BEIT AVI CHAI

Schedule
November - 2016

Time

Event

Details

Admission

Wednesday,
November 2, 8:00
PM

Kicking off the

Month Leading
Israeli
Personalities

With: Avner Ha-Cohen,

Rabbi Israel Weiss, Efrat
Shapira Rosenberg

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.

Sing-along: Gila Chasid

and Uzi Rosenblatt

Tickets may be
reserved in
advance

Cheshvan: Rabbi
Shlomo Goren

The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website

Thursday,
November 3, 8:00
PM

Passover Fever

An evening of cinema and

literature to honor Shemi
Zarhins new book
With: Shemi Zarhin, Dr.
Oded Wolkstein, Tom
Shoval, Yair Raveh.

Admission: 20
NIS.
The event will be
broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website

Photographer: ohad
romano
Sunday, November
6, 8:00 PM

First Kings
First session
In those days
there was no king
in Israel

Stories of Kings as seen

through the eyes of the
midrash, aggadah,
literature and poetry, with
the author Prof. Haim
Beer and Prof. Hananel
Mak

Admission: 20
NIS per session
The event will be
broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website

Wednesday,
November 9, 8:30
PM

Thursday,
November 10, 8:00
PM

Simply Oleartchik

Ivriya

An Evening in honor of the Admission: 60

Israeli singer, writer and
NIS; students: 30
actor Alon Oleartchik
NIS
Songs and stories with
Alon Oleartchik
Special Guest: Yitzhak
Klepter

The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website

Sigalit Banai in a poetic spoken word performance

Admission: 40
NIS. Students: 20
NIS

Director: Hanna WazanaGreenwald

The performance is
followed by a discussion
with Sigalit Banai and
poet researcher Sara
Friedland Ben-Arza.

Sunday, November
13, 8:00 PM

A Spade with
which to Dig
First session

The Torah and

archeological discoveries

Admission: 20
NIS per session

With: Dr. Nili Wazana and

archeologist, Dr. Doron
Ben-Ami

The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website

What is the Land of

Canaan and who are the
Canaanites in the Bible?

Monday, November
14, 8:30 PM

The Melodies of
the Ari

The Heart and Wellspring

Ensemble in new
arrangements of songs by
the Ari and his disciples

Admission: 60
NIS per session;
students: 30 NIS
The event will be
broadcast live on

the Beit Avi Chai

website

Tuesday, November
15, 9:00 PM

Jerusalem
Democracy
In Memory of
Yitzhak Rabin zl

An evening to discuss
burning issues in
Jerusalem and the place of
democracy in Israeli
society
More details on the Beit
Avi Chai website

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

Wednesday,
November 16, 8:00
PM

Stories that Shape

the World

A cinematic encounter on
Genesis with film
researcher Aharon
Feuerstein

Admission: 20
NIS.

Wednesday,
November 16, 9:00
PM

Who Has More

Honor?

The New Orleans Function

Jazz Band hosts Iris
Portugaly and Hanan
Yovel

Admission: 60
NIS per session;
students: 30 NIS

Thursday,
November 17, 8:00
PM

Sunday, November

A Story, A Life
S. Y. Agnon:
Autobiography as
a Work of Art

First Kings

Festive debut
performance

The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website

S. Y. Agnon:
Autobiography as a Work
of Art

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.

Lecturer: Bilha BenEliyahu

Stories of Kings as seen

Admission: 20

20, 8:00 PM

Monday, November
21, 8:00 PM

Second session through the eyes of the

midrash, aggadah,
literature and poetry, with
the author Prof. Haim
King Saul
Beer and Prof. Hananel
Mak

NIS per session

The Aleppo Codex

Admission: 20
NIS

Jewish history, the

creation of Israel, and the
role of the Bible in the
unlikely survival of the
Jews in exile.

The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website

The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website

With: Matti Friedman,

Journalist, author of "The
Aleppo Codex"
*The program will take
place in English.
Tuesday, November
22, 5:00 PM

Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
The First Rain

A play for the Month of

Cheshvan:

Admission: First
child 40 NIS; 30
NIS for each
The First Rain
additional child.
Accompanying
When the rains did not
adult free of
come Nakdimon makes a
deal which lands him in charge.
trouble

Geared to children ages 4

to 8
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran
Kraus

Tuesday, November
22, 8:30 PM

The Golden Age of

Tsfat: Halacha,
Kabbalah, and
Piyyut

In honor of the publication Admission: 20

NIS
of The Life of Rabbi
Joseph Karo
With: Prof. Miron C.
Izakson, Dr. Shifra Asulin,
Dr. Mor Altshuler, and the
books author, Hillel Mali
Music: Traditional Tsfat
Piyyutim by Hillel Mali,
Yagel Haroush and Moshe
Shalev (Niggun Yerushalmi
Ensemble)

Wednesday,
November 23, 5:00
PM

Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
The First Rain

A play for the Month of

Cheshvan
The First Rain
When the rains did not
come Nakdimon makes a
deal which lands him in
trouble

Admission: First
child 40 NIS; 30
NIS for each
additional child.
Accompanying
adult free of
charge.

Geared to children ages 4

to 8
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran
Kraus

Monday, November Lunar Legends

28, 5:00 PM
Monthly
performances for
parents and

A play for the Month of

Cheshvan
The First Rain
When the rains did not

Admission: First
child 40 NIS; 30
NIS for each
additional child.
Accompanying

children
The First Rain

come Nakdimon makes a adult free of

deal which lands him in charge.
trouble

Geared to children ages 4

to 8
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran
Kraus

Tuesday, November
29, 5:00 PM

Lunar Legends
Monthly
performances for
parents and
children
The First Rain

A play for the Month of

Cheshvan

Admission: First
child 40 NIS; 30
NIS for each
The First Rain
additional child.
Accompanying
When the rains did not
come Nakdimon makes a adult free of
deal which lands him in charge.
trouble

Geared to children ages 4

to 8
Director: Brachi Lifshitz
Cast: Galit Tzabari, Eran
Kraus

Tuesday, November
29, 6:30 PM

Celebrating Sigd
A Holiday of
Ethiopian Jewry at
Beit Avi Chai
Multi-generational
discussion

Multi-generational
discussion with Ethiopian
spiritual leaders (Kies) and
Rabbis of the Ethiopian
Community

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

Tuesday, November
29, 7:30 PM

Celebrating Sigd
A Holiday of
Ethiopian Jewry at
Beit Avi Chai

Singing Sigd
Live performances in the
Beit Avi Chai lounge

Entrance is free,
subject to
availability.

Tamar Radah, Shiran

Avraham, AveVa with
host Gili Yalo

Admission: 60
NIS; students: 30
NIS

Singing Sigd

Tuesday, November
29, 9:00 PM

Celebrating Sigd
A Holiday of
Ethiopian Jewry at
Beit Avi Chai
Iron Like Lion in
Zion

The event will be

broadcast live on
the Beit Avi Chai
website