On the occasion of the Second World Week of Italian Cuisine, screening of a short documentary by Naor Meningher, who will present his work and answer the public’s questions. Susy Cesana will then offer a reach sample tasting of traditional Jewish dishes, typical of Pitigliano.
‘Little Jerusalem’, that is how the locals refer to the town of Pitigliano in southern Tuscany, because of its striking resemblance to Israel’s ancient city. Through the medieval stone walls, the fascinating story of 400 years of harmonic co-existence between Jews and Christians is told for the first time, leading to the heroic acts done by the locals during the time of the Holocaust.
- At the end of the event Susy Cesana will offer a reach sample tasting of traditional Jewish dishes, typical of Pitigliano. Our guests will receive a copy of the recipies.
Naor Meningher was born in 1989 and graduated high school in 2007. He was then recruited to the IDF where he served for three years as a military filmmaker. After completing his service, Naor started studying film at the Tel Aviv University Tisch School of Film, in 2011. During his studies, Naor directed three short films: The Rat’s Dilemma (2014, fiction, 10 minutes), was screened in more than 30 film festivals across the world and received 4 awards; Our Hebrews (2016, documentary, 21 minutes) and An Old Score (2016, fiction, 22 minutes), have both been recently completed and are now in the process of distribution worldwide. Naor graduated university and got his B.F.A degree in 2016. Today he works at the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, as the head of the exciting T-Port project. He also has a weekly podcast in English about life in Israel, called Two Nice Jewish Boys, and continues doing freelance projects, as he keeps developing his own future films.
Susy Cesana Amram, born in Mestre (Venice), the first child of Renzo (Venice) and Tamara (Milan). When Susy was six years old, the family moved to Rome and applied to the Jewish school in the capital. At the age of twenty, she decided to move to Israel and attended the faculty of Biology at Bar Ilan University. The family moved only some years later. Today Susy works for the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa as Italian language, biology and chemistry teacher. Since she was a child she loves cooking, especially cakes, bread, pizzas….In Italy she worked in a laboratory of Venetian Jewish patisserie and directed a kosher catering. Today she uses her culinary expertise to offer her family some delicious dishes!
Event held in Italian and Hebrew, with a reach tasting of typical dishes.
I NOSTRI EBREI | Our Hebrews, by Naor Meningher from Istituto Italiano di Cultura on Vimeo.
Wednesday, November 22nd, at 18:30
Italian Cultural Institute
Rehov Meir Rutberg 12, Haifa
FREE ADMISSION, upon reservation (04-8536091)
Reservation no longer available