In a retrospective, we will be screening ten author portraits from the award-winning film series The Hebrews (Ha’Ivrim) by the producer and filmmaker Yair Qedar. The poetic documentaries of Hebrew-language writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have been produced for Israeli television from 2011 to the present.
Each screening will include two sixty-minute films accompanied by discussions with contemporary literary figures from Israel and Berlin. The films will be shown in the original Hebrew with English subtitles.
Past event
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
| 13 October, 11 am |
Bialik & RachelPatriarch and matriarch of modern Hebrew literature "Bialik, King of the Jews", 53 minutes, 2013 "Rachel, Miss Bluwstein", 54 minutes, 2015 Two films and a discussion with Yakir Ben Moshe & Nadav Halperin |
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| 13 October, 3 pm |
R. David Buzaglo & Shalom ShabaziOn the Marginalization of Jews from Arab Countries "Song of Loves. Rabbi David Bouzaglo", 60 minutes, 2015 "Mori, Shabazi's Riddle", 51 minutes, 2018 Two films and a discussion with Sigalit Banai & Mati Shemoelof |
| 14 October, 3 pm |
Lea Goldberg & Miryam Yellan ShtekelisGreat Literature for Children (as part of Family Sunday) "The 5 houses of Lea Goldberg", 55 minutes, 2011 "Alone, The legend of Miryam Yellan Shtekelis", 51 minutes, 2018 Two films and a discussion with Orna Granot, Hila Lahav & Yair Qedar |
Film poster: The 5 houses of Lea Goldberg; courtesy of The Hebrews
Film still: Bialik - King of the Jews; courtesy of The Hebrews
| 15 October, 7 pm |
Yosef Haim Brenner & Avot YeshurunTwo Outsider Pioneers "The Awakener, Yosef Haim Brenner", 53 minutes, 2015 "Yeshurun in 6 chapters", 52 minutes, 2018 Two films and a discussion with Nadav Halperin, Zehava Khalfa & Yair Qedar |
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| 16 October, 7 pm |
Yona Wallach & ZeldaWomen Poets Who Revolutionized Hebrew Literature "The 7 tapes of Yona Wallach", 54 minutes, 2012 "Zelda, Simple woman", 55 minutes, 2015 Two films and a discussion with Yakir Ben Moshe, Hila Lahav & Yair Qedar |
In cooperation with the Hebrew Library of Berlin, the Selma Stern Center for Jewish Studies in Berlin-Brandenburg (ZJS), and the Freie Universität Berlin.
Film poster: Zelda – a Simple Woman; courtesy of The Hebrews
