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Here are some photos and names of some well known actors

Above: Liora Rivlin (right) Liora is a theatre, movie, and TV actress. She studied at the Academy for Music and Drama in London. Liora’s acting skills are versatile; from Macbeth to “Hopes and Hopalle”. Liora’s career took off in the 80’s after taking a role in a well knows sitcom “Krovim Krovim”

Israel Gurion. Israel started his career in the late 50’s as a singer, and continues until today. During the 70’s Israel acted in many kids TV shows. Israel’s body is very flexible which allows him to make impressive mime moves.  Israel was infulance by the well known mime Masel Marso who later joined him and performed together. Israel acted in the Cameri theater. Israel acted is dozens of movies mainly as a supporting actor. Israel portrayed David Ben Gurion in a movie about his life.

Zeev revach (left), Tsahi Noi(2nd to left), Natan Natanzon (right)

Zeev started his career in the theatre after meeting a well known play writer Efraim Kishon . in the 70’s he started his career in film. He acted in more the 30 movies. He directed 13 movies and most of them became iconic movies such as “Charli Va-hetsi”, “Chagiga Basnuker”, “Yofi Shel Tsarot”

Tsahi Noi: Tsachi career took off during the 70’s when he played in a sequel movie “Eskimo Limon”. Tsahi also played in musicals such as “Peter Pan”, Salach Shabati”, and “The Jungle Book”

Natan Natanzon: Natan is known for acting in well known kids TV shown during the 80’s. Natan also played in movies such as “Melech Hasalim”, and D.Z Hof Eilat “. 

Margalit Tsan-ani: known as “Margol”. Margalit is a singer known for the Mizrahit style music. Margalit is also known for singing blues, rock, as well as singing in foreign languages. Margalit also coined many slang terms, such as: “Shlichta Balev”, and “Cartsanim”.

Israel Cataroza: Comedian/actor- Israel started his career as a stand-up comedian. His career took off in 1993 when he performed in Dudu Topaz talk show. Israel performed in theatre, TV and few movies such as “Sof Ha-olam Smola, “Shoshelet Swartz”, and in Israeli/French movie called “Disengagement”.

Dana Dvorin: Actress. Dana acted in variety shows “Tofsim Rosh”, “Lo Colel Sheirut” on TV which featured singing, dancing, and skits. Later she joined “Tseiray Tel Aviv” (Tel Aviv youth) which was well known during the late 80’s for there singing/acting/dancing skills. Later Dana acted in the movie “Groupi”. After her militery service she played in kids musicals such as “Bilbi (Pipi long stocking)”, and Cici Hanesiha (Cici the princess). 

Dubi Gal- Comedian and film director. Dubi Gal starred in films such as: “Shod Hatelephonim Ha-gadol”(the big phone robbery), and “Ha-balash Ha-amits Shwarts” (the brave didective Shwartz). Dubi Gal directed/played in ”Melech Hasalim” (Basketball King), and “D.Z Hof Eilat” (D.Z Eilat Beach).

Sason Gabai: Studied psychology and thatre in Tel Aviv University. He acted in Habima, The Cameri, Beer Sheva, and Beit Lisin Thatres. Sason acted in plays such as: “Meshartam Shel Shtei Adonim” (Servant of Two Lords), and “Mi Mefahed Me Virginia Wolf” (Who affraid of Virginia Wolf). Sason also starred in movies such as: Rambo 3, and Human Cargo. In his latest movie Bikur Tizmoret (The Band’s Visit) he won a European Cinema Award (the European Oscar) for his leading role. The movie was disqualified from the American Oscars because it contained too much English.    

Shlomo Bar- Abba:  Actor/Comedian: Shlomo performed in plays such as ”Kurkevan” which he co-starred with Uri Zohar. Shlomo then acted in TV show “Zehu Zeh”. Shlomo also acted in films such as: Hamegila, and “Nisu-im Fictivim” (Fictive marrige) where he took the lead role.

Moni Mushnov Comedian/Actor: Moni acted in playes such as: “Gog U-magog show”, and “Shraga Katan”. In 1977 he played in the film “Masa Alunkot”. Later Moni joined a TV show “Zehu Zeh”. In 1986 Moni acted with Tom Hanks in the movie ”Every Time We Say Goodbye”. He also starred in the movie “Dead End” with Christopher Walken.

Dov Navon (center) Actor/Comedian: Dov acted in TV shows “Ken, Ma”, “Hachamishiya Hacamerit”, and Haburganim. He performed in shows such as: “Bahurim Tovim” (Good Guys), Kidush, and Nudnik.  Dov acted in films such as: Salmonico, “Klavim Lo Novhim Beyaroc” (Dogs Don’t Bark in Green). Dov also hes a small part in the Schindler’s List . 

Chanoch Rozen or in English Eno Rosenn: Eno is a mime/actor/producer. Eno studied how to mime from Walla Marso (Marcel Marso’s wife). Eno also studied mime techniques from Etienne Decroux who was also Marcel Marso’s teacher. In 1988 he produceand the musical Peter Pan. He also took the role as Peter Pan

I found this article taken from the British Medical Journal:
“Distortion” of passive smoking evidence provokes controversy in Israel

 http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1174063

Israel’s respected daily newspaper in the Hebrew language, which markets itself as “the newspaper for thinking people,” has published a six page cover story in its magazine supplement dismissing the fact that passive smoking is dangerous to health and praising some of the so-called benefits of active smoking. The article in Ha’aretz, which was largely based on a misrepresentation and misinterpretation of an epidemiological meta-analysis by Copas and Shi in the BMJ (2000;320:417-8), has been roundly denounced by Israeli public health experts and by Israel’s health minister, Shlomo Benizri.
As a result of the article, the health minister called on all Israeli print media, “especially Ha’aretz,” to stop accepting and publishing cigarette advertisements. Currently, the only Israeli publications to adopt such a policy on tobacco are Bamahaneh (the magazine of the Israel Defence Forces) and Yom LeYom (the weekly paper of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party).
Minister Benizri, a rabbi from the Shas party who-unlike many of his predecessors-adopted a policy aimed at reducing smoking, said that research had found a connection between the amount of tobacco advertising in each paper and the manner and amount that the papers write about cigarettes.
The Ha’aretz article on passive smoking that provoked the health minister’s wrath was “Smoke without fire, passive smoking: the myth and the reality” and was written by Amira Segev, a former health reporter on the newspaper. It assembled the comments of eight well known Israeli smokers, including a controversial heart surgeon, Professor Dani Goor, who attacked activists for smoking reduction as “hooliganism in attempts of vested interests to take over the lives of individuals.” Professor Goor, who has heart disease and has undergone an emergency bypass operation, said that he feared overweight people will “soon be persecuted like smokers.”
The introduction to the article claimed that “comprehensive research in the prestigious medical periodical, the British Medical Journal, proves that there is no scientific basis for claims [that passive smoking is] an enemy of the people.”
The statistical analysis by Copas and Shi of 37 previously published epidemiological studies on the connection between passive smoking and lung cancer, however, did not state that there was no scientific basis for this. Their analysis instead suggested there may be “some exaggeration” in statistics about the risk of lung cancer from passive smoking because some studies that did not show a link were not published so the results of published studies need to be “interpreted with caution.”
Ms Segev maintained in her article that smokers have been “demonised,” “treated like lepers,” and “forced to avert their eyes and try to evade the arrogant gaze of non-smokers.” She also claimed that activists for a smoke free environment are dubbed “health Nazis” in the United States. Her article claimed that numerous studies minimising the risk of passive smoking had been “intentionally hidden from public view.”
Amos Hausner, a lawyer and one of Israel’s leading antismoking activists, said that he was appalled by the Ha’aretz article. The son of the late Israeli attorney general Gideon Hausner, who prosecuted Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in the 1960s, he said: “I was deeply offended by the articles calling antismoking activists “health Nazis.” The Nazis murdered people; we who oppose smoking fight to save peoples lives.”
Mr Hausner added that denying the harmful consequences of smoking brings to mind the sad phenomenon of Holocaust denial. Minister Benizri said the article described smoking “in a very positive light, while spreading doubt and dispute about the harm caused by smoking.”
He added: “I am not saying that certain advertisements influenced the content of the article and the decision to publish it, but a newspaper that decides to publish such an article has the obligation to prove that there is no connection between its advertising income and the way it deals with the subject of smoking.”
The Israel Medical Association is threatening to sue Ha’aretz for libel, because the article claimed that the association’s application to declare nicotine a dangerous drug had failed, whereas the application was still pending. A public national committee headed by a senior judge is now debating the issue and hearing evidence.
Ten readers’ letters attacking Ms Segev’s article for its misrepresentations were published in the Ha’aretz magazine in the following two weeks expressing surprise that the newspaper did not seek out experts to balance the content of the article. Some of the readers also noted that some pieces of research minimising the risk of passive smoking were financed by the tobacco companies.
Professor Eliezer Robinson, chairman of the Israel Cancer Association and president of the International Union Against Cancer, suggested that “since authors of medical journal articles must state in writing that they have no vested interests, it would be a good idea for general newspapers here to do the same regarding smoking.”
Ehud Asheri, the editor of the Ha’aretz magazine admitted that his staff had not read the BMJ article but had based its cover story on a Reuters report about it. Hanoch Marmari, the editor of the Ha’aretz newspaper, stated that decisions on articles in the magazine were made completely separately from the advertising departments.
The publisher, Amos Schocken, did not provide figures on the extent of the newspaper’s income from tobacco advertising, but said that it was “not very significant.” The newspaper will publish any advertisements that “do not violate the law,” Mr Schocken added. However, in 1994 Schocken testified before a parliamentary committee discussing bills to restrict tobacco advertising and said that such restrictions would cause his newspaper “serious financial harm.”

Articles from BMJ : British Medical Journal

http://www.israel60.gov.il/englishnews/categoryList.aspx

It’s not enough in Israel to write on a sign “DANGER”

It’s necessary to specify ” DANGER OF DEATH”

(In case anyone was wondering, this is just an average electrical power line on a residential street)

Doesn’t this remind you of some shoes that were made in Spacely Sprockets?  Move over Judy Jetson and hello Revital.

The fashion here is very progressive:

Smoking is a huge problem in Israel. I will continue to write about this when I have more time. In the meantime here is a pic to give you an idea what the perception and view of smoking is by most Israelis. This is a pic I took at a public bus station. This game is available for all to play.

Israeli’s are macho in their own way! This car is for real. A young 20 something with spikey gelled hair and trance dance music blasting. The question is, does it work?? Who knows?

This sums everything up so well in one video of the Israeli mentality. Israelis all criticize other Israeli’s mentality and attitude, yet they don’t see themeselves.