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Va Yomer, Va Yelech Robert speaks with Rina Yerulshami, director of the Cameri Theater of Tel Aviv Itim Ensemble. The Ensemble is performing "Va Yomer. Va Yelech" (And He Said. And He Walked) as part of the Kennedy Center's festival celebrating 50 years of Israeli statehood. The text of the play comes entirely from the Old Testament - it is performed in Hebrew with simultaneous English translation. Yerulshami talks about the modern, abstract presentation of the ancient text.

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Robert speaks with Rina Yerulshami, director of the Cameri Theater of Tel Aviv Itim Ensemble. The Ensemble is performing "Va Yomer. Va Yelech" (And He Said. And He Walked) as part of the Kennedy Center's festival celebrating 50 years of Israeli statehood. The text of the play comes entirely from the Old Testament - it is performed in Hebrew with simultaneous English translation. Yerulshami talks about the modern, abstract presentation of the ancient text.