IsraAID in support activities in KUMAMOTO
A team has been helping those who need psychological first aid (PFA) and basic medical support. Also the IsraAID nurses provided counseling to acute stress cases and basic training for the survivors based in the shelters. Additionally, the combined Israeli-Japanese professional team conducted Child Friendly Space activities for children to release the stress and fear of the quake and many aftershocks. Parallel to these direct services, the team conducted a long-term needs assessment and started to build a task-force in the partnership with local government officials. And, to share experiences, four Japanese university students from Tohoku region which was devastated in 2011 by the earthquake and tsunami joined the IsraAID team helping in the child friendly spaces.
(from the IsraAID’s press release dated on Apr.25, 2016)
What’s IsraAID？
IsraAID, founded in 2001, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to providing life-saving disaster relief and long term support. For over a decade, teams of professional medics, search & rescue squads, post-trauma experts and community mobilizers, have been first on the front lines of nearly every major humanitarian response in the 21st century. The mission is to efficiently support and meet the changing needs of populations as they strive to move from crisis to reconstruction/rehabilitation, and eventually, to sustainable living. http://www.israaid.co.il/
Activity in Japan （JISP）http://jisp.org/#
Index of May
１． Talula Bonet, Israeli Top Drag Queen in Rainbow Pride 2016
２． Israeli animation “Eli” in the 28th Sukagawa International Short Film Festival
３． Concert for Teenagers by Maxim Vengerov
４． The film “The Eichamann Show” now playing theater near you
５． New Disc（『Older』 Yael Naim /『Abutbul Music』Omer Avital）
＊Other news
① Gitlis’ concert postponed to September
② Yoel Levi conducts Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
③ Israeli Fare @ all 24 stores of Costco
Condolence：Ronit Elkabetz （starring 『Band’s Visit』 / Tokyo International Film Festival 2007, Tokyo SAKURA Grand Prix award film）
１． Talula Bonet, Israeli Top Drag Queen in Rainbow Pride 2016
What’s Drag Queen ？
A drag queen is a person, usually male, who dresses in drag and often acts with exaggerated femininity and in feminine gender roles. Often they will exaggerate certain characteristics such as make-up and eyelashes for comic, dramatic or satirical effect. While drag is very much associated with gay men and gay culture, there are drag artists of all sexualities. There are many kinds of drag artists and they vary greatly in dedication, from professionals who have starred in films to people who just try it once, or those who simply prefer clothing and makeup that is usually worn by the opposite sex in their culture. Drag queens can vary widely by class and culture. Other drag performers include drag kings, women who perform in male roles and attire, faux queens, who are women who dress in an exaggerated style to emulate drag queens, and faux kings, who are men who dress to impersonate drag kings.
＜TOKYO RAINBOW PRIDE 2016＞
Date： Festa ：Sat. May 7/ Parade ：Sun. May 8
Place：Yoyogi Park Open-air Stage and Event Square
(Rainbow Week ; Fri.Apr.29〜Sun. May 8 all over Tokyo area)
*Talula and Shalom-chan will be at the Israeli Embassy’s booth on Sun. May 8（11:00~17:00 open）
And there will be their stage show around 17:00 on that day.
＜Live Show at “Department H”＞
Date： Sun. May 8 at 00:00 AM doors open （Mid Night of Sat. May 7） ＊Talula might appear around 25：30.
Place ：Department H （6F World Kaikan 1-1-14 Negishi, Taito-ku, Tokyo / 1 min. walk from JR Uguisudani sta.）
Price：adult 5000 yen, with flyer 4500 yen, in costume 3000 yen
（Photo：Eli Bauchbut）
Talula Bonet
Talula Bonet is a drug queen created by the young actor Tal Kallai 15 years ago in a gay bar in Jerusalem, and up to now was mainly assigned with the biggest gay party lines in Tel Aviv.
Tal was brought up in Jerusalem, learn at the prestigious acting studio of Nissan Nativ's. Talula mostly served as a side-kick in different TV shows and big entertaining gay events in order to add glam and color to them. But recently he made a great success on a solo show “The Queen of Almost” written by Hadas Bashan for Talula Bonet, besides of the career as a member of "The Holly Wigs", the group of drag queens.
“I keep a new tradition now to perform every Monday in MIKVE- the new gay bar in the holly city with my weekly solo show” Talula says.
2. Israeli animation “Eli” in the 28th Sukagawa International Short Film Festival
The Sukagawa International Short Film Festival is well-established local film festival (Fukushima prefecture) with the concept of “family friendly”. The wide range of viewers can enjoy the participating films mostly without subtitle.
Despite of facing the damage from the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake 2011, the festival recovers its regular circulation by the effort and passion of local community. This year, 16 Japanese films and 13 overseas film will be presented.
From Israel, “Eli” which is one of the graduation works of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (Animation Course) screened at TAAF 2016 (Tokyo Anima Award Festival) last March, will be screened again.
Date： Sun. May 15 at 11:10 （←screening time of “Eli”）
Place： Sukagawa Bunka Center, Big Hal （Sukagawa-shi, Fukushima-ken）
Price： 600 yen in advance / 800 yen on spot / under high-school FREE
Inquiry ：Sukagawa International Short Film Festival Tel : 0248-88-9172
『Eli』 2014 /Israel / 07:30/ Animation（no dialogue） directed by Sagi Alter, Reut Elad
＜Story＞
The film illustrates a day in a life of an Israeli soldier during his service, located in the Palestinian territory. A local boy dressed as a bunny starts a chase that blurs the line between the pursuer and the pursued, between reality and imagination.
Sagi Alter & Reut Elad
Reut Elad was born In Israel and raised in Bat-Hefer. Her childhood was spent in art lessons and day dreaming. At the age of 18 she joined the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and spent the majority of her service in the Palestinian city of Sh’hem and left at the age of 21. Although 6 years have passed since her service she is still trying to understand the unconventional experiences she went through. She created the movie “Eli” together with Sagi Alter in their last year of animation in the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Sagi was born in the coastal city of Hadera. During his childhood he used to draw with a black pen a flow of endless associations of images on any surface that came his way. When he was 18 he joined the IDF. During his service he was stationed as a combat soldier in Field Intelligence. Out of bushes and shrubs he spent 3 years Watching and observing the Palestinian people. The movie “Eli” he created together with Reut Elad as part of the final Project for the Bezalel Academy for Art and Design.
3. Concert for Teenagers by Maxim Vengerov
Premium concert for teens “Extremity of Maxim Vengerov”
who is said " one of the genius violinist in 100 years" or "KING VIOLIN".
Not only a special program that Maxim teamed for the Japanese teens but also a talk by himself, is another charm of this concert.
The performance of piano, string ensemble, and of course violin will deliver the best experience for youth.
" Although we have been playing together or to the lessons to a lot of children in Japan up to now, it was not a concert for the sake of our children. So that’s why I like to present the concert which can feel the splendor of classic and violin to direct more than usual one. Children are the target, but the program is not childish. It will be together with orchestra not only the piano , such as easy-to-understand classic and authentic sonata , fully enjoy even in adults. Please come forward to with your friends and your parents by all means . " - Maxim Vengerov
＜Premium concert for teens “Extremity of Maxim Vengerov”>
Date： Mon. May 23 at 18:30
Place： Bunkyo Civic Center （1-16-21 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo）
Starring： Maxim Vengerov（violin）、Vag Papian（piano） and others
Program：
Franck：Sonata for Violin and Piano. in A major. FWV8
Ravel：Sonata for Violin and Piano. in G major, Op.77
Tchaikovsky：Sérénade mélancolique. in B flat minor, Op.26
Tchaikovsky：Scherzo. in C minor, Op.42-2 from "Souvenir d’un lieu cher" (Memory of a dear place)
Tchaikovsky：Walz-Scherzo. in C major, Op.34
Saint-Saëns：Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor Op.28
Sarasate：Navarra Op.33 (Spanish Dances for 2 Violin)
Brahms：Hungarian Dances No,5
Price：under 19 S-2,500 yen A-1,500yen / parents S-4,000 yen A-2,500yen / only adult S-5,000yen
Other concerts of Maxim
<4th Maxim Vengerov Festival 2016>
① Vengerov 「Pray for FUKUSHIMA」
Date：Mon. May 16 at 18：30
Place：Kioi Hall (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Piano: Vag Papian
Program ：Bach / Chaconne, Beethoven / Violin Sonata No. 7, Sarasate / Navarra and more
Price ：Premium Seat 22000 yen (including party with him at Hotel New Otani)
Adult- 5000 yen / not reservation seat, student- 3000yen ※show ID
② Vengerov ＆ Helene Grimaud 「Concerto by Super Artists 」
Date ：Thu. May 19 at 19：00
Place：Bunkamura Orchard Hall (Shibuya, Tokyo)
Program：
Beethoven / Violin Concerto in D major
Bach / Piano Concerto No. 1 BWV1052
Ravel / Piano Concerto in G major work 83
Price：Premium Seat- 15,000 yen (Flagship Japan) Ｓ-10,000 yen /Ａ- 6000 yen /Ｂ-４000 yen /Ｃ-3000 yen
③ Vengerov ＆ Helene Grimaud 「Super Duo」
Date：Sat. May 21 at 14：00
Place：Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
Program：
Bach / unaccompanied Partita No. 2 songs
Ysaye / Unaccompanied Sonata No. 6
Ernst / summer of vestiges of rose
Ravel / Violin Sonata in G major
Brahms / Violin Sonata No. 2
Price：Premium Seat 15,000 yen (Flagship Japan) /Ｓ-10,000 yen / A- 6000 yen / B-4000yen
Reservation：Kioi Hall TEL 03-3237-0061 / Tokyo Bunka Kaikan TEL 03-5685-0650 / PIA 、Lawson, E-plus
Inquiry ：Flagship Japan TEL:050-3633-6951
Maxim Aleksandrovich Vengerov
Violinist, and conductor who was born in the Soviet Union in1974. His family emigrated to Israel in 1990, swept a number of international awards from a young age. He began his world-wide career from the age of 16, known as a genius violinist. In the recording, he received the Gramophone Award, Grammy Award and more. Also became the first UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador as classic musician, established a music school for the children in Migdal (northern Israel) .
4. The film “The Eichmann Show” now playing theater near you
Dramatization of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer.
『The Eichmann Show』
Director:
Writer:
Stars:
2015／UK／96min／Japanese subtitled
from Apr.23 at Human Trust Cinema Yurakucho, Yebisu Garden Cinema and more (Kyoto, Yokohama, Osaka, Hokkaido / Kobe, Chiba, Fukuoka)
5. New Discs
『Older』 by Yael Naim ￥2,800+tax distributed by Plankton
Yael Naim & David Donatien
Yael Naïm was born in Paris, in Jewish immigrants family from Tunisia. At the age of four, she moved with her family to Ramat HaSharon, Israel, where she spent the rest of her childhood. She was discovered by Pat Metheny in jazz club in Tel Aviv, began her singing career with a part in the musical Les Dix Commandements and her first solo album, In a Man's Womb was released in 2001. In her early work, she was credited simply as Yaël. She also performed a duet with Din Din Aviv titled "Mashmauyot". In January 2008, Apple featured her song "New Soul" in its debut commercial for the MacBook Air laptop. Steve Jobs himself picked the song "New Soul" for the launch of the MacBook Air. “Older” is after 5 years from her last album. This contains the tune “Walk Walk” which was featured CM of iPhone 6.
『Abutbul Music』 by Omer Avital around 2500 yen (open price) JAZZ VILLAGE / distributed by King International
Bassist Omer Avital was born in the small Israeli town of Givataim where his formal training began at age 11 when he entered the Givataim Conservatory to study classical guitar. He grew up in Tel Aviv, in a Moroccan-Yemenite family, where evidence of his Middle Eastern and Spanish influences came together with jazz and blues. While enrolled at the Talma Yalin, Israel's leading arts high school, he switched his focus to the acoustic bass, After discharge, Avital moved to New York City playing with jazz giants, But his big break came in 1994, not playing with giants, but leading his own groups and big band during the after-hours sessions at Small's in Greenwich Village, along with pianist and co-collaborator Jason Lindner. Avital continued working with many other talents in NY, also talents in Israel such as pianist Omri Mor from Jerusalem, the Izraeli Magreb Orchestra, the Andalusian Orchestra Ensemble, and the legendary Algerian
＊Other news
① Gitlis’ concert postponed to September
Ivry Gitlis whose concert was scheduled on May , postpone it to the following date due to his health condition.
Tue. May 3, 2016 → Sun. Sep 11, 2016 at 19:00 at Kioi Hall
The concert scheduled on May 3 will be composed by the artists who have relationship with Gitlis with the purpose of supporting victims of Kumamoto Earthquake.
Tue. Hol. May 3 at 14:00 at Kioi Hall
Price: 3000 yen
Reservation： Tempo Primo ＴＥＬ：03-5810-7772
② Yoel Levi conducts Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
Since Neeme Jarvi who supposed to conduct the 36th subscription concert of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, is forced to rest for six weeks due to his health condition, then as a pinch hitter, Yoel Levi is now to serve as understudy .
Yoel Levi
Born in Romania and moved to Israel, studied at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music, where he was awarded his master of arts degree with distinction. After further training at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, he studied with Franco Ferrara in Rome and Siena and worked with Kiril Kondrashin in Holland. Additional training at London's Guildhall School of Music preceded Levi's first prize in the 1978 conductor's International Competition in Besançon. His debut as an opera theater conductor awaited a 1997 production of La fanciulla del West in Florence. Since then, other opera engagements have taken him to such venues as Chicago, Prague, and Paris. Upon his retirement from the directorship of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, became ASO music director emeritus. In addition, he was engaged as principal guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra while also serving as music artistic advisor to the Flemish Radio Orchestra. In 2001, the French government named Levi Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Since 2005 he has been the musical advisor to the Flemish Radio Orchestra, and he has also served as principal guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic. Recently named Music Director and Principal Conductor of the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul. (c)K. Abosch.jpg
Date： Sat. May 14 at 15:00
Place： Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall
Conductor ： Yoel Levi / Piano： Remi Geniet
Program：
Beethoven : Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op.37 / Shostakovich : Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op.47 " revolution "
④ Israeli Fare @ all 24 stores of COSTCO
From May 13 for three days, Friday, the “Israel Fair” will be held in Costco all warehouse .
During the fair period, you will be able to the tasting of wine and foods. Also Y-Chili liqueur which is popular in Israel, will be available in a special price at Makuhari store only during the fair.
Please stop by your local to Costco by all means.
*You need to be a member of Costco (for registration →http://www.costco.co.jp/p/)
Inquiry: Economic Section, Embassy of Israel, Tokyo http://itrade.gov.il/japan/
Condolence
Starring actress Ronit Elkabetz of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2007 Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix award film " The Band's Visit " passed away on April 19 for cancer.
She was only 51 years old.
Ronit Elkabetz
Elkabetz was born in Beersheba in 1964 to a religious Moroccan Jewish family originally, she grew up in Kiryat Yam. Her younger brother Shlomi became a director. She married architect Avner Yashar.
Thank you always for your constant support to our cultural activities. See you in the events !