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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
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Monday, May 4, 8:00 PM
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
Monday, May 4, 8:00 PM
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.
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Monday, May 4, 8:30 PM
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.
Admission: 40 NIS. Students: 20 NIS
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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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced.
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Thursday, May 7, 3:00 PM, 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
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
Thursday, May 7, 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. Parashat Bahar With: Eli Haviv, Eli Galperin, Michal Kirzon, Uri Gottlieb
Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 20 NIS
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Sunday, May 10, 8:00 PM
The Book of Ruth
Second 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 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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
Sunday, May 10, 8:30 PM
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
Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 20 NIS
The event will be broadcast live on the BEIT AVI CHAI website
Monday, May 11, 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? Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran Kraus
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance reservations are advised
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Monday, May 11, 8:00 PM
Wisdom of the
Sages 2015
Fifth session
As we study The Ethics of the Fathers year after year, we ask ourselves, what is new?
Editor and Moderator: Prof. Avigdor Shinan
New Commentary on The Ethics of the Fathers
Guest: Avirama Golan, writer and reporter, Director of the Bat-Yam Center for Urbanism
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Advance reservations are advised.
The event will be broadcast live on the BEIT AVI CHAI website
Tuesday, May 12, 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
Tuesday, May 12, 9:00 PM
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
Admission: 60 NIS. Student: 30 NIS
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Thursday, May 14, 8:00 PM
The Book of Ruth
Final 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 and her Friends: A Feminine Reading of the Book of Ruth
With: Author, playwright and screenwriter, Nava Semel
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
Thursday, May 14, 8:30 PM
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.
Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 20 NIS
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Sunday, May 17, 8:00 PM
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced.
The event will be broadcast live on the BEIT AVI CHAI website
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Monday, May 18, 8:00 PM
Wisdom of the
Sages 2015
Final session
As we study The Ethics of the Fathers year after year, we ask ourselves, what is new?
Editor and Moderator: Prof. Avigdor Shinan
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Advance reservations are advised.
The event will be broadcast live on the BEIT AVI CHAI website
Tuesday, May 19, 8:00 PM
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced.
Tuesday, May 19, 10:00 PM
Made In Jerusalem
A Jerusalemite Arts Festival
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
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Wednesday, May 20, 5:00 PM
Made In Jerusalem
A Jerusalemite Arts Festival
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
Wednesday, May 20, 6:30 PM
Made In Jerusalem
A Jerusalemite Arts Festival
Art
Gallery Talk
What Seven? Exhibition, with graphic designers Dov Abramson (Studio Dov Abramson) and Eitam Tubul (Grotesque Design)
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced.
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Wednesday, May 20, 8:00 PM
Zionism
Takes on
Zionism
Core Issues in Early Zionism and Contemporary Times
Second 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 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.
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced.
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Wednesday, May 20, 8:00 PM
Made In Jerusalem
A Jerusalemite Arts Festival
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
Wednesday, May 20, 9:30 PM
Made In Jerusalem
A Jerusalemite Arts Festival
Cinema
Jerusalem Fantasy
Three short films that take Jerusalem to distant regions.
With directors Talya Lavie, Benjamin Freidenberg, and Rotem Kapelinsky
Admission: 30 NIS
Thursday, May 21, 5:00 PM
Made In Jerusalem
A Jerusalemite Arts Festival
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
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Thursday, May 21, 9:00 PM
Made In Jerusalem
A Jerusalemite Arts Festival
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
Admission: 60 NIS. Students: 40 NIS
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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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
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Monday, May 25, 8:30 PM
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.
Admission: 50 NIS. Students: 20 NIS
The event will be broadcast live on the BEIT AVI CHAI website
Wednesday, May 27, 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 Naso: Jewish Monks
With: Dr. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, the Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
The event will be broadcast live on the BEIT AVI CHAI website
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Wednesday, May 27, 8:30 PM
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
Admission: 60 NIS. Students: 30 NIS
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Sunday, May 31, 8:00 PM
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
The event will be broadcast live on the BEIT AVI CHAI website
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Tuesday, June 2, 5:00 PM
Lunar Legends
Monthly performances for parents and children
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
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran Kraus
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance reservations are advised
Tuesday, June 2, 8:00 PM
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.
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
The program will take place in English
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Tuesday, June 2, 8:30 PM
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.
Admission: 60 NIS. Students: 30 NIS
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Wednesday, June 3, 8:00 PM
Zionism
Takes on
Zionism
Core Issues in Early Zionism and Contemporary Times
Third 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 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?
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced.
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Wednesday, June 3, 8:00 PM
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced.
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Thursday, June 4, 5:00 PM
Lunar Legends
Monthly performances for parents and children
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
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran Kraus
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance reservations are advised
Thursday, June 4, 8:30 PM
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
Admission: 60 NIS. Students: 30 NIS
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Thursday, June 4, 8:30 PM
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
Admission: 50 NIS. Students: 20 NIS
Monday, June 8, 5:00 PM
Lunar Legends
Monthly performances for parents and children
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
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran Kraus
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance reservations are advised
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Monday, June 8, 8:00 PM
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.
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced.
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Monday, June 8, 8:00 PM
The Teachings, Work, and Figure of Rav Kook Marking 80 Years Since His Passing
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
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Tuesday, June 9, 5:00 PM
Lunar Legends
Monthly performances for parents and children
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
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran Kraus
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance reservations are advised
Tuesday, June 9, 8:00 PM
The Birth of East European Hasidism
Second session
Moshe Idel, Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University and Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute
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.
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
The program will take place in English
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Thursday, June 11, 5:00 PM
Lunar Legends
Monthly performances for parents and children
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
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran Kraus
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance reservations are advised
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Thursday, June 11, 8:30 PM
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.
Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 30 NIS
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Thursday, June 11, 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. Parashat Shlach Lecha With: Eli Haviv, Amit Hershkovitz, Alon Newman and Rabbi Ztukl
Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 20 NIS
Sunday, June 14, 8:00 PM
The Teachings, Work, and Figure of Rav Kook Marking 80 Years Since His Passing
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
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Monday, June 15, 8:00 PM
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
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Tuesday, June 16, 8:00 PM
The Birth of East European Hasidism
Third session
Moshe Idel, Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University and Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute
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.
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
The program will take place in English
Tuesday, June 16, 9:00 PM
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
Admission: 60 NIS. Student: 30 NIS
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Tuesday, June 16, 9:00 PM
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
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Wednesday, June 17, 8:00 PM
Zionism
Takes on
Zionism
Core Issues in Early Zionism and Contemporary Times
Fourth 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 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?
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced.
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Wednesday, June 17, 9:00 PM
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
Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 20 NIS
The event will be broadcast live on the BEIT AVI CHAI website
Thursday, June 18, 8:00 PM
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced.
The event will be broadcast live on the BEIT AVI CHAI website
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Thursday, June 18, 8:30 PM
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.
Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 20 NIS
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Monday, June 22, 8:00 PM
The Teachings, Work, and Figure of Rav Kook Marking 80 Years Since His Passing
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
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Tuesday, June 23, 8:00 PM
The Birth of East European Hasidism
Final session
Moshe Idel, Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University and Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute
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?
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
The program will take place in English
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Tuesday, June 23, 8:30 PM
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
Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 20 NIS
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Sunday, June 28, 8:00 PM
The Teachings, Work, and Figure of Rav Kook Marking 80 Years Since His Passing
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
This session is for both Hebrew and English speakers
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Monday, June 29, 8:00 PM
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
Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced
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Tuesday, June 30, 8:30 PM
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
Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 20 NIS