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Outgoing Beit Avi Chai director Danny Danieli talks about setting up a cultural center that provokes thought and entertainment – but not controversy – in a city like Jerusalem.

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The cultural-social scene in Jerusalem received a serious boost just over six years ago with the founding of Beit Avi Chai. Since then, the establishment has become an important fixture in the capital, offering a wide range of lectures, debates, exhibitions and all manner of entertainment items, including music from numerous genres, all with an underlying Jewish theme.

The person who has steered Beit Avi Chai through its first years, manager Danny Danieli, is about to move on to pastures new, and he can now look back and assess his and the institution’s contribution to the local and national cultural scene.

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