First International Agnon Festival
First International Agnon Festival
21-23 June 2021
Daily on your computer screen via Zoom or on Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/agnonhouse
Sessions will be conducted in either Hebrew or English with simultaneous translation to the other language.
Times according to Israel IDT (GMT +3)
למידע בעברית לחצו כאן
Your generous donations allow us to continue to maintain the activity of Agnon House.
Thank you very much for your support.
To donate in support of Agnon’s legacy visit https://agnonhouse.org.il/join-donate/
Agnon’s writings are available via Schocken Publishing House
Mon י"א בתמוז תשפ"א 21.6.2021 18:00
Virtual Tour to Agnon House with Rabbi Shai Piron, Agnon’s Granddaughter Dr. Yael Blau and Other Guests
Greetings: Hon. Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin, President of the State of Israel
Hon. Hili Tropper, Minister of Culture
Mr. Moshe Lion, Mayor of Jerusalem
Mr. Avigdor Yitzhaki, Chairman of the Lottery Commission.
Opening Lecture: From Buczacz to Jerusalem and back with Prof. Dan Laor
Moderator: Asaf Ofek
Mon י"א בתמוז תשפ"א 21.6.2021 19:00
International Authors’ Talk with Jonathan Safran Foer and Etgar Keret
Animals, Climate Change and Being Jewish Fathers
Moderator: Kathrine Tschemerinsky
Mon י"א בתמוז תשפ"א 21.6.2021 20:30
Agnonian Reading with Dorin Frankfurt, Yisrael Aharoni, and Renana Raz
Fashion, Cooking and Dance in Agnon’s Writing
Moderator: Asaf Ofek
Tue י"ב בתמוז תשפ"א 22.6.2021 18:00
Virtual Tour of Martin Buber House, Germany
Prof. Admiel Kosman on Buber’s Legacy
Tue י"ב בתמוז תשפ"א 22.6.2021 19:00
International Authors’ Talk with Nicole Krauss and Dorit Rabinyan
Diction and Contradiction: Divergences of Homeland and Exile
Moderator: Benjamin Balint
Tue י"ב בתמוז תשפ"א 22.6.2021 20:30
Agnonian Reading with Bilhah Ben-Eliyahu, Haim Be’er and Zeruya Shalev
Influences and Resistors to Agnon’s Impact
Wed י"ג בתמוז תשפ"א 23.6.2021 18:00
Virtual Tour of Sigmund Freud House, London
Dr. Eran Rolnik on Agnon and Freud
Wed י"ג בתמוז תשפ"א 23.6.2021 19:00
Ukrainian Authors in Buchach with Andrey Kurkov and Vasyl Makhno
Virtual Tour to the Agnon House in Buchach, Ukraine (Agnon’s Hometown) with the Agnon Literary Centre
Presented in Cooperation with Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and Lviv Book Forum
Moderator: Rabbi Jeffrey Saks
Wed י"ג בתמוז תשפ"א 23.6.2021 20:30
Agnonian Reading with Prof. Ariel Hirschfeld, Prof. Ilana Pardes and Prof. Wendy Zierler
The State of Agnon Research in Israel and the World
Moderator: Rabbi Jeffrey Saks
