Berichten door Erga Netz

Over Erga Netz
Erga Netz is a cultural entrepreneur, producer, actress, and author. Her debut novel Oh, Gulliver! (2023) is an historical, satirical, feminist, and at times, erotic novel, revealing what REALLY happened to Gulliver in his travel to Lilliput, and what did his loyal wife do in the meanwhile. https://www.mrsgulliversecret.com/the-book Erga Netz is also part of the board of Stichting Rainbow, along Nir Geva and Sarah Whitlau, with Gilad Nezer as director and producer. In recent years we focused our activities on Israeli cultural and societal activities for the Israeli, Dutch Jews, and the general Dutch public.
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Kunst en Cultuur

Middle East Side Stories – a new musical is coming up

2 december 2024 Erga Netz 0

It started one year ago, following an article that Bloom, editor-in-chief of De Vrijdagavond,  asked me to write about the debate between Hanna Luden and Laila Al-Zwaini, a debate that was hosted at Moroccan cultural center Argan, in Amsterdam’s Nieuw West (see Yes, We Can (Talk!), published on 24-10-2023). I came to that event with some understandable fears but came out of it with renewed hopes about the inevitability of peaceful co-existence. Events all over … [Lees verder]
Literatuur

‘Lees voor het slapengaan een verhaal van Chaja Polak’, aldus Marja Vuijsje bij de presentatie van Het net, de duif en de dood

31 oktober 2024 Erga Netz 0

‘Toen jij vrij was, was ik getrouwd, en toen jij getrouwd was – hoeveel keer ben je eigenlijk getrouwd?’ ‘Twee keer maar,’ zei de oude man. ‘Alsof je dat niet weet.’ Een citaat uit Een kleine geschiedenis, een van de elf verhalen uit Chaja Polaks nieuwste boek Het net, de duif en de dood. Het is Chaja Polak op haar best, aldus Erga Netz die aanwezig was bij de presentatie van deze bundel verhalen. Fanclub … [Lees verder]
Welzijn

The Right for Self-Healing: Personal and National

24 oktober 2024 Erga Netz 2

“In these challenging times, the pursuit of healing—both personal and collective—is not just a privilege, but a birthright.”  So tells me my good friend and healer, Tamar. I know Tamar for about 20 years now. We’re both Israelis living in the Netherlands. Tamar Starobinetz, known as Robin Star (52), came here to work as a security agent for ELAL. She stayed, and studied art at the Rietveld Academy. She fell in love with a Dutchman, … [Lees verder]
Nieuws

My year with October 7

8 oktober 2024 Erga Netz 1

My flight back from Israel to Amsterdam took off on October 6th, 2023. The next day came the news. Till now, I have avoided watching any of the videos or still images relating to that horrible day, and to what has happened in the Middle East during this horrible year.  What good does it do, and to whom, when we’re exposed to the horrors? For me, the answer is clear: In war regions, look out … [Lees verder]