Face To Face With Yael Hartmann
23 QUESTIONS TO AN ISRAELI IN NEW YORK
1. Name: Yael Hartmann
2. Born in Montreal, Canada.
3. Moved to New York on March 20, 2006. Thought it would be a change from conservative, suburban DC and hectic, tense Israel
4. I live in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. I love it because of the home cooked meals they serve at the delis, the butcher shops, the tiny bars filled with oddly dressed musicians and marketing directors in sneakers and high heels, and the mix of Carribean, Jewish, French and every other nationality and ethnicity in my hood.
5. For a living, I am a publicist and a freelance journalist.
6. In my spare time, I am dreaming up new Web 2.0 ideas, capoeira, eating, and trapeze school.
7. Favorite book: “The Moor’s Last Sigh” by Salman Rushdie
8. Favorite quote: “Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors”. – Hunter S. Thompson
9. Last CD I bought: Hadorbanim (Israeli band, “The Porcupines”), “Levi”
10. Favorite film: The Network
11. Favorite hang out place in New York: Chumley’s in the West Village on Bedford and Barrow – the book covers on the walls in this former speakeasy make you feel like Hemingway and Thomas Dylan are still sitting beside you, warming themselves by the fire, drinking themselves to death. The bar is cozy and warm, and the secret entrance makes you feel hidden from the world.
12. Favorite restaurant and favorite dish : Grimaldi’s near the Brooklyn Bridge — any of the pizzas of course
13. Favorite memory from Israel: My goodbye party when I left the army as a captain – my soldiers each read a story about me that affected their lives, and I realized how much I loved them.
14. I wish I could live in Israel and in the US near my family simultaneously.
15. I smile when I hear Israeli music playing in a New York deli
16. I get angry when I hear people talk about Israel when they don’t know all of the facts.
17. I do not forgive those who cannot forgive.
18. Once in a life time experience: Being responsible for the American media during the Disengagement from Gaza and going through Trapeze school would be neck and neck. The heartbreaking snapshots etched in my mind after 8,000 people were removed from their homes in front of the media circus are still impossible to describe to those who were not there. However, flying through the air when one is afraid of heights and then letting go so that someone can grab your arms is another experience that no one can take from you. I would highly recommend the latter.
19. Favorite travel destination: India was incredible with its extreme poverty and decadent wealth and its incredible food and colors. Mexico is a magnificent country – you need never leave in order to experience contrasting cultures, landscapes, fragrances and peoples.
20. What I miss about Israel: The music, the smell of earth and home when you get off the plane, and the view of the sea from my apartment.
21. Two Israelis I admire and why: Golda Meir for giving up everything for a country in tatters, and Hayehudim for staying together after all these years and for still being rockers and crazy on stage after all these years. And Mosh Ben Ari – for a spectacular, haunting voice that will always triggers images of Israel’s desert for me.
22. What I love in New York: its proximity to my family, I love that it now houses most of my friends from every stage of my life, and I love the sheer number of options when it comes to food and both active and lazy activities.
23. Israel for me is……….sleeplessness, desert, lonely cluttered beaches, haunting music and family.
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23 comments:
Wow this chick is hot. She looks so American for an Israelian. I bet she grew up in Maryland or something…
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wow she is hot. and what is she like 20? and already accomplished more than most people will in their entire lives.
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We need a woman PM. Cute and a smart cookie, too!!!
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Nothing like an intelligent, passionate and beautiful woman to embody magic of Israel…alas this is intimidating to many men (or boys rather)…n’est pas Ori?
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know your facts…
Selman Rushdie spent most of his life hiding… Rather than standing tall for what he believed in… in the late 1990’s Rushdie apologized to Muslims and even formally converted to Islam. He described later his famous book as the “biggest mistake of my life”…
Hunter S. Thompson was a great writer, but quoting a guy that said that, and later shot him self in the head with a shotgun….so much for standing tall and kicking ass…
Golda Meir … resigned from the prime ministers office after deciding not to launch a pre-emptive strike on Syrian forcesat the yom kippur war, a decision that could have saved hundreds of Israeli soldiers which have died, in vain.
(2,656 soldiers had died,yom kippur war was Israel’s most deadliest war)
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Living in israel and the US at the same time is impossible .you must choose.
I smile when I hear you smile when you hear Israeli music playing in a new york deli…I cry when I hear Israeli music in a tel aviv deli after a suicide bombing in tel aviv…
Isn’t by not forgiving those who cannot forgive…you are kinda …like them?
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Actually, I applaud her choices of heroes and quotes. First “isreal,” I think you may be quoting Rushdie slightly out of context here. Second, she only mentioned that she enjoyed his book; she didn’t claim he was some sort of guru. Third, Thompson’s death doesn’t really have to have an impact on his philosophy – and some might suggest that suicide takes some degree of bravery (it’s a matter of your point of view). Finally, and most importantly, must one’s life be absolutely perfect for someone to admire them, and even more fundamentally, aren’t we allowed to love what someone said, even if we don’t agree with how they lived their lives? What Rushdie said in regards to censorship and freedom of speech – even if, as you suggest, he later changed his stance on Islam – are still important words. No writer – or person – is ever one hundred per cent consistent, but if we are moved by their words, then those words are powerful. You must separate the words from the writer.
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I’ve had the privilege of meeting her in person on two occasions. The few things I can say, is that she strongly believes in what she is doing, she is extremely versatile, well read, but above all a truly modest person for she doesn’t boast. Her intelligence and know how are out of the ordinary. All I can really add is that she is a leader in the making, a force always to be reckoned with. Last but not least a person whose company is always a delight. Oh yeah and almost forgot she’s hotter in person.
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Dear Fragrances…
your remarks are as the name you have chosen for your self …
as thin as air…
An artist self implicated death doesn’t have an impact on his philosophy?
Oh well…maybe before becoming a screaming headless groupy… you should read some more…a lot more…
Samurais committed suicide as a mean to atone for mistakes or failure…
One does not have to have a perfect life in order for you to admire him or her.
That’s true. one should pick more carefully his or hers heroes .
What is exactly the freedom of speech if you take your words back?!?!?
What are you representing exactly here???
And about separating the words from the writer? The creation from the creator???
I bet you listen to Wagner’s music no matter he was a declared anti-Semite and was “repelled” by Jews.
After all its great music …no?
To the Dear softer Ms.Tshira Mpoy im guessing you are a true judge of character …
You are right…
she DOES strongly believes in what she is doing, she IS extremely versatile, SHE is well read, SHE is a truly modest person, Her intelligence and know how are REALLY out of the ordinary. she IS a leader in the making, her company is ALWAYS a delight when he is not too much drunk…
and She IS hotter in person.
question is…Do you want your leader to be
A HERO ?
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
Or a COWERD ?
a person who shows fear or timidity .
I am afraid only Ms.Harmann knows the answer for this question…
arent you yael?
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isnt she like 32???!@#$???
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I admire her for clinging to her Israeli cultures despite of growing up and living outside Israel. Very few people are like this. She’s one amazing person.
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I think the idea of writing a song about a great cms is nice and the final song is amazing!!
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Finally, and most importantly, must one’s life be absolutely perfect for someone to admire them, and even more fundamentally, aren’t we allowed to love what someone said, even if we don’t agree with how they lived their lives?
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