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BEIT AVI CHAI

Schedule

January - February 2016

Time Event Details Admission

Friday, January 1, 11:00 AM

The Weekly Portion

Shmot Stories The Israel Museum hosts Beit Avi Chai

First session

Parshat Shmot "The Burning Bush” Prof. Avigdor Shinan in conversation with the museum’s curators about the weekly Torah portion, viewed with the world of art in the Israel Museum’s Art Galleries. With Tania Coen-Uzzielli, head of curatorial affairs and exhibition curator of A Brief History of Humankind. Meet at the exhibition A Brief History of Humankind

Lecture included

as part of the

Museum’s

entrance fee

Sunday, January 3, 8:00 PM

Halacha in Israeli Society in the 21st Century

Final session

The Halacha is a legal system that shapes and directs all aspects of religious Jewish life. Halacha has also been known to cause conflict and debate in the State of Israel.

This series will unravel issues of Halacha vis-à-vis the State of Israel and address the ways in which Halacha deals with challenges facing Israeli society in the 21st century.

Editor and Moderator: Dr.

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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Avinoam Rosenak, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Intermarriage – A Valid Possibility? The staggering numbers of intermarriage are on the rise everywhere. Political correctness does not allow one to speak out against the trend. What does Halacha say about it?

With:

Rabbi Naamah Kelman, Dean, Hebrew Union College Campus

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat, Rector of Ohr Torah Colleges and Institutions

Monday, January 4, 8:00 PM

Rock in the Red Zone

Film and Discussion

Laura Bialis, an American

director from Los Angeles,

visits the small town of

Sderot, situated only a few

kilometres from the Gaza

Strip. Her goal is to film

musicians living under fire,

but this turns into a once-

in-a-lifetime journey when

she falls in love with the

place and marries one of

its residents.

Program: Screening of

"Rock in the Red Zone"

(Laura Bialis, 87 minutes,

Israel/USA 2014)

Brief musical performance

and conversation with Avi


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Vaknin, a musician and

artist from Sderot, and the

movie’s protagonist.

Moderator: Yuval Rivlin,

Film Researcher

Wednesday, January 6, 7:30 PM

Sefer Shmot (Exodus): The Birth of an Individual and a Nation

First session

Introduction and Parshat Va’eira Dr. Aviva Zornberg, Noted author and lecturer

Drawing on Midrashic and Hassidic sources, as well as on psychoanalytic thought, we will discuss the birth of a singular individual and a nation. Moses and Israel emerge in a profound exodus from the traumas of exile, especially from the exile that the Midrash calls the Exile of the Word. Moses, child of two mothers and two cultures, weighed down by a speech impediment, mirrors the developmental struggles of his people. He is selected for greatness ‘for the sake of Israel.’ We will follow the arc of the symbiotic relationship between Moses and Israel through the book of Exodus.

The program will take place in English. Entrance is free, subject to availability.

Tickets may be reserved in advance

Thursday, January 7, 9:00 PM

Hebrew Jazz

Leading Jazz Ensembles Connect with Israeli Music

Israeli Chanson: The Jess Korn Trio Hosts Israel Gurion

New renditions of favorite French songs and chansons that have been

Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 20 NIS

The event will be broadcast live on the Beit Avi Chai

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seeping into Israeli music since the 1960s, and which have become a part of our soundtrack. Songs that made Aliyah and whose Hebrew lyrics were composed by Israel’s leading songwriters: Naomi Shemer, Ehud Manor, Matti Caspi and others. The songs include: “Snow White,” “Bonbons,” “The Lady in Brown,” “Beware the Guerilla,” “Autumn Leaves,” “Don’t Go Away” and other favorites. With: Jess Gersztenkorn—tenor saxophone and arrangements Ofer Ganor—guitar Eyal Ganor—contrabass Israel Gurion—vocals

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The Weekly Portion


Second session

Parshat Va'iera—Frogs, Lice, Gnats Prof. Avigdor Shinan in conversation with the museum’s curators about the weekly Torah portion, viewed with the world of art in the Israel Museum’s Art Galleries. With Dr. Racheli Shlomi-Hen, associate curator of Egyptian Archaeology. Meet in the Egyptian Gallery

Lecture included

as part of the

Museum’s

entrance fee


Live in the Evening

in the Beit Avi Chai

Lounge

Mati Bursztyn and Shahar

Sorek

Wind Birds: Acoustic

Jerusalemite creations,

Entrance free

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original folk songs dealing

with the human soul and

her resonance.


Kicking Off the Month

The Month of Shvat: Yehuda

The month of Shvat will be dedicated to the tribe of Yehuda. Yehuda’s biblical figure will come to light through the story of Yehuda and Tamar, and texts on the issues of yibum and chaliza and their relevance today will also be examined. In addition, a discussion about the days when lions, the symbol of the tribe of Yehuda, once roamed our country and where they can be found today. Moderator: Prof. Avigdor Shinan With: Rivkah Lubitch, a rabbinical-court pleader and composer of Midrashim. Lubitch teaches at the women’s Beit Midrash at Michlelet Sha’anan and works with the Women’s Zedek Center - on contemporary issues relating to yibum and chaliza. Shai Ben Ami lectures on animals and zoos, and works as a guide and caretaker at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo - on lions in ancient Israel. Singalong: Gila Hassid and Uzi Rosenblat



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The Weekly

Portion in Film

A Cinematic Look

at the Weekly

Torah Portion

The Ten Plagues

A Cinematic Perspective on the Portion of Bo

The story of the Ten Plagues and the Exodus from Egypt are among the most popular Biblical stories in the world of film. The detailed Biblical descriptions fired-up artists’ imaginations, promoting diverse cinematic renditions. We will analyze ten viewpoints on the Ten Plagues in different movies. What can be learned from how different filmmakers from various genres and periods related to the story of our Exodus?

Moderator: Doron Fishler, Film Critic, editor of the FishEye website

Entrance free, subject to availability. Tickets can be reserved in advance

Tuesday, January 12, 8:00 PM

Economics in the Talmud

First session

Overview

We will examine an array of passages in the Talmud that use ideas from modern economic theory, centuries before these ideas were formulated by other thinkers. These include the role of incentives, the law of supply and demand, and group decision making. Prof. Yisrael (Robert John) Aumann, Prof. Emeritus at the Hebrew University and Researcher at the

The program is non-technical, and will take place in English. Entrance is free, subject to availability.


The event will be broadcast live on the Beit Avi Chai

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Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality. Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics.

website



Second session

Parshat Bo Dr. Aviva Zornberg, Noted author and lecturer





An Ocean between Me and You

An Evening in Honor of Nurit Gretz’s New Book

Michael and Rachel are the protagonists in this fascinating historical-literary drama. Rachel is the more well-known of the two; she is the poetess, whose figure and poems have taken on mythological romantic proportions in Hebrew culture in Israel and


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aboard. Michael is an electronics engineer who dreams of fixing the world using Alternating Current. They meet in Toulouse on the eve of World War One and fall in love. But history, ideology and their own emotional inhibitions separate the two.

Program: Introduction: Muki Tzur, researcher, educator and member of Kibbutz Ein-Gev; Author Nurit Gretz in conversation with Bilha Ben Eliyahu, Kerem Institute Jerusalem, David Yellin College; Music: Rona Keinan


To the Aggadah

Bialik, Sefer HaAggadah and Us

Gallery Talks with the Exhibition Curator

More than 100 years have passed since the publication of Sefer HaAggadah, edited by Bialik and Ravnitzki. This remarkable publication sought to make the treasures of Jewish wisdom accessible to all, giving Jewish wisdom life outside the confines of the Beit Midrash. The success of this goal continues to illuminate and provide knowledge and inspiration for readers, writers and artists. The “To the Aggadah” exhibition provides an understanding of the relevance and meaning of Sefer HaAggadah to


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contemporary times: spinning the thread from its first edition through its most recent publication, edited by Prof. Avigdor Shinan. In the exhibition, Israeli artists display their work, dealing with the tension and renewed bonds between the religious and secular societies. In addition, the exhibition opens a window to the world of Aggadah for young people using modern techniques, illustrations and film clips. The "To the Aggadah" exhibition is produced in association with Bialik House in Tel Aviv. Curator: David Ibgui


Words of Volume

Artists Sing Their Own Songs and Songs of Other Poets and Songwriters

Idan Raphael Haviv Sings his songs and the songs of Rachel In each performance, artists focus on an influential poet or songwriter. Alongside their own repertoire, their chosen writer's music will be performed with a personal interpretation. Hebrew classics like the songs and poetry of Rachel, Naomi Shemer, Ehud Manor, Natan Zach and Tirza Attar, will be



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joined by contemporary presentations from artists Shalom Chanoch, Yehonatan Gefen, Haviva Pedaya, Chana Goldberg, Meir Banai and others.


The Weekly Portion


Third session

Parshat Bo—“… And there will be darkness…” Prof. Avigdor Shinan in conversation with the museum’s curators about the weekly Torah portion, viewed with the world of art in the Israel Museum’s Art Galleries. Prof. Yair Zakovitch of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in conversation with Ella Regev, associate curator for Museum Education at the Youth Wing. Meet in the Modern Art Gallery (Expressionism)

Lecture included

as part of the

Museum’s

entrance fee

monday, January 18, 5:00 PM

Adventures at the

Exhibition

The “To the Aggadah” exhibition invites us to enter the magical world of the Sages’ legends through the gate opened by Chaim Nachman Bialik. We will hear stories about the book, view the artwork it inspired and set sail to a place of imagination and creation.

Exhibition tour, story and arts activity moderated by storyteller Sarit Zussman

Artistic Direction: Brachi Lifschitz

First child 20 shekels, every additional child 10 shekels. For children aged

4 to 8 years

Tuesday, January Economics in the Game Theory The program is

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19, 8:00 PM

Talmud

Second session

Prof. Yisrael (Robert John) Aumann, Prof. Emeritus at the Hebrew University and Researcher at the Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality. Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics. A man dies, leaving an estate that is insufficient to cover his obligations to his three widows. In three different cases, the Talmud prescribes divisions that look mysterious on their face, but presage game theoretic ideas from the second half of the twentieth century.

non-technical, and will take place in English. Entrance is free, subject to availability. Tickets may be reserved in advanced




Third session

Parshat Beshalach Dr. Aviva Zornberg, Noted author and lecturer

Drawing on Midrashic and Hassidic sources, as well as on psychoanalytic thought, we will discuss the birth of a singular individual and a nation. Moses and Israel emerge in a profound exodus from the traumas of exile, especially from the exile that the Midrash calls the Exile of the Word. Moses, child of two mothers and two cultures, weighed down by a speech impediment, mirrors the developmental struggles of his people. He is selected for greatness ‘for the sake of Israel.’ We will



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follow the arc of the symbiotic relationship between Moses and Israel through the book of Exodus.


Hebrew Jazz


Everything is Good with Me Ronen Shmueli and the All Stars in Tribute to Boaz Sharabi An All Stars performance dedicated to the beloved soul singer and musician Boaz Sharabi Shmueli brought together top jazz musicians in the country and for the first time they will perform jazz arrangements of Sharabi’s greatest hits. These include "Everything is Good with Me," "Take My Hand," “Who Knew This is What it Would Be Like,” “Free and Happy,” “Our Lives” and others. With: Ronen Shmueli—piano and arrangements Yonatan Voltzok—trombone

Matan Chapnizky—saxophones

Assaf Hakimi—contrabass

Gal Petel—drums




The Weekly Portion

Shmot Stories The Israel Museum

Parshat Beshalach—“Lo and Behold” Prof. Avigdor Shinan in conversation with the museum’s curators about

Lecture included

as part of the

Museum’s

entrance fee

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hosts Beit Avi Chai

Fourth session

the weekly Torah portion, viewed with the world of art in the Israel Museum’s Art Galleries. With Lihi Sapir, curator and director of the department for Art Education Training in the Youth Wing for Art Education. Meet in the Modern Art Gallery (Surrealism).


Songs that Spring Wings

Shimrit Greilsammer sings Naomi Shemer’s songs Celebrating Tu B'Shvat—A Festive Musical Performance for Children

20 shekels per

child,

Accompanying

adult free

For children

aged 4 to 8 years


Songs that Spring Wings

Shimrit Greilsammer sings Naomi Shemer’s songs Celebrating Tu B'Shvat—A Festive Musical Performance for Children

20 shekels per

child,

Accompanying

adult free

For children

aged 4 to 8 years

Tuesday, January 26, 8:00 PM

Economics in the Talmud

Final session

Moral Hazard

A town has nine butchers selling kosher meat, and one selling non-kosher meat. If a stranger buys from one, but forgets which one, then the doubt renders the meat forbidden; but if he found it on the street, he may eat it. We will discuss this ruling - which occurs well over a dozen times in the Talmud in various contexts - in light of the modern economic concept of "moral hazard", which lies at the heart of the

The program is non-technical, and will take place in English. Entrance is free, subject to availability.



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insurance business. Prof. Yisrael (Robert John) Aumann, Prof. Emeritus at the Hebrew University and Researcher at the Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality. Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics.



Fourth session

Parshat Yitro Dr. Aviva Zornberg, Noted author and lecturer





Live in the Evening in the Beit Avi Chai Lounge

Young Musicians

Tamar Shuki Tamar Shuki sings and plays original music in English with Western and Eastern influences. She is

Entrance free

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Perform Live

currently releasing her debut single and working on a new acoustic album.


Greece and the Israeli Connection

The Perach Adom (Red Flower) Band Hosts Daklon and Yehuda Keysar A fascinating fusion of Perach Adom's authentic music with Yehuda Keysar’s electric guitar and Daklon’s singing. An entire performance of Greek tunes and original Hebrew texts portray the musical relationship between Israel and Greece. A wide range of Israeli musicians—from Avihu Medina to Yehuda Poliker, and from Naomi Shemer to Yaakov Gilad—have transformed dozens of Greek songs into classic Israeli hits.




Lullaby An Evening in Honor of Orit Gidali’s Book

“I’m suspicious of anyone who has a mother” On the thin line between childhood and orphanhood On active motherhood, its strength and beauty On illness and decline, loss and longing. Editor and Moderator: Yali Shner With: Orit Gidali


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Music: Hadas Balas, Dan Solomon


The Weekly Portion


Fifth session

Parshat Yitro—“Men of Valor” Prof. Avigdor Shinan in conversation with the museum’s curators about the weekly Torah portion, viewed with the world of art in the Israel Museum’s Art Galleries. With Dr. Amitai Mendelsohn, curator of the department of Israeli art, Bezalel Wing. Meet in the Israeli Art Gallery (To the Aid of the Seamen, Naftali Bezem).

Lecture included

as part of the

Museum’s

entrance fee

Monday, February 1, 5:00 PM

Lunar Legends

Monthly performances for parents and children

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse

A Play for the Month of Shvat: The City Mouse and the Country Mouse The country mouse leaves her simple way of life in nature and embarks on a journey to the big city. Geared to children age 4–8 years old

Director: Brachi Lifshitz

Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran Kraus

Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult

Advance reservations are advised


Home Movie

Film and Discussion

In his "Home Movie," Reuven Brodsky, a new-old immigrant from Russia, confronts Haim Yavin, Israel’s iconic Zionist old-timer, with the Generation 1.5 - Russian youngsters either born in Israel or who moved here


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at an early age.

Program: Screening of "Home Movie" (Reuven Brodsky, 48 minutes, Israel 2015)

Discussion moderated by Yuval Rivlin, Film Researcher With: Reuven Brodsky, Movie Director Marik Shtern, a Founder of Generation 1.5

Tuesday, February 2, 5:00 PM

Lunar Legends






Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult



The Israeli Portion

Parshat Mishpatim: Jewish Law—Then and Now 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. Editor and Moderator: Prof. Avigdor Shinan

With: Prof. Aviad

Entrance free, subject to availability. Tickets can be reserved in advance The event will be broadcast live on the Beit Avi Chai website

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Hacohen, Dean of Law and Coordinator of Hebrew Law at Sha’arei Mishpat Academic Center


Hebrew Jazz


Jazz of Roses The Shauli Einav Quartet in Tribute to Shoshana Damari

The Shauli Einav Quartet in a tribute performance to the queen of Hebrew music, Shoshana Damari. Contemporary arrangements for Damari’s songs influenced by American jazz and neo-classic music of the early 20th century. The songs include “There were Nights,” “You Need to Call Twice,” “Those Were the Days” and others. The ensemble will host Israeli-French mezzo soprano singer Naama Liany who has been received to great success in Europe. Saxophonist and composer Shauli Einav, currently residing in Paris, is one of Europe’s most sought after Israeli jazz musicians.



Wednesday, February 3, 7:30 PM


Fifth session

Parshat Mishpatim Dr. Aviva Zornberg, Noted author and lecturer

Drawing on Midrashic and Hassidic sources, as well as on psychoanalytic thought, we will discuss the birth of a singular


Tickets may be reserved in

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individual and a nation. Moses and Israel emerge in a profound exodus from the traumas of exile, especially from the exile that the Midrash calls the Exile of the Word. Moses, child of two mothers and two cultures, weighed down by a speech impediment, mirrors the developmental struggles of his people. He is selected for greatness ‘for the sake of Israel.’ We will follow the arc of the symbiotic relationship between Moses and Israel through the book of Exodus.

advance

Thursday, February 4, 5:00 PM

Lunar Legends






Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult




Young Musicians Perform Live

Niso (Nir Nisim Cohen) Songs from his debut album, History B: On Love, Coming of Age, Education and Peace

Entrance free


Kalabbat Shabbat with Jacky Levy!

A Tu B'Shvat Special Jacky Levy and the

Admission: 50 NIS. Student: 20

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Tu B'Shvat Special

Kalabbat Shabbat team return to Beit Avi Chai to celebrate with the trees, the stones, and anyone else ready to join them!

NIS


Friday, February 5, 11:00 AM

The Weekly Portion


Sixth session

Parshat Mishpatim—“For you know the heart of a stranger” Prof. Avigdor Shinan in conversation with the museum’s curators about the weekly Torah portion, viewed with the world of art in the Israel Museum’s Art Galleries. With Daniella Shalev, curator, and director of educational programs and events. Meet in the Upper Gallery Entrance (The boy from south Tel Aviv, Ohad Maromi).

Lecture included

as part of the

Museum’s

entrance fee

Sunday, February 7, 5:00 PM

Lunar Legends






Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult


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Lunar Legends






Admission: 20

NIS for children,

free for

accompanying

adult





Uria Harush A new Jerusalemite musician, in a show combining desert blues, with old and new songs

Entrance free


Kicking Off the Month

The Month of Adar Aleph: Dan

The month of Adar I will

focus on the tribe of Dan

and its history as reflected

in Biblical literature.

Although the tribe drifted

up north from its original

location near the coastal

plain, the name Dan is still

closely associated with the

center of Israel. Tel Aviv's

main public transportation

company also carries this

name and deserves to

have its history recounted.

Moderator: Tal Rosner

With: Prof. Yair Zakovitch,

Department of Bible

Studies at the Hebrew

University of Jerusalem



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and the Interdisciplinary

Center Herzliya - “Dan is a

lion’s whelp that leaps

from the Bashan.”

Yaakov Koren, collector

and expert in the field of

transportation history -

the Dan Public

Transportation Company

(formerly Cooperative)

and its significance in the

history of transportation

in Israel.

Singalong: Yehuda

Grinboim



Sixth session

Parshat Terumah Dr. Aviva Zornberg, Noted author and lecturer

Drawing on Midrashic and Hassidic sources, as well as on psychoanalytic thought, we will discuss the birth of a singular individual and a nation. Moses and Israel emerge in a profound exodus from the traumas of exile, especially from the exile that the Midrash calls the Exile of the Word. Moses, child of two mothers and two cultures, weighed down by a speech impediment, mirrors the developmental struggles of his people. He is selected for greatness ‘for the sake of Israel.’ We will follow the arc of the symbiotic relationship



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between Moses and Israel through the book of Exodus.


Between East and West

Musician Shiran Avraham

takes us on a musical

journey between Yemen

and Israel, combining

original music and texts

influenced by Biblical

sources and her personal

roots. She will also

perform songs and

piyutim by artists who

have influenced her

including Ehud Banai and

Shoshana Damari.

Performer Ahuva Ozeri

will join Shiran Avraham

as they embark on a

magical musical journey

that weaves East and

West, old and new.



The Weekly Portion


Seventh session

Parshat Terumah—“And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold” Prof. Avigdor Shinan in conversation with the museum’s curators about the weekly Torah portion, viewed with the world of art in the Israel Museum’s Art Galleries. With Dr. Adolfo Roitman, curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition and director of the Shrine of the Book. Meet in the Three

Lecture included

as part of the

Museum’s

entrance fee

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Religions’ Gallery, the Archaeology Wing (Synagogue and candelabra mosaic).


Scarlet Threads

An Evening in Honor of Dahlia Ravikovitch

Since her foray as a young poet in the 1950s and up to her death close to a decade ago, Dahlia Ravikovitch, an Israel Prize laureate, was one of contemporary Hebrew poetry’s boldest and exceptional writers. Employing forceful and painful strokes, Ravikovitch portrays honest, eye-opening images, based on her own personal and complex narrative as well as on the political reality within which she lived and worked. Editor and Moderator: Shachar Mario-Mordechai With: Tal Nitzan, Sabina Meseg Music: Ronit Shahar




Seventh session

Parshat Tetzaveh Dr. Aviva Zornberg, Noted author and lecturer

Drawing on Midrashic and Hassidic sources, as well as on psychoanalytic thought, we will discuss the birth of a singular individual and a nation. Moses and Israel emerge in a profound exodus from the traumas of exile, especially from the exile that the Midrash calls the Exile of the Word. Moses, child of two mothers and



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two cultures, weighed down by a speech impediment, mirrors the developmental struggles of his people. He is selected for greatness ‘for the sake of Israel.’ We will follow the arc of the symbiotic relationship between Moses and Israel through the book of Exodus.


To the Aggadah

Bialik, Sefer HaAggadah and Us

Gallery Talks with the Exhibition Curator

More than 100 years have passed since the publication of Sefer HaAggadah, edited by Bialik and Ravnitzki. This remarkable publication sought to make the treasures of Jewish wisdom accessible to all, giving Jewish wisdom life outside the confines of the Beit Midrash. The success of this goal continues to illuminate and provide knowledge and inspiration for readers, writers and artists. The “To the Aggadah” exhibition provides an understanding of the relevance and meaning of Sefer HaAggadah to contemporary times: spinning the thread from its first edition through its most recent publication, edited by Prof. Avigdor Shinan. In the exhibition, Israeli artists display their work, dealing with the tension and renewed


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bonds between the religious and secular societies. In addition, the exhibition opens a window to the world of Aggadah for young people using modern techniques, illustrations and film clips. The "To the Aggadah" exhibition is produced in association with Bialik House in Tel Aviv. Curator: David Ibgui




Nir Tsfaty—Winter Tour Nir Tsfaty, lead singer of the Noria band, performs his new solo show with selections from his current project.

Entrance free


Words of Volume

Artists Sing Their Own Songs and Songs of Other Poets and Songwriters

Efrat Gosh Sings her songs and the songs of Tirza Attar In each performance, artists focus on an influential poet or songwriter. Alongside their own repertoire, their chosen writer's music will be performed with a personal interpretation. Hebrew classics like the songs and poetry of Rachel, Naomi Shemer, Ehud Manor, Natan Zach and Tirza Attar, will be joined by contemporary presentations from artists Shalom Chanoch,


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Yehonatan Gefen, Haviva Pedaya, Chana Goldberg, Meir Banai and others.


The Weekly Portion


Eighth session

Parshat Tetzaveh—“Holy garments… for honor and beauty” Prof. Avigdor Shinan in conversation with the museum’s curators about the weekly Torah portion, viewed with the world of art in the Israel Museum’s Art Galleries. With Efrat Assaf-Shapira, associate curator, Jewish Art and Life. Meet in the Jewish Art and Culture Wing.

Lecture included

as part of the

Museum’s

entrance fee


Adventures at the

Exhibition

The “To the Aggadah” exhibition invites us to enter the magical world of the Sages’ legends through the gate opened by Chaim Nachman Bialik. We will hear stories about the book, view the artwork it inspired and set sail to a place of imagination and creation.

Exhibition tour, story and arts activity moderated by storyteller Sarit Zussman

Artistic Direction: Brachi Lifschitz

First child 20 shekels, every additional child 10 shekels. For children aged

4 to 8 years


The Weekly

Portion in Film

A Cinematic Look

at the Weekly

Portion

The Sin of the Golden Calf

A Cinematic Perspective on the Portion of Ki Tissa

Hollywood’s approach to the Biblical Golden Calf has always been


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ambivalent. Those involved in the film industry remembered the inherent dangers to those who worship the idol, while within the American film industry itself, the capitalist worship of gold is a well-known—and even an appreciated—trait.

The evening will be dedicated to examining how America’s rich and famous deal with the demand not to be led astray by the glitter of gold. How does ostentatious creativity go together with the value-based call to live modestly, and how are God worshippers and idol worshippers presented in movies such as "Dogma" and "The Ten Commandments"?


Story, Life

Meir Shalev—

Autobiography as a Work

of Art

On the tensions and the

relationships in the

“story” and “life” in Meir

Shalev’s autobiographic

novel, "My Russian

Grandmother and Her

American Vacuum

Cleaner: A Family

Memoir."

The second in a series of

presentations focusing on

prominent


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autobiographies in

contemporary Hebrew

literature that examines

biography as the starting

and focal points in literary

creation.

Lecturer: Bilha Ben

Eliyahu, Kerem Institute

Jerusalem, David Yellin

College




Marganit Shaya An Israeli music artist who integrates elements from Israeli folk music with ethnic influences in an intimate performance.

Entrance free


The Tribe of Yehuda in the Year 2000

The Founders of Shotei Hanevua (The Fools of Prophecy) Perform Hits and Piyutim Guest Musician: Daniel Zamir Biblical verses come alive in a soul-and-rhythm performance arranged by Roi Levi and Gilad Vital, Shotei Hanevua's original founders. A new and original performance with a special selection of musicians provide a spiritual musical experience with the backdrop of Biblical language and sources. The show combines texts from Jewish sources together with the band’s familiar and favorite hits,



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including “Leave Me a Flower, “What Happened to You,” “Faith,” “Fanan,” “All the Kids Hop and Dance” and many others.


The Weekly Portion


Ninth session

Parshat Ki Tissa—“With gold, and silver, and brass”” Prof. Avigdor Shinan in conversation with the museum’s curators about the weekly Torah portion, viewed with the world of art in the Israel Museum’s Art Galleries. With Dr. Haim Gitler, chief curator of archaeology, curator of numismatics. Meet in the Archaeology Wing.

Lecture included

as part of the

Museum’s

entrance fee


The Israeli Portion

Parshat Vayakhel: Bezalel 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. Editor and Moderator: Dr. Gila Vachman

With: Dr. Dalia Manor, Department of Art, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and The Negev Museum of Art.

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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