    Israel and Germany Five decades of diplomatic, scientific and cultural relations The 1960s and the beginning of cultural exchange 13. BEGINNING OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE The establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries allowed for the commencement of cultural and artistic exchanges. Israeli artists began performing in Germany and German films were approved for screening in Israel. Despite the criticism raised in political circles and by the public regarding the too-rapid warming of relations between Israel and Germany, in practice tourist relations and cultural and artistic cooperation between the countries began to flourish. Above: “Israel will open a branch of the Tourism Bureau in Frankfurt ,“ Maariv, September 16, 1965. Right: “Germany seeks to open a tourism office in Israel,” Davar, February 2, 1969. Davar reports on the arrival of a German tourism office representative. Following her meeting with Minister of Tourism Moshe Kol, she expressed her hope that the 18th German Tourism Office will open in Israel soon. The establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries allowed for the commencement of cultural and artistic exchanges. Israeli artists began performing in Germany and German films were approved for screening in Israel. Despite the criticism raised in political circles and by the public regarding the too-rapid warming of relations between Israel and Germany, in practice tourist relations and cultural and artistic cooperation between the countries began to flourish. Above: “Israel will open a branch of the Tourism Bureau in Frankfurt ,“ Maariv, September 16, 1965. Right: “Germany seeks to open a tourism office in Israel,” Davar, February 2, 1969. Davar reports on the arrival of a German tourism office representative.
    [Show full text]
  • Written Testimony of Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A
    Written Testimony of Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein Hearing on Moving the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem: Challenges and Opportunities Before the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security November 8, 2017, 10:00 a.m. Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2167 Introduction: Chairman DeSantis, Vice Chairman Russell, Ranking Member Lynch, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for holding this hearing to examine relocating the United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem,1 thereby finally implementing the bi-partisan Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which Congress passed virtually unanimously2 twenty-two years ago. It is a special privilege to come before you during this year of momentous anniversaries: the 100th anniversary of both the Balfour Declaration and President Woodrow Wilson’s essential prior U.S. consent to the Balfour Declaration3; and the 50th anniversary of the miraculous reunification of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War, when Israel defended herself from Jordan’s attack. I’d like to quote from then-Senator and subsequent Vice President Joe Biden’s statement in 1995, urging Congress to pass the Jerusalem Embassy Act. Senator/VP Biden eloquently described the central importance of Jerusalem to the Jewish people, and the justice of recognizing and moving the American embassy to Israel’s unified sovereign capital Jerusalem, as follows: “Those familiar . with the Jewish people know the central meaning that the ancient city of Jerusalem has for Jews everywhere. Time and again, empires have tried to sever 1 Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (S.
    [Show full text]