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Beit Avi Chai presents "Five on the Rechter Scale": The Israeli Brass Quintet Hosts Yoni Rechter
Wednesday ǀ 15.1 ǀ 8:30 PM
A performance dedicated entirely to the wonderful songs of Yoni Rechter which will be presented in new and fresh arrangements which have been written especially for this performance.
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Mor Karbasi, La Tsadika": A concert and launch of a new albumTuesday, Oct. 22, 8:30 PMLa Tsadika is the third album by songwriter and singer Mor Karbasi, who celebrates its debut in her hometown of Jerusalem.The majority of her album consists of Ladino songs from Morocco, with original and breathtaking arrangements produced in conjunction read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Half a Pin on the Map of the World": Key crossroads in the history of the Land of Israel and her neighbors in the Middle East spanning the last 4,000 yearsEncompassing kingdoms and world powers, wars and alliances, victories and defeats, interests and betrayals, beginning in the second millennium BCE. In this special series of lectures and discussions, read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Blockbuster": Local cinema focusing on diverse groups in Israeli societyTonight: Ponevezh TimeDirector: Yehonatan IndurskyThursday, Oct. 17, 8:00 PMThis documentary follows the lives of rabbis and their disciples at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, considered to be one of the most revered in the Lithuanian Haredi world.The read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Democracy and Me: A Rabin Memorial Day Event"Tuesday, Oct. 16, 8:00 PMIsrael has long struggled in being both a Jewish and a democratic State.In this special evening of personal discussions, elected officials will speak about their understanding and views of democracy and politics: What principles motivate them, what principles do they read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "The Tavern: A Celebration of Jewish Humor"From the wedding jesters in the shtetls of Sholem Aleichem to the best of black humor, from Hershele Ostropoler to Juha of Uzbekistan, from the wise men of Chelm to the Sages of Hanukkah, Jewish humor is known to the world for its unique, at times acerbic, wit. The very best humorous stories and characters, those famous read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Rebetiko for the Soul": The songs of Stella Haskil and other classic Rebetiko music.Wednesday, Oct. 9, 8:30 PMThe greatest Greek composers wrote songs for her, becoming classics still performed in rebetiko clubs throughout Greece. It is has often been said that when Stella sang, a dry eye wasn't left in read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "New Bottle, Old Wine": A Journey from Mishnaic to Modern HebrewTuesday, Oct. 8, 8:00 PMAt the time that it was written, the Mishnah was penned in a linguistic manner that was far more easily understood. Together with Biblical Hebrew and the then-daily spoken Aramaic, Mishnaic Hebrew offered a new and expanded vernacular, novel coinages and new verb forms read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Two Bears": An evening that marks the latest work by celebrated Israeli writer Meir Shalev.Thursday, Oct. 3, 8:00 PMRuthi Tavori, a high-school teacher in a rural community in the Carmel, recalls a murder that took place 70 years ago and tells the story of the men in her family: her grandfather, her husband, her brother and her son, all of whom she read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Kicking Off the Month" for Heshvan 5774.Kicking Off the New Month - Cheshvan: In the BeginningWednesday, Oct. 2, 8:00 PMThe start of the month of Cheshvan, when the Torah reading cycle begins anew, turns into an excellent opportunity to focus on new beginnings. Moderator: Prof. Avigdor ShinanThe read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Ariel Horowitz: My Heroes": A new performance based on the celebrated Israeli's sixth albumWednesday, Oct. 23, 9:00 PMMy Heroes is very unique, with most of the songs dedicated to figures who touched Horowitz and became his heroes: from partisan fighter Abba Kovner, to Jamil, the nurse in the Intensive Care Unit, and then to his mother, famed songwriter read more
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The Israel Museum and BEIT AVI CHAI invite you to "Sukkot Speak": Chol HaMoed Sukkot for the entire family at the Israel MuseumSunday-Saturday, Sept. 22-28, 10 AM-3 PMThe activities read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents Every Rose / Zelda: The Secret of Zelda's MagicMonday, Sept. 16, 9:00 PMA fascinating journey along the paths of the poems of Zelda, which combine the human and the spiritual, earth and heaven, the mundane and the lofty, and have made her one of the best-loved and wonderful poets of Israel.With poet and scholar Prof. Hamutal Bar-YosefPoet read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents Shrapnel in the Wind: The Israeli Spirit and the Crisis
of the Yom Kippur WarThis event will be broadcast live on the BEIT AVI CHAI website Thursday, Sept. 12, 8:00 PM During this special program marking forty years since the war, we will revisit moments read more
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Live Webcasts: BEIT AVI CHAI Live in Your Living Room! BEIT AVI CHAI invites you to be a part of our events straight from your home! Every month, you can enjoy many of our programs via high-quality live webcast. More information is available on www.bac.org.il. Incidentally, the website also includes an extensive video archive, articles and read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Stories in Mono": The Songs and the Stories Behind ThemA series of encounters with leading artists, moderated by Yoav Kutner, which combine personal stories, discussions with the audience, an intimate show, and special performances. Admission: NIS 60; students: NIS 30Danny SandersonSunday, May 5, 9 PMEhud BanaiSunday, May 19, read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "A New Song": Midrash and Rock 'n RollA fascinating and animated dialogue between Israeli rock and classic Jewish literature.A study and analysis of the songs of top Israeli artists, based on the Talmud and Aggadah, on several topics-including freedom and liberty, yearning and anticipation, and faith and art.Moderator: Jacky LevyWith:Roni read more
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Moonlight Cinema in the Beit Avi Chai Courtyard: Four funny films made by Jews, which expose Jewish life in America from different perspectives.Editor and Moderator: Or Sigoli, Srita movie blog, Akhbar Ha'Ir OnlineAdmission: NIS 30; students: NIS 20The ProducersMel Brooks, 1968Saturday night, July 27, 10 PMOn the world of New York theatre read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Tal Gur hosts Alon Oleartchik": Outstanding jazz meets poetryWednesday, August 21, 8:30 PMTal Gur hosts Alon Oleartchik in a moving concert based on Gur's album of settings of Israeli poetry, Basar va-dam-one of the top ten albums of 2012, according to Ha'aretz.The duo will perform arrangements of poems by Avraham Halfi, Alexander Penn, Leah Goldberg, read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Daniel Zamir Quartet": Saxophonist on the RoofOriginal arrangements of songs from Fiddler on the RoofWednesday, August 14, 9 PMIt's enough to say, "If I was a rich man" for everyone to start humming the "duba duba duba," with a smile from ear to ear.Daniel Zamir doesn't stop at humming. Zamir, one of Israel's leading musicians, and his quartet read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Kafka": The Man, the Book, and the MysteryFranz Kafka, the man and his work, have continued to fascinate, perplex, and haunt us for nearly a century. His stories and writings defined the 20th century and are still with us in the 21st century, with their echoes resounding in countless contemporary works.In a new three-part series, we will look at Kafka's read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "A Heavenly Wedding in the Bobov Hassidic Court"Monday, August 12, 8:30 PMThe Bobov Hassidim are famous for their melodies, many of which have become pillars of the world of Hassidic music.In this concert, Halev Ve-hama'ayan will host, for the first time ever, the famous Lishmoa el Harina cantorial read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Change and Renewal in Judaism": A series for the month of Elul with Dov ElboimIs Jewish culture one of remembrance and preservation or one of change and innovation? Does God change? What mechanisms of change have been proposed by various schools of thought in Jewish culture? A fascinating lecture series about fundamental questions on the relationship of read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "Kicking Off the Month" for Elul 5773.Kicking Off the Month-Elul-ApologyThursday, August 8, 8 PMAt the start of the month of selihot, we discuss apologies and apologizers in local politics and in Jewish society. Moderator-Tal Rosner, journalist and anchor of current events programsWith:Dr. read more
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Beit Avi Chai presents "A Celebration of Klezmer": A week celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Klezmer Master Classes Association in SafedInternational Master Classes and ConcertsArtistic direction: Maestro Giora FeidmanGeneral Director: Clarinetist Hanan Bar-SelaThe week's events will take place at Beit AVI CHAI read more
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