Doron Braunshtein

Doron Braunshtein (In Hebrew: דורון בראונשטיין; born may 2nd, 1976) is an Israeli-American poet, author, painter and a singer which is widely known for his work in the Avant-garde fashion design field as Apollo Braun. His fashion designs were featured in numerous fashion magazines such as ID, America, InStyle, Lucky and many more. Apollo's retail store was a must go-to the Lower East Side shopping destination on Orchard Street from 2003-2009. Gawker.com website on March 21, 2008 article Apollo's line was described as a punk rock style. His propaganda designs were published in many magazines and newspapers in the New York City metro as well as in many global on-line sites. Braunshtein was chosen by the New York Press newspaper as one of the most naughty and hated people of New York in the same list as Bernard Madoff and Eliot Spitzer in their 2008's list of who's been naughty and who's been nice. He has become well known for his T-shirt's designs which mock Barack Obama.

Doron is an author and performer of 2006's "Party in my pants" song that was used in the movie "Religulous" by Bill Maher and Larry Charles. His song "I am Not" from his 2009's spoken word CD "America, my Whore" reached the top 100 music charts of Canada and New Zealand.

Doron Braunshtein is also a poet and author with a number of books published under his name. His books tell his personal story of his world, his relationships with his family, the way he accepts the world and the way he was not accepted by other people.

His notable art exhibition was part of 2late2hate that took place in EEast Village New York City 2007.

Braunshtein published eight books in Israel during the years 1999 to 2011. In 2009 he had published in Israel a novel called "The Whores of Petach Tikva" that became a success there. The novel portrayed the life of three young women who are originally from Petach Tikva that have moved to New York City to open in the East Village a successful brothel.

Published Books

• Sophie's Two Dads (Children book, 2011)
• Love Counts on the Inside (Novella, 2009)
• Opposites do not Exist: A Breakthrough Philosophical Theory (Philosophy, 2009)
• America, My Whore (Poetry, 2006)
• Oh, My Josh! (Play, 2010)
• Artist vs Landlord (play, 2007)

Discography

• The Obsessive Poet (2011)
• (Between Me and Allen Ginsberg) (2011)
• Michelle Obama (2011)
• America, my Whore (2009)
• Mein Kampf (2009)
• Dance in Tel Aviv! (2008)
• Number 1 in Iran (2006)
• Hava Nagila (2006)
• Apollo (2003)
• I Love You (2002)

References

Links

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• Template:Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy9wSgaUc0E Braunshtein interview with Ehud Olmert.
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• Template:Http://rt.com/news/obama-is-slave-to-his-own-popularity/ Russia Today TV show about Braunshtein.