Mondays from 4:15pm to 7:45pm
Price: 680 NIS
Series producer: Rivka Aderet | Academic counselor: Ariella Amar
(Photo on top of the page: Hara Kabira, Djerba, Tunisia 1995, photographer: Micha Bar-Am. The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU – Museum of the Jewish People)
Series lectures are held in Hebrew.
Series program:
20.5.24
- Family Matter: Eliahou Eric Bokobza. Following an exhibition at The Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures in Be’er Sheva. Back to the family’s roots in Tunisia. With the artist Eliahou Eric Bokobza.
- Illustrated Kettubot in Northern Africa. Prof. Shalom Sabar.
27.5.27
- Understanding Northern Africa and its Jews. Prof. Haim Saadoun.
- The music and piyyutim of the Jews of the Maghreb. With the musician Yair Harel, musical director of Piyut Ensemble from Yad Ben Zvi.
3.6.24
- Strangers or Neighbors – Jewish life in a multi ethnic society. Prof. Haim Saadoun.
- Pilgrims and Hilula in Northern Africa. Ariella Amar.
10.6.24
- A research of the history of the Jewish communities in Northern Africa by local scholars. Dr. David Guedj.
- Jew-Arab-French: Albert Memmi’s mosaic of identities. Prof. Denis Sharbit.
17.6.24
- Poems found on tombstones in Mogador. Following the research of Asher Knafo and Dr. Shalom Eldar.
- Documentary footage from the Oster Visual Documentation Center at ANU Museum. With Rivka Aderet.
- Jewish life in Libya. With Pedatsur Benatia, chair of the Or Shalom Center for the Heritage of the Jews of Libya.
24.6.24
- Growth and decline in spiritual works in the Maghreb from the late 18th century to the 20th century. Rabbi Prof. Moshe Amar.
- Musical migrations from the Maghreb to the Maghreb. 1950’s stars who faced rejection in Israel and gained fame back in their lands of origin: Zohra Al Fassiya, Samy Elmaghribi, Cheikh Mwijo, Sliman Elmaghribi, et al. With Ariel Cohen, musical director in the Firqat Alnoor Orchestra.
1.7.24
- The Jewry of Algeria during the French regime. Gabriel Abensour.
- The liturgy of women from Djerba. Dr. Miriam Guez–Avigal.
8.7.24
- Night of Fools (film, 2015), the unique story of the Jewish underground in Algeria 1940-1942. A discussion with the filmmaker, Prof. Rami Kimchi.
- Fish for Shabbat. Fish dishes from the Maghreb Jewish cuisine. The history of tastes and recipes. With the culinary expert, Hila Alpert.
Further information: Rivka Aderet at: rivka@anumuseum.org.il | 03-7457908
