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 Yosef Schechter’s educational thought as a model for contemporary Hebrew education as a space for meaning and hope. Dr. Yehudit Chassida and Dr. Avichai Kellerman spoke about Haredi women in academia, and Dr. Yehudit Chassida with Dr. Sarit Schussheim discussed the role of Israeli school teachers in periods of crisis. On a similar theme, Oshrat Revivo examined what we can learn from the literature of Israeli children’s magazines about their attitudes to war. Rabbi Dr. Yosef Marcus spoke about Rabbi Immanuel Ricchi – an Italian commentator on the Mishnah. Dr. Eyal Davidson examined the Hebrew spoken in 16th century Tzfat. In presentations with a literary theme, Prof. Daniel Reiser discussed “The Tale of a Niggun” by Elie Wiesel, and Dr. Rachel Ofer analyzed female Biblical characters in the poetry of Racheli Avraham-Eitan.
