A bible lesson turns into a puppet show, an ars poetic confession, and a series of thoughts about Jewish-Israeli reality. A fringe-theatre creator finds himself in a midlife crisis, teaching bible in high school. The two worlds, the subversive and the pedagogic, create friction and collision, and the biblical scenes mix with the daily life of an Israeli classroom, intertwined with the students’ stories and the teacher’s personal life.

The show deals with a range of personal and collective conflicts: religion vs. secularity, the significance of acquiring knowledge in the digital age, sexuality and violence in the lives of teenagers (and in general), intimacy in an alienated reality overloaded with virtual experiences, disintegrating family ties and relations between various sectors of Israeli society, and more. 

Moti Brecher is an artist, actor-creator, and teacher. In his works, Brecher designs puppets, and uses them to dramatize performances that combine autobiographical details with political and historical events, in a visual language that draws inspiration from various artistic genres and media.

Brecher has written and produced numerous shows and performances for adults and children. He has participated in several museum exhibitions, presented a solo exhibition, and initiated and directed community projects. He has written satirical television sketches, and performed in the television series Srugim and Shtisel. Brecher is a graduate of the Excellence Program in Teaching and Art Studies, with emphasis on digital media, at Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts, and graduated with honors from the Department of Visual Literacy (MEd). His MA thesis Puppets, Monsters and Education focuses on the subversive use of puppets on the television series Sesame Street.