Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari
- Event Type
- Meeting
- Sponsor
- The Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies (HGMS), with support from the Einhorn Fund, the Israel Studies Project, and the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity
- Location
- Alice Campbell Alumni Center
- Date
- Oct 28, 2025 5:00 pm
- Speaker
- Ayelet Tsabari, Winner of the National Jewish Book Award's JJ Greenberg Memorial Award
- Contact
- The Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide and Memory Studies
- jewishculture@illinois.edu
- Views
- 90
- Originating Calendar
- Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity
An Evening with Ayelet Tsabari. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award's JJ Greenberg Memorial Award
Songs for the Brokenhearted.
October 28th | 5 pm | Alice Campbell Alumni Center
1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better life. In an overcrowded immigrant camp, a shy young man happens upon a beautiful girl, Saida, singing by the river. In the midst of chaos and uncertainty, they fall in love. But they were not supposed to.
1955. Thirty-something Zohara, Saida's daughter, has been living in New York City. She has not looked back since leaving home, rarely in touch with family back in Israel. After her mother's death, Zohara finds herself on an unexpected path that leads to shocking truths about her family - including dangers that lurk for impressionable young men and secrets that force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, her heritage and her own future.