The story of Dvora Omer, from the dark secrets of her childhood to her status as Israel’s ‘national’ author whose writing influenced generations of children. Her son, the filmmaker, revisits the events that shaped her life.
Conversation with the creator of the film Ron Omer
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Yuval Avivi, Radio host, kan tarbut, israeli public broadcasting corporation in conversation with the creator of the film Ron Omer about the inner workings of making the film.
Dr. Adi Armon, deputy books editor at Haaretz and Research Fellow at Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, the Hebrew University.
Dr. Raquel Ukeles, Head of Collections and Curator of the Islam and Middle East collection at the National Library, in conversation with the filmmaker Kamal Hachkar
The creators Neta Elkayam and Amit Hai Cohen, who have in recent years appeared on the biggest stages between Jerusalem and Morocco, visit the National Library of Israel for an intimate duo meeting, where they will share the experiences behind the film In Your Eyes, I See My Country, in which the Moroccan filmmaker Kamal Hachkar recorded their musical and personal journey in Morocco since their early days. They will perform intimate arrangements of pieces from recent projects, including: “Tehilla le-David, an electronic tribute to David Hassin”, “Abiadi, a tribute to Zohra Al Fassiya”, and “Arénas”, their current show, inspired by archival materials they found at the National Library.
Ariel comes back to the National Sound Archive to present the unique process of hand-cutting a one-off vinyl record. Many of the records in the Sound Archive were also cut using a special device, and they are exclusive testaments of rare music. We will listen to these records and create one in real time.
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word is Power
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Apocalypse Now
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Are we living in a dystopia or a utopia? How can we tell? Can sci-fi literature help us understand the reality in which we live, or that in which we will be living tomorrow? Is A Handmaid’s Tale our actual possible future? Dr. Roey Tzezana, futurist and foresight expert, speaks with Yuval Avivi, Radio host, kan tarbut, israeli public broadcasting corporation, about the encounter of futurism and literature.
Millions of readers around the world cannot be wrong: Elena Ferrante’s books are among the most important literary - and cultural - events in recent years. Is the significance further fed by the fact that the writer’s identity is concealed and has been endlessly guessed at? The writer Julia Fermento and Yuval Avivi, radio host, kan tarbut, israeli public broadcasting corporation, will try to crack the secret of the global sensation.
For 10 years, Ben Shani has documented the artist Eli Shamir. But what began as an artistic documentary was transformed when Shamir was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. This is a film about coping with disease, with an artist at its center.
Papirene Kvitn: Yiddish Poetry Treasures at the National Library
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Dr. Oren Cohen Roman, scholar of Yiddish literature and culture since its medieval beginnings to the modern language of Orthodox Jews. Lecturer at Haifa and Tel Aviv Universities.
Censorship, the Next Generation: When Your Feed Shuts You Up
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Nitsan Saddan, technology writer, long-time editor of the technology section at Calcalist. He has published a number of op-eds and analytical pieces on the subject of the rights of the web user and digital censorship. Writes the Captain’s Column on the history of flight.
A female-driven, grassroots protest movement takes on the military establishment and challenges the patriarchal society of Israel to stop a bloody war that has been raging for years.
Adi Mishnayot in conversation with directors Rephael Levin and Dana Keidar Levin. Special guest: Rachel Ben Dor, one of the founders of the “Four Mothers” movement.
Gevald! On the Aesthethics of Protest: Buenos Aires to Mea Shearim, Gdańsk to Paris
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Graphic designer Lahav Halevi is the owner of “Blue Collar” – a strategy, branding, and design firm serving organizations in the social, academic, cultural, and political fields. He writes a weekend column for Calcalist, teaches at Bezalel and Shenkar, and primarily designs posters.
Ancient booksellers are not just seasoned traders who know how to exploit an opportunity. They are also rare, if not obsessed, lovers of the written word and of its sources. In his conversation with Yuval Avivi, Radio host, kan tarbut, Ellie Green, owner of "Green Brothers Bookstore", will give us a glimpse into the closed monomaniac community of antique and rare book sellers and an explanation of what motivates them.
Yuval Avivi, Radio host, kan tarbut, israeli public broadcasting corporation in conversation with poet and editor Oded Carmeli, Gabriel Moked’s student and close friend.
