Yeshiva University Museum

Yehuda Amichai’s poem cycle “Jerusalem 1967,” composed in the aftermath of the Six-Day War, provides a frame to consider the city as a site of ethnic, social and religious difference. Amichai's poetic speaker imagines a city whose divisions are still felt by its residents, despite the enormous material and political efforts to bind the city together. In this gallery talk/walk through YUM’s exhibition City of Gold, Bronze and Light: Jerusalem between Word and Image, Barbara Mann (Jewish Theological Seminary) explores Jerusalem through this essential paradox in Amichai’s poetry, and through the city’s architecture and urban planning over the last half century.

Co-presented by Yeshiva University Museum and The Center for Israel Studies of Yeshiva University Tickets: $10 general; $5 seniors, students; free for YUM members. To purchase tickets, go to www.smarttix.com or call 212-868-4444