Beit Avi Chai presents "Truly Very Strange People!"*: The heroes of the Second Aliyah
* Natan Alterman on the people of the Second Aliyah
Who wasn't part of the Second Aliyah? There were anarchists, revolutionaries, Tolstoyans, feminists, run-of-the-mill Zionists, socialist Zionists ... so few people, so many different types.
Discussions of cultural heroes of a different kind-the heroes of the Second Aliyah
The sessions will include music and readings.
Series organizer and moderator: Dr. Motti Zeira, director of the Midrasha at Oranim
"I Knew Only How to Tell about Myself": The Poet Rachel and Aharon David Gordon
• Monday, April 26, 8 PM
Rachel, the young poet in love with life and full of love, and Aharon David Gordon, a leading light of the Second Aliyah. The two developed a special, deep relationship. During this evening, we will disclose lesser-known details about the life of Rachel and her relationship with A. D. Gordon.
With:
Muki Tzur, scholar of the Second Aliyah
Musical interlude: Ronit Ophir performing Rachel's poems set to music
"For I Have Come to Awaken You": Yosef Haim Brenner
• Monday, May 17, 8 PM
The stories of Yosef Haim Brenner, the tormentor and flagellator of the Second Aliyah, spurred young people to leave their homes and move to Eretz Israel. To this day, his influence is evident on young people striving for social change, some of whom will take part in this evening.
With:
Author and educator Yariv Ben-Aharon
The Plonskites: Shlomo Zemach and David Ben-Gurion
• Monday, June 21, 8 PM
Two friends moved to Eretz Israel together from Plonsk, Poland, in 1904, at the onset of the Second Aliyah. One was a public leader, man of action, and politician; the other was an intellectual, writer, and agronomist. A discussion about friendship and rivalry, leadership and missed opportunities.
With:
Dr. Zvi Zameret and poet Yoram Wearth, Shlomo Tzemach's grandson
Stubbornness and Stars: Aharon Shidlovsky
• Monday, July 5, 8 PM
Aharon Shidlovsky, one of the founders of Kevutzat Kinneret, was a man of contrasts: an order-loving anarchist, a pacifist and soldier, an individualist who believed in togetherness, a confirmed rationalist and naïve believer. A personal conversation about the pioneering grandfather, one of the most original people of the Second Aliyah.
With:
Authors Aner Shalev and Zeruya Shalev, Shidlovsky's grandchildren
"And Don't Be Too Clever": Chaim Nachman Bialik
• Monday, July 26, 8 PM
Bialik's "Hakhnisini" was a leading candidate to be selected as the Jewish national anthem. What was it about Bialik that made him able to express the inner workings of the souls of the Second Aliyah pioneers? An attempt to understand Bialik's importance in Israeli culture then and now.
With:
Author Dr. Asaf Inbari and educator Shai Zarhi
This is a Hebrew-language only event.
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