A play about memory and denial in the context of what Israelis call their “War of Independence” and the Palestinians call their “Nakba”. The play is set in Haifa in 1988 AND portrays two families, one Jewish one Palestinian. Some of the families’ members are trying to reveal the events that took place during the… Read more
Summary 73-year-old Abraham, a well-respected congregant of Munich’s Jewish community, is to be honoured with an official birthday ceremony, when the night before an unexpected guest appears at his and his (significantly younger) long-term partner Sabine’s apartment: Totally unexpected Ruth, Abraham’s grown-up daughter, shows up . We realize Abraham hadn’t seen her for years. Ruth… Read more
In 1934 a series of secret meetings was held in London between two bitter adversaries in the Zionist movement: from the Left, David Ben-Gurion, and from the Right, Ze’ev Jabotinsky, the revered Revisionist movement leader. The aim of the meetings was reconciliation between the two rival movements, preventing the secession of Jabotinsky’s movement from the… Read more
Hanan, a poor Yeshiva student, deeply involved in Kabbalah, learned that his beloved Lea, daughter of the wealthy man of the shtetl, will be given to another guy. His incongruous death changes the cause of the events. The story takes an incredible turnover. His soul gets stuck between two worlds. He isn’t dead and not… Read more
In an ominous room sits a well mannered interrogator, who begins a friendly talk with a suspect about his teeth. The talk soon turns into a threatning interrogation, in which the suspect’s psychological well being is at stake.
“These Days, This Time” is a satirical political cabaret for an actor and an actress. Its title is a take off on one of Chanukah’s (a Jewish holiday) songs, named “In those days, in that time”, describing a miracle done in the far past. I changed the title in order to make explicit my intention… Read more
The story of Gur, whose late grandfather appears to him through people he knows and randomly meets. Gur is sent on a mission that takes him from sugar smuggling in WWII to the bed of a lecturer in Eastern European history. Set in Tel Aviv, and written in the style of a mockumentary, the play… Read more