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When Art meets travel. Exclusive cocktail reception in honor of famous Azerbaijan -Israeli artist Rami Meir hosted by Azerbaijan Tourist Board & Azerkhalcha OJSC at the official representation in #telavivcity
Travel agents and representatives of the tourism industry attended a special event organized by the Israeli representative of Azerbaijan Tourist board in honor of the famous Azari-Israeli artist Rami Meir (Rahamim Migirov)
At the center of the event was a pop-up exhibition, co-organized with the national carpet project Azerkhalcha OJSC with four of his works carefully selected for the exhibition in Tel Aviv - original works turned into handmade rugs that reflect various aspects of Jewish life in Azerbaijan, symbols and elements.
"We are excited to host such a respected artist in Israel. Heritage, tradition and culture as well as authentic arts are some of the main factors that attract tourists, and in Azerbaijan there are all of these in abundance," said Jamila Talibazada, who runs the bureau in Israel.
"This is a country that loves Israel that radiates its love for all areas of life and I wish everyone success in deepening the tourist ties between the two countries."
Rami Meir is an Azerbaijani-Israeli artist born in Baku and originally from Netanya, who began to recreate in his paintings the history of his people, the mountain Jews of the Caucasus and the Trans-Caucasus. To his surprise his artwork caught the attention of critics and collectors around the world.
At the Photos: The host Mrs. Jamila Talibzade, Director of the ATB Israel, Former Minister @ayoobkara and the artist @ramimeirart
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The Maccabiah, the largest Jewish sporting event in the world, is held every four years.
The 21st Games will begin on July 12 and will last for two weeks.
Athletes will compete in dozens of sporting disciplines and will be cheered on by tens of thousands of support staff, spectators and tourists. As part of the games, there will be many sporting events taking place around the country that will be open to the general public under the slogan, ‘Israel Celebrates Sport’, as well as a range of social events offering a unique and unforgettable environment for families and individuals from Israel and abroad. Maccabi World Union is the largest and longest-running international Jewish sporting organization, which recently celebrated 100 years since its establishment. The organization has 450,000 members in 400 clubs in 80 countries.
Watch 21st Maccabiah Games 2022 Live Streaming Online
How to watch 2022 Maccabiah Games Live Online. The 2022 Maccabiah Games (Hebrew: משחקי המכביה 2022), also referred to as the 21st Maccabiah Games (Hebrew: המכביה ה-21), are the 21st edition of the Maccabiah Games. They are scheduled to take place from 12 to 26 July 2022, in Israel.
The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world, and to all Israeli citizens regardless of their religion. Approximately 10,000 athletes, from 80 countries are expected to compete in over 40 sports categories.
For all games and events www.maccabiah.com
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After the first and most successful months of operation of The David Kempinski Tel Aviv hotel, the ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Monday, July 4, to celebrate the official launch of the 80th hotel of the European luxury brand and its first hotel in Israel.
The launch event was attended by the Minister of Tourism, Mr. Yoel Razvozov, the Chief Executive Officer Kempinski Hotels and Chairman of the Management Board , Mr. Bernold Schroeder, the developer and hotel owner, Mr. Henry Taic, the Mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Mr. Ron Huldai, and Tzipi Brand, the Deputy Mayor and Portfolio Holder.
The event was opened by the President of the State of Israel, Mr. Isaac Herzog, who delivered a recorded speech and spoke about the return of inbound tourism to Israel and the importance of continuing investments in the hotel sector. The President congratulated the developer Henry Taic, the hotel owner, on the expression of trust in Tel Aviv.
Mr. Bernold Schroeder, CEO of Kempinski Hotels: "We are considering managing more hotels throughout Israel. We are very proud of this new jewel here in Tel Aviv, a city that has become a world-class brand and based on our experience it would make sense to management further properties in places like Jerusalem and other destinations and strengthen our presence in Israel."
Minister of Tourism Yoel Razvozov: "We are pleased that an international brand such as Kempinski has chosen Israel and there are plans to establish more hotels in Israel, which means that there is potential for luxury tourism, tourism that will bring in a lot of money and create many jobs. We welcome any such hotel."
Guy Klaiman, General Manager of The David Kempinski Tel Aviv hotel: "The hotel opened three months ago and as our CEO said, it is a great success. This is one of the best openings the brand has ever had. The brand itself promotes us a lot in all possible channels and that is part of what made us a very successful and popular hotel from the first day of our activity."
About Kempinski Hotels: Created in 1897, Kempinski Hotels is Europe’s oldest luxury hotel group. Kempinski’s rich heritage of impeccable personal service and superb hospitality is complemented by the exclusivity and individuality of its properties. Today the Kempinski Group operates 80 hotels and residences in 34 countries and currently has more than 26 prestigious projects under development around the globe. Each five-star hotel reflects the strength and success of the Kempinski brand without losing sight of its heritage; each one imbues the quality guests have come to expect from Kempinski while embracing the cultural traditions of its location. The portfolio comprises historic landmark properties, award-winning urban lifestyle hotels, outstanding resorts and prestigious residences. Kempinski is a founding member of the Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands.
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Pictured from right to left:
Tel Aviv-Jaffa Mayor Mr. Ron Huldai, Tzipi Brand Deputy Mayor and Holder of the Tourism and World World Portfolio, Mr. Bernold Schroeder, CEO of Kempinski Hotels , Minister of Tourism Mr. Yoel Razvozov, Yehudit and Henry Taic and Guy Kalman CEO of David Kempinski Hotel Tel Aviv
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Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Design and Architecture Department present NFT > ONE OF A KINDS
Dates: Opening: July 6, 2022 Closing: December 3, 2022
Location:
Safra Foyer, Herta and Paul Amir Building
Exhibition text (short):
The Museum presents a unique project of its kind in the world, focusing on the phenomenon of NFTs – Non-Fungible Tokens, or digital files registered by an e-commerce network (blockchain) whose technology enables reliable identification of the source, thereby rendering it unique. In March 2021, Christie’s sold the work Everydays by American digital artist Bepple for a record $69.3 million. It is the most expensive digital work sold to date, and the first to NFT enter public consciousness as such. Forty NFT works by local and international artists are displayed in the entrance lobby of the Amir Building. The encounter with the virtual world within the real space offers visitors the experience of being in both spaces at once, while moving between them.
On March 11, 2021, an extraordinary event took place in the art world, when Christie’s Auction House sold the digital work All Days: The First 5000 Days, by the American digital artist known as Beeple, for a record price of $69.3 million. The most expensive digital work ever sold (to date), it introduced the new term NFT into the public consciousness.
At that moment, a new arena opened up, raising fundamental questions about value, the essence of copy and original, and thoughts on quality and quantity. It also challenges the role of the museum in new ways. For example, the profile of NFT creators is extremely diverse: some choose an invented identity, and in other instances the creator is in a sense a programmed algorithm, whereby the artwork is in constant flux. Anyone, it seems, can take part. All that is needed is a new type of digital certificate that regulates and defines the ownership of the original work. This certificate does not forget the work’s original creators, leaving them a share of every sale, which is predetermined by the creators themselves.
In the current exhibition, we seek to present this unique cultural and technological phenomenon as it continues to evolve. To this end, we have chosen a public space that serves as a foyer rather than an “official” gallery in the Museum, in which we created a world whose reality is ambiguous: the boundaries of the physical foyer are expanded and replicated in a virtual space, while rooting it in familiar features of the actual surrounding architecture.
Feel free to chat with TAMA – a bot (smart virtual character) developed especially for this project – and ask her almost anything you wish about NFT. The virtual exhibition in front of you explores forty different NFT works by a wide range of creators. In preparation for the exhibition, we issued an international open call, inviting creators and owners of NFTs to submit proposals of artworks. Hundreds responded, and a professional committee selected the collection on view. This curated selection offers a glimpse into the fascinating activity that is taking place in this arena – a first introduction to new forms of creativity.
List of creators:
Future Positive )Nir Goeta & Rotem Goeta( - Tomer Mor Joseph - Peter Spacey & TEC (Omer Luz, Dylan Roscover and Anita Kucharczyk - Avraham Pesso - Ofir Liberman - Eyal Yehowa Gruss - Khen Shish - Gilad Edelstein - Deborah Fischer, Yarden Colsey, Ofer Kantor - Doron Golan - Daria Durand - Angelika Sher - Yambo & Somei Sun - Kfir Ziv X NFT Tel Aviv - Lidar Farjun - Moran Victoria Sabbag - Matty Mariansky - Nitzan David Hamerman – Kafein - Ron Guetta - Noa Gana and Gal Kuflik - Ran Slavin - The Knocks – Pak – DEDE - Itamar Stamler, Lior Zalmanson - Geldz, ZOZ, and GURION - Sarah Meyohas - Rosie Gibbens - Tamar Karavan - Chat Des Rues - Udi Cassirer - Scan The City - Smadar Lomnitz - Cookie Moon - Thomas Paquet - Eduardo Kac - Desperate Ape Wives - Bored Ape Yacht Club – CryptoPunks - LIŔONA
TAMA - smart virtual:
Tama is a smart virtual character developed for the Tel Aviv Museum by the Advanced Reality Lab (ARL) at Reichman University. Tama's development process included script writing, recording, character design, facial animations, creating a 'smart' development tree, and of course - integrating “artificial intelligence” using deep learning NLP models, which allow the user to naturally interact with her. In order to make Tama smart, she went through a process of learning and practicing all the possible questions, phrases, and utterances in the conversation domain. The more visitors talk to Tama, the smarter she will be!
The Advanced Reality Lab (ARL), Reichman University
ARL is a multidisciplinary laboratory that studies the process of human-machine confluence taking place in recent decades. Our current focus is on the development of virtual humans in virtual reality; this encompasses a wide range of technological and design challenges, and we focus on generative machine learning for verbal and non-verbal communication. In addition, we study the impact of such virtual humans on the individual (in collaboration with researchers in the fields of psychology) and society (with the help of computer simulations). Finally, the laboratory deals with the applications of these studies to basic and applied research in clinical and social psychology.
Collaboration with Sandmilk:
Sandmilk is a leading platform for NFT creators that enables digital creators to present their work in the new medium and develop new options with a dedicated audience. In addition, the company makes the trading experience accessible when it eliminates the need for a personal digital wallet. As part of the collaboration with the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, approximately 5,000 unique NFT works created especially for the exhibition will be distributed to the first 5,000 visitors.
Exhibition team:
Curator: Maya Vinitsky
Associate curator: Yonni Avidan
Assistance curator: Michal Derhy-Vieman
Exhibition design: Alexey Shamovsky, KIN SKY STUDIO
Graphic design: Noa Schwartz
Nominator team for NFT artworks: Dr. Liat Lavi, Dr. Maya Shmailov, Roee Bigger, Ben Benhorin, Tal Broitman, Ruti Director, Mira Lapidot, Ilai Dgani, Daniel Krol
Virtual world construction and activation: Arium, New York
Hebrew editing: Dafnit Moskovich
English: Mor Ilan
Arabic translation: Dr. Ruba Simaan
Arabic editing: Nabil Armaly
Scientific consultation: Matty Mariansky
Cinematic consultant: Ohad Milstein
Media consultant: Adi Peltinov
Media mounting: Multifect Ltd.
Printing: Kzat Acheret Design and Sign
TAMA specifications and development:
Project Management, Product & Experience Designer: Maya Shekel, Reichman University
Software & Unity Development: Niv Rosnovsky, Reichman University
Director of the ARL Lab, Consulting and Guidance: Prof. Doron Friedman, Reichman University
Content writer and editor: Sigal Siryus
Chatbot content design: Kinneret Yifrah, Amir Gewurtz, and Stav Moran Leshem
Voice over: Mira Awad
The exhibition was possible thanks to the support of DANAE
Images credit: Alexey Shamovsky, KIN SKY STUDIO
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2022 Winner: Ariel Kahana (Yisrael Hayom)
Certificate of Merit: Yisrael Katzover (Hamodia)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Shlomo Nakdimon (Yedioth Ahronoth)
Performer Shuli Natan to receive Special Citation for Fostering Israel-Diaspora Relations through the Arts in Memory of Naomi Shemer; Special Guest: Lely Shemer
(Jerusalem, June 30, 2022)—Israel’s Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky will deliver the keynote address at the B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage for 2022, entitled: "Not our war."
The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, July 6, at 7 p.m. (Israel Time) at the Konrad Adenauer Conference Center, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem (Light reception 18:30).
Ariel Kahana, political correspondent at Yisrael Hayom, will receive the award in recognition of a series of articles and interviews about anti-Semitism in the United States, Israel-Diaspora relations and the integrity of the relationship in the time of COVID-19.
Yisrael Katzover, a reporter and commentator at Hamodia, will receive a Certificate of Merit for a series of articles on Jewish communities in Arab countries.
Veteran Yedioth Ahronoth journalist Shlomo Nakdimon will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award for his extensive and exceptional body of work, which spans more than six decades and reflects a profound commitment to the essence of the award.
A special citation for Fostering Israel-Diaspora Relations through the Arts in Memory of Naomi Shemer will be presented to renowned singer, guitarist and composer Shuli Natan. The citation was established in 2014 and has been presented previously to Nurit Hirsh, David D’Or, Idan Raichel, David Broza, Yehoram Gaon, Shalva Band and Danny Sanderson. Shemer's daughter Lely will make a special presentation at the ceremony.
Since its establishment in 1992, the B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism has recognized excellence in reporting on contemporary Diaspora Jewish communities and on the state of Israel-Diaspora relations in Israeli print, broadcast and online media. The award is widely recognized as the most prestigious prize in the Israeli media industry for Diaspora reportage and was established to help strengthen the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora. The award highlights the important contributions the media can make toward strengthening the relationship between Israel and world Jewry by encouraging quality reporting on Diaspora communities and Israel-Diaspora relations.
The distinguished members of the award jury are: Ya'akov Ahimeir, former editor and anchor, Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation, and Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2016; Yehudith Auerbach, former head of the Department of Journalism and Communication Studies, Bar-Ilan University; Professor Emeritus Sergio DellaPergola, The Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University; Sallai Meridor, former Israeli ambassador to the United States and former chairman of the Zionist Executive and Jewish Agency for Israel; Professor Gabriela Shalev, former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations; journalist Yair Sheleg; and Asher Weill, publisher and editor of “Ariel,” The Israel Review of Arts and Letters (1981-2003).
The award was established in memory of the late Wolf Matsdorf, editor of the World Center-Jerusalem’s journal “Leadership Briefing” and a journalist in Israel and Australia, and his wife, Hilda, a pioneer in social work in both Australia and Israel. The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented in memory of Luis and Trudi Schydlowsky, lifelong Zionists and leaders of the Peruvian Jewish Community, who published the Jewish Telegraphic Agency daily news bulletin in Peru for 30 years.
The award is made possible through donations from the Matsdorf family and B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem board member Professor Daniel Schydlowsky.
B’nai B’rith International has advocated for global Jewry and championed the cause of human rights since 1843. B’nai B’rith is recognized as a vital voice in promoting Jewish unity and continuity, a staunch defender of the State of Israel, a tireless advocate on behalf of senior citizens and a leader in disaster relief. With a presence around the world, we are the Global Voice of the Jewish Community. Visit www.bnaibrith.org
Images courtesy:
Ambassador Brodsky and Ariel Kahana (B'nai B;rith world center).
Yisrael Katzover (GPO).
Shuli Natan (Ronen Ackerman).
