VENETIAN JEWISH CUISINE, THEN & NOW | Third World Week of Italian Cuisine
On the occasion of the “Third World Week of Italian Cuisine”, a lecture on the Venetian Jewish culinary tradition and tastings of some typical dishes, by Susy Cesana Amram. On the occasion of the World Week of Italian Cuisine, the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa organizes an Italian kosher cuisine evening.This year the event focuses […]
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THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF NAPLES | Southern Italy and Sicily
For the series “Southern Italy and Sicily | Art, culture and history”, second out of eight lectures by Dr. Efi Ziv, art historian. In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa. The Archaeological Museum of Naples | The National Archeological Museum is one of the most ancient and important museums for the abundance and uniqueness of […]
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HOW STRANGE TO BE NAMED FEDERICO (2013) | E’ finita la commedia?
Within the framework of the Italian comedy Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2018, a movie by Ettore Scola, with Giulio Forges Davanzati, Tommaso Lazotti, Maurizio De Santis, Ernesto D’Argenio, Giacomo Lazotti. The title doesn’t work in English, but Fellini lovers won’t care. “How Strange to Be Named Federico: Scola Narrates Fellini” is Ettore Scola’s affectionate tribute […]
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CHIARA ABA GALANA in concert in Haifa
For the Big Band Haifa series, a jazz / gospel concert by the Italian singer Chiara ABA Gallana, XFactor 2013 finalist. Chiara, alias Aba, is a singer with soul, blues, gospel and jazz influences, XFactor 2013 finalist. Her live activity has led her to perform all over the world (Qatar, Florida, Israel, Cyprus, Scotland, Slovakia, […]
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SHORT SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY by Italo Svevo (1928) | Book Club
For the series A JOURNEY THROUGH CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE | Book club, first out of nine lectures by Shirley Finzi Loew concerning a number of subjects that have worried Italian literature in the past century: individual and society, self-fulfillment and relations between women and men. Svevo, the prominent Italian writer of the twenties who was discovered by […]
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SOUTH OF ROME | Southern Italy and Sicily
For the series “Southern Italy and Sicily | Art, culture and history”, first out of eight lectures by Dr. Efi Ziv, art historian. In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa. South of Rome | The “Castelli Romani” (i.e. the towns on the hilltops south of Rome) and the summer palace of the popes, […]
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A SPECIAL DAY (1977) | E’ finita la commedia?
Within the framework of the Italian comedy Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2018, a movie by Ettore Scola, with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Alessandra Mussolini, Françoise Berd. Marcello Mastroianni are cast against glamorous type and deliver two of the finest performances of their careers in this moving, quietly subversive drama from Ettore Scola. Though […]
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WE ALL LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH (1974) | E’ finita la commedia?
Within the framework of the Italian comedy Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2018, a movie by Ettore Scola, with Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Aldo Fabrizi, Stefania Sandrelli, Stefano Satta Flores. Gianni, Nicola and Antonio become close friends in 1944 while fighting the Nazis. After the end of the war, full of illusions, they settle down. […]
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WE ALL LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH (1974) | E’ finita la commedia?
Within the framework of the Italian comedy Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2018, a movie by Ettore Scola, with Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Aldo Fabrizi, Stefania Sandrelli, Stefano Satta Flores. Gianni, Nicola and Antonio become close friends in 1944 while fighting the Nazis. After the end of the war, full of illusions, they settle down. The […]
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LIKE A CAT ON A HIGHWAY (2018) | E’ finita la commedia?
Within the framework of the Italian comedy Festival E’ FINITA LA COMMEDIA? 2018, a movie by Riccardo Milani, with Paola Cortellesi, Antonio Albanese, Sonia Bergamasco, Luca Angeletti, Antonio D’Ausilio. Giovanni and Monica are the most diverse people on the face of the earth. He is an intellectual and a prophet of social integration living in the center […]
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