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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Some Reflections on Transmitting the Memory of the Shoah and its Implications, Particularly in Israel
Introduction I would like to thank Prof. Saul Friedlander for his bountiful lecture and to personally thank him for agreeing to come as the guest
The Case of the Jewish Biography
Coming from Israel, where the genre of biography is much less popular, almost nonexistent, in comparison with the phenomenon in the United States, I feel
“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
In Search of the Story
I. Blind Date I first met Shlomith in the Fall of 1976 at café Savion in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Rehavia. It was a blind
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
Facing Evil – Thoughts on a Visit to Auschwitz
Discussions are currently underway about restoring the Auschwitz Museum, which was established on the grounds of the concentration camp two years after World War II.
Words’ Bodies (In Hebrew)
Words’ Bodies I say tree, sap, leaves’ noise, wind’s dryness through needles, earth in straw, a crumb from the furrows I say piece of sky,
The Passion of Jerusalem (in Hebrew)
At the heart of the Jerusalem myth lies passion: the figure of a woman and the man who chooses her out of the intensity of
Layers of Changing Space in Jerusalem – View from a Hilltop
The space around me is Jerusalem – my city for over twenty years, since I moved here from my hometown, Tel Aviv, returning from my
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