“The Golem” is a powerful and painful work by the poet Haviva Pedaya, created in the wake of the Covid crisis and climate catastrophes. This is a work that contains the pearls of Persian music with pop, electronic rap and prayer and includes texts by Jallal ad-Din Rumi and Hafiz. The Golem is a kind of rhapsody, or techno-rock-pop-and-soul piyyut opera that gathers all the sparks and broken fragments of the destruction of the world in a call for correction: tikkun. The work speaks in a variety of tongues, musical and verbal, and includes song, spoken word, rhythm and prayer and seeks to activate and awaken. The central motif of this poetic work is the myth of the Garden of Eden. We break the covenant of the first man and instead of caring for the Garden of Eden of this world, we destroy the rain forests, bring animals to extinction, destroy the oceans and damage the atmosphere. The exile from the Garden of Eden is, in fact, the Anthropocene—the past 200 years during which mankind has left an indelible mark polluting and destroying the

universe. Haviva Pedaya once again collaborates in this performance with electronic music creators Ruhama Carmel and Fika Magrik.

The performance is in English and Farsi.

Haviva Pedaya words, artistic and musical direction; Ruhama Carmel composition, electronics, instrumentals, arrangements, musical management; Fika Magrik composition, electronics, instrumentals, arrangement, musical management; Amir Shahsar vocals, nai; Victoria Hanna vocal art, vocals; Eyal Said Mani tar, vocals; Alex Maharik cello, bass, vocals; Daniel Slabosky electronics; Maayan Doari percussion; Meital Beracha keyboard, vocals; Alexander Yuniberg beatbox, mouth harp, voices; Eytan Refuah santur, daf; Eran Binyamini zarb; Amutat Reshimu production; Yair Kochav production