Following its premiere at the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival of the Spoken Word, Nadav Kahn and Joey DeRusha bring their new work Hineinu to Melbourne.
Hebrew, English and Yiddish, song, prayer, chants, niggunim and spoken word come together in a musical and poetic odyssey responding to the aftermath of the Bondi attack and the long shadow of October 7.
At its heart, Hineinu is a new body of original songs written in the wake of the December 14 attack in Bondi, as a way of processing, questioning and expressing what we have been living through over the past few years. These are woven together with reimagined Hebrew liturgical and Yiddish pieces, modern songs and wordless melodies, creating a journey through memory and the present, grief and resilience, rupture and repair.
Part concert, part vigil and part prayer space, Hineinu invites audiences into an intimate, meditative and deeply musical evening of listening, reflection and shared voice.
Hineinu means “Here we are.” It is a simple declaration of presence: here we are with our stories, our history, our uncertainty, our grief, our hope and our songs.
Speakers
Nadav Kahn
