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Getty Images / WIRED Israel aims to have provided a coronavirus vaccine to everyone over the age of 16 by the end of March, but it’s already beginning to reap the benefits. From Sunday February 21, Israeli citizens who can provide a ‘green pass’ – an app or printed certificate proving that they have received two Covid vaccination – will be able to attend cultural events. Two weeks later, on March 7, venues and nightclubs will technically be able to reopen. Advertisement The world is looking to Israel for a sense of what the ‘new normal’ will look like – but sadly, there’s no clear pathway for the return of dancing, singing and sweating in enclosed venues. In Tel Aviv, the realities behind reopening venues present a murky, bewildering picture. ....
Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center. Illustrative: An Israeli couple wait for a play to begin in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2013. (Zuzana Janku/Flash 90) A spate of new plays commissioned from young Tel Aviv playwrights may be one way the beleaguered culture industry is fighting back against the strangling effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Over half a million shekels is being invested by the Tel Aviv municipality and the city’s four most established repertory theaters Habima Theater, Beit Lessin Theater, Gesher Theater and Cameri Theater to help develop works written by Tel Aviv residents who are under 40. ....