There are times when the Mediterranean is just too hot for comfort and this year is one of those times. This is when the coolness of the lakes and mountains beckon and I wish I was visiting the Salzkammergut in Austria. This region is cool in every sense of the word: refreshing lakes, excellent nature trails, fine food and wine, and Salzburg’s world-class cultural delights.
Bad-boy satirist Hanoch Levin is quite possibly Israel’s greatest playwrightÂ
It felt like Levin was introducing the Tel Aviv audience to his wider family: absurd, obsessive, often misguided, but always loved.