Editor’s note: Due to the ongoing security situation, events listed below may be postponed or canceled. Check before booking, and stay safe.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30
Visit the Jerusalem Cinematheque and watch Peter Greenaway’s 1988 film Drowning in Numbers. The comedy-drama explores three British murder stories. Three women, all named Cissie Colpitts, decide to drown the men with whom they clearly do not want to share a life anymore, and the coroner (Bernard Hill) helps them get away with it.
The odd piling up of various games, counting, and plots that seem to mimic each other, and the brilliant visuals created by the director make this film a rare treat.
4 p.m. In English. NIS 43. 11 Hebron Rd. Call (02) 565-4333 to book.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31
Listen to music collective Las Piratas Piratas as they offer their own revivals of New Orleans street jazz standards and original material. The band explores a wide range of musical cultures, from Indian weddings to hassidic tunes, and this night will likely be groovy.
Doors open at 9 p.m. Concert starts at 10 p.m. NIS 60. The Yellow Submarine. 13 Harekhavim St. Call (02) 679-4040 to book.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1
Discuss the literary mind of Shmuel Yosef Agnon with the editor of the 2018 English Agnon anthology titled The Outcast and Other Tales, translated from Hebrew by Marganit Weinberger-Rotman and edited by Rabbi Jeffrey Saks.
Patrons will be able to meet Saks at the Agnon House and enjoy a morning of intellectual thrills as the stories are read and discussed.
11 a.m. 16 Klausner St. NIS 25 per lecture. Weekly event with three more planned meetings.
✱ Join an online English-language virtual discussion about breast cancer and alternative paths to healing with Ginat Rice. An established figure in the Jerusalem macrobiotics scene since the 1980s, Rice had overcome cancer twice, in 1999 and in 2022.
As one would expect from a Jewish-American woman committed to healthy ways of living, the hardships of confronting the illness were mixed with another concern: If diseases really are our bodies trying to tell us something, what might she have missed?
While Rice will introduce the 1984 classic You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay, she herself used traditional surgery and chemotherapy, in addition to alternative means, to get better.
7 p.m. Free. Visit https://www.thericehouse.com/ to get in touch with Rice and ask for a link to the discussion.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2
Watch the documentary film One Street in Silwan and discuss it with its director, Bissan Tibi at Mazkeka.
The Jerusalem street, near the Temple Mount, has both Jewish and Arabs living on it.
One house there is currently owned by Ateret Kohanim. The organization does more than acquire houses; it also provides security to Jewish families who want to live in them.
The documentary explores this highly explosive situation.
3 Shoshan St. NIS 35 per ticket. Shown with English subtitles. Call (02) 582-2090 for more information.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3
Enjoy a good yarn with the Jerusalem Crochet Club at HaMiffal. Patrons are warmly invited to step in, crochet or knit, chat, and have a drink.
Complete beginners will be given instruction on the spot. However, patrons are expected to bring their own balls of wool and crochet hooks or knitting needles.
7 p.m. to 11 p.m. 3 Hama’aravim St., behind the Waldorf Astoria. Free.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4
Take a stroll to the Old City and enter the studio of Kalman Gavriel Delmoor, known as The Jerusalem Scribe.
Trained in Jewish calligraphy, Delmoor offers ketubot (wedding documentation), artworks depicting the priestly blessings, and many original prints and designs to give every Jewish home a little bit of extra spirit.
Visit https://thejerusalemscribe.com/ or call 052-364-1084 to learn more.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Enjoy a concert by singers Miri Mesika and Keren Peles at the Jerusalem International Convention Center as part of its new roster of events that combine music and food.
Patrons will be able to dine in the culinary section of the ICC.
The show will likely include hits like the 2011 “Melech” by Mesika and “LeSham.” Written and arranged by Peles, “LeSham” was performed by Mesika on her 2005 debut album.
Culinary center opens at 7 p.m. Performance at 8:30 p.m. NIS 184 to NIS 334 per ticket. Hebrew performance. 1 Sderot Zalman Shazar. Call (02) 655-8558 to book.
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