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Actor Mordi Gershon was suspended from the stage for refusing to be vaccinated or tested for Corona
First publication: Actor Mordi Gershon was suspended from the stage and removed from three plays because he refused to be vaccinated and tested for Corona.
Habima CEO: "We received many inquiries from actors, dressers and ashtrays, who asked not to get involved with him in plays, due to his refusal regarding the corona.
Habima will not give up on the guidelines and tests "
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Sagi Ben Nun
Saturday, 21 August 2021, 22:49 Updated: 22:54
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Refused to be tested - suspended from the National Theater and removed from three plays. The actor Mordi Gershon from the play "The Last Request of a Bachelorette" (Photo: Or Danon)
Actor Mordi Gershon was suspended from the Habima Theater and removed from three plays by the National Theater because he refused to be vaccinated and also refused to be tested for Corona according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, Walla learned! culture. Habima does not force its actors to get vaccinated, but according to the current situation, an unvaccinated actor is required to perform corona tests and get a negative result so that he can continue to operate in the theater. Rebels also refused to be tested, so he gave up three roles and went on vacation.
Mordi will leave the play "Perfect Strangers" based on a film by Paolo Genovese, edited and translated by Erez Driggs and directed by Nathan Datner; Will say goodbye to the play "The Last Request of a Bachelorette" written by Noam Gil and directed by Yigal Zacks; And will not join as planned a significant role in the play "Greek Zorba" based on the bestseller by Nikos Kazantsakis, adapted by Shahar Pinkas and Moshe Kaftan and directed by Natan Datner.
Habima CEO Noam Semel confirmed the details and said in response to Walla! Tarbut:
In consultation with Habima's lawyers, and consultation with the district court's trustees on Habima, we decided to suspend him, after we also received many inquiries from actors, stage workers, dressmakers and ashtrays, who asked not to get involved with him in performances, due to his refusal about the corona.
Rebels will continue to receive pay at the expense of the vacation days accrued to his credit.
"Habima will not give up on green card guidelines and corona tests, and I, as CEO, am committed to maintaining the health of Habima's audiences, actors and employees. Therefore, last week I brought a Corona test into Habima and most of the actors and employees were tested."
Gershon's response has not yet been received.
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Actor, writer and director Mordi Gershon, 47, the older brother of former footballer Shimon Gershon, has been playing in repertory theaters for over 20 years.
He studied at the Nissan Nativ acting studio in Tel Aviv, and then played in the Cameri theaters ("Krome", "As You Like It", "Mother Courage"), Beit Lessin ("Barefoot in the Park", "Weekend with Tom", " A Little Mistake "," Good Guys "- for his role in the play he was nominated for the Israeli Theater Award for Best Actor), and Habima (" Doing His Will "," A Three-Part Love Story "and more).
He also directed and co-wrote the play "The Show" at the Acre Festival, for which he won the director's award, wrote and directed the play "Generation 3.5" at the Nefesh Theater, and directed the play "Chapter 2" by Neil Simon at the Library Theater.
In addition, he played in children's and youth series such as "Champions", "The Greenhouse" and "Neighborhood".
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