Beit Avi Chai 3-4.2016

BEIT AVI CHAI
Schedule
March - April 2016
Time
Event
Details
Admission
Tuesday, March 1,
8:00 PM
Forgotten Heroes
A new Beit Avi Chai

project, in conjunction
with the Snippets from
History podcast, brings to
the forefront important
personalities who have
been relegated to the
edge of memory and not
sufficiently recognized in
the annals of Jewish
history.
Behind every forgotten
hero is a story, often no
less fascinating than the
well-known stories
recorded in history books.
The series will attempt to
acquaint audiences with
these forgotten stories,
understand the
importance and reviving
their role in history and
their incredible stories.
Moderator: Journalist Hila
Korach
With: Yuval Malachi,
history lecturer with,
podcast producer and
creator of educational
programs.
Forgotten Female Spies
Behind dramatic historic
events in Israel's history
were forgotten women
who dared to go behind
enemy lines. The session
will focus on these heroes,
their unique stories, and
attempt to understand
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
Historic Figures
Relegated to the
Brink of Memory
First session
their critical roles in Israeli

history.
Guest speaker: Dr. Lilach
Rosenberg Friedman, the
Department of Israel
Studies and Archeology,
Bar-Ilan University.
Wednesday, March
2, 7:00 PM
Live in the Evening Gabriel & Errella

at the Beit Avi Chai A piano recital with
Lounge
French-Hebrew
influences.
Young Musicians
French ballads, chansons
Perform Live
and pop songs
Entrance free
Wednesday, March
2, 7:30 PM
Sefer Shmot
Parshat Vayakhel
(Exodus): The Birth
of an Individual
Dr. Aviva Zornberg, Noted
and a Nation
author and lecturer
The program will

take place in
English.
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Seventh session
Drawing on Midrashic and

Hassidic sources, as well
as on psychoanalytic
Tickets may be
thought, we will discuss
reserved in
the birth of a singular
advance
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.
Wednesday, March
2, 8:00 PM
Though I Wished
for More of More
An Evening in
Honor of Haim
Gouri
Friday, March 4,
11:00 AM
The Weekly
Portion
Shmot Stories
The Israel Museum
hosts Beit Avi Chai
Tenth session
From his early days as a

poet in the Palmach, his
contribution to shaping
Holocaust
commemoration and his
public and political activity
Haim Gouri is one of
Hebrew Literatures
outstanding and bravest
artists. The evening will
focus on the prolific works
of the Israel Prize
Laureate, which have
become part of the Israeli
ethos and are both a
mirror and poignant
testimony to it.
Editor and Moderator:
Amichai Chasson
With: Haim Gouri | Agi
Mishol | Prof. Ariel
Hirschfeld | Yonadav
Kaplun
Music: Rona Kenan
* Haim Gouris books will
be on discounted sale at
Beit Avi Chai; he will be
autographing his books 30
minutes before the
beginning of the event.
Parshat Vayakhel
Bezalel the son of Uri a
wise hearted man
Prof. Avigdor Shinan in
conversation with the
museums curators about
the weekly Torah portion,
viewed with the world of
art in the Israel Museums
Art Galleries.
With Sharon WeiserFerguson, associate
curator at the Mandel
Wing for Jewish Art and
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
The event will be
broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
Lecture included
as part of the
Museums
entrance fee
Life and Prof. Ruhama

Weiss.
Meet at the Bezalel and
Bar-Adon exhibition in the
Orientalism Gallery (at the
meeting point between
Israeli and Jewish art).
Monday, March 7,
8:00 PM
The Many Faces of

Esther
The Book of Esther in

Jewish / Israeli Culture
First session
Megillat Esther portrays

an ancient period, though
its main characters, plot
and holiday atmosphere
accompany us even to the
present day. This series
will explore how Megillat
Esther is expressed in
various cultural genres, its
relevance and how the
story is meaningful to us
today.
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advance
The event will be
broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
Mordechai the Hero

Purim heroes during the
British Mandate and the
early years of the State of
Israel.
Lecturer: Dr. Haim
Grossman, scholar of
Israeli culture.
Thursday, March 8,
8:00 PM
Meetings in Our
Library
Personal Encounters with

the Mashiv Haruach
Writers in the Beit Avi
Chai Library
February Hurls Cyclamens
at Me
Yoram Nissinovitch
An introduction to his
poems and characters,
including those from his
forthcoming book.
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
Thursday, March 8,
8:00 PM
Wednesday, March
9, 7:00 PM
The Israeli Portion
Live in the Evening

in the Beit Avi Chai
Lounge
Young Musicians
Perform Live
Wednesday, March
9, 7:30 PM
Parshat Pekudei: Money

laundering, anything
new?
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: Shalom Yerushalmi,
political analyst for Mekor
Rishon and the NRG
website
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tamar & Netanel

Jerusalem Folk Duo:
Combining folk music and
Judaism, nature and faith,
and love for those who
listen.
Entrance free
The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
The performance will

include songs from their
debut album
Sefer Shmot
Parshat Pekudei
(Exodus): The Birth
of an Individual
Dr. Aviva Zornberg, Noted
and a Nation
author and lecturer
Final session
Tickets may be
reserved in
advance
The program will

take place in
English.
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Drawing on Midrashic and

Hassidic sources, as well
as on psychoanalytic
Tickets may be
thought, we will discuss
reserved in
the birth of a singular
advance
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.
Wednesday, March
9, 8:00 PM
Kicking Off the

Month
The event marking the

month of Adar Bet is
dedicated to the tribe of
The Month of Adar Naftali. The land allocated
Bet: Naftali
to Naftali spans wide
areas of the Galilee and
includes the Kinneret.
The event will focus on
the songs of the Kinneret
and the stories behind
these songs. In addition,
the story of a unique yet
well-known Naftali will be
told Naftali Herz Imber,
who, besides his songs,
left behind a fascinating
and mysterious biography.
Moderator: Clinical
psychologist Avner
HaCohen
With: Dr. Natan Shahar,
musicologist and
researcher of Hebrew
music: Songs of the
Kinneret and the stories
behind them.
Dr. Ran Aaronsohn, senior
lecturer in the
Department of Geography
at the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, former
director of the Cherrick
Center for the Study of
Zionism, the Yishuv, and
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
the State of Israel: Poet,

Drifter, Drunkard Naftali
Herz Imber in the Land of
Israel.
Singalong: Gila Hassid and
Uzi Rosenblat
Thursday, March 10, Adventures at the
5:00 PM
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.
First child 20
shekels, every
additional child
10 shekels.
For ages 4-8
Exhibition tour, story and

arts activity moderated by
storyteller Sarit Zussman
Artistic Direction: Brachi
Lifschitz
Thursday, March 10, Live in the Evening
7:30 PM
Lounge
Young Musicians
Perform Live
Thursday, March 10, Andalusian Jazz

8:30 PM
Yitzhak Berkman
An Israeli artist whose
songs were written in Tel
Aviv, New York and
Jerusalem. Acoustic
performance of piano and
guitars with musician
Avinoam Atton
Entrance free
A unique performance
blending jazz with JewishMoroccan and JewishAlgerian music, together
with a selection of piyutim
and songs from the Jewish
Golden Age of Spain.
Admission: 60
NIS. Student: 30
NIS
Pianist Omri Mor is one of

the jazz scene's most
brilliant and surprising
musicians of recent years.
The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
From a young age, Mor

was exposed to the magic
of Jewish Andalusian
music of North Africa,
based on his acquaintance
and work with paytan and
oud player Nino Biton.
The trio, together with
guest artist Shlomo Bar,
will perform special
arrangements to songs
and piyutim written
during the Spanish Golden
Age, including Yedid
Nefesh, Dror Yikra and the
Jewish-Spanish song Dark
Girl (Morenica).
Friday, March 11,
11:00 AM
The Weekly
Portion
Shmot Stories
The Israel Museum
hosts Beit Avi Chai
Final session
Parshat Pekudei All the Lecture included

gold
as part of the
Museums
Prof. Avigdor Shinan in
entrance fee
museums curators about
the weekly Torah portion,
viewed with the world of
art in the Israel Museums
Art Galleries.
With Dr. Eran Arie,
curator of the Pharaoh in
Canaan exhibition.
Meet at the Pharaoh in
Canaan exhibition.
Monday, March 14,

5:00 PM
To the Aggadah
Bialik, Sefer
HaAggadah and Us
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
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
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
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
Gallery Talks with the
Exhibition Curator
Monday, March 14,
8:00 PM
The Many Faces of

Esther

Second session

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

present day. This series
will explore how Megillat
Esther is expressed in
today.
The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
How do you say Haman in

Yiddish?
Origins of the Purimspiel
from the Middle Ages until
today
Lecturer: Dr. Oren Roman,
a scholar of the literature
and culture of European
Jewry, specializing in
Yiddish literature
Tuesday, March 15,
7:30 PM
Birth of A Nation:
The Exodus from
Egypt
The Book of Exodus:

Internalizing Knowledge
of God
First session
The program will

take place in
English.
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Dr. Yael Ziegler, Lecturer,

Herzog College
Tickets may be
These five separate
lectures will examine and reserved in
advance
weave together central
themes and motifs of the
biblical story of Israel's
Exodus from Egypt. Topics
will include: ancient Egypt,
structure and meaning,
the plagues, Moses'
mission, prayer, and the
triumphant song of the
sea.
Tuesday, March 15,
8:00 PM
Forgotten Heroes
Historic Figures
Relegated to the
Brink of Memory
A new Beit Avi Chai

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
Second session

history.
well-known stories
understand the
Korach
programs.
Who was the Real
Visionary of the Jewish
State?
Zionism had several
harbingers around the
world fascinating figures
who were engaged in
envisioning the
establishment of a state
for the Jewish People.
Why is it that we are all
familiar with Herzl? To
where did all the other
significant personalities,
who also contributed to
fostering the Zionist idea
and the establishment of
the State of Israel,
disappear?
Guest: Prof. Emeritus
Shlomo Avineri,
Department of Political
reserved in
advanced
Wednesday, March
16, 8:00 PM
Story, Life
Thursday, March 17,
Adventures at the
Exhibition
5:00 PM
Haim Beer
Autobiography as
a Work of Art
Science, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
On the tensions and the
relationships in the
story and life in Haim
Beers book, "The Pure
Element of Time."
The third in a series of
presentations focusing on
prominent
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
Music: Ira Shiran and
Yonatan Hadas
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
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
First child 20
shekels, every
additional child
10 shekels.
For ages 4-8
Thursday, March 17,
7:30 PM
Live in the Evening

Lounge
Young Musicians
Perform Live
Thursday, March 17,
8:30 PM
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Words of Volume
Artists Sing Their
Own Songs and
Songs of Other
Poets and
Songwriters
Gal Peiser
Folk nroll acoustic
performance with piano
and guitars
Entrance free
Nurit Galron
Sings her songs and songs
by Natan Zach
Admission: 60
NIS. Student: 20
NIS
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.
The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
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,
Yehonatan Gefen, Haviva
Pedaya, Chana Goldberg,
Meir Banai and others.
The Many Faces of Monday, March 21,
Esther
8:00 PM

The event will be present day. This series
broadcast live on will explore how Megillat
the Beit Avi Chai Esther is expressed in
website
today.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advance
Final session
The Queen in Hiding

Megillat Esther as
literature.
Lecturer: Yochi Brandes,
an author and lecturer.
Admission: 50
NIS. Student: 20
NIS
The program will

take place in
English.
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
A joyous Purim concert

with lively Charleston
songs, Hebrew Zionist love
songs from the British
Mandate period, songs of
the homeland decked out
as Dixie and of course a
Purim performance.
Performed with an eye
toward the Tel-Aviv
Adloyada, a century-old
tradition, well known for
its colorful parades,
boisterous orchestras and
dancing in the streets.
The Chocolate Factory will
provide the music and Eli
Preminger, a prominent
figure in the traditional
Israeli jazz scene, will lead
the way with his trumpet
alongside singer
Alexander Fisz.
Eli Preminger trumpet
Amnon Ben Artsi
trombone
Ilan Smilan banjo
Tal Kuhn bass
Rani Birenbaum drums
Guest: Alexander Fisz
vocals
Barak Weiss artistic
direction
Pharaohs and Kings: The
Glory of Ancient Egypt
and Israels National
Aspirations
Herzog College
Adloyada
The Spirit of Tel
Aviv's Purim
Celebration in
Jerusalem
Monday, March 21,

9:00 PM
Birth of A Nation:
The Exodus from
Egypt
Tuesday, March 22,

7:30 PM
Second session
Tickets may be
reserved in
advance
These five separate

lectures will examine and
the plagues, Moses'
sea.
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced

the Mashiv Haruach
Chai Library
Admission: 30
NIS for children,
price includes
performance and
workshop
A Play for the Month of

Adar:
Two Hats
A silly tale about a
simpleton who
accidentally switched hats
* An arts and crafts
workshop, including dressup, will take place
following the play
Accompanying
adult enters free
Advance
reservations are
advised
Meetings in Our
Library
Tuesday, March 22,

7:30 PM
Lunar Legends
Wednesday, March
23, 3:00 PM, 5:00
PM
Look Inside the Opened

Wellspring
Naama Shaked
On poems, life, sources of
inspiration and a yet-tobe-written creation.
*Activity duration:
Approximately two hours
Geared to children age 4
8 years old
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
Two Hats
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran

Kraus, Nadav Bosem
Admission: 30
NIS for children,
price includes
performance and
workshop
Accompanying
adult enters free
Advance
reservations are
advised

Adar:
Two Hats
A silly tale about a
simpleton who
accidentally switched hats
* An arts and crafts
workshop, including dressup, will take place
following the play
Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
Tuesday, March 24,

11:00 AM, 1:30 PM
Two Hats
*Activity duration:
Approximately two hours
8 years old
Kraus, Nadav Bosem
Entrance free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets can be
reserved in
advance
On Sacrificing
A Cinematic Perspective
on the Portion of Shmini
The Weekly
Portion in Film
A Cinematic Look
at the Weekly
That which we cannot
discuss shall remain silent Portion
A climax in the book of
Leviticus is the dramatic
event that begins with
Aharons sons' sacrifices
to God, ending with their
unexpected deaths and
the thundering silence of
their father, Aharon the
Priest.
The session will examine
cinematic moments that
shift between mayhem to
internal reflection,
between extroverted
religious expression and
an introverted search for
Monday, March 28,

8:00 PM
religious truth. From The

Sons Room and
Shadowlands, via Hamlet
and Requiem.
Moderator: Yuval Rivlin,
Film Researcher
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
The movement of poetry,

stretching from Aggadic
literature and the Bible
through to contemporary
times brings to life female
figures such as Hagar,
Michal, and Rachav. A
poetess world on love,
relationships and
orphanhood.
Aditor and Moderator:
Yali Shner
With: Navit Barel, Oded
Menda-Levi, Bacol Serlui,
Dr. Tamar Hess. Music:
Adaya Godlevsky
Anew
The program will

take place in
English.
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
The Message at the

Burning Bush
Birth of A Nation:
The Exodus from
Egypt
Tickets may be
reserved in
advance
An Evening in
Honor of Poetess
Navit Barels New
Book
Dr. Yael Ziegler, Lecturer, Third session

Herzog College
These five separate
the plagues, Moses'
sea.
Monday, March 28,

9:00 PM
Tuesday, March 29,

7:30 PM
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
A new Beit Avi Chai

history.
well-known stories
understand the
Korach
programs.
Heroes in the Service of
the State
Unexpected situations and
fighting conditions can
create heroes, some of
whom appear on front
covers, and others who
sink into oblivion. What
does it take to become a
hero that is known to
every child and why are
other daring figures who
fill important positions
forgotten?
Guest: Elyada Bar Shaul,
tour guide and researcher
of the States history
Forgotten Heroes
Historic Figures
Relegated to the
Brink of Memory
Third session
Tuesday, March 29,

8:00 PM
Cost: 50 shekels
per participant.
The workshop
includes food
tasting.
Entrance free,
subject to
availability
An Ethiopian-Based
Culinary Workshop
Is there a connection
between traditional
Ethiopian cuisine and
healthy eating in 2016?
The workshop is a great
opportunity to learn about
the characteristics of the
Ethiopian kitchen, become
acquainted with injera and
its accompanying side
dishes, learn how to
prepare traditional dishes
which are more
appropriate today than
ever, and to understand
why teff flour is
considered a super-food.
Moderator: Sarah
Serkalem Maspin, one of
the owners of Addis Aba
Restaurant
6pm | Taxi to Gondar
Director: Eli Tal-El | 60
minutes | 2008
A documentary about a
group of Russian and
Ethiopian olim who travel
together to the remote
Gondar Mountains.
7:15pm | Children of the
Bible
Director: Nitza Gonen | 53
minutes | 2009
The story of a young
rapper trying to change
the image of the Ethiopian
community in Israel.
8:30pm | Black Over
White
Director: Tomer Heymann
| 50 minutes | 2007
The Stories of a
Nation
Wednesday, March
30, 6:00 PM
Food, Health, and

Ethiopia in the
middle
The Stories of a
Nation
Marathon of
Documentary
Films on Ethiopian
Jewry
Wednesday, March
30, 6:00 PM-11:00
PM
A documentary about the

Idan Raichel Projects first
performance in Ethiopia.
Entrance free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets can be
reserved in
advance
Admission: 60
NIS. Student: 30
NIS
9:30pm | When Israel

Went Out
Director: Meni Elias | 78
minutes | 2010
A documentary about five
Ethiopian-born Israelis
who trace their roots back
to the Dark Continent.
Ethiopians in the Media
Coverage, Image,
Influence
A panel discussion
covering various aspects
of the ways Israeli media
portrays Ethiopian
immigrants, the causes for
the medias approach, and
how this coverage
influences the meeting
point of Ethiopians with
others in Israeli society.
The Stories of a
Nation
Wednesday, March
30, 7:30 PM
Power of the
Media
How does the Ethiopian

community in Israel
contribute to the image
created by the media and should this image be
modified?
Editor: Pnina Tamano
Shata, former MK, lawyer,
journalist and social
activist.
Brano Taganya, reporter,
Channel 2 News.
Anat Saragusti, journalist,
editor, documentary
director and former
director of journalism
courses for Ethiopians
Ilak Sahalo and Uri Alamo, The Stories of a
two band members of
Nation
Cafe Shahor Hazak (Strong
Wednesday, March
30, 9:30 PM
The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
Black Coffee), meet with

Yoav Kutner for an indepth and personal
conversation about the
stories behind their songs.
Coffee, Black, Two

Sugars
They will speak about

their childhood, musical
influences and their big
break, and will perform
their well-known songs.
Cost: 50 shekels
per participant.
The workshop
includes food
tasting.
Entrance free,
subject to
availability
An Ethiopian-Based
Culinary Workshop
Is there a connection
between traditional
Ethiopian cuisine and
healthy eating in 2016?
The workshop is a great
opportunity to learn about
the characteristics of the
Ethiopian kitchen, become
acquainted with injera and
its accompanying side
dishes, learn how to
prepare traditional dishes
which are more
appropriate today than
ever, and to understand
why teff flour is
considered a super-food.
Moderator: Sarah
Serkalem Maspin, one of
the owners of Addis Aba
Restaurant
6pm | Taxi to Gondar
Director: Eli Tal-El | 60
minutes | 2008
A documentary about a
group of Russian and
Ethiopian olim who travel
together to the remote
Gondar Mountains.
7:15pm | Children of the
Bible
Director: Nitza Gonen | 53
minutes | 2009
The Stories of a
Nation
Thursday, March 31,

6:00 PM
Food, Health, and

Ethiopia in the
middle
The Stories of a
Nation
Marathon of
Documentary
Films on Ethiopian
Jewry
Thursday, March 31,

6:00 PM-11:00 PM
The story of a young

rapper trying to change
the image of the Ethiopian
community in Israel.
8:30pm | Black Over
White
Director: Tomer Heymann
| 50 minutes | 2007
A documentary about the
Idan Raichel Projects first
performance in Ethiopia.
Admission: 60
NIS. Student: 30
NIS
The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
9:30pm | When Israel

Went Out
Director: Meni Elias | 78
minutes | 2010
A documentary about five
Ethiopian-born Israelis
who trace their roots back
to the Dark Continent.
Gili Yalo (Zvuloon Dub
System) hosts Abate
Berihun
An intriguing musical
encounter between
generations, locations,
sounds and memories,
blending together to
produce a new and truly
unique sound.
Gili Yalo creates original
works, combining
traditional Ethiopian
music with contemporary
sounds.
Abate Berihun is a jazz
saxophone player and
composer who integrates
jazz with the Ethiopian
music of his roots.
With:
Noam Havkin keyboard
Yonatan Albalak guitar
Sefi Zisling trumpet
The Stories of a
Nation
Thursday, March 31,

8:30 PM
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advance
The event will be
broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
The program will

take place in
English.
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advance
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
Amir Sadot bass

Ben Aylon percussion
Noa Melamed Vazana
artistic management and
production
Parshat Tazria: Biblical
and modern leprosy
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: Ruth Wexler,
former head nurse at
Hanson Hospital, and a
researcher of its history
Ten Plagues
on Pharaohs
House: Why?
Herzog College
These five separate
the plagues, Moses'
sea.
the Mashiv Haruach
Chai Library
The Israeli Portion
Sunday, April 3, 8:00

PM
Birth of A Nation:
The Exodus from
Egypt
Tuesday, April 5,
7:30 PM
Fourth session
Meetings in Our
Library
Tuesday, April 5,
8:00 PM
reserved in
advanced
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
Inside and Outside of the

Borders
Bacol Serlui
What lies between the
classic formula and its
deconstruction on
freedom and boundaries
in poetry and in life.
Fanny Keizmann is in hot
pursuit of the man who
deserted her oldest sister.
If she is unable to drag the
abandoning husband back
to his wife and children,
the least she hopes to
achieve is to get him to
sign a get, a writ of
divorce. The year is 1894,
and Fanny, an
extraordinary heroine,
gets swept up in a journey
across the Russian Empire
that will shake up her
entire existence. And, just
like her, her peculiar
fellow travelers are about
to lose and regain their
own worlds.
Introductory comments by
author Yair Agmon
Prayer After
Midnight (Tikkun
Achar Chatzot)
Wednesday, April 6,
8:00 PM
Yaniv Iczkovits
Author Yaniv Itzkovich in

conversation with Bilha
Ben-Elihayu, Kerem
Institute Jerusalem, David
Yellin College
Music: Moriel Hoffman
Entrance free
Dana Sasson and Itai

Live in the Evening
Tamarov
A jazz duo performing new Lounge
Thursday, April 7,
7:30 PM
Admission: 60
NIS. Student: 30
NIS
The event will be

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

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
arrangements of Israeli
songs.
Young Musicians
Perform Live
Liturgical Jewish music, as

well as arrangements to
songs written by the
Ramchal (Moshe Chaim
Luzzatto), a new
arrangement for Yona
Wallach, and more.
One of Shem-Tov Levy's
outstanding
characteristics is his love
for poets songs. Together
with texts by Bialik,
Goldberg and Ravikovitch,
Levy also composes songs
by the great poets of the
Golden Age, such as Rabbi
Yehua Halevi, Rabbi
Yisrael Najara and Rabbi
Abraham ibn Ezra.
Shem-Tov Levy
and the Ensemble
The materials that Levy

taps into, the poetry and
power of his gentle
melodies come together
in a moving and intricate
performance that is both a
musical mosaic and an
experience that touches
deep into the heart.
The event marking the
month of Nisan will be
dedicated to the tribe of
Gad. According to the
Midrashim, the portion of
land belonging to the tribe
of Gad on the eastern
bank of the Jordan River is
where Moses' life came to
an end, after seeing from
a distance the land which
he would not enter. With
the aid of various works of
art we will study his
demise on Mt. Nevo. We
Thursday, April 7,
8:30 PM
Piyutim and Poets

Songs
Kicking Off the

Month
The Month of
Nisan: Gad
Sunday, April 10,

8:00 PM
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised
will also deal with luck:

Moshe was not lucky
enough to enter the
Promised Land, but many
others do rely on luck
also known as "Gad" in
Hebrew, investing their
money in Mifal Hapayis,
Israels state lottery. Less
well-known aspects of this
significant enterprise in
the State of Israel will also
be brought to light.
Moderator: Prof. Avigdor
Shinan
With: Yael Mali, art
lecturer at the Efrata
College and art critic for
the Mekor Rishon
newspaper: Moses on Mt.
Nevo.
Uzi Dayan, Maj. Gen.
(res.), Chairman, Mifal
Hapayis: This is where
good things start.
Singalong: Yossi Lev
Nissan:
Songs and Frogs
* New Play
The frogs croaks disturb
the King as he writes his
songs. Or maybe not?
Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
Monday, April 11,

5:00 PM
Songs and Frogs

8 years old
Kraus
Entrance free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets can be
reserved in
advance
Leprosy
The Weekly
Portion in Film
A Cinematic Perspective
on the Portion of Metzora A Cinematic Look
The Bible attributes great at the Weekly
importance to leprosy and Portion
Monday, April 11,

8:00 PM
lepers. Despite the fact

that leprosy today is no
longer a concern, the fear
of spreading diseases is of
continual concern. The
session is a cinematic
perspective on lepers, the
ill, the plagues, and how
all these lead directly to
the Walking Dead.
Among the film clips to be
screened: Outbreak, 28
Days Later, Walking
Dead, and Contagion
Moderator: Doron Fishler,
Film Critic, editor of the
FishEye website
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised

Nissan:
Songs and Frogs
* New Play
Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
Tuesday, April 12,

5:00 PM
Songs and Frogs

8 years old
Kraus
The program will

take place in
English.
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advance
The Song of the Sea: The

National Anthem of Israel
Birth of A Nation:
The Exodus from
Egypt

Final session
Herzog College
These five separate
Tuesday, April 12,

7:30 PM
the plagues, Moses'

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

the Mashiv Haruach
Chai Library
The Wind and the Storm
Yossef Ozer
To be Or not to be a light,
that is the question ("Or"
in Hebrew means "light");
and on poetry forced upon
oneself
A new Beit Avi Chai
history.
well-known stories
understand the
Korach
programs.
Meetings in Our
Library
Tuesday, April 12,

8:00 PM
Forgotten Heroes
Tuesday, April 12,

8:00 PM
Historic Figures
Relegated to the
Brink of Memory
Fourth session
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
Cultural Heroes
Who is traditionally
considered to have
shaped Israeli culture?
Rachel the Poetess?
Nathan Alterman? How
did various figures
influence the State of
Israels cultural
development and why are
musicians such as the alKuwaiti brothers only
receiving wide public
exposure now, decades
late?
Guest: Prof. Oded
Heilbronner, Center for
Cultural Studies, Shenkar
College
Film and Discussion
Mandatory Palestine, the
early 19th century. Fania, a
17-year old refugee of the
pogroms, arrives in Jaffa
with her elderly uncle, her
crazy brother, and her
baby daughter. At the
hostel in town she meets
Yechiel, a widower with
two children, who falls in
love with her and asks for
her hand in marriage.
Fania, lacking any means
of her own, agrees to
marry the stranger, and
together they move to his
home in Jauni otherwise
known as Gei Oni, later to
be known as Rosh Pinna.
The settlement is home to
both Arab and Jewish
farmers living under harsh
conditions. The film
portrays a love story on
the backdrop of the
awakening of the Hibbat
Gei Oni
Wednesday, April
13, 8:00 PM
Zion movement and the

cusp of fulfilling the dream
to return to the Land of
Israel. The screenplay is
based on the well-known
novel by Shulamit Lapid.
Program: Screening of
"Gei Oni" (Dan Wolman,
105 minutes, Israel 2010)
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised
Discussion following the

screening between film
researcher Yuval Rivlin
and historian Prof.
Margalit Shilo of Bar-Ilan
University.
Nissan:
Songs and Frogs
* New Play
Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
Thursday, April 14,

5:00 PM
Songs and Frogs

8 years old
Kraus
Admission: 40
NIS. Student: 20
NIS
A Workshop for Pesach

Seder Leaders
Everything you wanted to
know about the Passover
Hagaddah and were too
afraid to ask.
Moments before the
Seder night, this is your
chance to become
reacquainted with the
Hagaddah, to ask
questions, be inspired,
and acquire an in-depth
customs and the content
Seder? What
Seder?
Thursday, April 14,

7:30 PM
Entrance free
with which we deal every

year anew.
Prof. Avigdor Shinan, a
scholar of Aggadic and
Midrashik literature, will
provide order in the
Passover Hagaddah: What
is important and what is
unimportant? What
comes first? What takes
place between Ha Lachma
Anya and Chad Gadya?
Rabbi Prof. Dalia Marx, a
lecturer on Jewish liturgy
at the Hebrew Union
College, will talk about the
gender aspect of the
Passover Seder: The role
of women in the Exodus
from Egypt, through their
exemption from reclining
during the Passover Seder,
and extending to today's
female Seders.
Noam Nativ
Live in the Evening
Acoustic folk rock
transitioning between joy Lounge
and sorrow.
Young Musicians
Perform Live
Admission: 60
NIS. Student: 20
NIS
Yirmi Kaplan
Sings his songs and songs
by Chana Goldberg
The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
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
Words of Volume
Artists Sing Their
Own Songs and
Songs of Other
Poets and
Songwriters
Thursday, April 14,

7:30 PM
Thursday, April 14,

8:30 PM
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised
and Tirza Attar, will be

joined by contemporary
presentations from artists
Shalom Chanoch,
Yehonatan Gefen, Haviva
Pedaya, Chana Goldberg,
Meir Banai and others.
Nissan:
Songs and Frogs
* New Play
Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
Sunday, April 17,

5:00 PM
Songs and Frogs

8 years old
Kraus
Admission: 20
NIS for children,
free for
accompanying
adult
Advance
reservations are
advised

Nissan:
Songs and Frogs
* New Play
Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
Monday, April 18,

5:00 PM
Songs and Frogs

8 years old
Kraus
Admission: 40
NIS. Student: 20
NIS
A Workshop for Pesach

Seder Leaders
Everything you wanted to
know about the Passover
Hagaddah and were too
afraid to ask.
Moments before the
Seder night, this is your
chance to become
reacquainted with the
Seder? What
Seder?
Monday, April 18,

7:30 PM
Cost: 50 shekels.
The workshop
includes food
tasting.
Hagaddah, to ask
questions, be inspired,
and acquire an in-depth
customs and the content
with which we deal every
year anew.
Prof. Avigdor Shinan, a
scholar of Aggadic and
Midrashik literature, will
provide order in the
Passover Hagaddah: What
is important and what is
unimportant? What
comes first? What takes
place between Ha Lachma
Anya and Chad Gadya?
Rabbi Prof. Dalia Marx, a
lecturer on Jewish liturgy
at the Hebrew Union
College, will talk about the
gender aspect of the
Passover Seder: The role
of women in the Exodus
from Egypt, through their
exemption from reclining
during the Passover Seder,
and extending to today's
female Seders.
Why do we eat so many
sweets, what is the
connection between
Mimouna, sweet foods
and neighbors?
A culinary workshop
focusing on the
Mimounas sweet,
delectable desserts and
their origins: mufleta, the
various jellies, marzipan,
zabane, among others.
The Stories of a
Nation
The Sweetest
Holiday of All
A Culinary
Workshop
Tuesday, April 19,

6:00 PM
Moderator: Avi Levy,

Master Chef, HaMotzi
Restaurant
Entrance free
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
Efi Douieb
New arrangements for
ethnic Moroccan music
alongside original material
The Stories of a
Nation
An Evening in Honor of
Poet Erez Biton
The Stories of a
Nation
From the onset of his

journey as a poet, at the
end of the 1970s, Erez
Biton has been one of the
first artists to convey the
Mizrachi voice the voice
of those descended from
Mizrachi ethnic groups
providing it with a
platform and a place in
Israeli public life.
A Bird Between
Continents
Bitons poetry continues

even today to echo the
fracture that formed with
the immigration to Israel.
The poetry of this Israel
Prize Laureate (Hebrew
Literature and Poetry for
5775) wishes to provide
Mizrachi culture with both
articulation and validity as
it continues to struggle to
find its place in the Israeli
mosaic.
Editor and Moderator:
Shachar Mario Mordechai
With: Erez Biton | Almog
Behar | Hedva Harechavi
| Prof. Yochai
Oppenheimer
Music: Neta Elkayam, Elad
Levi, and Amit Hai Cohen
Tuesday, April 19,

7:00 PM
Musical events
Tuesday, April 19,
08:00 PM
Admission: 60
NIS. Student: 30
NIS
The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
Cost: 50 shekels.
The workshop
includes food
tasting.
Haim Ulliel, a true Sderot

man and leader of the
Sfatayim (Lips) band,
meets up with Yoav
Kutner for a personal
discussion on making
Aliyah, musical influences
and Sderots magic as a
hothouse for musicians.
Ulliel will perform wellknown songs from his stint
with Sfatayim and pieces
from his solo albums.
Why do we eat so many
sweets, what is the
connection between
Mimouna, sweet foods
and neighbors?
A culinary workshop
focusing on the
Mimounas sweet,
delectable desserts and
their origins: mufleta, the
various jellies, marzipan,
zabane, among others.
The Stories of a
Nation
Tuesday, April 19,

10:00 PM
The Man and His

Violin
The Stories of a
Nation
Wednesday, April
20, 6:00 PM
The Sweetest
Holiday of All
A Culinary
Workshop
Moderator: Avi Levy,

Master Chef, HaMotzi
Restaurant
Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.
Tickets may be
reserved in
advanced
Prophets is an
independent Internet
documentary series which
has generated wide
impact. The
documentaries present
ten monologues by
Mizrachi social activists
across the nation who
share their personal
stories, including their
attitude toward Mizrachi
identity, their struggles,
and Israeli culture and
society.
The Stories of a
Nation
Prophets:
Screening and
Discussion
Wednesday, April
20, 6:00 PM
The program:
Screening of the Prophets
series (10 episodes,
approx. 60 minutes
altogether)
A discussion following the
screening with Elad Ben
Elul, the series creator,
and Carmen Elmakias
Amos, a social activist and
one of the series
participants.
Entrance free
Admission: 60
NIS. Student: 30
NIS
The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website
Tamar Bloch & Roee

Fadida
The Stories of a
Nation
A presentation of the
entire range of Moroccan
Jewish music
Musical events
Musician Shimon Buskila

in a performance
combining his songs,
personal stories from
Morocco and Israel, and
accounts about his own
private Mimouna
celebrations.
The Stories of a
Nation
The performance will also

include songs from his
new album Lama Li and
Mimouna songs set to
original arrangements.
Shimon Buskila in
a special Mimouna
performance
Wednesday, April
20, 7:00 PM
Wednesday, April
20, 8:30 PM

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