The month of reading is upon us, and there is no doubt that it is a worthy opening for a variety of cultural and literary events that will take place throughout the country, even before the official opening of Hebrew Book Week, which will open on June 15 and close on June 25.
In Haifa will open on 2/6 "Writers of Haifa - a celebration of Haifa literature: music, theater and art".
Between 22: 30-18: 00, literature and art events will be held with the participation of Yehudit Katzir, Yaniv Itzkovitz, Shimon Adaf, Hatem Eid Khuri, Muhammad Tuhi, Antishfa and other artists.
Why it's worth going:
At 19:00 First-degree
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Pevzner Library Hall * Free admission with pre-registration
Anat Sharon Blaise hosts Yaniv Itzkowitz, Shimon Adaf and Yiftach Ashkenazi for a talk on detective literature and the Israeli space (Haifa-Sderot-Jerusalem).
The Ministry of Culture and Sports will, as every year, declare June as "Reading Month", which will be expressed in a variety of events around the country, under the heading "Good words within touching distance".
Along with bar meetings with musicians such as the band "Giraffes", a tribute to the sounds of the vineyard, Sforan Ward to the ultra-Orthodox sector, a performance following songs by Shoshana Damari, there will also be meetings between musicians and writers: Shai Tsabari and Marcel Musari, Tamar Mor Sela and Eran Tzur, poets Eran Tsalgov And Yael Statman together with the musician Shefi Yishai, and more.
Along with the emphasis on reading, there will be children's plays under the title "Writers on the Road": an apartment to rent, an act with five balloons, the egg that was disguised, and more.
Why it's worth going:
"Dad makes shame", a children's musical based on Meir Shalev's book starring Oded Paz, including a conversation with children's author Ran Cohen Aharonov.
The show will take place in Sderot.
For full details on the variety of events:
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https://www.reading-month.co.il/Main/dev
One of the most intriguing and high-quality festivals to be held in Jerusalem is "Book Hospital: Boys 'and Girls' Book Week Festival" at Beit Avi Chai.
The festival will include the launch of "Carmel - The Comics" by Meira Goldberg-Barnea and the illustrator Nadav Nachmani, a literary meeting between David Grossman and Idan Alterman, an art workshop led by illustrator Aya Gordon-Noy, a meeting and writing workshop for youth with Liat Kutner, children's storytelling shows "The perfect gift", "Rhino-type unicorn", "Tzipi and Tzof".
Why it's worth going:
Special meetings with "Publishers", where each child can write their own story, "Poetic Pharmacy" which distributes medicines and vitamins from the books and "Hospital for Books", which will contain workshops for healing "injured books" from overuse, such as will bring Participants from the private library or "injured" books collected from around the country and donated after their rehabilitation to pediatric wards in hospitals.
In the yard of Beit Avi Chai, there will be a book sale fair that is adapted to the height of the children, figures that will "come out" of the bookshelves and walk around the area, and food stands from the books - from hot corn to raspberry juice.
For details on all the events, enter here:
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