vanessa redgrave and the rabbi
an evening with vanessa redgrave, the great vanessa redgrave, and rabbi goldberg at the liberal jewish synagogue. vanessa would be asked by the rabbi about her support for the palestinian people and their cause, and the rabbi promised not to hold back and mince his words.
that's how the event was billed.
vanessa arrives in the full hall. she is in her 70s. unbelievable. she is tall, slender, elegant and so beautiful. the audience consists mainly of members of ljs, on average they are ms redgrave's age group. the rabbi is probably carried away by his crush on vanessa, he shows us endless clips of her films and engaged her in a chat about her acting career. in the final half hour of the evening the audience get the mike, at last, and of course they ask about palestine and israel. the mood turns from reverence to close observation. what will vanessa redgrave say? will she be controversial? denying what she once said?
no, ms redgrave is patience incarnate. she answers questions that she probably heard before a 1,000 times. a teenie, a *youth*, asks from the back row how she can have been a member of the workers revolutionary party if she's so rich and a non-worker herself. funny.
vanessa: *i think you and me are off to a bit of a non-starter here if you say that i'm not a worker.*
i meet barbara and peter from fulham, who are acquaintances of vanessa and established the contact to ljs. they are very sweet. peter is so happy when i tell him i know dresden, and asks me for my phone number so he can talk to me about the opera house, music, and all about dresden.
i also get introduced to their son simon, best marrying age, who lived in berlin for a few years.
did i make new friends?
that's how the event was billed.
vanessa arrives in the full hall. she is in her 70s. unbelievable. she is tall, slender, elegant and so beautiful. the audience consists mainly of members of ljs, on average they are ms redgrave's age group. the rabbi is probably carried away by his crush on vanessa, he shows us endless clips of her films and engaged her in a chat about her acting career. in the final half hour of the evening the audience get the mike, at last, and of course they ask about palestine and israel. the mood turns from reverence to close observation. what will vanessa redgrave say? will she be controversial? denying what she once said?
no, ms redgrave is patience incarnate. she answers questions that she probably heard before a 1,000 times. a teenie, a *youth*, asks from the back row how she can have been a member of the workers revolutionary party if she's so rich and a non-worker herself. funny.
vanessa: *i think you and me are off to a bit of a non-starter here if you say that i'm not a worker.*
i meet barbara and peter from fulham, who are acquaintances of vanessa and established the contact to ljs. they are very sweet. peter is so happy when i tell him i know dresden, and asks me for my phone number so he can talk to me about the opera house, music, and all about dresden.
i also get introduced to their son simon, best marrying age, who lived in berlin for a few years.
did i make new friends?
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