Piyyut: Hebrew Poetry and World Music HD

Presenters/performers: Prof. Robert Alter, Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley Visiting Artist Yair Harel, Magnes Collection Tafillalt Ensemble (Jerusalem) The program includes words by Professor Robert Alter, and a performance of traditional and contemporary musical interpretations by Schusterman Visiting Artist Yair Harel and the Ensemble Tafillalt (Jerusalem). Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. Presented by the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, and the Center for Jewish Studies. With support from the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion and the Consulate General of Israel for the Pacific Northwest.