{"id":19315,"date":"2012-05-15T02:50:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T09:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=19315"},"modified":"2012-05-15T02:51:19","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T09:51:19","slug":"my-name-is-yuda-the-poetry-of-yehuda-amichai-at-tzavta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=19315","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;My Name is Yuda&#8221;: The Poetry of Yehuda Amichai at Tzavta"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19316\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/My-name-is-yuda-Photo3-Kfir-Boloton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19316\" title=\"My name is yuda - Photo3 Kfir Boloton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/My-name-is-yuda-Photo3-Kfir-Boloton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/My-name-is-yuda-Photo3-Kfir-Boloton.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/My-name-is-yuda-Photo3-Kfir-Boloton-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Name is Yuda\/Photo: Kfir Bolotin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The poetry of Yehuda Amichai (May 3, 1924 \u2013 September\u00a0 22, 2000) will have a theatrical performance in honor of the late poet\u2019s 88th birthday. \u201cKorim Li Yuda\u201d (My Name is Yuda), a Hani Theater Production, will premiere during Book Week (Shavua Hasefer) at Tzavta Theatre on June 10th. Directed by Pnina Gerry and performed by Adi Bilsky, who previously collaborated on the award-winning \u201cSipur Ahava Eretz Israeli\u201d (An Israeli Love Story), with Ishai Ben Moshe.<\/p>\n<p>Amichai\u2019s life story will be presented through his poetry, from childhood memories to tales of love and war. Shosh Reisman, the musical editor of the evening, set Amichai\u2019s poems to music. The evening will also feature Yoni Rechter\u2019s composition for Amichai\u2019s \u201cAdam Behayav\u201d \u2013 the closing song.<\/p>\n<p>Amichai\u00a0 is a leading figure in modern poetry, one of the best known Israeli poets, whose work has been translated into 40 languages, and over 160 of his poems have been set to music.<\/p>\n<p>Links: <a href=\"www.tzavta.co.il\" target=\"_blank\">www.tzavta.co.il<\/a>; <a href=\"www.hanitheater.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.hanitheater.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The poetry of Yehuda Amichai (May 3, 1924 \u2013 September\u00a0 22, 2000) will have a theatrical performance in honor of the late poet\u2019s 88th birthday. \u201cKorim Li Yuda\u201d (My Name is Yuda), a Hani Theater Production, will premiere during Book Week (Shavua Hasefer) at Tzavta Theatre on June 10th. Directed by Pnina Gerry and performed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}