How to Remember the Shoah
Almost unimaginably, the writer Aharon Appelfeld, who survived the Shoah as a child, put love at the center of his memory of that time: For
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Tag: Jewish Ritual
Selichot in Krakow: Migrations of a Melody
The only one of my mother’s melodies to remain is the sing-song of the shamash from the Rem’uh [Rabbi Moses Isserles] Synagogue in Krakow, as he
“Exile” by Frederic Brenner
Introduction “Exile” was read while on a journey. My journey vis-a-vis Frederic Brenner’s journey into Exile. And like every journey, at least on the surface,
The Harvest of Folie
The 7 Beggars companyAn adaptation of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav’s tales Directing and adaptation: Michal GovrinProduction: Judith Graves MillerMusic: Daniel ShalitSet and costumes: Abraham Pincas, Joelle
Hitkansut for Yom HaShoah
As the generation of Holocaust survivors passes, we must find new, meaningful ways to commemorate the Shoah. Similar to the Passover seder, Hitkansut is guided
“Gog and Magog” – Laboratory Work
The creating artists: Michal Govrin – establishment of the Gog and Magog laboratory, writing and directingFrida Klepfholtz – design and presentationOrna Millo – installation and
Variations on Morning
The first part of the show consists of two short plays by Samuel Beckett: Breath and An Act Without Words No. 2The second part of
The Seder of This Night
Organized the Seder of the night: Frida Kalpholz, Michal Govrin, Doron Livne, Orna MilloSet the table: Frida KlepfholzIlluminated the Seder: Alan BachinskyOrganized the music: Steven
The Journey of the Year
Performance – students of the theater department of the Hebrew University, in collaboration with the Khan Theater Department of Theatre in The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
But There Was Love: Shaping the Memory of the Shoah (in Hebrew)
What is the role of the memory of the Shoah in the face of a changing present? How can we shape it as a social
Jewish Literary Manifesto (in First Person Feminine)
1. Portrait of the artist as a young Jew: Tel Aviv – Paris – Jerusalem In both a literary and Talmudic spirit, I will present
Martyrs or Survivors? Thoughts on the Mythical Dimension of the Story War
The war the Palestinians started in September 2000, right in the middle of the Barak-Arafat-Clinton talks, I spent in my city, Jerusalem, where Jews and Arabs,
The Making of the Sea, a Chronicle of Exegesis (In Hebrew)
Michal GovrinLiliane Klapisch: Etching The Making of the Sea is a journal, a chronicle. During the journey, which starts on the seashore at Rio-De-Janeiro and
Jewish Sacred Theater: Its Components and Its Means
Introduction – Theatre and Ritual In the following discussion on Judaism and theatre, I shall not deal with examples from the literature of Jewish theatre