Posts Tagged: Religion and Faith

Mikveh (Hadar Lee Galron)

Genre: Comic Drama , Drama , Psychological Drama

A “mikveh” is the ritual bath in which religious Jewish women (from wedding until menopause) immerse once a month, in order to purify themselves from the ‘impure blood’ and be once again permitted (physically) to their husbands. Mikveh is the physical space in which this play unfolds, but it is also the humane space deep… Read more

Alma & Ruth (Goren Agmon)

Genre: Drama

The play tells the story of Alma, an idependant woman, who runs her own small publishing company. She brought up her two children alone, and when her daughter decides to become ultra-orthodox and disconnects from Alma, she feels that “religion” has stolen her daughter from her and seeks revenge. The opportunity comes when she receives… Read more

The Hastening of the End (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

A theatrical exploration of the theological and ideological infrastructure of the massacre of 29 Moslems committed by Dr. Baruch Goldstein at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in 1995.

Passing the Love of Women (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

 A play inspired by “Two” a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer (written in collaboration with Israel Zamir) about two yeshiva students in 19th century Poland who discover that they are homosexual. They run away from their town and find refuge in the big city of Lublin where they must live as husband and wife. 

Pangs of the Messiah (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama

A political drama about the right-wing settlers in the West Bank who oppose the peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and blow up the holy mosques in Jerusalem to sabotage it.  

The Murder of Isaac (Motti Lerner)

Genre: Drama , Poetic Drama , Satire Cabaret

A play about the assassination of Yitzhak (Isaac) Rabin, Israel’s former prime minister following his peace negotiations with the Palestinians. The play is an enactment of the assassiantion as perfromed by 12 inmates, suffering accute PTSD in a mental hospital in israel, exploring the infrastructure of Israeli society in an attempt to present the deep… Read more