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RESTAURANT
powers of love and nature.
Israeli publishing history; it was
"I know the other films in the fes-
reprinted in 2010 in English translation
tival because the Israeli filmmaking
under the title The Blue Mountain. His
community is small; says Meirson,
recent works include the novel A Pigeon
who also has written for television and
and A Boy (2007) and his 2011 mem-
completed two novels. "People will see
oir, My Russian Grandmother and Her
many aspects of Israeli life in
American Vacuum Cleaner.
the films.
Alter, professor at the
"The film industry is grow-
University of California at
ing in Israel, where there are
Berkeley, has published 24
a lot of young filmmakers.
books and is most noted for his
I'm a teacher in a couple of
recent translations and com-
film schools, where people
mentaries on sections of the
are prepared to start with
Bible, including Genesis and the
short films before moving
Book of Psalms.
Meir Shalev
into features.
Academic panels will discuss
"Unfortunately, we don't
"On Meir Shalev's Oeuvre"
see a lot of growth in money.
and "Revival of Hebrew as a
We're mainly dependent on
National Language
Europeans for financing"
The Holtzman collection,
Meirson also will be
donated in 2011, covers a time
part of a panel discussing
span that reaches back to the
"Representations of War in
Israeli literature of the early
Israeli Literature and Film"
days of statehood in 1948 and
Robert Alter
during the MSU Symposium
goes through contemporary
on Modern Hebrew and
years. There are volumes of
Israeli Literature.
fiction, poetry and drama with some
The symposium, a free initiative
holding author inscriptions.
scheduled April 9-10, gets its sponsor-
Literary journals and criticism also
ship from the MSU Jewish Studies
are part of the collection. ❑
Program and the MSU Libraries. It will
celebrate the opening of the Irwin T.
The MSU Israeli Film Festival
and Shirley Holtzman Israeli Literature
runs March 17-18 in 147
Collection at the libraries.
Communications Arts &
"The collection has many volumes
Sciences Building on the
in Hebrew and English:' says Kenneth
campus of Michigan State
Waltzer, director of Jewish Studies at
University in East Lansing. The
the university. As we take note of that,
MSU Symposium on Modern
we are very proud of our symposium
Hebrew and Israeli Literature
participants':
is scheduled April 9-10 in
The sessions will open with an
various campus locations.
address by Israeli novelist Meir Shalev
Both programs are free. Full
and close with a presentation by bibli-
schedules are available by
cal scholar Robert Alter.
calling (517) 432-3493 or
Shalev's 1988 novel Russian Romance
visiting http://jsp.msu.edu .
is one of the top five bestsellers in
coffee-drinking Jesus, seen and heard
only by Sylvia; and Stephen Hawking,
who tools around in a wheelchair dis-
pensing scientific wisdom to Rachel.
After a comical conversation where
Sylvia asks Jesus to reveal the exact
date of the Rapture ("blink once for
yes, twice for no"), she is convinced
Wednesday is the big day. Torn
between her eagerness to be "saved"
and her fear that the other family
members will be left behind, she tries
desperately to convert them, but they
seem more interested in snacks than
salvation.
Thanks to Sutton-Smith's impressive
skill, Sylvia's fanatical exterior cracks
open to reveal the woman she used to
be: a fun-loving and tender wife and
mother who also plays a wicked game
of chess.
The extremely talented Manfredi is
ideal as Arthur, who communicates
volumes without speaking a word
through his adroit use of gestures,
facial expressions and body language.
The production is further enhanced
by the abstract all-white set by Kirk
Domer, lighting design by Ryan
Davies, sound by Jason Painter, cos-
tumes by Lane Fragomeli and props by
Alex Gay. ❑
End Days runs through March 24 in the Aaron DeRoy Theatre in the
Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Performances begin
at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7 p.m.
Sundays. Tickets: $38-$45. (248) 788-2900; jettheatre.org .
Note: JET's spring fundraising gala, the Genghis and Sylvia Online
Auction, with proceeds benefiting the theater company, runs until
May 1. Go to jettheatre.org .
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