In the last two days, the Lexus Israel company inaugurated a new showroom in the city of Beer-Sheva. The new showroom covers an area of approximately 400 square meters, and it joins the existing showrooms of the Japanese luxury car brand, in the cities of Herzliya, Petah Tikva, Jerusalem and Haifa. The space of the new showroom was designed in a luxurious style and according to the Japanese “Omotanashi” concept. The branch in Be’er Sheva will be managed by an authorized sub-dealership of ‘Lexus’ operated by the Burgman family, who own a Toyota dealership in the capital of the Negev.
The launch event was attended by: CEO of Lexus Israel – Dror Goralnik; CEO of Union Motors, Ran Danai; CEO of Toyota, Andrew Horesh; The owners of Y.M. Hatgar, Moshe Burgman, Ilana Burgman, Israel Burgman, Idan Burgman and Lotan Burgman; Regional Manager at Lexus Europe – Brigitte van der Wiel; Halutz Hapoel Beer Sheva, Tomer Hamed and his wife Shonit; and more. The Mayor of Beer Sheva, Rubik Danilovich, sent a video greeting.
Opening with Hoffman stories
The Israeli Opera opened the season on Monday night with the huge production of “Hoffman Stories” by Offenbach, directed by the creator Stefano Fuda, who also designed the grandiose set, elaborate costumes, choreography and lighting. The opera was conducted by Dan Ettinger, the musical director of the Israeli Opera. Spent the evening together: Aliza and Ariel Yaffa, Yaakov Frankel, Nava Barak, Hana and Gideon Hamburger, Sara Sela, Michal and David Forer, Shula and Giura Eckerstein, Yochi Shram, Anat Padani, Yehuda Zisafel, Talia and Gad Zaevi, Rivka Michaeli, Natan Dettner, Motti Rip Orna Datz and more.
Talia and Gad Zeevi (Photo: Dana Kopel)A creative third age
On the first of the last Sunday, a celebratory launch of the “Creators of Age” exhibition was held at Beit Zioni America in Tel Aviv, which was attended by senior members of the sheltered housing chain “Migdali Hayam Towers”, including the chairman and owner Motti Kirschenbaum, together with his partner Boris Levin.
The exhibition was created to pay respect and appreciation, and empower creative artists in their third age, who continue to paint, sculpt, embroider and imagine, set an example, and inspire artistic inspiration. The artistic consultant and media person Michal Sadan accompanied the production process of the exhibition, in which tenants from the Mediterranean towers are presented.
Boris Levin and Motty Kirschenbaum (Photo: Gilad Kvalarchik)Chosen Asuta
The innovation arm of the Assuta network – RISE – launched this week a collaboration with the University City Science Center from the city of Philadelphia in the USA under the title RISE with US -. As part of the collaboration, the two organizations will provide support to startup companies wishing to break into the international health market. 101 Israeli companies have submitted an application to participate in the program , and offered solutions in the fields of digital health; computational technology; artificial intelligence; and big data. From the nominations, six promising companies were selected that suited the program. The heads of the selected companies were welcomed at Assuta by Dr. Michal Gindi, head of Assuta RISE’s innovation department, and Daniel Rabina, who manages the program.
Michal Gindi and Daniel Rabina (Photo: Nava Tarsi)Innovations at work
The Israeli branch of the international law firm DLA PIPER, under the management of attorney Jeremy Lustman, held a conference in collaboration with the Herzog-Fox-Naman office, and the organization of legal advisors in Israel, on remote work, termination of employment and innovations in labor law in Israel and abroad.
The conference hosted DLA PIPER executives from China, the USA, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Great Britain, Germany and Spain who commented on the phenomena taking place here in Israel and gave their perspective on the prominent global trends and trends in the world of work.
Jeremy Lostman (Photo: Mimi Strahal-Ben Simon)Lost in the Cinematheque
Just before the new season of Scout Grant’s “Lost” series aired on the next day, on Network 13, the premiere of the program was held at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. The new season returns to close the circle that opened in 2017 with the story of Mary Peretz who returned to Morocco to find her lost children and in the season The present one hopes that all ends of the story will be closed. They came to watch together: Ofir Rabinovitch, the VP of programming and production at Network 13, the husband of Scout Shuli Rand, the singer Shimon Buskila, who dedicated the song ‘Ya Mamai’ to the heroine of the episode, Mary Peretz, and other guests.
Ofir Rabinovitch and Tzufit Grant (Photo: Rafi Deloya)It’s never too late – the ‘Yiddishpil’ version
This week the gala of the play “It’s Never Late” starring Tzipi Moore and Abraham Selecter was held at the Yiddishpil theater. In the show that was staged at Beit Zioni America in Tel Aviv, Zelig Rabinowitz, the theater’s general director; Shashi Keshet, the theater’s artistic director; Yona Elian, Dobi Gal, Israel Triestman, Aviva Avidan and more were present.
Shashi Keshet, Israel Triestman and Abraham Selekter (Photo: Yossi Gamzo Latova)