Fall 2007

 

On Ruins and Returns

Poetry and Protest: the Writer as a Voice of Social Conscience in Israeli Society

Rachel Tzvia Back will read from the recently translated anthology of Hebrew protest poems With an Iron Pen, and from her own newly published work On Ruins & Return: Poems 1999-2005
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Russell House, 8pm

 

 

 

The Dream of the Poem

The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain 950-1492

Peter Cole will read from, and discuss, his highly acclaimed anthology, The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Seminar Room East Asian Center, 8pm

 

 

 

 

Shosha Goren

Born in Baghdad

A one woman play by Shosha Goren. Ms Goren portrays three generations of women surviving in the culture of the Babylonian Jews.
Wednesday & Thursday, October 31, 2007
& November 1 2007
CFA Cinema, 8pm

 

 

Love is a Four -Letter Word

Yael Hedaya will talk about how her writing and life influenced each other
This will be multi-media presentation including segments from the Israeli TV series
In Therapy
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Russell House, 8pm