2003-2010 Tel-Aviv Moadon Lev Echad

15th January 2010

יש דברים שרק נועה יכולה להבין - שבת שלום--פייסבוק

א- המועדון נסגר ביום רביעי למרות שאני אמרתי ומירב הסכימה איתי שהאוכלוסיה שזקוקה למועדנים גדלה ולא פחתה
ב- הבעלעגן לא רק בקדימה ואני כנראה נמצא באותו סירה עם אבא שלך
ג- אין לי עובדת סוציאלית של ממש ובעיות אחרות
ד- אתמול בלילה הלכתי בחזרה ברחוב יפת והיתה אשה שאיבדה את דרכה וחשבה שהיא קרובה לקינג גורג הזמנתי משטרה והגיע ניידת עם שוטרת צעירה ואני מרוצה מזה שגם אני יכול לעזור לפעמים לאנשים.
שוב אני אומר שיש דברים שרק נועה יכולה להבין בעולם של בועות סגורות
שמואל

2nd August 2007
I got from Moadon Lev Echad a free ticket to the Cameri Theatre to see Brighton Beach Memoirs.
I waited for over half an hour for the bus. So I had to take a Taxi for 30 NIS and I was still about ten minutes late. But by mistake I saw "The Big Sea" by Yoseph Bar-Yoseph
Strange they are similar. Beach in USA and Tel-Aviv Beach
Brighton Beach Memoirs

Eugene Jerome, a Jewish boy of fifteen and a half with raging hormones, recounts the story of his poverty-stricken family. Eugene’s energetic mother, who runs the household, his father, who struggles to support his extended family, and his frail aunt and her two daughters, all live under the same roof in an overcrowded house in Brooklyn of 1939, while World War Two rages throughout Europe.

The play follows Eugene’s process of adolescence, which is accelerated when he is forced to contend with the family’s financial hardships, as well as his sexual urges that are aroused by the captivating beauty of his cousin, who dreams of becoming a Broadway star.

This is a play about coming of age, loyalty and love, but especially about the complex power, for better or worse, of the Jewish family – or, in the words of Eugene’s mother: “The world wouldn’t survive without families”.

Joseph Bar Joseph's play, "The Big Sea"
As Karen wrote:
about a religious couple who come to live in Tel Aviv.
Actually the play was built well, if sketchy, and the protagonist could be fascinating, but she spent the whole time running back and forth on the stage looking for her husband and no time at all in the traditional tasks of the woman. I can imagine this as a multileveled film, because much more information and background can be provided without the limitations of the single view and limited access of the stage. All the characters need are the depth of perspective. - physical perspective - and then it will be perfect. The dilemma of the religious community encountering the world outside - and maybe the impossibility of happiness in either community - etc.etc.