Culture

A new Israeli video game turns bureacratic hurdles into a quest

Two Bezalel graduates have made an Israeli student's quest to get a discount on his municipal property tax debt into a game.

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Maxi and Me - Daniel Kaminsky - 140212012

Stage Animal / The tycoon and I

In his new play 'Maxi and Me,' Hillel Mitelpunkt does what he knows best: He shines a light on the contemporary Israeli experience.

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Kirschenbaum - Daniel Tchetchik - 140212012

War and Kirschenbaum

The veteran television host is trying his hand at directing a satirical play that takes place in the prime minister's war room.

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Food & Wine

Barking up the chocolate tree of love, with a Middle Eastern twist

Vered Guttman, sensible Jewish girl that she is, has come up with a list of Do's and Don'ts for Valentine's Day. If you think this is delicious, just wait to see what she has in store for Tu B'Av.

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A book of standard Israeli cakes, meant to appeal to the masses

Talented pastry chef Carine Goren can do better than this cookbook, writes Efrat Michaeli.

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A vegetarian cholent so meaty, you won't even miss the bones

In the last of her series on overnight Shabbat stews, Vered Guttman offers a version of cholent based on porcini instead of meat, for a distinctly earthy flavor.

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In order to get to his point, that the real threat to Israel’s survival is the Jews who live over the Green Line and not the Arabs ‏(and Persians‏) from around the region, Goodman must first defuse a number of military menaces Jerusalem likes to bandy about as actual physical threats to Israel’s survival.

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And for his next trick ...

Fed up with the way his books were being handled by local publishers and bookstores, experimental novelist Alex Epstein chose to offer readers his latest volume of short-short stories on Facebook.

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A story of Palestinian refugees, but not a 'nakba book'

Tomer Gardi's debut book "Rock, Paper" examines the establishment of the Beit Ussishkin museum on Kibbutz Dan, where the writer was born. He found the museum's archives dusty but far from dull.

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