Literatuur

Honoring David Grossman – recipient of the Erasmus Prize, 2022

De Erasmusprijs 2022 is toegekend aan de Israëlische schrijver David Grossman (Jeruzalem, 1954). Het thema van de prijs is dit jaar ‘Verbinders in een verdeelde wereld.’ In zijn werk wil Grossman de mens van binnen uit begrijpen, en de ander liefdevol bezien over grenzen van oorlog en geschiedenis heen. Stichting Rainbow and Grossman in 2015 We enjoyed working with David Grossman, back in 2015, when his novel ‘Komt een paard de kroeg binnen’ was just … [Lees verder]

25 jaar Stichting rainbow

Yoram Taharlev and Zan Nadir – with a sad note…

Earlier this month, on January 6th, the renown Israeli poet, Yoram Taharlev, passed away. Born in Kibbutz Yagor in Israel in 1938, Yoram Taharlev was a prolific author, poet, and performer. Hundreds of his songs were put to music and became part of the Israeli folklore. His phenomenal memory enabled him to recite by heart his lengthy poems as a spoken-word artist, performing all over Israel, up until his passing, at the age of 84. … [Lees verder]

Nieuws

Wat zijn de idealen van De Vrijdagavond? Video-gesprek met Wanda F Bloemgarten

Op de dag van het 1-jarig bestaan sprak ik met Wanda F Bloemgarten, eindredacteur van De Vrijdagavond, what an inspiration! Gefeliciteerd, team De Vrijdagavond met deze geweldige prestatie en ik zie uit naar het volgende jubileum! video credits Past, Present, Future – In gesprek over De Vrijdagavond By Ega Netz, Stichting Rainbow Music: Sururbian Chimes, electronic track by Wanda F Bloemgarten

25 jaar Stichting rainbow

The Bund, Utopia for Real

This week I’ll tell you about The Bund, Utopia for Real, the TV documentary we produced in 1997, exactly 100 years after the Bund was created. A secret Jewish workers’ movement, the Bund or also written as BUND (Yiddish: בונד‎, cognate to German: Bund, ‘union’) was established in November 1897 in a small shack in the Russian town of Vilna. From thirteen men it had grown within a few years into an open and proud worldwide organization with hundreds … [Lees verder]