On Saturday, August 23 at 10AM, Congregation Beth El in Bennington, VT is honored to offer an inspiring Artists Shabbat with Israeli-American award-winning writer, poet, and filmmaker, Avigail Graetz, who invites us to glimpse contemporary Israeli life through the lens of short cinema and spiritual inquiry. Avigail will screen several short documentaries created in collaboration with her partner, cinematographer Eitan Herman, inviting us to glimpse contemporary Israeli life and exploring questions of belonging, identity, and compassion in a conflicted land. The program will also feature a reading from her recently published poetry collection, Just This: Poems of Freedom. 

Q&A and refreshments to follow. For more information, please visit http://www.cbevermont.org