Jerusalemite event

Rishon L'Rishonim Speaker Series: Scott Tobin

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:50:15 +0200

Presentense hosts Scott Tobin, one of the world's leading Venture Capitalists and entrepreneurs. Scott, who recently moved to Israel, will speak on what components make up a successful venture and why Israel has a major role to play in the global innovation space.

TransMedia Monthly: Don't Tell your Story - Show it

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:17:13 +0200

The second in a series at PresenTense, Jerusalem's hub of social entrepeneurship.

Alone on the Ramparts

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:08:59 +0200

On 28 May 1948, following a fierce battle and siege, the Jewish Quarter was conquered by Jordanians, and the Jews living there fled. Journalist John Phillips captured the flight with his lens, and in commemoration of 40 years of Jerusalem's reunification, the Company for Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter has culled an exhibition of Phillips' images....

The Carpion Trio with Wine and Cheese

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:09:29 +0200

Daniel Hoffman (of West Coast ensembles Davka and Klez-X) hits the stage with his latest experimental beast, the Carpion Trio, which fuses Ashkenaz folk with organic, contemporary jazz. Vocalist and accordionist Avishai Fisz and multi-instrumentalist and euphonium player Gershon Waiserfirer round out the sound, which evokes tradition and breaks new...

There's No Such Thing as a Dragon

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:14:49 +0200

Sometimes you have to wonder, considering that dragons and fairies and unicorns and the like really don't seem to exist, why so many children's stories center around youthful protagonists proving to their doubting Thomas parents that such fantasical creatures are indeed real. In this Train Theater production, Gili discovers a dragon in his very own home, but his mother refuses to acknowledge it as real - until it grows so large that it carries the house on its back. Imagination, after all, is a powerful...

Ha'orot Happening - The Lights Of Rav Kook

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:15:11 +0200

Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein's spoken word-free jazz settings to the poems of Rabbi Abraham Issac Kook have been raising eyebrows internationally. Marmorstein has been collaborating with acclaimed artist Greg Wall, and a CD to be released through John Zorn's Tzadik Records is currently in the works....

Lifting the Curtain: Independent Theater at the Ma'abada

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:28:28 +0200

"Raising the Curtain" is a four-part series at Hama'abada featuring the work of independent performance artists. The artists - who are not part of any troupe or formal....

Open Mic Night (Jan. 29)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:53:51 +0200

What's better than hot soup, a warm atmosphere and hit or miss music on a cold winter's night? Hot soup, a warm atmosphere, hit or miss music AND free ostrich rides on a cold winter's night. That's what. But hey, only God is perfect, right?...

Open Mic Night (Jan. 22)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:53:10 +0200

Open Mic Night (Jan. 15)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:52:35 +0200

Open Mic Night (Jan. 8)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:51:48 +0200

Open Mic Night (Jan. 1)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:51:02 +0200

Open Mic Night (Dec. 25)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:49:43 +0200

Open Mic Night (Dec. 18)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:50:09 +0200

Odelya Berlin

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:08:25 +0200

Clarinetist Musa Berlin has been called the greatest Klezmer musician in the world,

Flow

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:53:59 +0200

Homegrown indie rockers Flow hit Jerusalem for one night at Cnaan

Pre-Chanukah Jewelry Exhibit and Sale in the Old City

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:55:09 +0200

Artist and meditation expert Bracha Din will be displaying her kabbalisticly-infused jewelry from her Old City home in the week proceeding Chanukah. The jewelry is said....

Off the Wall Comedy: December 13 to December 18, Pre Hanukkah Special and More...

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:25:31 +0200

From social worker to Hillel rabbi to comedian, David Kilimnick has always managed to capture his audience. Kilimnick founded the Off The Wall Comedy Empire after making Aliyah and (rightfully) deciding that comedy is just what Jerusalem needs. His acts empathetically reflect social, communal, and religious issues. Kilimnick is author of the critically acclaimed one-man show, The Aliyah Monologues, seemingly...

Jewish Film Festival

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:01:47 +0200

It's a Festivus for the rest of us. In America, December is a time for theaters to be filled

Hataklit: December 14 to December 20, Hadas Dagul and More...

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:00:18 +0200

"Ode to the vinyl record" is Hataklit ("The Record"). And who founded this cozy pub? Not some elder wondering what to do with his billion dollar record collection, rather three youngins working in various factions in the music industry who appreciate the old school stuff....