Editor’s note: Due to the current security situation, events listed below may be postponed or canceled. Check before booking, and stay safe.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Join an 11 a.m. online workshop with food writer and blogger Rotem Lieberson to learn how to make comforting Persian soups for wintertime. Lieberson released A Persian Kitchen (Lunch Box Press) in 2017. The work was a finalist for that year’s Gourmand World Cookbook Award. She is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute in New York.
This is a free digital invitation to learn something about slow-cooking delicious heritage cuisine. Hebrew only. The workshop is offered by Foodish, the culinary wing of Anu Museum. Join at this link: shorturl.at/krGZ8
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Watch an online English-language theatrical show for children based on the Jewish fables of Chełm, the town of fools. This unique Jewish myth is not anchored in reality, of course. The Polish city is real, and there is an active association of Jews from it, which is no more foolish than any other Jewish community on Earth.
Under director Galia Levy-Grad, the legends were adapted into a lovely artistic creation. The Karon Theater released this production, and many others, to help families during the war. To watch, go to: rb.gy/o24eo
Film festival (Illustrative) (credit: INGIMAGE PHOTOS)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Visit the New Gallery Artists’ Studios to view “May Things Be?” – a new group exhibition curated by Etty Schwartz with works by Pavel Wolberg, Keren Saltz, Mati Elmaliach, and others. The exhibition deals with the ability to document reality with a sense of urgency during difficult times. Opening hours today are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free admission. Teddy Stadium (Gate 22).
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Listen to a festive concert by the Israel Philharmonic under conductor Lahav Shani as it performs Paul Ben-Haim’s Salute to Israel and Mozart’s Eroica. Listen and watch via rb.gy/e3z59 .
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Join an online screening of My Beloved Uncles, a 2015 documentary film by Eran Barak. The movie is a poetic quest for a long-vanished uncle. The uncle, Yisrael, stepped out of his family’s life 65 years before.
The other uncles in the work are Uncle Gavriel, a former convict; Uncle Aryeh, who spends his days on his mother’s sofa; and Uncle Uri, who collects and sells scrap metal.
The 8 p.m. screening will be followed by an online panel discussion with the director. Hebrew only. Admission is on a pay-what-you-may basis. To sign up, see www.yonatannir.com/pardes .
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Watch the French comedy Retour Chez Ma Mere (Living with Mother Again) with Hebrew and English subtitles via the Jerusalem Cinematheque VOD service. Josiane Balasko plays Jacqueline, a mother who must take in her daughter Stephanie (Alexandra Lamy) during a crisis that the younger woman is facing.
Other films on offer include Zerograd, a Soviet mystery film by director Karen Shakhazarov about a man from Moscow sent to a small town and the oddities he finds there (shown with English and Hebrew titles). The US film Paterson, by Jim Jarmusch, about a bus-driving poet, is also on offer. Movies range from 100% free (Paterson) to NIS 15 per online viewing. Visit jer-cin.org.il/en.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Docaviv released Young Plato, a 2021 Irish documentary set in a Belfast school, to its VOD service. In this movie, headmaster Kevin McArevey attempts to use sports and philosophy studies to encourage his students to see beyond their neighborhood of Ardoyne.
Ardoyne is a mostly Irish-Catholic community in Belfast. In the framework of Anglo-Irish relations, this places them under the British Crown. Viewing is free. See via www.docaviv.co.il/films/young-plato.
Throwing a special party? Opening an art exhibition or a new bar? Bringing in a guest speaker to introduce a fascinating topic? Drop me a line at hagay_hacohen@yahoo.com and let In Jerusalem know about it. Send emails with “Jerusalem Highlights” in the subject line. Although all information is welcome, we cannot guarantee it will be featured in the column.
