"It's not an emergency government, it's a government of remorse" - Shalom reports on new cultural world restrictions • Saul Mizrahi, owner of the Barbi club: "Government repeats a distorted and stupid mistake"
Protest of the world of culture
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Joshua Joseph
By the time the cultural world seemed to come back to life, the theaters opened, the music performances took place, the audience purchased tickets and it seemed that although viewers needed to wear masks, they suddenly had a lot more air to breathe - the decree that brought everyone down the screen came again.
In recent weeks, there have been shows in the big, small and outdoor halls with the purple character restrictions, but the government's decision has brought back the world just trying to fumble its way back to the stages. Naturally, the cultural institutions and people who make up this world and have been sitting at home for about four months are stunned and aching for the new decree.
"It's a stupid decision, as is their custom," angry Shaul Mizrahi, owner of the Barbi club. "It's a hypocritical decision that their Likud-related sector is the ballroom sector, and let's see - shut them down two and a half days before Tisha B'Av, so it's all clear. Nothing is pure motive. The government repeats a distorted and stupid mistake, closes without compensation. The second wave will not be like the first round in the economic aspect, the Israeli government is the sole blame for this situation, it created an inexhaustible hunger when it could not indemnify the public, and when it returned to work, it behaved in the form of a survivor. In the eyes, he cares for a living and a stomach. Like a jungle animal. The Israeli government is responsible for this default because it does not concern the citizen. "
"We will continue to work hard to ensure the existence of cultural institutions, and we will work with the Treasury to create security. Economic for many employees in this field. These days preparing the Ministry of Culture and Sport, diverse activities and projects that will allow citizens of Israel continue to experience culture even in times of sources, and update them any time soon. "
" If the news is now posted at all sites correctly and actually closed immediately the halls of culture and performances ", says Chairman of the Artists Association of Israel Yankel H. Mendel, "This is a very difficult event, and the dim light at the end of the tunnel seems to have turned us off. We want to obey the guidelines to maintain our health and our public health, but in conjunction with the closing of the halls, no proper compensation budget will be allocated, Immediately money for the artists' bank accounts, for us it will be a death sentence. "
From "Habima" stated: National Theater Habima prepared to begin opening next month - so that every government decision received From August onwards - subject morbidity data - which will run at the theater. All Habima employees and players are still in the IDF from mid-March until a new announcement.
"A difficult decision with dire consequences," shares Cameri theater director Ran Guetta. "After all the attempts to bring theater workers and actors back to the workforce, and the public's confidence that the theater is a safe, painful place to close again. But, of course, health is above all, and we will accept and implement every directive. "
"The grief is great for closing the theater," says Nitzan Ben Zvi, CEO of Haifa Theater , painfully . "We in the theater were able to feel the joy of the audience and the actors for a few days, and now the sword is turning over again. We will continue with rehearsals and hope good days return soon. "
"" The stages, the halls, the culture are darkened again, "is furious Irit Frank, the director of the Alley Theater . "It's hard to say if this is not a death blow to the industry, and in these moments my heart with the friends and the entire cultural community that is now suffering another, more painful and powerful blow. The Fringe world is known for the many challenges that accompany it, and all hope and prayer will be able to meet the most difficult challenge of all - dealing with it. Corona virus. "
In the "Tmuna" theater, they asked: "It is unclear if 19 people are allowed, like in a synagogue?", And founder and director of the "Especlria" theater , Hagai Luber, also talks about the difficulty: "And again, closing the cultural shows, the cultural coordinators cancel invited shows Undaunted, over and over talk of unemployment and civilian labor, and again the misunderstanding that culture is not jobs and work arrangement, culture is vision, rest, spirit, basic mental need of the culture culture is soul, there are hungry families, and many, hungry For material and spiritual hunger for spiritual food, we continue to offer you to partner with us and bring us back to the creative work. We pledge to create you a rich, kicking and Jewish culture that only gives him the opportunity.
"" We received the sad news of freezing activity in the midst of preparing for its opening. Rebuilding the Theater, "submits Tzipi Pines, director of the Baruch Ivcher Beit Lessin Theater . "We have nothing but hope that the conditions will allow the opening as soon as possible, to provide work for the hundreds of workers, actors and creators, who have been sitting at home for about four months. We hope to meet the audience on more beautiful days."
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from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art announced that the museum will remain open to visitors in exhibitions under the regulations of the Ministry The Health and the Purple Tea. Currently, the events will be discontinued: lectures and concerts in the museum's closed halls.
Response from the Culture and Event Industry Action Committee to the new restrictions : "The Corona epidemic continues to charge victims of the event and culture industry. Those who are at risk, and no, this is not 'remorse', these are real people who have not been putting money in four months and their future is in the fog. Our demand is clear: no promises - only money in their pockets until its return to the industry as a whole! "
The Cultural Institutions Forum said: "In recent weeks, cultural institutions have returned to work, brought thousands of workers and artists back, provided moments of respite and joy and all while strictly adhering to the Ministry of Health and the Purple Tea. The government's decision today means a complete halt to this process, A trough is broken for an unknown period. We now face two main tasks: one, to ensure that the tens of thousands of workers, artists and service providers in the cultural sector can exist during the period when the industry is settled, and the other, to ensure that cultural and artistic institutions remain alive and able to re-energize when possible. "
Masham, the players' organization , said: "In light of today's Cabinet decision, the Israeli government does not seem to understand the magnitude of the economic crisis that is happening to the citizens of the country. We, in the Nablus, know the stories of families who haven't been making a living for four months. The Government of Israel - It is your responsibility to take care of them! About 200,000 people in the cultural industry need money so they can buy food, pay rent and live. It's not an emergency government, it's a government of remorse. "
