september-october 2015 english chronicles

BEIT AVI CHAI

Schedule

September - October 2015

Time Event Details Admission

Tuesday, September 1, 8:00 PM

Wrapping up the Year

Concluding 5775

Second session

Before we conclude the Jewish year, we stop and reflect on some of the highlights of the passing year. What is the place of the intellectual in the Israeli public sphere and can we learn anything from the events of the past year on the character, path and future of the State of Israel? Editor and Moderator: Journalist Liad Mudrick The Intellectual and Israeli Politics Prof. Ariel Hirschfeld, on the storm surrounding the Israel Prize for Literature and the role of the cultural figure in political issues.

Admission: 20 NIS per event

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

Wednesday, September 2, 9:00 PM

Mono Stories

Mira Awad

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: Mira Awad

Admission: 60 NIS. Student: 30 NIS

Thursday, September 3, 9:00 PM

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. Parshat “Ki Tavo” With Michal Kirzon, Idan Barkai, Eli Haviv and Guy Adler


Monday, September 7, 8:00 PM

Miss Bluwstein

Movie Screening and

Musical Performance

In honor of the 125th anniversary of the birth of Rachel the Poetess, a new documentary film describing her role as the first Hebrew poetess to succeed in expressing the emotional lives of a generation in a language that thrives to the present day. From the Hebrew Films series. Chief Producer and Creator: Yair Qedar

-Screening the film “Miss Bluwstein” (Sivan Arbel, 2015, 55 mins) with the film Director

-Music: Maya Belsitzman

and Matan Ephrat with new musical arrangements to Rachel’s poetry.

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

Tuesday, September 8, 8:00 PM

Wrapping up the Year

Concluding 5775

Final session

Before we conclude the Jewish year, we stop and reflect on some of the highlights of the passing year. What is the place of the intellectual in the Israeli public sphere and can we learn anything from the events of the past year on the character, path and future of the State of Israel? Editor and Moderator: Journalist Liad Mudrick The Satirist and Israeli Reality What is the role of the satirist and is it possible to create satire during wartime? Operation Protective Edge as an example. Guest: Muli Segev, main editor of "Eretz Nehederet" satirical television show.




Brit Olam

The “Hagiga”

Sextet, Amir

Dadon and Joca

Perpignan in a

tribute to Matti

Caspi

Alon Farber and Dani Benedikt's jazz sextet “Hagiga” (celebration) joins forces with Brazilian singer and percussionist Joca Perpignan and singer Amir Dadon in a tribute to Matti Caspi.

A fascinating and magical musical journey celebrating Israel and Brazil.




The Israeli Portion Parshat Nitzavim

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. Parshat Nitzavim: On Repentance Editor and Moderator: Dr Gila Wachman With: Rabbi Elchanan Nir, Rabbi in Yeshivat Siach Yitzchak,poet and editor of the Shabbat supplement in Makor Rishon



Thursday, September 24, 8:00 PM

“Nothing New Under the Sun”?

Hebrew Literature Converses with Ecclesiastes

Both classic and contemporary Hebrew literature deal extensively with the Book of Ecclesiastes. Reading the Megillah at this time of the year is an opportunity to examine how one copes with existential questions –about life and death, joy, work, time and memory, through literary texts by Yehuda Amichai, Shai Agnon, Natan Zach, Zeli Gurevich, Sivan Har-Shefi and others. Lecturer: Bilha Ben-Eliyahu – Kerem Institute, Jerusalem, David Yellin College and Efrata College


Tuesday, September 29, 10:00 AM

Family Sukkot Events at BEIT AVI CHAI

Graffiti Would you like to express a message? Want to share your opinion with the world? Come and spray what you have to say in electronic graffiti on a huge screen! Every day: 10am-4pm Pantomime Three actors present without words, yet we understand them. How? Now you can also participate and express yourselves without words! Incubator Troupe: Direction: Inon Shazu | Actors: Masha Shmulin, Noa Tzenkal and Rafael Shachari Every day: 10am, 12.30pm, 3.15pm Music Workshop and Building Musical Instruments Let us speak in the language of music – we’ll play, sing and learn rhythms. We’ll also learn how to express feelings through music and prepare musical instruments from recycled materials. Moderator: Lilian Haufer, musician Every day: 10.45am, 1.30pm

Graffiti Workshop: Cost: 10 NIS. cost of rest of activity: 20 NIS per child, accompanying adult free

Detective Riddle: Cost: 10 NIS

Cost of play + workshop activity – 30 NIS per child, parent or escort over 14.

Recommended to order tickets in advance from the BEIT AVI CHAI Box Office

Comics Workshop What is the connection between eyebrows, eyes and mouth? And how does all that link to expressing an opinion? Come and learn how to express an idea or a theme in the language of comics. Moderator: Dudi Shammai, illustrator and cartoonist In partnership with the Comics Museum in Holon. Suitable for age 8 and above Every day: 11.30am, 1.15pm Detective Riddles A series of riddles about the Sukkot exhibition Discover which Sukkah is hiding behind every riddle and you could win a prize! Every day: 10am-4pm

Wednesday, September 30, 10:00 AM


Graffiti Would you like to express a message? Want to share your opinion with the world? Come and spray what you have to say in electronic graffiti on a huge screen! Every day: 10am-4pm




Recommended to order tickets in advance from

Pantomime Three actors present without words, yet we understand them. How? Now you can also participate and express yourselves without words! Incubator Troupe: Direction: Inon Shazu | Actors: Masha Shmulin, Noa Tzenkal and Rafael Shachari Every day: 10am, 12.30pm, 3.15pm Music Workshop and Building Musical Instruments Let us speak in the language of music – we’ll play, sing and learn rhythms. We’ll also learn how to express feelings through music and prepare musical instruments from recycled materials. Moderator: Lilian Haufer, musician Every day: 10.45am, 1.30pm

the BEIT AVI CHAI Box Office


Wednesday, September 30, 12:30 PM, 2:30 PM

Lunar Legends

Monthly performances for parents and children

The Woman and the Wind

The Woman and the Wind: A Play for the Month of Tishrei A woman demands justice from the wind, which has grabbed her last morsel of bread. Geared to children age 4–8 years old

Director: Brachi Lifshitz

Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran Kraus and Avia Brosh

Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult

Advance reservations are advised

Thursday, October 1, 10:00 AM


Graffiti Would you like to express a message? Want to share your opinion with the world? Come and spray what you have to say in electronic graffiti on a huge screen! Every day: 10am-4pm Pantomime Three actors present without words, yet we understand them. How? Now you can also participate and express yourselves without words! Incubator Troupe: Direction: Inon Shazu | Actors: Masha Shmulin, Noa Tzenkal and Rafael Shachari Every day: 10am, 12.30pm, 3.15pm Music Workshop and Building Musical Instruments Let us speak in the language of music – we’ll play, sing and learn rhythms. We’ll also learn how to express feelings through music and prepare musical instruments from recycled materials. Moderator: Lilian Haufer, musician Every day: 10.45am, 1.30pm




Recommended to order tickets in advance from the BEIT AVI CHAI Box Office


Thursday, October 1, 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM

Lunar Legends


The Woman and the Wind

The Woman and the Wind: A Play for the Month of Tishrei A woman demands justice from the wind, which has grabbed her last morsel of bread. Geared to children age 4–8 years old


Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran Kraus and Avia Brosh

Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult


Thursday, October 8, 8:00 PM

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. Parshat “Bereishit” With: Shir Reuven, Dor Kahan, Eli Haviv and Hadar Levi


Tuesday, October 13, 8:00 PM

Kicking Off the

Month

The Month of

Cheshvan: Reuven

During 5776 (2015-2016) we will dedicate our Rosh Chodesh events to a new and original look at the Tribes of Israel.

Cheshvan will focus on the character of Reuven, the firstborn brother, an examination of the Biblical story of the Tribe of Reuven and the status of the firstborn in Hassidic courts.

Moderator: Avner HaCohen, clinical psychologist

With:

Dr Nili Wasna, Department of Bible and the Department of the History of the Jewish People and Contemporary Judaism, Hebrew University: on the Story of Reuven – “My Strength and my Initial Vigor.”



Prof. David Assaf, Department of the History of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv University: On the Handing Down of Leadership in Hassidic Courts.

Communal singing: Michal Naveh

Wednesday, October 14, 8:00 PM

Talmudic Sages

Confront the

World: Beyond the

Walls of the

Rabbinic Academy

First session

How did Talmudic sages interact with popular beliefs and behavior that frequently transcended the strictly defined worldview of the Beit Midrash?

Prof. Isaiah Gafni, The Sol Rosenbloom Professor Emeritus of Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Sages and the

Supernatural: On Magic,

Demons and Astrology in

Rabbinic Thought and

Practice

The practice of magic

would appear to

circumvent the proper

channel of righteous

behavior – yet the belief in

the potency of some of

these practices appears to

have found its way into

rabbinic circles.


The program will take place in English


Weekly Portion in Film A Cinematic Perspective on the Weekly Portion.

How are the heroes and themes of the weekly Torah portions presented in Israeli and international cinema? A refreshing look at a timely and timeless topic. Noah Who? A cinematic perspective on the story of Noah and the Flood

God’s readiness to destroy His creations has always fascinated the screen. How is the Biblical story presented as a personal one? How is the ancient story portrayed in modern times and how was Donald Duck saved from the Flood?

Moderator: Yuval Rivlin, film researcher



Why Did the Boy

Laugh in the

Dream?

A tribute to the

poems of Leah

Goldberg

A performance dedicated to the poems of Leah Goldberg, one of Israeli literature’s most well-known and influential poetesses.

The show will spotlight new and refreshing arrangements to Goldberg’s poems performed by a group of some of Israel’s leading musicians and their guest, singer and pianist Ruth Dolores Weiss.

Admission: 60

NIS. Student: 30

NIS

Sunday, October 18, 5:00 PM

Children Write a Story

A Personal Book Writing Workshop

In this workshop, the children will embark on an adventure through imagination, create stories and characters, get to know children’s authors and illustrators and draw inspiration from them to create our own personal books.

Children will learn how to write a story using different mediums such as costumes and accessories, music, movement, photo albums and more. Each child will express their story in writing and create accompanying drawings and illustrations.

During the workshop there will be an experiential session with author Eshkol Nevo and children’s author and poet Orit Gidali, in which they will talk about the writing and illustration process in their books.

At the end of the workshop there will be a celebratory evening for the children and their families, at which the books created will be on display.

Keren is a costume designer for cinema and television and moderates writing workshops as part of Eshkol Nevo and Orit Gidali’s own workshops team.

Admission: 250 NIS

The workshop includes 10 sessions of an hour and a half each

Suitable for ages 8-11

Registration is for all 10 sessions

Number of places limited

Cancelation will only be permitted after the first session.

Monday, October 19, 8:30 PM

Celebration A Tribute to the Israel Museum in its Jubilee Year

An evening highlighting the Museum’s relationship and connection to the city, the people and our land, including a glimpse at the Museum's treasures, a discussion of its journey and Museum-inspired musical interludes. Editor and Moderator: David Ibgi, Curator and Art lecturer With: Tania Coen-Uzzieli, Director of the Collections Services Wing, Curator for the Jewish Culture and Art Wing Dr Amitai Mendelsohn, Curator of the Israeli Art Department Daniella Shalev, Director of the Department for Cultural and Enrichment Programs, Curator in the Youth and Arts Education Wing Musical accompaniment with a specially-composed new piece: Nadav Greenhut




Talmudic Sages

Confront the

World: Beyond the

Walls of the

Rabbinic Academy

Second session



Indiana Jones and the

Sages: Were the Talmudic

Rabbis also

Archaeologists?

Like archaeologists, the

sages appear to be

involved in the search for

ancient artifacts and sites.

Did this render them

"archaeologists" and what

were the other interests

that motivated them to

undertake such pursuits?




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.

Admission: 60 NIS. Students: 30 NIS

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: Family

Zuaretz- Guy and Ro’i

Zuaretz with their father

Nissim


Here and Now

Jewish-Israeli Current Affairs in the Spotlight

First session

What would Rabbi Hanania say about the price of housing today?

What would Yeshayahu Leibowitz think about the Iran deal?

What would the Maimonides have to say about global warming?

Current affairs from a different angle: See what the world of Jewish philosophy, culture and literature has to say about contemporary issues and how it might interpret them.

Moderator: Efrat Shapira Rosenberg

The topic of the session and the list of participating guests will be published on the BEIT AVI CHAI website and in the weekly newsletter a few days before the event.



Children Write a Story

A Personal Book Writing Workshop

In this workshop, the children will embark on an adventure through imagination, create stories and characters, get to know children’s authors and illustrators and draw inspiration from them to create our own personal books.

Children will learn how to write a story using different mediums such as costumes and accessories, music, movement, photo albums and more. Each child will express their story in writing and create accompanying drawings and illustrations.

During the workshop there will be an experiential session with author Eshkol Nevo and children’s author and poet Orit Gidali, in which they will talk about the writing and illustration process in their books.

At the end of the workshop there will be a celebratory evening for the children and their families, at which the books created will be on display. Keren is a costume designer for cinema and television and moderates writing workshops as part of Eshkol Nevo and Orit Gidali’s own workshops team.

Admission: 250 NIS

The workshop includes 10 sessions of an hour and a half each

Suitable for ages 8-11

Registration is for all 10 sessions

Number of places limited

Cancelation will only be permitted after the first session.


Culture * Politics * Democracy

Israeli Democracy – The Current Situation: An Event to Commemorate Yitzchak Rabin Memorial Day

The cultural storm that raged after the previous elections raised many questions regarding the place and role of culture in Israeli democracy.

What is the role of culture in our lives? Is simply entertainment or does it play a vital role in a democratic country?

What is the State’s duty toward culture? How do the worlds of politics and culture affect one another? And to what extent is the relationship between them connected to Israel’s democratic character?

Moderator: Avner HaCohen, clinical psychologist




Lunar Legends


The First Rain

The First Rain: A Play for the Month of Cheshvan When the rain doesn’t fall, Nakdimon signs a deal and gets into trouble. Geared to children age 4–8 years old


Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran Kraus

Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult



The People of Bereishit

Scripture. Midrash. Literature.

Eve

Characters from the Book of Genesis in Midrash and Aggada, Literature and Poetry. With: author Haim Be’er and Prof. Hananel Mack During the time in which the Book of Genesis is read, an in-depth study of six of its major characters and the way in which their identities are reflected in the worlds of Midrash and Aggada as well as in contemporary literature and poetry. In this seesion: Eve




Lunar Legends


The First Rain




Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult



The Israeli Portion

Parshat Vayera

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. Parshat Vayera: Angels Editor and Moderator: Prof. Avigdor Shinan



With: Oron Shamir, Film critic and lecturer (“Achbar Ha’Ir" and “Srita”)


Talmudic Sages

Confront the

World: Beyond the

Walls of the

Rabbinic Academy

Third session



Rabbinic Attitudes

towards Sex, Sexuality

and Marriage

Rabbinic sages appear to

evince a broad range of

attitudes on proper sexual

behavior as well as variant

approaches to the role of

marriage (or celibacy).

Was this attitude due to

the personal proclivities of

specific sages – or might

the cultural and

behavioral norms of the

Roman and Iranian worlds

influence the contexts for

rabbinic positions?




Angel of the Room

An Evening in Honor of Poetess Agi Mishol’s New Book

The book, a collection of

the popular poetess’s

work, was written over 12

years and contains hints of

a storyline emerging

under the surface. The

poems follow a significant


and mysterious love affair

and tell of the fluctuations

between falling in love

and separation, yearning

and realization, and

intimacy and loneliness, a

continuous, erupting

existence that saunters

through awareness and

dream.

In the program:

Opening remarks from

retired Judge, Edna Arbel

Poetess Agi Mishol talks

with Bilha Ben-Eliyahu,

Kerem Institute,

Jerusalem, David Yellin

College and Efrata College.

Music: “Singing Agi” – Lee

Gaon, Michal Hacham,

Dekel Tuvia and Maya

Mishol


Lunar Legends


The First Rain




Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult



Mono Stories

Amir Lev

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: Amir Lev


Calling Home

An Evening in Honor of Poet Amichai Chasson’s Debut Book

A lyrical voyage through rich and sincere worlds of content. between history and biography, between the Beit Midrash and the army tent and, from wandering to returning home. Editor and Moderator: Yali Shner With: Amichai Chasson, Shimon Adaf, Sara Blau Music: The Djamchid Sisters


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