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With New York City being home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel, it's only appropriate that the city offers a diverse array of Israeli cultural happenings of interest nearly every day.
To get you started, here's a list of some highlighted events in the month of March 2007 (or 5767 on the Jewish calendar), with links to help you find even more Israel-themed events in NY.
Dateline Israel: New Photography and Video Art Mar. 10 Through Aug. 5
The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue
thejewishmuseum.org
Day-to-day life in Israel provides inspiration for 23 artists in this wide-ranging exhibition, curated by the museum’s Senior Curator, Susan Tumarkin Goodman. Their photographs and video works have a visceral immediacy that reflects the complex reality of Israeli society today. The 47 works, by Israeli and non-Israeli artists such as Yael Bartana, Rineke Dijkstra, Barry Frydlender, Ori Gersht, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Wim Wenders, depict ordinary and extraordinary moments that convey a nation's vitality and resilience.
Read more about exhibits at the Jewish Museum
Norman Mailer's "Deer Park" Featuring Norman Mailer in Person!
Sun, Mar 25, 2007, 7:00pm
@ Makor
Steinhardt Building
35 West 67th Street btwn Central Park West & Columbus Avenue
Tickets: $15
www.makor.org
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer's play "The Deer Park" comes to Makor for a dramatic reading. The controversial work—adapted from Mailer's novel—details his experiences as a screenwriter during the height of McCarthyism. Ambition, sex and politics infuse this riveting depiction of 1950s Hollywood. Stephan Morrow directs the reading, which is followed by a discussion with Mailer.
"First Lesson in Peace"Directed by Yoram Honig
2005, 56 min
Mar. 28, 7:30pm
@ Makor
Steinhardt Building
35 West 67th Street between Central Park West & Columbus Avenue.
www.makor.org
 This film explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of director Yoram Honig’s six-year-old daughter as she starts school at the mixed Arab-Jewish primary school Neveh Shalom (The Oasis of Peace). Despite opposition by Honig's Zionist father and his wife's extreme right-wing brother, the parents make a statement by sending both of their daughters to this unique school. First Lesson in Peace demonstrates the great complexity and enduring difficulties of this multifaceted conflict. Hebrew with English subtitles.
David BrozaMar. 21 7:00pm & 9:30pm
@ Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
425 Lafayette St
Tickets: $35
212-967-7555
joespub.com
"Broza draws on old folk-rock and then adds urban passion ... he is a captivating, compelling performer who masters his guitar into submission." - Baltimore Sun
 Transcending national and artistic boundaries, guitarist-composer David Broza sings in English, Hebrew and Spanish -- and with his flamenco and salsa-tinged folk-rock melodies and keen talent for breathing musical life into sensual snippets of poetry, Broza is a formidable musical force of nature who commands and captivates his audience heart, mind, soul and gut. A modern-day troubadour traveling the globe with his unique blend of urban folk rock, the world of David Broza is passionate, dedicated and unique. He became a superstar in his homeland of Israel by his early 20's with his quadruple platinum debut album The Woman By My Side. 16 gold, platinum and multi-platinum releases later, his American debut album Away From Home featured an all-star lineup of musicians including Sting/Weather Report drummer Omar Hakim and Spyro Gyra saxophonist Jay Beckenstein. Containing a wealth of diverse cultural influences, Away From Home was praised by the New York Times as one of the best pop albums of the year. His performance career includes headlining with Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Jose Feliciano and other superstars in Israel's yearly Masada concert and other special events, dueling guitar solos on stage with Sting, performing at the Rabin Memorial in Madison Square Garden at the request of President Clinton -- and giving time and song to his appointment as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and other humanitarian causes.
If you miss his night at Joe's Pub, don't fret, because Broza will also be playing at Makor on May 1. Benjamin Hochman - Zukerman ChamberPlayers, Guest Artist
Mar. 25, 3:00pm
@ 92nd Street Y
92nd Street & Lexington Avenue
212.415.5500
www.92Y.org
Mozart: String Quintet in C Major, K. 515;
Dvorák: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, Op. 81
 Revered violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman, a mentor to young musicians throughout his career, formed the Zukerman Chamber Players to inspire a new generation. The ensemble begins a residency at the 92nd Street Y with three concerts devoted to favorite works by Mozart, Brahms and Dvorák.
Pianist Benjamin Hochman is achieving widespread acclaim for his performances as an orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Though only in his mid-twenties, he is an imaginatively mature artist with an innate ability to combine beauty of line within the overall shape of a piece. The Washington Post praised his “flowing artistry” in a recital at the National Gallery of Art and The Cincinnati Post wrote that he “shone in his Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra debut” and had “a crystal clear tone and articulation to match” performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto, K. 271 under Jaime Laredo in April 2006. Benjamin Hochman’s season includes appearances with the Zukerman Chamber Players, recitals with pianist Jonathan Biss at the 92nd Street Y, his New York recital debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a tour of his native Israel this spring.
To find out about more Israeli cultural events in New York, visit these great resources:
www.makor.org
www.jccmanhattan.org
www.thejewishmuseum.org
www.isrealli.org/culture/default.php
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