français

Celebration of Emmanuel Levinas Centennial

January 1-December 31, 2006

עברית

· Home · Celebration · Conferences · Partners • His Life · His Works · Other Events · Links • Who Are We ? ·

transcription of the prerecorded address by Václav Havel

Sunday January 15, 2006 – 15 Tevet, 5766 – at 20:00 at the Jerusalem Theater

A Century with Levinas:
Gala Inaugural Evening

in honor of the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995),
on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

---

More than a thousand people gathered Sunday evening in the Jerusalem Theater... description of the evening on the website of Maariv

---

Emmanuel Levinas was born in Kaunas (Lithuania) on January 12, 1906 – 15 Tevet, 5666. A gala evening in honor of his centennial will be held at the Jerusalem Theater, one of the main cultural poles of Israeli cultural life, on his birthday according to the Hebrew calendar. This gala evening of official tributes and entertainment will focus on Emmanuel Levinas the person, his life, his work as a thinker, an educator, and the impact of his work in modern society and as such will be a fitting way to inaugurate the Levinas centennial events in Israel.

Sponsored by the Zalman Shazar Center,
the Cultural department of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Israel,
the Culture Department of Mifaal Hapais,
the (Paris),
the Centre Culturel Français Romain Gary,
TV5 and
the weekly Marianne,

With the support of the Institut Français of Tel Aviv,
UHJ-France,
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Tel Aviv,
the Communauté Française de Belgique and
the Communauté Flamande de Belgique.

Venues :
Sunday January 15, 2006 at 20:00 at the Jerusalem Theater, Sherover Auditorium, 20 Markus Street, Jerusalem
Free Admission