הפרויקט ‘יוצרים שלום ברמה’ הינו מפעל יצירה קהילתי מיוחד אשר מתוכנן לפעול בקרב שלושים ושניים היישובים הכלולים במרחב המועצה האזורית ‘גולן’. במרכזו הרצון לשלב בנופה עוצר הנשימה של הרמה, יצירות אמנות הקשורות בהיסטוריה של המקום, יצירות אשר מכוונות לטרנספורמציה של זיכרונות המלחמה הקשים, ואשר נוצרו על ידי אמנים תושבי האזור בשיתוף עם המשפחות השכולות. הקבוצה היוצרת, בהנחייתו של אמן מתחום העיצוב, תעצב ותיצור מן החומרים הטבעיים המצויים באזור, פסלים סביבתיים, או דוממים ציבוריים שימושיים, המשתלבים בנוף הגולן. באחת מנקודות היישוב מתוכנן לפעול מרכז אמנות ופיסול אשר ירכז את התוכנית כולה.
Constantinos Kavafis (1863-1933)
Translation: Yoram Bronovsky
Ithaca is a small island in the Ionic sea. Odysseus, king of ancient Ithaca, was one of the Greek leaders that set out to wage war on Troy. Odysseus has to endure the wrath of the gods, and as a punishment his way back home takes ten long years. Each time he approached his homeland Ithaca, the island vanished. Homer described all his adventures and trials.
When you set out on your journey to Ithaca,
pray that the road is long,
full of adventure, full of knowledge.
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,
the angry Poseidon — do not fear them:
You will never find such as these on your path,
if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fine
emotion touches your spirit and your body.
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,
the fierce Poseidon you will never encounter,
if you do not carry them within your soul,
if your soul does not set them up before you.
Pray that the road is long.
That the summer mornings are many, when,
with such pleasure, with such joy
you will enter ports seen for the first time;
stop at Phoenician markets,
and purchase fine merchandise,
mother-of-pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
and sensual perfumes of all kinds,
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
visit many Egyptian cities,
to learn and learn from scholars.
Always keep Ithaca in your mind.
To arrive there is your ultimate goal.
But do not hurry the voyage at all.
It is better to let it last for many years;
and to anchor at the island when you are old,
rich with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches.
Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage.
Without her you would have never set out on the road.
She has nothing more to give you.
And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you.
Wise as you have become, with so much experience,
you must already have understood what Ithacas mean.
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Robert Frost- One of the greatest American poets, Frost was born and died in Boston (1874-1963). Frost was a humanist who portrayed delicate nuances of life, human values and plain simple truths, using a simple, ordinary language. In many of his songs, like “Fire and Ice,” Frost applies his unique poetic symbolism as a vehicle to philosophical and religious thought.
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Abel Ehrlich was born in Cranz, East Prussia, in 1915. He studied violin and began composing as a child. In 1934 he fled from Nazi Germany to Yugoslavia and pursued music studies in Zagreb. As a jew, he was forced to leave Yugoslavia and immigrated to Israel after a short stay in Albania. In Israel he continued his studies at the Eretz-Israel Conservatory in Jerusalem – his violin teachers were Emil Hauser and Tzvi Rothenberg and his composition teacher was Prof. Shlomo Rosovsky.
His educational activities include teaching at various institutes such as the Israel Conservatory, the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem; the Rubin Academy of Music, Tel Aviv; Bar-Ilan University and the Oranim College.
His interest in Arab and Eastern Music and later, after attending the Darmstadt Summer Courses, in adapting serial methods in his own way, did not force national or folkloric disguise. The simplicity and directness in the way he presents his ideas shows his respect for the act of creation and requires a careful listening.
Ehrlich was awarded the ACUM Prize (8 times), the Liberson Prize (3 times) and the Prime Minister’s Prize for Israeli Composers. In 1972 was awarded a prize of the Alte Kirche Foundation, Boswil, Switzerland, for his work ARPMUSIC. Abel Ehrlich was, in 1997, recepient of the Israel Prize for Music.
Abel Ehrlich died in Tel Aviv on October 30th, 2003.
Interview from magazine “Ozna’aim la muzica” 2001
Ehud Manor, one of the prominent song-writers in Israel, was born in 1941, in Binyamina, of which he wrote (“Days of Binyamina”). His father, Israel Winer, died when Ehud was 15 years old.
In 1962 he started working in Kol-Israel as a musical editor and host in many programs. He met his wife, the singer Ofra Fux, while he studied in New York. They had three children: Liby, Yehuda and Galy. Ehud wrote a song for each of his children. Ehud Manor, recipient of Israel Prize, 1998, was Israel’s most prolific song writer. Many of his songs are already considered classics.
His brother Yehuda was killed during the war of attrition. The song “My Young Brother Yehuda” was written in his memory.
Ehud Manor wrote the words to “Dear Darkness” to a tune by the brothers Aviv and Aric Livnat. The song was recorded in their first disk, “The One You Don’t See.”
Manor wrote 1250 songs in Hebrew and translated 620 songs from other languages.
He died at the age of 64.
