Editor’s note: Due to the ongoing security situation, events listed below may be postponed or canceled. Check before booking, and stay safe.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
Enjoy one of the best sabich deals in the city at Aricha Sabich in Mahaneh Yehuda. It’s famous for serving a divine pita filled with eggplant, hard-boiled egg, and amba combinations. NIS 25 per sabich. It’s possible to substitute the eggs with vegan options and to purchase eggplant jam made there.
83 Agrippas St. Hours today: 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Weekdays, until 11 p.m. Kosher.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
Visit the Jerusalem Cinematheque and enjoy a screening of La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker), an emotionally intense opera by Vincenzo Bellini, brought live directly from the Metropolitan Opera House.
Soprano Nadine Sierra takes the stage as Adina, the opera’s main heroine, who must recapture the trust of her true love due to a misunderstanding. Director Rolando Villazón uses the plot of this very romantic production to expand on the human psyche in general. In Italian, with English subtitles. As usual in this series, audience members will be able to go behind the scenes during the live transmission and watch interviews with the singers and other talents during intermissions.
8 p.m. at 11 Hebron Rd. NIS 140 for Cinematheque members. NIS 170 for non-members. Call (02) 565-4333 to book.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19
Try taking a boxing class at Jerusalem’s Boxing Club. The trainer is Gershon Luxemburg, former Soviet Uzbekistan national boxing champion and today a legendary trainer who offers his help to anyone who steps into the club – Jews, Arabs, religious, secular, young, and old.
If you have a child who faces school bullying or you yourself need to release some tension or want to get into better shape, this is your chance.
Sunday, 5 p.m.-7 p.m. 10 Rabbi Hasda St. Call 050-754-2186 to learn more.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20
Attend a concert by Ben Iluz as he performs songs from his latest album, Yesh Bach Adayin Kesem (“Some Magic in You Still”). Held as part of the Inner Voices Festival (Kolot Mebefnim), a five-day Jerusalem gathering that deals with mental difficulties and pain – a deep dive into the human soul.
Other events include a performance of the play The Marriage Contract by Ephraim Kishon, in which the actors are former soldiers dealing with PTSD (Sunday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m.). Leah Roni Hazon’s very black humor stand-up comedy show, What Does Not Kill, addresses this mental health condition (Thursday, October 23 at 8:30 p.m.).
Organized by the Acacia Tree Foundation and the Jerusalem Municipality, to assist those with special needs.
Free upon pre-registration. Beit Mazia Leteatron, 18 Mesilat Yesharim St. Call (02) 624-4584 to book. All events are in Hebrew. Visit bmz.co.il for the full program.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21
Watch Netalie Braun’s recent film Shooting, composed of three short movies. One is about how a war staged for the silver screen leads to a village being evacuated. Another is about how security forces place a gun in the home of a Jerusalem family just to film an action scene. The third is the story of a man who is a stage expert on props and guns, who suffers from PTSD.
The film won the DocAviv prize this year for how it expertly presents the machinery of image-making with the larger forces that shape, or crush, society.
8 p.m. Cinema by Sam Spiegel. 3 Menora St. NIS 35. Shown with English and Hebrew subtitles. The director will discuss her work with the audience following the screening. Visit cinema.jsfs.co.il to book.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
Attend a special 90-minute concert in the Hatikvah Project series of performances at the Jerusalem Theatre. The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Yuval Zorn, will perform Yizkor by Paul Ben-Haim and Kaddish by Mieczyslaw Weinberg.
8 p.m. 20 David Marcus St. NIS 25. Supported by the Azrieli Foundation. Visit hatikvah.ca to book.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
Hop over to the YMCA and enjoy the International Series of Concerts with the Ariel Quartet. Cellist Amit Even-Tov, viola player Jan Gruning, and violinists Alexandra Kazovsky and Gershon Gerchikow will perform Haydn’s String Quartet in E Flat Major Op. 33 No. 2, “The Joke”; Alban Berg’s String Quartet Op. 3; and Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 15 Op. 132.
8 p.m. at 26 King David St. NIS 140 per ticket. Call (02) 624-1041 to book.
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