​Marking 50 years since the famous meeting of Jorge Luis Borges and Gershom Scholem
 

05-03-2019 | Tuesday March 5th 20:00 | 28th of Adar I

The National Library building 

Host: Mrs. Tsila Hayun, the National Library

Borges, the Jew
Prof. Ruth Fine, head of the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the Hebrew University

How did Borges understand the Golem?
Prof. Moshe Idel, Emeritus, the Hebrew University

What rhymes with "Scholem"? G. Scholem and the Kabbalah as literary characters in the writings of Borges
Dr. Itzhak Lewis, Columbia University

Reading selections from the works of Borges
Arik Eber – actor, Koby Ben Ezra - piano

Entry is free of charge. Please register ahead of time on the Library website