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A model dressed as a Playboy bunny poses with the first Hebrew language edition of the popular men's magazine in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday. A U.S. emigre, Daniel Pomerantz, on Tuesday launched the first Hebrew language edition of the popular men's magazine. It's not clear how well the magazine will be received in the Holy Land, where religious sensitivities simmer under the surface and observant Jews and Muslims live by strict modesty rules. Adult magazines and videos are freely available, but not with local models and not in Hebrew.
Playboy premieres new Hebrew language version
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JERUSALEM — Israelis can now read Playboy 'for the articles' as a Hebrew language edition came to the holy land Tuesday.
Playboy has been widely available in Israel for years but this marks the first local edition of the magazine. It features Israeli models and articles by Israeli writers.
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Owner and publisher Daniel Pomerantz launched Playboy Israel in Tel Aviv on Tuesday at a press conference, standing next to a tall model wearing the trademark ears and tail of a Playboy bunny.
"Our target is men who want a taste of the good life and also women who are curious about the tastes of the men in their lives." Pomerantz said. "I believe that the special formula that has brought Playboy to a rare level of success throughout the world will continue to succeed in my new home Israel."
Cover girl Nataly Dadon posed
next to a big cut-out of the magazine featuring her on the cover topless in lacy underwear. She said she was happy and excited to be in the first edition of Playboy Israel.
It's not clear how well the magazine will be received in the holy land where observant Jews and Muslims live by strict modesty rules. Religious zealots have frequently burned down bus stops with ads of fully dressed women and have prompted major advertisers not to use female models regardless of how modestly they are covered up.
Erotica is freely available but not with local talent in Hebrew. The Israel edition of Penthouse, the traditional and more daring rival of Playboy, flopped when it debuted here in 1989.
Pomerantz said he got the idea for the Hebrew Playboy while working as a lawyer in Chicago where the magazine's headquarters used to be and where he became friends with Playboy lawyers. At the same time he was making visits to Israel where he decided he wanted to live. It was during a trip to Israel that he noticed the country was lacking a Hebrew edition and so the adventure began.
Pomerantz is confident the magazine will succeed. "Israel is a very complicated country with tradition and modernity and also with serious things and fun fashionable things and that is exactly the character of Playboy. It is a complicated and beautiful magazine for a complicated and beautiful country," he said.
"People will see just from the words Playboy Israel that we are a normal country, fashionable, modern, people who work every day with a passion and if you read Playboy magazine you see that it's not just beauty and fashion but it's also depth and politics and issues, people who care and think about the world they live in," he said.
MUSIC
Grammys honor Ringo Starr
LOS ANGELES _ The Grammy Museum will put up its third salute to a Beatle with the June 12 opening of "Ringo: Peace and Love," filled as "the first major exhibition to explore the life of Ringo Starr."
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"The Ed Sullivan Show" and at Shea Stadium in New York, his military-inspired costume from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and the red jacket he wore on the group's 1969 farewell concert on the rooftop of Abbey Road studio in London.
Museum officials have gathered previously unpublished photos, correspondence and film footage as well as iconic items from Starr's career. Some of the notable artifacts include the drum kits he played when the Beatles performed historic concerts on
Starr has made several visits to the Grammy Museum, including a Q&A session and performance in 2010 in conjunction with the release of his album "Y Not."
"Ringo: Peace and Love" will run through November, and then tour select cities to be announced. Full information is available on the Grammy Museum's website. The museum has also previously hosted shows dedicated to the lives and careers of John Lennon and George Harrison.
his activities as an actor, philanthron and peace activist.
In addition to his music with the Beatles and as a solo artist in the 40 years after the group disbanded, the show will touch on
The exhibit also will have an interactive feature allowing visitors to take a virtual music lesson with the world's most famous rock drummer.
Theater troupe impresses with fantastical performance
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Seldom do students have an opportunity to see a performing group from another country. Last Friday, the Lied Center hosted a performance from the Swiss pantomime troupe known as MUMMENSCHANZ, who visited Lawrence as part of their 40th anniversary tour.
"It was really fun," said Leigha Sledge, a sophomore from Minneapolis, Minn. "It was entertaining for both the younger and older audiences."
entertained both the young and old in the audience. Michele Berendsen, Marketing Communications Director at the Lied Center, also expressed enthusiasm about the troupe's performance.
Christilles said that the troupe's performance was booked around this time last year and they were eager to have them.
The troupe performed their routines with inanimate objects and used them to create their own characters, including a pair of hands that opened the show as well as different faces and other types of creatures.
The troupe's name is derived from an old English term for a mime artist. This characterizes their performances, which often use masks and lighting to give the show a surreal quality.
THEATER
"It is exciting to have such a unique group of performers visit the Lied Center," said Berendsen. "Without dialogue, body language and movement are used to .transcend cultures and amuse the whole family."
"It's fantastical performance, mime theater and every child's dream," said Karen Christilles,
The performance was well-received by the audience.
"We heard 'oh they're going to be on tour here in the U.S.' and they're going to be touring here in a particular time frame and you would have an opportunity to have them here," said Christilles. "Since it's their 40th anniversary tour we thought that made it special."
associate director of the Lied Center. "Just taking the fantastical of every day and make it into something that is humorous."
The performance consisted of several skit performances that
"It was a lot of fun," said community member Craig Paul. "It's a good introduction for kids to types of abstract art."
Edited by Elise Reuter