{"id":2,"date":"2009-02-23T14:02:38","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T21:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-05-25T11:06:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T08:06:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ME-small-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30493 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ME-small-logo-e1415690827540.jpg\" alt=\"ME small logo\" width=\"400\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nMidnight East runs on love, strong black coffee and chocolate chip cookies. There is no agenda other than a love for the arts and the thrill of typing many words late at night. It is a non-commercial site, and does not have advertisers, investors or any outside funding.\r\n\r\nMidnight East was founded by Ayelet Dekel in March 2009, with the help of webmaster extraordinaire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?author=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Harel Feldman<\/strong><\/a>, who is also a terrific writer. The magazine&#8217;s primary focus is on the performing arts and film, but takes a broad view of the word &#8220;culture&#8221;: literally everything is potentially interesting.\r\n\r\nMidnight East is powered by people with an active interest in culture and writing, who volunteer their creativity, time, and energy.\r\n\r\nThe Midnight East logo was designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amirdrorarts.com\/?fbclid=IwAR35DtEjoLZXarvnrEMVnA37zN5TmsnlIDNRHw-W7Cc7klti77MrSibK2rg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Amir Dror<\/strong><\/a>.\r\n\r\nCurrent contributors to Midnight East are:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?author=41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lior Levy<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; classical music\r\n\r\nPast contributors include: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?author=22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angela Levine<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?author=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Carl Hoffman<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?author=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Shlomo Porath<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?author=35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Meirav Seifert<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?author=36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Akin Ajayi<\/strong><\/a>.\r\n\r\nJust like Israeli culture \u2014 our opinions are many, varied, and often contradictory. All opinions expressed in articles are solely those of the authors.\r\n\r\nIf you have questions, comments, or just want to say hello &#8211; \u00a0write to: <a href=\"mailto:info@midnighteast.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">info@midnighteast.com<\/a>.\r\n\r\nLike what you&#8217;ve read on Midnight East? Like &amp; follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/midnighteast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">instagram<\/a> (midnighteastme) &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/midnighteast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twitter<\/a> \ud83d\ude42","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midnight East runs on love, strong black coffee and chocolate chip cookies. There is no agenda other than a love for the arts and the thrill of typing many words late at night. It is a non-commercial site, and does not have advertisers, investors or any outside funding. 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