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Beit Avi Chai presents Sukkot Events for the Whole Family.Free Family events:~ Sunday, October 16-Tuesday, October 18Model sukkot exhibition * creative workshops * story hour * quiz * games and lots of surprises in the courtyard * BEIT AVI CHAI invites you to take part in fun and creative read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents Sukkot Events for the Whole Family.Family events:~ Sunday, October 16-Tuesday, October 18Model sukkot exhibition * creative workshops * story hour * quiz * games and lots of surprises in the courtyard * BEIT AVI CHAI invites you to take part in fun and creative
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Four Artists and a Shtetl": A series of talks by Dr. Gideon Ofrat to mark the publication of his new book, The Return to the Shtetl.
Mordechai Ardon, Moshe Gershuni, Yair Garboz, and Larry Abramson represent key aspects of modern Israeli artistic endeavor. What commitment do they feel to the shtetl of Eastern Europe, to the Bible, and to Jewish history? read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "The Magical World of Chasidic Melodies": The Wandering Jew from Galicia.~ Wednesday, October 5, 8:30 PMLegends, wonders, and melodies from the courts of Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sassov, Rabbi Hayyim of Sanz, Rabbi Elimelech, Rabbi Zusha, and others.A premiere featuring members of the Halev Vehamaayan ensemble and the Raanana Symphonette String read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Dance- Spirit": Dances inspired by the World of Prayer.
~ Tuesday, October 4, 8 PM~ Wednesday, October 5, 8 PM
Premieres of original dance works that deal with the interface between prayer and movement.Another year of the joint project of The Lab, the Israel Choreographers Association, and BEIT AVI CHAITwo works will be presented read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "A Year Gone By: A Retrospective of 5771."A moment before Rosh Hashanah, we pause to look back at some of the outstanding events and processes of the year gone by: what do they say about us, about our values, and about our Israeli identity?
First Session - Is the Whole World read more
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Endless Music: New arrangements of Israeli classics
The best of Israeli music with stirring and fascinating arrangements
Each show includes a musical encounter with Daniel Zamir and leading Israeli musicians.
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Beit Avi Chai presents the Piyyut Festival 2011. The festival will take place from September 19-22, 2011, and includes concerts, workshops, and tours.
In addition, the festival will feature "Piyyutim into the Night": Every night, from 22:00-23:00, after the main concert, the Piyyut festivities read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Beit Avi Chai on screen: Beit Avi Chai invites you to take part in its events, even if you can't be there in person. Its website offers high-quality live webcasts of a wide variety of programs every month.This month:A Year Gone By: A Retrospective of 5771Sunday read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "May We Be a Head and Not a Tail": Culinary workshop based on the symbolic foods of Rosh Hashanah.Tuesday, September 13, 7 PMThursday, September 15, 7 PM
What is rubia? Why do we eat the head of a fish or sheep? What do pomegranate seeds symbolize? What do carrots have to do with favorable decrees? read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "My Dream Will Yet Come True": A literary performance based on the works of Shaul Tchernichowsky.~ Wednesday, September 14, 8:30 PMA literary program based on the works of the classic Hebrew poet Shaul Tchernichowsky, with the emphasis on poems based on Jewish history and his connection to all the Diaspora communities. The program includes readings read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents Piyyut, Emotion, and Thought: A multidisciplinary exhibition of works inspired by the world of piyyut. Seventeen artists from a variety of fields present their art in ceramics, visual media, sculpture, video, silver craft, and animation, expressing leading Israeli artists' personal, novel, and contemporary interpretations of ancient piyyutim.Curator: Yoel Gillinski
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Beit Avi Chai presents Singing Malavsky: A tribute to the renowned Cantor.~ Monday, September 12, 8:30 PMThe Cantor Samuel Malavsky was a legend in his own time. He performed with his sons and daughters in concert halls and theatres and brought the gift of the cantorial art to all strata of the people.An evening devoted to Malavsky's musical heritage, with his read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents: Trumpeter Frank London Meets Marsh Dondurma.Chassidic melodies, Middle Eastern Music, and original works in performances that make you want to dance ~ Thursday, September 8, 8:30 PMTrumpeter Frank London is one of the most influential and prolific musicians in Jewish radical culture in New York and the leader of several well-known ensembles, read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Lost": New life for forgotten texts.Top Israeli artists present new musical settings of forgotten poems collected from all corners of the Jewish world. The poems, written in the turbulent period from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries, encompass moments great and small, canonical and simple, and public and private.
The melodies were written specially read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Touching What isn't There": A journey to the world of Rivka Miriam's poetry.Two performances in the upgraded P7 hall:~ Tuesday, September 6, 8:30 PMPoetess Rivka Miriam is considered by many to have of the strongest, most original, and emotionally charged voices in Hebrew poetry today. Baruch Brener, actor and singer, and Rali Margalit, cellist read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Half Colors, Half Voices": A multimedia show tracing the work of Rachel the poetess.~ Sunday, September 4, 8:30 PMA multimedia evening based on the poetry of Rachel, incorporating music, poetry, video art, and material from the archives. The poems were set by Ehud Etun and Uriel Herman for their read more
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Melodies from the Mountain: Meron niggunim
Monday, August 29, 20:30
Meron niggunim, which originated in the Galilee, integrates Eastern European Hassidic music, melodies that originate from the Yiddish theatre, and gypsy melodies (from Romania, Moldavia, and the Balkans), along with influences read more
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Roberto Juan Rodriguez, the virtuoso percussionist and drummer, is one of the most sought-after drummers in the world (having played with Paul Simon, Jo Jackson, Morris al Madyuni, Paquito d'Rivera, Marc Ribot and others). He is a rare musician who integrates classical Cuban music with Kleizmer and Andalusian
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Jewish Gospel and Music from PrayersWednesday, August 17, 20:30
For the first time ever, the stirring gospel spirit joins synagogue melodies in a new concert full of a variety of ethnic groups and Jewish cultural traditions-combining gospel and jazz with piyyutim, Jewish prayer, and Israeli
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Nurit Hirsh hosts Israel Rand
Tuesday, August 16, 20:30
Songwriter and artist Nurit Hirsh joins cantor and singer Israel Rand in a musical encounter for an evening of traditional songs and early songs of Israel.
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Eternal Hatred: About hatred mechanisms in Israeli culture and society
Tuesday, August 9, from 13:00 until the end of the fast
Main Feature:
A screening of full length films accompanied by discussions
A cinematic journey to old and new hatred, to the use of hatred read more
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On August 4th and 7th at 20:30, Beit Avi Chai and Stage Productions present two performances of "Pursue Justice" in the renovated auditorium P7.
Avram, a farmer and rescue squad member in the Judean desert, waits in ambush for the murderer of his son, Yitzchak, on a cold desert night in order to fulfill his promise to avenge his son's blood. During the ambush, Avram read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Kicking Off the Month" for Rosh Hodesh Av and Elul.
Monday, August 1, 20:00
Av: On Transition and Separation
At the height of the summer is a distinct
transition point in the lives of every Israeli: the August draft. read more
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BEIT AVI CHAI invites children and parents for an enjoyable and fascinating afternoon full of creative activities. We'll set out on an enthralling journey among pictures, views, and sounds from all over Israel that depict nature around us and the way we relate to it.
Program includes:
A special read more
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