Beit Avi Chai
Established by the AVI CHAI Foundation in 2007, Beit Avi Chai is housed in a beautiful, purpose-built facility located at 44 King George in Jerusalem and serves as a hub for the creation, development and expression of Jewish texts and ideas.
Beit Avi Chai focuses on developing and producing original Jewish content with the aim of introducing wide and diverse audiences to Jewish-Israeli thought and culture.
Striving for excellence both in quality and range, on a monthly basis, Beit Avi Chai offers more than 50 in-person and online programs, reaching hundreds of thousands of participants in Israel and throughout the world.
Inter alia, these original programs include presentations, lectures, performances, workshops, exhibitions, creative incubators, podcasts, digital series and various staged events for adults, youth, children and the IDF.
Parashat Bamidbar – The Importance of Details | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Grossing Out | Viral Political Garbage: Garbage Pail Kids & Internet and Social Media | Dr. Ido Noy
Parashot Behar-Bechukotai – The Dual Covenant | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Grossing Out | Not only for Kids: Garbage Pail Kids & Political Satire | Dr. Ido Noy
Parashat Emor – Ox, Lamb & Goat | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Grossing Out | Setting a Bad Example: Garbage Pail Kids & Educationial & Moral Values | Dr. Ido Noy
Parashot Achrei Mot-Kdoshim – You Shall Live by Them | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Parashot Tazriya-Metzora – Revelation beyond Logic | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Words of Remembrance: Life and Sacrifice after October 7 | Prof. Yemima Ben-Menahem & Oriya Mevorach
Parashat Shmini – The Power of Silence | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Holocaust Distortion - The case of Lithuania | Dr. Efraim Zuroff
Parashat Tzav – Faith and Partnership | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Pesach: The Once and Promised Future Redemption | Rabbis Irving Greenberg, Meesh Hammer-Kossoy
Parashat Vayikra – Freedom within Limits | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Under the Islamic Republic of Iran | The History of the Jews of Iran | Orly Rahimiyan
Parashat Pekudey – Building a Spiritual Mishkan | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Times of Change | The History of the Jews of Iran | Orly Rahimiyan
Song of Hope I Episode 18 I Nunu - Geshem (“Rain”)
Parashat Vayakhel – Freedom in Holiness | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Song of Hope I Episode 20 I Ran Danker - Bo’ee Venatir (“Come, Let’s Let It Go”)
Parashat Ki Tissa – Who is Responsible? | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Under Shia Islam | The History of the Jews of Iran | Orly Rahimiyan
Song of Hope I Episode 19 I Marina Maximilian - Nechama (“Comfort”)
Parashat Tetzaveh – Entering the Holiness | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
The Origins of the Jewish Community | The History of the Jews of Iran | Orly Rahimiyan
Song of Hope I Episode 21 I Geva Alon - Leylot Shel Yare’ach Ma’leh (“On the Nights of Full Moon”)
Parashat Truma – The Symbolism of the Cherubim | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Kabbalah Transforms into Zionism | The Kabbalistic Birth Pangs of Zionism | Dr. Jonnie Schnytzer
Song of Hope I Episode 14 I Dudi Bar David - Tachzeri (“Come back”)
Parashat Mishpatim – Physicians and Theology | Rabbi Shai Finkelstein