Jaffa

  • November 10, 2018 / 17:00
  • November 28, 2018 / 19:00

Director:  Keren Yedaya
Cast: Dana Ivgy, Moni Moshonov, Ronit Elkabetz, Mahmud Shalaby
Germany, Israel, France, 2009, 101', color
Hebrew, Arabic with Turkish subtitles

In the heart of Jaffa, a city nicknamed “the Bride of the Sea” by the Israelis, Reuven's garage is a family business. His daughter Mali and his son Meir, as well as Toufik and Hassan, a young Palestinian and his father, work there for Reuven. No one suspects that Mali and Toufik have been in love for years. As the two lovers are secretly making their wedding arrangements, tension builds between Meir and Toufik…

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Sh’Chur

Late Marriage

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Or (My Treasure)

To Take a Wife

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Jaffa

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The Flood

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Trailer

Jaffa

The First Nudes

The First Nudes

Men were the first nudes in Turkish painting. The majority of these paintings were academic studies executed in oil paint; they were part of the education of artists that had finally attained the opportunity to work from the live model. The gender of the models constituted an obstacle in the way of characterizing these paintings as ‘nudes’. 

Portrait of a Bullfighter (1797)

Portrait of a Bullfighter (1797)

The man is depicted in three-quarters view, turning straight to the viewers with a penetrating glance. The background is grey, while the clothes, the hair, and cap are black. 

The adventure of the Big ‘K’

The adventure of the Big ‘K’

In a bid to review the International System of Units (SI), the International Bureau of Weights and Measures gathered at the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures on November 16, 2018. Sixty member states have voted for changing four out of seven basic units of measurement. The kilogram is among the modified. Before describing the key points, let us have a closer look into the kilogram and its history.