Yona Elian-Keshet (photo by Nati Shohat Flash90)
The veteran actress Yona Elian-Keshet not only does not stop appearing on the stages, but also took on a particularly challenging role a few months ago – the chairman of AM (Artists Union of Israel). Among other things, Eliane will be in contact with the new Minister of Culture Miki Zohar.
“He called to congratulate me on receiving the Einstein Prize. When we spoke I told him that at least I know he understands what it is like to be a young artist here in Israel.” Elian told Einav Schiff on “Hall Tarbut” on Ynet radio. “He explained to me that he experienced it on his body as well as in his pocket…as the chairman of AM I have to fight the war of the veteran artists, and the artists in general, and I have to talk to the minister and explain to him. And I have a lot to explain to him from my experience.”
The subject of the veteran artists is undoubtedly burning in Elian, a veteran artist herself, and she criticizes the state’s attitude to this day. “Unfortunately, the country loves its artists dead. When they die, then they are the ‘soundtrack of our lives’, and love their songs, but for long periods before that, when they were in the last third of their careers, the playlists were ignored.”
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Regarding the solutions, she says that there are a variety of options such as establishing special funds for the veteran artists, and responds to Miki Zohar’s statement that more money will be poured into the matter. “What is more money? You know that the budget that goes to art in the end is zero, it’s hard to reach and get much after security, education, health…but culture also sustains this country.”
With regard to the growing political debates, also on cultural issues, Eliane thinks that a different approach should first be adopted. “I know that there is a rift between the camps in Israel, the size of a shopping mall, but we need to embrace dialogue, we need to create a cultural dialogue between the parties.” She tells Einav Schiff. “The violent discourse is not healthy…we have to have a dialogue otherwise this culture permeates and then it comes to a child who takes an iron rod and tries to kill someone, it’s terrible. On this our stomach should turn and say enough, let’s try another discourse, let’s talk, let’s understand. ”
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