Umm Kulthum and Farid al-Atrash Meet Jewish Liturgical Poetry

20:00 — Auditorium

Communities of Israel in the Near East and Arab countries adopted the finest works of classical Arabic music into the Jewish liturgical world. Melodies from Egypt by the greatest singers, from Umm Kulthum to Farid al-Atrash, found a home in the world of Jewish piyyut.

[More information]

Tuesday, 13 October — Lecture

Open Your Gates, and I Shall Enter — What Was and Was Not Reported about the Third Aliyah?
17:00 — Zoom

What was and was not reported about the Third Aliyah?

[More information]

Sunday, 25 October — Lecture

Was Jerusalem Indeed Conquered During the Days of King David?
17:00 — Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

[More information]

Monday, 26 October — Lecture

Introductory Lecture: How Is a Sacred Place Born?
18:00 — Zoom

[More information]

Tuesday, 26 October — Lecture

The Pain of Two Homelands — The Story of the Yekke Aliyah
17:00 — Zoom

The story of the Yekke Aliyah, following the Nazis’ rise to power in Germany.

Due to the elections, the lecture was moved up to Monday, 26 October 2026.

[More information]

Thursday, 29 October — Lecture

I Cast a Spark, and It Became a Flame — Why Recha Freier Square?
18:00 — Zoom

[More information]

Newsletter Registration

Stay updated on events, courses, tours, new books, and everything happening at Yad.

Email:

I confirm the privacy policy.

Subscribe me

Research

• Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East
• Institute for the Study of the Land of Israel and Its Settlement
• Databases and Collections
• Blog
• Library

Culture

• Events and Lectures
• Courses
• All Tours
• Jerusalem Tours Tailored to Your Needs
• Tour Marathon

Education

• Guide Training
• Tours and Activities in Jerusalem for Kindergartens and Children
• Tours and Activities for Elementary Schools
• Tours and Activities for Secondary Schools
• Tours for Security Forces

Yad Ben-Zvi

• Who We Are?
• The Ben-Zvi Family
• Your Event at Our Venue
• Tenders and Job Openings
• Scholarships and Calls for Proposals
• Contact Us
• Log In

14 Even Gvirol Street, Rehavia, Jerusalem
Telephone: 02-5398888

All rights reserved to Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem ©

Website development

Consent Management

We use cookies to operate the website, analyze it, and provide personalized marketing. With consent, we will collect usage data; you can manage or withdraw consent at any time.

Essential — Always active

These cookies are necessary for operating the website and providing the service you requested, such as logging into an account, saving shopping-cart details, or securing the website. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly.

Preferences

Technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.

Statistics

These cookies are used to collect anonymous information about how the website is used, such as the number of visitors and pages viewed, so that we can improve the website’s performance and user experience. The information does not enable personal identification.

Technical storage or access used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance by your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.

Marketing

Technical storage or access is required to create user profiles for sending advertisements or tracking user activity on the website or other websites for similar marketing purposes.

Manage options
Manage services
Manage {vendor_count} vendors
Read more about these purposes
Accept all
Reject
Manage preferences
Save preferences
Manage preferences
{title}
{title}
{title}
Consent management

Skip to content
Open accessibility toolbar
Accessibility toolbar
Increase text
Decrease text
Grayscale
High contrast
Inverted contrast
Light background
Highlight links
Readable font
Reset
Accessibility statement
Contact Us