The Complex “Simple Story”

Before the evenine show, join Rabbi Jeffrey Saks, Director of Research at Agnon House for a “Stage-Talk” in English

How “simple” is Agnon’s “A Simple Story”? In what ways did he take universal themes of “star-crossed” love and Judaize them when he sets the tale in his Eastern European hometown? How does an “Agnonian” love story intersect with the complexities of Jewish history—from the Biblical themes of “Song of Songs” to Hasidic tales to contemporary Israeli culture?

20:30  The Main hall

The play A Simple Tale will be accompanied by English supertitles