8 Herzog Academics Presented in Rome
Eight academic representatives of Herzog College presented last week at the 27th International Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture in Rome. It was organized by the World Hebrew Union (Brit Ivrit Olamit) and Paris University 8’s Institut Européen d’Études Hébraïques (IEEH), and hosted by the Union of Italian Jewish Communities. Dr. Sarit Schussheim presented […]
Research Award for Music Therapy for Recovering Addicts
Dr. Tali Gottfried from Herzog Academic College has been recognized with an ISERD Director Award for her European Union-funded research into using music therapy to treat recovering addicts. Dr. Tali Gottfried is academic coordinator of Herzog College’s Special Education MA program and lecturer in music therapy, plus Israel’s representative at the European Music Therapy […]
A Century Since the Passing of the “Ohr Sameach”
Special Torah-Academic Conference at Herzog College Herzog Academic College and Yeshivat Har Etzion held a unique Torah-academic conference to mark one hundred years since the passing of Rabbi Meir Simcha HaCohen of Dvinsk zt”l (1846–1926) – one of the great Torah scholars of Lithuania. Author of the iconic works Ohr Sameach and Meshech Chochmah, his […]
Teaching English with Sensitivity & Values
Here are two beautiful initiatives from the English teacher training track of Herzog College’s Navat Yisrael program for Haredi students in Jerusalem. English lessons can give students important opportunities to express their feelings. This past year, against the background of frightening sirens, our trainee teachers have seen their students confused by constant disruptions of their […]
English Speakers Become Israeli English Teachers
14 new English teachers graduated this week from the Herzog College teacher training program for native English speakers. They are all Olim – some recent arrivals and some veterans – who have trained within schools in Jerusalem on a revolutionary program funded by the Jerusalem Municipality and Tzemach David Foundation. These graduates have studied pedagogy […]
Herzog College Trains Students with Disabilities to Teach Preschoolers
Among hundreds of graduating teachers, a group of students with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and autism has graduated from Herzog College as teaching assistants. The graduation of these first students completes the first stage of this combined academic and vocational project, built by Herzog Academic College in partnership with the Shekel Association and Israel’s Ministry […]
Between AI and Melakha: When Artificial Intelligence Meets Halakha
Herzog Academic College hosted a Science & Halakha Symposium about the challenges of keeping Shabbat in a world of smart homes and artificial intelligence. On Sunday May 10, Herzog Academic College hosted a symposium about the encounter between Jewish law and artificial intelligence and smart technology. Researchers, rabbis, and scientists gathered to discuss how the […]
Herzog College Welcomes New President
Professor Avishalom Westreich is the new President of Herzog Academic College. He brings to the role his rich academic experience at various institutions, including Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Hebrew University. His research work strives to integrate Torah and academia, and recently he has also engaged in the fields of teaching, society, […]
New Online MA Program in English
Herzog College has opened its first English-language Master’s degree in Teaching Tanakh & Parshanut, with the opening online lecture given by Dr. Yael Ziegler. 20 graduate students are registered for the course, logging in from Israel, the United States and the Netherlands. They will take 14 hybrid and asynchronous courses in English over two years, […]
Sharing the Tanakh in Spanish with Jews Worldwide
Campaign to Memorialize Argentinian Lone Soldier Ariel Cohen z”l Ilan Cohen made Aliyah from Argentina alone and served as a Paratrooper. He was killed in Gaza during the Iron Swords War. His family and friends have joined with Herzog College to complete our Spanish Tanakh website in his memory. His friends say: “Ilan’s love of […]