Then stop by the Washington DCJCC’s Israeli Culture Pavillion (tent #3 on your map). The schedule of events includes:
12:15–Israeli Literature in Translation (read by Joel Snyder)
- “At The Outset of the Day” by S.Y. Agnon
- “An Autobiographical Note” by Amos Oz
- excerpt from “The Lover” by A.B. Yehoshua
12:45–Short Films from the Best of the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem (Program Aleph)
- Personal Goals by Ran Carmeli
- Home by David Ofek
- The Substitute by Talya Lavie
1:45–Hebrew Poetry in Translation (read by David Bryan Jackson and Caren Anton)
- Hayim Bialik
- Saul Tchernikhovsky
- Rachel
- Uri Zvi Greenberg
- Esther Raab
- Abraham Shlonsky
- Natan Alterman
- Leah Goldberg
- Zelda
- Yehuda Amichai
- Hayim Gouri
- Dan Pagis
- Natan Zach
- Dalia Ravikovitch
- Hayim Be’er
- Sami Shalom Cheetrit
- Maya Bejerano
- Agi Mishol
2:15–Contemporary Israeli Fiction (read by Caren Anton and David Bryan Jackson)
- excerpt from “The Book of Intimate Grammar” by David Grossman
- “Ummi Fi Shurl” by Orly Castel-Bloom
- “Surprise Egg” by Etgar Keret
- “Apples from the Desert” by Savyon Liebrecht
2:45–Shira B’Tzibur (Israeli Sing-A-Long) with Sally Hacelman
3:45–Short Films from the Best of the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem (Program Bet)
- A Different War by Nadav Gal
- Sea Horses by Nir Bergman
- Sliding Flora by Talya Lavie
- Minus Plus by Shahar Cohen
All that plus non-stop Israeli folk dancing (actually, not true. there will be a break while Mashina rocks-out), Mandy Patinkin, Regina Spektor, Moshe Oofnik and so much more… what are you doing today?
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