Bac Jun-July 2015

Time Event Details Admission

Sunday, May 3, 8:00 PM

The Book of Ruth

First session

Numerous commentaries have been written on the Book of Ruth, a story that poses questions regarding love, social justice, feminism, and joining the Jewish People. In this series we will try to introduce additional aspects to the stories of Ruth, Naomi and Boaz.

Ruth the Gatherer: Representations of Ruth in the Visual Arts

With: Dr. Ronit Steinberg

Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced

Monday, May 4, 5:00 PM

Lunar Legends

Monthly performances for parents and children

A New Outfit for the Moon

A New Outfit for the Moon A special performance for the month of Iyar: The moon demands a new dress. Which tailor can grant her request? Geared to children age 48 years old

Director: Brachi Lifshitz

Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran Kraus

Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult

Advance reservations are advised


Wisdom of the

Sages 2015

Fourth session

As we study The Ethics of the Fathers year after year, we ask ourselves, what is new?

Editor and Moderator: Prof. Avigdor Shinan

Commentary and Commentators on the Ethics of the Fathers

Guest: Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz

Entrance is free, subject to availability. Advance reservations are advised.

The event will be broadcast live on the BEIT AVI CHAI website


Poetrys Gypsy From the Valley Train to Mea Shearim: A Tribute to Aza Zvi

Essayist and translator Aza

Zvi is one of the most

intriguing and intense figures

of our time. With a lifelong

distance from the center of

Israeli bohemia, she

translated and created

literary works for many

decades. We will host

translator and editor Helit

Yeshurun for a discussion

about Aza's life and work.

Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced.


Romano and Brurya: The Beggars Comedy

The Jerusalem version of Romeo and Juliet, a moving and heartrending tragedy. Romano Romano, the son of Alfa Romano, the King of the Beggars of France Square, falls in love with Brurya Kaplano, a simple beggar girl from the Pat Junction, with the earthly Jerusalem as their playground. All the citys beggars get entangled in a thicket of lies, plots, love, and Bratslav CDs

With: Orit Gal, Evyatar Lichtenstadt, Eran Kraus, and Gadi Weissbart Music: Nadav Vikinsky

Admission: 50 NIS. Students: 20 NIS

Tuesday, May 5, 9:00 PM

Arise and Let Us Go Up to Zion

The Shivat Zion Band in a Journey to Their Roots

The Shivat Zion band brings joy to the world through reggae and music influenced by the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Through their unique music, a medley of prayer and celebration (hafla), they continue the tradition of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and the musical heritage of Bob Marley, in an especially refreshing and joyful combination.


Wednesday, May 6 8:00 PM

Zionism

Takes on

Zionism

Core Issues in Early Zionism and Contemporary Times

First session

The philosophy of the Zionist movement in the early twentieth century was influenced by Jewish culture as well as by surrounding cultures. New Jewish approaches thereby developed alongside disagreements of the movements goals and values.

At each session in this series we will introduce two Zionist thinkers holding differing views. We will attempt to understand, with the wisdom of hindsight, what the core of their argument was, how they expressed their thinking in their writings and works, and what they have in common with present-day Israeli

reality.

The Aristocrat and the Nomad - Herzl and Brenner

For Herzl and Brenner, the

question of the Jewish Peoples continued existence stood at the center. How did they propose to fight the danger of the Jewish People's disappearance, and are their fears still relevant today?

Guest: Muki Tzur, researcher, educator, member of Kibbutz Ein Gev


Thursday, May 7, 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM

Lunar Legends






Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult


Thursday, May 7, 8:30 PM

A Cloud of Smoke Covered the Mountain

Eyal Sela and Friends in a Special Musical Performance for Lag BOmer and the Rashbi

In celebrating the various Lag BOmer events at Mt. Meron and around the country, Eyal Sela, an international wind instrument maestro, will carry us away with him on a musical voyage. Together we will sail among the piyutim, stories and songs that are unique to Rashbis celebration, presented in new and exceptional arrangements. Sela will be joined by some of Israels leading musicians, among them Rabbi David Menachem the paytan, and pianist Avi Adrian.

Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 20 NIS


Stand-Up Comedy

The Weekly Torah Portion Underground

Gil Kopatch leads a team of stand-up comedians as they present the Torah portion with their own interpretations. Parashat Bahar With: Eli Haviv, Eli Galperin, Michal Kirzon, Uri Gottlieb



The Book of Ruth

Second session


Ruth and Naomi: Women in the Chasm Between Law and Society

With: Dr. Orit Kamir, researcher and lecturer in the fields of law, gender and culture



Kalabat Shabbat with Jackie Levy

The Weekly Torah Portion on its Head

Parashat Bchukatai A Thin Line Between the blessing and the curse; optimism and pessimism; and between Pessach and Shavuot

With: Jackie Levy, Gadi Weissbart, Eran Kraus, Yair Lehman, Meir Pories, and Nadav Vikinsky




Lunar Legends



A New Outfit for the Moon A special performance for the month of Iyar: The moon demands a new dress. Which tailor can grant her request? Director: Brachi Lifshitz


Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult



Wisdom of the

Sages 2015

Fifth session



New Commentary on The Ethics of the Fathers

Guest: Avirama Golan, writer and reporter, Director of the Bat-Yam Center for Urbanism




Lunar Legends






Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult



Stories in Mono

Etti Ankri

Songs and the Stories Behind Them

The popular series, moderated by Yoav Kutner, returns. The sessions will combine personal stories, discussions with the audience, intimate shows and special performances.

With: Etti Ankri



The Book of Ruth

Final session


Ruth and her Friends: A Feminine Reading of the Book of Ruth

With: Author, playwright and screenwriter, Nava Semel



A Simple Story

Eran Zur and the Atar Paino Trio in a Musical-Theatrical Performance Based on Agnons "A Simple Story"

Musician Eran Zur and the Atar Piano Trio chamber music ensemble, who integrate live music, storytelling and theater in an unusual concert, perform A Simple Story, the famous Agnon masterpiece.



Kicking off the Month

Rosh Chodesh Sivan: The Desert

As we begin the week in which we will read Parashat Bamidbar, we will focus on the biblical and spiritual desert: we will ask why the Children of Israel received the Torah specifically in the desert, and discuss the spiritual changes that journeying through a desert provides.

Moderator: Prof. Avigdor Shinan

With: Prof. Yair Zakovitch, Department of Bible Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya The Desert in the Bible: The Good and the Bad

Lia Naor, nature therapist and moderator, who guides groups journeying deep into the desert A Journey to the Desert: A Journey to Oneself

Singalong: Yossi Lev




Wisdom of the

Sages 2015

Final session



On the Destruction of the Temple, Holocaust and Memory in The Ethics of the Fathers

Guests: Prof. Yishayahu Gafni, Department of The History of the Jewish People, Hebrew University, and Dr. Chavi Dreyfus, Tel Aviv University and Yad Vashem




Made In Jerusalem

A Jerusalemite Arts Festival

Youthful Poets

Jerusalem in the Middle

Eight poets and poetesses

use words to reinterpret,

separate into its

components, and rebuild

Jerusalem

With: Shachar-Mario

Mordechai, Bacol Serlui,

Yonatan Berg, Tahel

Frosh, Ariel Zinder, Hila

Lahav, Amichai Chasson,

Yair Assulin, and Navit

Barel



Made In Jerusalem


Stand-Up

Rising up to the City

With: Eli Haviv, Yair

Lehman, Tzvia Margaliot,

Dor Kahn, Yonatan

Blumenfeld, Meital

Shapiro, and Ben Sgerski

Admission: 30 NIS

Wednesday, May 20, 5:00 PM

Made In Jerusalem


Children

A Day in Jerusalem

A new and original play for children

Directed by: Brachi Lifschitz

Admission: 30

NIS for the first

child, 20 NIS for

additional

children,

entrance is free

for an

accompanying

adult


Made In Jerusalem


Art

Gallery Talk

What Seven? Exhibition, with graphic designers Dov Abramson (Studio Dov Abramson) and Eitam Tubul (Grotesque Design)



Zionism

Takes on

Zionism


Second session



reality.

The Perfectionist and the Sanctifier of the Rupture Brenner and Gordon

Is there a "right" approach to

Jewish history, tradition, and

Jewish sources? Should we

aim for reconciliation and

completion or embrace

disagreement?

Guest: Naama Shaked, facilitator at Beit Midrash Elul, writer and artist.



Made In Jerusalem


Literature

Boi Kalla (Come O Bride)

Bilha Ben Eliyahu in conversation about Jerusalem in Hebrew literature, covering a range of authors from S.Y. Agnon, Zelda, Leah Goldberg, to contemporary writers.

Music: Neta Elkayam

Admission: 30 NIS


Made In Jerusalem


Cinema

Jerusalem Fantasy

Three short films that take Jerusalem to distant regions.

With directors Talya Lavie, Benjamin Freidenberg, and Rotem Kapelinsky

Admission: 30 NIS


Made In Jerusalem


Children

A Day in Jerusalem

A new and original play for children

Directed by: Brachi Lifschitz

Admission: 30

NIS for the first

child, 20 NIS for

additional

children,

entrance is free

for an

accompanying

adult


Made In Jerusalem


Music

Marsh Dondurma and Friends Celebrate Jerusalem!

The veteran Jerusalem orchestra in special concert celebrating creativity and inspiration in the city

Host: Yoav Kutner

Guests: Shai Tsabari, Mark Eliyahu, The Hazelnuts, Victoria Hanna


Saturday night, May 23, 11:00 PM 4:00 AM

Love

Shavuot Eve at BEIT AVI CHAI

An interdisciplinary evening about love and loving, including aspects such as love and philosophy, the love between a man and a woman, the tension between love and the law, love in Leah Goldbergs poems, love as a commodity, and love among the ultraorthodox.

Among the participants: Prof. Moshe Halbertal, Rabbi Dr. Benny Lau, Dror Globerman, Bilha Ben Eliyahu, Ariana Melamed, Dr. Yair Caspi, Tali Farkash

Among the programs: Special comedy performances will take place in the BEIT AVI CHAI courtyard

Programs for teenagers in conjunction with the Municipal Youth Council

Study sessions for students and young adults

Special Eshkolot study program with Dr. Tomer Persico and Dr. Ruth Kaniel Kara-Ivanov

Special English program with Dr. Aviva Zorenberg and Dr. Daniel Gordis



Opening a Gate

Rabbi Haim Louks Personal Performance

Rabbi Haim Louk, one of

the greatest paytanim of

our time, performs

together with an

ensemble of Israeli

musicians new renditions

of piyutim and songs that

he holds dear to his heart.

As they intertwine with his

life story, the songs open

up a gate into Rabbi

Haims personal life, the

life of a paytan, a life in

which cultures,

aspirations, places, and

people sometimes

inherently contradictory

come together, mesh, and

sometimes clash. This is

the place where Rabbi

Haims world of piyut is

formed, a place which is

concomitantly both

turbulent and comforting.




The Israeli Portion

A monthly discussion of well-known and more obscure ancient texts about the Land of Israel relating to the weekly Torah portion and contemporary Israeli society.

Parashat Naso: Jewish Monks

With: Dr. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, the Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev




Family Album

A series of acoustic

family

performances.

A new and fascinating

series of original

performances. Each

performance includes a

musical Israeli family who

invite us to enter into

their unique, personal

experience.

The singing families will

perform their well-known

songs as well as those

from the family library,

spiced with stories and

anecdotes that provide an

inner glance into their

music, musical roots and

day to day family life.

This session: The Sadeh

Family - Gaby and Mika

Sadeh



The Teachings, Work, and Figure of Rav Kook Marking 80 Years Since His Passing

First session

Rav Kook greatly influenced the Jewish People and life in the State of Israel. Eighty years after his death, we wish to discuss anew his teachings, his influence, his predictions and his hopes. A collaboration between Beit HaRav Kook and BEIT AVI CHAI. The session location will alternate between BEIT AVI CHAI and Beit HaRav Kook. Editor and moderator: Prof. Shalom Rosenberg The State of Israel- A Society of Great Responsibility or The Seat of Hashem: Political fate or spiritual destiny? With: Rabbi Dr. Yoel Bin-Nun and Prof. Benjamin Ish-Shalom


Monday, June 1, 8:00 PM

The Israeli Portion

A monthly discussion of well-known and more obscure ancient texts about the Land of Israel relating to the weekly Torah portion and contemporary Israeli society.

Parashat Behaalotecha: On Complaints and Grievances

Editor and moderator: Prof. Avigdor Shinan

With: Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Uzi Levtzur, former IDF Ombudsman



Tuesday, June 2, 5:00 PM

Lunar Legends


The Farmers and the Fox

The Farmers and the Fox A special performance for the month of Sivan: A cunning fox comes to a field of sheaves, where by the light of the moon he discovers the secret of two loving brothers. Geared to children age 48 years old



Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult



The Birth of East European Hasidism

First session

Moshe Idel, Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University and Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute

The Religious Landscape at the Birth of Hasidism

What was the Jewish landscape and who were the active religious denominations as Hasidism was born? Bukovina and part of the Carpathian Mountains at the end of 17th and early 18th centuries: Christians, Muslims, Jews and even Shamanism.


The program will take place in English


Dreaming in Spanish

Shlomo Ydov retells his

life story through song,

starting from his

childhood in Argentina

and continuing with his

Aliyah to Israel, where he

went on to become one of

the countrys leading and

greatly appreciated artists.

The show will include

stories and songs which

accompanied his

childhood in Argentina

along with segments from

his latest disc and a

selection of songs from his

rich and varied repertoire

in Hebrew and Spanish,

including several songs

which have become

classics in Israeli music,

among them: Yamim

Levanim (White Days),

Yaldei HaYareach (The

Children of the Moon),

BDerech Elayich (On My

Way to You), Shir Nesia (A

Travel Song), Shir Ben

Arbayim (An Afternoon

Song), Shir Matok (A

Sweet Song) and others.

Ydov will host singer Galit

Giat who will reveal her

deep connection to

Argentinean music in all

its sweeping emotion and

rhythm. A genuine and

moving melting pot.


Wednesday, June 3, 8:00 PM

Zionism

Takes on

Zionism


Third session



reality.

The Intellectual and The Activist Gordon and Berl

There is a great difference between a worldview that is founded on connections between individuals such as in Gordons approach, and an outlook which holds that willful organizations and groups are the main force that will foment change, as in Berl Katznelsons approach. Is there any connection between this historic disagreement and the starting point for change in present-day Israel?



The Chaos Within

Film Screening and Discussion

A documentary film depicting a journey that includes Kabbala, heroin, dance and redemption. Over the course of a decade, Yanai Jacob filmed his dramatically changing life as well as his mothers. His mother, Rebbetzin Feige, a Holocaust survivor, who returned to a religiously observant way of life (a chozeret btshuva), married the Admor of Ashlag, when she was 45 and he was 85 years old. The Admor taught her the secrets of Kabbala before he passed away. Ever since, Rebbetzin Feige has been working to save the world from the atomic bomb by promulgating Kabbala. She wanted her son, Yanai Jacob, to grow up to be the Messiah who would help her save the world, but at 14, he ran away to the streets of Tel Aviv and became a drug addict. He finally ends up as a filmmaker in Jerusalem, telling his life story through the film.

The program includes screening of The Chaos Within (Yanai Jacob Lein, 85 minutes, Israel, 2014); and a discussion with film researcher Yuval Rivlin, the films director Yanai Jacob Lein, and Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed


Thursday, June 4, 5:00 PM

Lunar Legends






Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult



Family Album

A series of acoustic

family

performances.

A new and fascinating

series of original

performances. Each

performance includes a

musical Israeli family who

invite us to enter into

their unique, personal

experience.

The singing families will

perform their well-known

songs as well as those

from the family library,

spiced with stories and

anecdotes that provide an

inner glance into their

music, musical roots and

day to day family life.

This session: The Sobol

Family - Yehoshua and

Yahli Sobol



Romano and Brurya: The Beggars Comedy

The Jerusalem version of Romeo and Juliet, a moving and heartrending tragedy. Romano Romano, the son of Alfa Romano, the King of the Beggars of France Square, falls in love with Brurya Kaplano, a simple beggar girl from the Pat Junction, with the earthly Jerusalem as their playground. All the citys beggars get entangled in a thicket of lies, plots, love, and Bratslav CDs

With: Orit Gal, Evyatar Lichtenstadt, Eran Kraus, and Gadi Weisbart Music: Nadav Vikinsky



Lunar Legends






Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult



Attention Please! A Tribute to Shlomo Grodzensky

Essays, as a literary genre, receive much less attention than they deserve and this renders the creators of Hebrew essays largely on the sidelines. The evening will be dedicated to the work of Shlomo Grodzensky, a unique, gifted Israeli essayist. Host Shimon Zandbank, translator, researcher and essayist, will discuss Grodzensky and the role his work plays in

Israeli culture.




Second session

Rav Kook greatly influenced the Jewish People and life in the State of Israel. Eighty years after his death, we wish to discuss anew his teachings, his influence, his predictions and his hopes. A collaboration between Beit HaRav Kook and BEIT AVI CHAI. The session location will alternate between BEIT AVI CHAI and Beit HaRav Kook. Editor and moderator: Prof. Shalom Rosenberg Dealing with the Deepest Aspects of the Torahs Secrets Gathering the Sparks of Holiness (nitzotzot) from within the Shells (klipot). Rav Kook's Kabbalistic revelation: The Secrets of the Letters With: Rabbi Shlomo Levy, Rosh Yeshivat Hesder Rishon LZion, Rabbi Yosef Elnekave, Regional Rabbi of former Gush Kattif residents and Rabbi Oded David, Rabbi in Pardes Chana.

For information and to book tickets to the sessions taking place at Beit HaRav Kook, please call 02-6232560


Lunar Legends






Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult




Second session


Who Was Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov (the Besht)?

Scant reliable testimonies of his early years and the religious evolution and fame that transformed the Jewish world are a subject of great interest. As part of the series, the Beshts activity as a magician will also be explored within the backdrop of magic and Kabbalah.




Lunar Legends






Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult



The Shlosharot

Raz Shmueli, Aya

Korem, Michal

Geva

Three contemporary artists pay tribute to Israels greatest trios: HaChalonot HaGvohim (The High Windows), HaNeshamot HaTehorot (The Pure Souls), HaShlosharim, Shokolad Menta Mastik (Chocolate, Mint, Gum), Gesher HaYarkon (The Yarkon Bridge), and Af Ozen Garon (Ear, Nose and Throat).

The three vocalists will present a selection of greatest hits in refreshing and surprising arrangements, as they introduce unique and different hues in these beloved songs. The performance will include favorites such as Eynech Yechola (You Cant Leave Me), Kol HaShavua Lach (The Entire Week is Yours), Zemer Noge (Can You Hear my Voice), Mi Mefached MGeveret Levin (Who is Afraid of Mrs. Levin), Achake Lach (I Shall Wait for You), Serenada Lach (A Serenade for You), HaOhavim et HaAviv (The Lovers of Spring) and many others.



Stand-Up Comedy

The Weekly Torah Portion Underground

Gil Kopatch leads a team of stand-up comedians as they present the Torah portion with their own interpretations. Parashat Shlach Lecha With: Eli Haviv, Amit Hershkovitz, Alon Newman and Rabbi Ztukl


Sunday, June 14, 8:00 PM


Third session

Rav Kook greatly influenced the Jewish People and life in the State of Israel. Eighty years after his death, we wish to discuss anew his teachings, his influence, his predictions and his hopes. A collaboration between Beit HaRav Kook and BEIT AVI CHAI. The session location will alternate between BEIT AVI CHAI and Beit HaRav Kook. Editor and moderator: Prof. Shalom Rosenberg I am Ensnared in the War from Right and from Left: On Rav Kooks teachings envisioning our future With: Details to follow



Pain

An Evening in Honor of Zeruya Shalevs New Book

Years after his painful abandonment, the love of Iriss youth comes back into her life, bringing with him joy and passion, and an abundance of memories, both sweet and bittersweet. Iris, now a successful school principal, was injured in a terrorist attack a decade earlier. Her life now, with a husband and children, is demanding and hectic; with the reappearance of her old love, it seems that everything is indicating to her to embrace this new-old love presented to her in an apparent second chance that she must not forgo. The program: Opening remarks: Avner HaCohen, clinical psychologist Author Zeruya Shalev in conversation with Bilha Ben Eliyahu, The Kerem Institute and David Yellin College




Third session


Fascinating Followers: The great Maggid of Mezritch, R. Jacob Joseph of Polonnoye and R. Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl

The writings and activity of the three main followers of the Besht will be explored, each with their perspective of their masters thought, contribution to the dissemination of his teachings, and role in the creation and expansion of the movement. A reading of the famous parable of the Walls will describe the varying attitudes to The Beshts thought and teachings.




Stories in Mono

Arkadi Duchin

Songs and the Stories Behind Them

The popular series, moderated by Yoav Kutner, returns. The sessions will combine personal stories, discussions with the audience, intimate shows and special performances.

With: Arkadi Duchin



Without a

Covenant, Without

Words

An Evening in Honor of Poetess Dana Lubinskys Debut Book

From the entry point to words to the point where we no longer need to mince words

On the seam line between body and language

And the passage between the therapy room to a room of ones own

Editor and moderator: Amichai Chasson

With: Dana Lubinsky, Shira Stav, Ruchama Weiss and Yali Shner

Music: Ruth Dolores Weiss



Zionism

Takes on

Zionism


Fourth session



reality.

The All-together Man and The Man of Majesty Berl and Jabotinsky

The values of Zeev Jabotinsky and Berl Katznelson contain opposing visions: At the center of Jabotinskys Zionist vision stands the military-political war, whereas Katznelson focused on agricultural, social, and cultural endeavors. What is the vision that comes through in their letters - and what can we learn from them about ideological disputes in contemporary Israel?



Kalabat Shabbat with Jackie Levy

The Weekly Torah Portion on its Head

Parashat Korach Shul of Rock Who will win the terrifying battle between two gabaim at the funniest shul in the country?

With: Gadi Weissbart, Eran Kraus, Yair Lehman, Galit Tzabari, and Nadav Vikinsky




Kicking off the

Month

Rosh Chodesh

Tammuz: Snakes

Snakes take front stage in Parashat Chukat, in their role as handing out retribution to the Children of Israel as well as a cure for that which ails the nation. In tribute to these reptiles, this Rosh Chodesh we will focus on the snakes image in Midrash and Kabbala, and attempt to learn more about snakes in Israel.

With: Dr. Mor Altshuler, researcher of Jewish Thought and lecturer at the Kibbutzim College (Seminar Hakibbutzim) From Paradise to the Messiah: The Snake in Midrash and Kabbala

Dr. Boaz Shaham, National Collections of Natural History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Skinny on Snakes: Snakes in Israel

Singalong: Yehudah Greenbaum




Who Has More

Honor

New Orleans

Function host Iris

Portugaly

New Orleans Function, whose classical, New Orleans style jazz joins with vocalist and drummer Iris Portugaly in a unique show in which they present new interpretation to songs from Israeli musicals.

Together, they will perform favorite hits such as LMi Yesh Yoter Kavod (Who Has More Honor) and Roza from Kazablan, Shir HaSandlar (The Shoemakers Song) from Shlomo HaMelech VShalmai HaSandler (King Solomon and Shalmai the Shoemaker), Venezuela from Af Mila LMorgenstern (Not a Word to Morgenstern), Li VLach (To Me and You) and Kama Banim (How Many Children) from Salach Shabati, and many other favorite oldies.

The songs will include impromptu jams, humor and charm, alongside segments from the bands jazzy repertoire.




Fourth session

Rav Kook greatly influenced the Jewish People and life in the State of Israel. Eighty years after his death, we wish to discuss anew his teachings, his influence, his predictions and his hopes. A collaboration between Beit HaRav Kook and BEIT AVI CHAI. The session location will alternate between BEIT AVI CHAI and Beit HaRav Kook. Editor and moderator: Prof. Shalom Rosenberg Even a Weak Man as I Would Say, I am Brave and Shall not Prefer One Man Over Another in Gods War.to Fulfill the Precept of Settling the Land of Israel Rav Kooks world of Halacha With: Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, Chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan Rabbi Aryeh Stern, Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Prof. Neria Guttel, President, Orot Yisrael College in Elkana

For information and to book tickets to the sessions taking place at Beit HaRav Kook, please call 02-6232560



Final session


The Emergence of a Popular Mystical Movement

Despite intense opposition, how did the small, closed groups of Hasidim in Eastern Europe grow to become a major Jewish movement transforming large parts of Jewry? What exactly took place and how did Hasidism become such a powerful force?




If We Knew How

to Love

Anya Bukstein

sings Yossi Bannai

A musical project dedicated to the songs written and sung by Yossi Bannai that have become part and parcel of the Israeli soundtrack. Shai Zelman, drummer and musical producer, created new arrangements for Bannais much-loved songs. He will be accompanied on stage with a leading, well-known group of jazz musicians along with Anya Bukstein, the stage performer and singer, whose first album containing all-original music was received to wide acclaim. Together, they will attempt to convey through words and tunes the unique magic of Yossi Bannai.

Their repertoire will include Al Kol Ele (For All of These Things), Ani VSimon VMoize HaKatan (Me and Simon and Little Moize), Shikor VLo MYayin (Drunk, but Not From Wine), Lo Evakesh Et Yadech (I Will Not Ask For Your Hand) and many others.

Host: Erez Bar Noy


Sunday, June 28, 8:00 PM


The final session

Rav Kook greatly influenced the Jewish People and life in the State of Israel. Eighty years after his death, we wish to discuss anew his teachings, his influence, his predictions and his hopes. A collaboration between Beit HaRav Kook and BEIT AVI CHAI. The session location will alternate between BEIT AVI CHAI and Beit HaRav Kook. Editor and moderator: Prof. Shalom Rosenberg And a New Generation Shall Rise Up to Live and Sing of Beauty and Life A musical journey into Rav Kooks soul and vision with HaOrot ensemble With: Shai Bachar Musical Director, Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein Words


This session is for both Hebrew and English speakers


Eicha

First session

In the Footsteps of the Book of Eicha in Jewish, Israeli and World Culture

The Book of Eicha and its lamentations on the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of its residents are the central text of the Eve of Tisha BAv.

A series of four sessions on the Book of Eicha in the Bible; its relevant midrashim; musical works inspired by the Book; and the images of destruction in Israeli film.

The City, The Home, The Heart - Eicha in Cinema

Lecturer: Yuval Rivlin, film researcher



Half Colors, Half

Voices

A multidisciplinary performance tracing the footsteps of Rachel the Poetess, through her poems and life story, integrating music, poetry, video-art and archival material. Ehud Ettun and Uriel Herman composed the songs for their album Half Colors, Half Voices. The two bring to the show their musical wealth, which runs the gamut from classical to jazz, merging pitch-perfect with Rachels unique texts.

Special Guest: Mark Eliyahu


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