Wake Up, Grandson - Letters to My Rebellious RabbiWake Up, Grandson - Letters to My Rebellious Rabbi
Image Design: Yoav Raz
Image Design: Yoav Raz
Status Report: Archives and Documentary Filmmaking in Wartime
Closing Event – A screening of
Opening Event –Premiere:

Wake Up, Grandson - Letters to My Rebellious Rabbi

with filmmaker Yariv Mozer
Followed by a live concert:
Eifo HaYeled with
Special guest: Yermi Kaplan
Marking the 30th anniversary of their debut album “Zman Sukkar”

Israel 2024, 93 min, Hebrew, Hebrew subtitles

 The Ilona and Hillel Zvi Lowy Special Collections Display Room, level -3
National Library Garden, Idan and Batia Ofer Park
Other
Russell Berry Main Entrance hall, Level -2
חדרי סמינר, קומה 2-
The David Geffen Auditorium, level 0 
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Entry is free and pre-registered, based on availability.

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Director Renen Schorr’s journey in the footsteps of his Grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Heller, hero of the 1948 War Battle of Safed, a deeply religious town. Spiritual vs. Secular, Faith vs. Film, Holy Safed vs. Hedonistic Tel Aviv.

In a 25-year exchange of letters between paterfamilias and grandson, the elder begs the young filmmaker to forsake Truffaut for tradition and carry on his legacy. When the request is rebuffed, a surprising final wish comes from the grandfather, “Make a movie about me”.

In the epilogue, the director undertakes the legal act of changing his name and official identity to Renen Schorr Heller and goes out to Safed to direct a scene scripted by his grandfather when his life was coming to an end.

 Director: Renen Schorr Heller

Production & Script: Renen Schorr Heller

Production Company: Blues Productions LTD

Editing: Noa Keidan

Cinematography: Gal Rumbak, Yaniv Linton

Research: Renen Schorr, Lily Yudinski

Sound Design: Aviv Aldema

Music: Ehud Banai

Distribution company: Go2Films

Color: Yoav Raz

  • Warning: This film contains content that some viewers may find distressing | Rated 18+

  • No assigned seating

  • This is an outdoor screening; warm clothing is recommended

  • All revenues will go towards the rehabilitation of the Nova community

  • Weapons are not permitted in the event area

  • No assigned seating

Before the screening:
Opening greetings: HaRishon LeZion Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar
After the screening:
After the screening of "
Wake Up, Grandson - Letters to My Rebellious Rabbi
"
A conversation with the film's director, Renen Schorr
The David Geffen Auditorium, level 0
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The Rabbi’s Status in Israel: Moses or Aharon?
Before the screening of “King of Sephardim,” Adina Bar-Shalom, daughter of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, in conversation with Rabbi Benny Lau
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From the Desks of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Baba Sali and Baba Khaki

Prior to the screening of "King of the Sephardim" - an encounter with original materials, handwritten by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, that tell the story of his world.

Prior to the screening of "The Last Righteous Man" - a display of documents and letters by the Baba Sali and Baba Khaki relating to their public and political influence.

Guided by Dr. Chaim Neria, Curator of the Haim and Hanna Solomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel.

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Calligraphy Workshop

Calligraphy is the art of aesthetic writing, an ancient craft found across cultures, continents, and languages, with letters and words as its main means of expression. Following the screening of “The Colour of Ink,” try your hand at Hebrew calligraphy in a workshop with artists Izzy Pludwinski and David Goldstein.

✦ The workshop is roughly two hours long

✦ Admission fee: 55 NIS

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יום ה'
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09:30     12:15
בין 16:00-20:00 מדי שעה עגולה
17:30
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