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Virtual Workshops at Beit Avi Chai

Take a break from the screens, from the news, and from volunteering.

Join Beit Avi Chai on ZOOM for a series of family workshops designed to give you strength and allow you to breath for a moment. Everything is free of charge.

Experiential Persian lesson for children and introduction to ancient and modern Persia: Sunday, June 22

Going down to the shelter in your pajamas? Buying pistachio crunch at the kiosk? Messing up the house like there’s no tomorrow? It turns out you’ve already passed the first test in Persian! Join an experiential meeting for children with Dr. Tamar Eilam Gindin, a linguist and researcher specializing in Persian and ancient and modern Iran, where we will learn Hebrew words and phrases that originate in Persian culture, discover secrets from Persian mythology, and hum songs in rhymes. Recommended for ages 6-12 years old.

The Most Boring Thing in the World: Writing Games About Boredom During Emergency Times: Monday, June 23

Bored at home? Let’s make it interesting! Join Dr. Nana Ariel, researcher, lecturer and author (“The Most Boring Book in the World”) for an online meeting for the whole family about creating out of boredom. Discover how to draw and write out of boredom, hold a multi-participant yawning contest, ask what things bore us the most in the world, and play writing games together that turn boredom into art.

On the Road to a Happy End: Writing Games for Children: Tuesday, June 24

An online meeting with author Tami Shem Tov about true stories that started with “Oh no!” and ended with “Oh yes.” In the meeting, you’ll look for good endings to bad events, hear about some good endings that changed the world, and try to write some good endings ourselves. Recommended for ages 6-12 years old.

Making Faces: A Master Class and Craft Workshop for Children: Wednesday, June 25

Sometimes there is nothing more relaxing and pleasant than looking at things with your eyes, and learning to draw them is truly a meditation. In a master class and online creative workshop with Daniela London Dekel, we will learn to look closely at familiar and new characters, notice details, draw them and build a little story for them. Daniela London Dekel – illustrator, writer and speaker, mother of the character “Hamoudi” and several other unillustrated children.

Art Workshop from Books: Master Class for Lions and Lionesses: Thursday, June 26

Beit Avi Chai invites you to an art workshop during which we will discover angles in our homes that we have never seen before. Join illustrator Menachem Halberstadt in an online master class for children in which we will create, inspired by the song “Noah”, and transform the familiar house into a work of art. Recommended for ages 7-11 years old.

After a week of grinding our teeth trying to come up with the name of Operation “People of the Lion” in the middle of the night, it’s time to understand its origin: Why a lion of all animals? Since when have lions actually been with us? And how does all this relate to the most confused magician in the Bible? Watch a short, eye-opening vidoe in which we discover the story behind the name of the operation, embark on a dizzying journey in the footsteps of the king of beasts, and fantasize about the day when we can nap without worries, like lions in the savannah.

Yuval Malhi, the king of podcasts, invites girls and boys on a time travel to Iran. From then until today. Even before there were tensions and threats, Israel and Iran were actually good friends. With the Islamic Revolution, everything changed and since then relations have only become more complicated. In this special episode, Yuval tells how it happened – from the days when we were almost friends, to the complex reality of today.