Wednesdays at Tzomet Lev are already one of this summer’s most talked-about and enjoyed events in Jerusalem. A rich program of activities comprising listening, ancient crafts, funky useable art, and heartwarming connections, which brought thousands of people to the promenade and filled its lawns with magic that is growing every week.   

This is what is waiting for you this week in Tzomet Lev:  

 

Part I: Art, music and games for all ages »

4:30-7:30 pm »

✦ Yellow Brick Road ✦

✧ Merav Svirsky ✧

Merav and hundreds of yellow domino bricks await you on the path. Together with her, you place them in a row, practice patience and collaboration, get to know new people and build a pathway to partnership.

 

✦ Bell Grove ✦

✧ Alon Peretz ✧

100 stainless steel bowls hanging on a red thread from olive trees, with a bell attached to each one. Children, and children at heart, are invited to bang and ring the bells and play a welcoming melody at the gates of Tzomet Lev. 

 

✦ Connecting ✦

✧ Hadas Tuval ✧

Under the pergola, a network of ropes and threads are woven together. Hadas Tuval pulls and connects them, crafts specially created spaces, and invites you into them and to reflect on the strength of the connections.

 

✦ Atmospheric Melodies ✦

✧ Yarden Weinbern ✧

Records, rhythms and recordings from all over the world with Yarden’s magic touch turn into a brand new colorful tapestry of sound.

 

✦ Space Studio ✦

✧ Little Y Live ✧

Ambient, electronic soundscapes meet live qanun music to create layers of sound that invite you to immerse yourself in them. This is the place to take a moment, close your eyes and treat yourselves to a musical trip without borders.

 

✦ Making Instruments ✦

✧ Elitzur Goldsmith ✧

A participatory activity of creation and discovery—making flutes out of canes and other instruments with personal instruction and natural materials.

 

✦ Flying With Kites ✦

✧ Nihad Dabeet ✧

Come learn how to build kites, what materials you should use to get the best results, how to decorate them, and finally, how to fly them.

 

✦ Game for Two ✦

✧ Ruth Hof ✧

A card game for two that takes you on a shared journey that starts on the promenade and winds its way round your imagination.

 

✦ Healing Sounds ✦

✧ Liel Abadi ✧

A meditative musical journey with instruments/objects from all over the world and frequencies that will move your inner self and consciousness.

 

✦ Spa On Wheels ✦

✧ Meital Raz, Keren Dembinsky ✧

It’s hot outside. To keep you cool, to make sure that the heat is not too oppressive and to stop the sun from spoiling your experience, we have drafted Spa On Wheels—a well-stocked, mobile refresher that will take the edge off the heat.

 

✦ Sun Shots ✦

✧ Netzach Darya Almasi ✧

The ancient printing system known as cynotype teaches you how to turn small bits of nature on the promenade into a beautiful creation that you can take home.

 

✦ Illustrating with Markers ✦

✧ Diana Kogan ✧

Peppered throughout the Sherover Promenade are beautiful corners and stunning observation points with views you would like to take home with you. In Diana’s illustration workshop, you can learn how to turn these views into an illustration and take a little bit of the landscape home with you.

 

✦ Chi Gong on the Balcony ✦

✧ Dani Yariv ✧

A perfect opportunity to relax, slow down, take some time to notice your surroundings, let the chi flow and look inwards. Join us to learn about an ancient Chinese technique with a professional, and you will see how much better it makes you feel.

 

✦ Iced ✦

✧ Carmel Bar and Michal Evyatar ✧

A cart carrying a block of ice invites children to make a snow cone-like they used to be. While they fold a cone for themselves, Carmel and Michal will carve snow cones out of the ice. The two will dribble syrup, chosen by the children, from several color options, which they will make in front of them out of the plants that grow on the promenade!

 

✦ Me-Shira ✦

✧ Yael Deckelbaum ✧

A women’s choir that invites men and women to sound their voices and to join resonating circles.

 

✦ Natural Wisdom ✦

✧Tali Sister ✧

At the edge of the grove, some natural wisdom awaits you. You can listen to an ancient Indian parable, take a short journey into a question that has been weighing on you, or enjoy an enchanting ceremonial meeting with the fabulous tour guide and spiritualist, Tali Sister. 

* For those willing to go the distance.

 

Part II: Masters and musicians play the here and now together »

8:30-10:00 pm »

✦ Ensemble Feel Beit in a live performance ✦

✧ Hosts Rabbi David Menachem ✧

Ensemble Feel Beit in a live, one-time performance by a group of musicians and instrumentalists including Itamar Doari (percussion and musical direction); Elyasaf Bashari (oud and bass); Maayan Linik (keyboards, cello and vocals); Roy Friedman (percussion); Leat Sabbah (cello); Yaniv Taichman (string instruments) and Arad Yeini (trumpets). The ensemble will host musicians and artists and take you on a unique musical journey that derives from the here and now that will never be played again.

Special guest: Rabbi David Menachem

After collaborating with artists like Shlomi Shaban, Dudu Tassa, Kobi Oz, Mark Eliyahu, Rabbi Haim Louk and many others, after playing the oud, ney and percussion instruments with the Kol Israel Arabic Orchestra, Israeli Andalusian Orchestra, The New Jerusalem Orchestra and others, Rabbi David Menachem will be joining our house band for one night who will play the music of here and now that will never be played again.

 

10:00 pm until the last dancer leaves »

✦ After party in Feel Beit ✦

✧ DJ Trumpeldov ✧

The bar is open, the drinks are flowing, and on the stand, DJ Trumpeldov with a unique blend of dance music from all over the world—Middle Eastern, electro-oriental, Balkan, Afrobeat, Latin, rockabilly, swing and more.

 

Entrance is free,
the air is crisp,
the experience is replete with hope,
and the time is now.
Join us?

Feel Beit, Naomi st. 4, next to the Yes Planet complex—coming?