When Words Stop and Think

Beit Avi Chai presents “When Words Stop and Think”: Song and conversation about Hebrew poetry.

Three events in conjunction with Hillel Jerusalem bring together artists and intellectuals to focus on Hebrew song, Israeli music, and the difference between them. Each event includes a bit of talk, a bit of music, and lots of thought about Hebrew poetry.

Part 1: Singer Dudi Levy and actor Rami Baruch discuss Hanoch Levin• Monday, May 3, 9 PMWith students from the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio in Jerusalem, in excerpts from plays by Hanoch Levin

Part 2: Composer and singer Shlomo Gronich and poet Miron Izakson discuss Yehuda Amichai• Monday, May 24, 9 PMWith Yali Schner and Rotem Sherman, presenting fresh, new renditions of poems by Yehuda Amichai

Part 3: Nurit Galron and Bilha Ben-Eliyahu discuss Nathan Zach• Tuesday, June 15, 9 PMWith Nuri Koren, presenting original, new renditions of poems by Nathan Zach

This is a Hebrew-language only event.