Join us at our 2015 Alumni Gathering! Taking place on Saturday, July 4th from 4:30 - 8:30 pm at our Jerusalem campus, this year’s Gathering will focus on “The Joy of Hebrew.”
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Schedule:
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16:15 Registration (Library)
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16:30 Welcome: Rabbi Naamah Kelman, Dean, HUC-JIR/Jerusalem (Library)
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16:45 Why Hebrew Matters: Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D., President
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17:15 דוב וקוף שווים? – Lesson of Biblical Grammar*: Dr. Yossi Leshem, Professor of Bible
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18:00 Workshops:
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- Hebrew Writers Talk to God: From Brenner to Keret: Rivki Rosner, Year-In-Israel Hebrew Teacher
- Hebrew for Teaching Jewish Values: Rabbi Ofek Meir, Director, Israeli Rabbinical Program
- Beyond Yehuda Amichai: God and Jewish Sources in Contemporary Israeli Poetry*: Professor Ruchama Weiss, Director, Blaustein Center
- Ancient Texts in Contexts: The Story of the Hebrew Alphabet: Dr. Yifat Teherani, Senior Fellow at the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology
- How Do You Say Tiyul? Touring Israel in Hebrew: Dganit Timor Jenshil, Director of Community Relations
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19:15 Seuda Sh’lishit (Academic Courtyard)
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20:20 The Journeys We Are On: The Importance of Alumni as Recruiters: Rabbi Haim Shalom, Assistant Director of Recruitment and Admissions
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20:30 Havdallah (Academic Courtyard)
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* Presented in Hebrew
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