Menachem Begin Heritage Center Bulletin 4, Vol. 5

Menachem Begin
Heritage Center, Jerusalem
Volume 5, Issue 4
November 13, 2008
Total Number of Visitors Since October 2004: 448,034

The History of Hebrew Songwriting

Nahum Heyman, an Israeli composer, will do a series of performances at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center called "Chapters in the History of Hebrew Songwriting". Each month Eyman will focus on different poets and songwriters. The evenings will be stages as a multi-media performance including sing-a-longs with the audience, short video clips, storytelling and other audio-visual elements. The schedule is as follows:
November 25, 2008
Abraham Shlonsky, Alexander Penn
December 30, 2008
Natan Alterman
January 1, 2009
Mordechai Zeira, Ya'acov Orland
February 24, 2009
Leah Goldberg, Rahel
March 24, 2009
David Zahavi, Matityahu Shalem
May 19, 2009
Chaim Nahman Bialik, Shaul Tchernichovsky
June 9, 2009
BILU Pioneers, 4th Aliyah
Tickets to each show are 40NIS and reservations can be made at (02) 565-2020, ext. 0.

On the Lighter Side…

In a review of her new cookbook on the subject of Hamin, the traditional winter dish, also known as cholent in Yiddish, Sherry Ansky has a story, memory or literary quote to go with the recipes. Ansky spoke of her life and mentioned her father's correspondence with Menachem Begin about the Bible. Her father, Prof. Haim Gvaryahu, was a Bible scholar and together with Mr. Begin renewed the custom of conducting study sessions of the Bible at Prime Minister Begin's home on Saturday evenings after the Shabbat.
As our readers are probably aware, the idea for the Parashat HaShavua lecture series was born out of these study sessions. The Begin Center archives was also the recipient of a collection of audio tapes recording the radio broadcasts of some of the study sessions.

Traffic Changes Around the Begin Center

In preparation for the light rail system, and because of it, the streets near and adjacent to the Begin Center have undergone major changes and sidewalks have been repaved.
At the intersection of David Remez Street (between the Center and the Old Railway Station & the Khan Theater), Nahon Street and King David Street, officially known as the Mendes-France Circle, traffic lights have been repositioned. The section of Emek Refa'im Street just south of the Center, opposite the parking lot of the Liberty Bell Garden, has had its lanes reoriented and now there is a special bus lane in the direction of the King David Hotel.
Unfortunately, for the moment, there are significant traffic jams in the morning as now all the traffic from Emek Refa'im and Derech Bet Lehem flows into one traffic lane towards the center of town.

Activities in the Education Department

The Menachem Begin Heritage Center's Education department continues its activities. Already a Junior Knesset workshop session was conducted with pupils from Ort Geulah. In addition, soldiers and Border Policemen continue to arrive at the Center to participate in either a special leadership workshop or the new synergy workshop. In the coming week, we expect 50 soldiers who serve in the framework of the International Relations Unit of the IDF on the Israel-Egypt border to undergo leadership and management skills training at the Center.

Visitors

William Hess of New Orleans, Louisiana, came to the Begin Center with his wife Susan this week. They were in Israel to participate in the Jewish Agency meetings and the WZO meetings.

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