Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends: Rosh Hashanah

As Part of The High Holidays of 5786

The Omer Count, Performance Walk © Mayra Wallraff

As the opening of the series The High Holidays of 5786, Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends invite you to celebrate the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, at the restaurant Beba.

Rosh Hashanah is a special moment filled with contradiction: celebration and grief, memory and renewal, personal introspection and communal festivities live side by side, and in their conjunction invite transformation. Hosted by director Ariel Efraim Ashbel and musicians Jessica Gadani and Ruth Rosenfeld, the evening will address ritualistic tradition through conversation and live music, making the jewish festivity an inclusive site for all to enjoy. Reaching out to each other beyond the confines of background, language and belonging, the occasion intends to spark a communal moment of joy, reflection and transformation, hoping for a better year.

Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends: Rosh Hashanah is presented as part of The High Holidays of 5786, a city-wide cycle of performances linked to the holidays that start the Jewish calendar. The High Holidays of 5786 is developed with and presented at HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Sophiensaele and the Gropius Bau. The project is funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.

Ariel Efraim Ashbel is a Berlin based director. He collaborates with his transdisciplinary, international team of friends to make stage spectacles at the intersection of theater, visual art, dance, music and ritual. Ashbel is associated artist at HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin. His shows are also presented at Kampnagel Hamburg and Forum Freies Theater Düsseldorf, as well as other international institutions and festivals.

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