Micha Keynan, reporter for “Israeli Week,” the premier Israeli weekly based in LA, wrote a cover story about me on, how appropriately, July 4. While the article is in Hebrew, I discuss how individual freedom should be the operating motive when it comes to shaping Israeli policy. Click here to read the article in Hebrew […]
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Orit was the “cover girl” for the Israeli weekly, “Shavua Yisraeli.” In it she discusses her move from Los Angeles back to Israel. Click below to read. The Setter
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Stepping into Miri Mesika’s Tel Aviv apartment, it’s hard to tell she’s one of Israel’s most beloved singers. The design isn’t particularly modern or glamorous, especially by Hollywood standards, and it’s got the usual household clutter: appliances, books, furniture. Only a home studio decorated with album plaques in one corner gives away Mesika’s stature. Her
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Using her feminine grace, Queen Esther convinced the decadent King Ahasuerus to avert a plot to murder all Jews in ancient Persia. Noticing many similarities between parties described in the Biblical story of Esther and nightclub raves, Orit painted Queen Esther as “Queen of Nightlife”. The world of Ahasuerus and the world of nightlife both glorify beautiful women, drinking, and hedonism. The painting combines iconic images from ancient Persian architecture with images from the contemporary nightclub.
Orit’s first Biblical painting portrays the Biblical heroine Rebecca as she draws water from the well to give to Abraham’s servant, who was sent to find a suitable wife for his son Isaac.
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