Passover 2024: Activities to do throughout Israel

• Published date: 20 April 2024
• Author: BARRY DAVIS
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Lego Art at Animal Paradise

Lego bricks have long been a favorite of children the world over. Families up North may want to mosey on over to the Hai Park spot in Kiryat Motzkin, at some stage between now and May 5 to get a close look at the Animal Paradise installation exhibition. The show is the work of British Guinness Book of Records entrant Duncan Titmarsh, who holds the world record for assembling the biggest Lego brick art installation. Animal Paradise is, in fact, a multi-layered affair comprising over 50 installations and in excess of two million bricks.

The work includes a racing car track, a Star Wars creation, a graffiti wall, pools, selfie spots, a VR cinema and a zoo.For tickets and more information: www.pesach2024.co.il.

Movies at Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv

As usual, there is plenty in the way of big screen entertainment laid on over the Passover period. The Lev 1 movie theater at Dizengoff Center in Tel Aviv has lined up a timeless family-oriented picture for April 25 (2 screenings – 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.). But it's not just a matter of making your way to your, no doubt, comfy seat and settling down for an hour or two of wholesome viewing pleasure. The showing of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 silent film classic The Circus will be accompanied by live sound effects courtesy of the FoleyAmor Ensemble.

For tickets and more information: https://www.lev.co.il/movies

Movies & Activities at Tel Aviv Cinematheque

And over at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque there is a rich and varied program of movies in store for young folks, and their parents and grandparents, through to April 29. The itinerary takes in dubbed films; a salute to now 83-year-old Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist Hayao Miyazaki; a range of movies for kids of all ages; and plenty of hands-on and enticing age group-tailored workshop activities. Grades 7-9 students, for example, can get a handle on creating video clips, while children aged six and over can learn how to make a miniscule Seder night table. Music lovers from grades 3-6 can put together their very own soundtracks, and even younger offspring, from the age of 5, can get into some movie dubbing.

And that's in addition to screening of such family favorites as Best Birthday Ever, My Neighbor Totoro, Migration, and The Secret Garden.

For tickets and more information: www.cinema.co.il/en

Japanese Spring Festival, Haifa

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