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Roman Polanski with his wife Emmanuelle Seigner at the Cannes film festival in 1992. (Photo: Georges Biard/CC)

How (or how not) to fight rape culture

The way to fight a culture that allows sexual exploitation is by calling out the problematic sides of the people we love and admire. Just don’t ditch that logic when watching a Polanski film. Naama Katiee (Translated from Hebrew by Noam Benishie) In the heat of the Eyal Golan scandal, in which the famous Mizrahi…

By Haokets January 4, 2014

DJs Ophir Toubul and Gal Kadan. (photo: Yair Meyuhas)

Mixtape: DJs make music to break down borders

DJs Ophir Toubul and Gal Kadan are in the business of making music to break down borders. Culling sounds from all corners of the world, the duo (known as Laissez-Passer) strings together everything from Mizrahi music to Jamaican dancehall to Kanye West. Most of all, they just want you to dance. By Ophir Toubul and…

By Cafe Gibraltar November 16, 2013

The finalists on 'Eyal Golan is Calling You' during the finale, March 5, 2013 (Photo: Ortal Dahan)

Paving the road for true multiculturalism on Israeli television

The ‘Eyal Golan is Calling You’ finale night was a brimming, pronounced and accented Mizrahi broadcast, paving the road for a true multiculturalism and change of viewing habits. Merav Alush Levron on the struggle she partook in to have the finale aired on Channel 2 (and fair play to Eden Abutbul!) By Merav Alush Levron (translated…

By Haokets June 29, 2013

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Eyal Golan performing in Cesaria, July 19, 2011 (Eliran Hadad)

The Mizrahi canon: Top classics from the margins of Israeli society

Although Mizrahi artists have become household names that can sell out amphitheaters, their music is still missing from the Israeli musical canon. The culture that Mizrahi Jews never forgot, along with the attachment to their roots and faith, are excellent tools for creating new Mizrahi classics. By Avi H. Muthada Classics, like good wine, must…

By Cafe Gibraltar April 8, 2013

Revivo's Project singing in a cafe (Photo: Screenshot)

‘Revivo’s Project’ brings Mizrahi pop back to its Arab roots

The Revivo Project’s debut album is a rare homage to the forefathers of Mediterranean pop and provides an educational introduction to the history of Mizrahi music — or at least the Yemenite part. By Ophir Toubul Israeli-Mizrahi music has, from time immemorial, been divided into two main, often competing groups. The first is comprised of…

By Cafe Gibraltar March 11, 2013

Israeli soccer: If anyone’s a sucker – it’s me

Yesterday I watched the game between Israel and Croatia, a qualification match for the upcoming European Championship. It was pathetic, as usual. We lost 2-1. And as usual, I, like the rest of the country, had my hopes up high that change was gonna come with the new French coach, non-stop lollipop sucking Luis Fernandez.…

By Ami Kaufman October 10, 2010