Live and Online: The Multi-Platform Yemei Iyun B’Tanakh
Reconvening in person and using technology developed during the pandemic, this year’s Bible Study Days will be offering a hybrid combination of live, live-streamed and pre-recorded lectures and tours around Israel for its global and local audience. Due to popular demand, this year’s Yemei Iyun will offer three parallel, bi-lingual program with over 100 live […]
President Herzog visits Herzog’s Jerusalem HQ
To mark the first anniversary of Moshe Moskowitz (Moshko)’s passing, a ceremony took place in February 2022 in the new Museum of Jewish Art in Heichal Shlomo celebrating his life and work. Moshe Moskowitz – “Moshko” – served as director of the Heichal Shlomo Foundation for many years, in addition to the role he played […]
33 Teachers from Latin America Beat the Travel Ban
Training Excellent English & Science Teachers
Herzog College is working with Israel’s Ministry of Education to recruit promising high school graduates to train as English and science teachers. In an exciting new venture, Herzog College is partnering with the Agudah L’Hidnadvut Sherut Leumi agency to launch a new Atuda (excellence) course, combining two years of National Service with a degree in […]
Recording Lost Communities Online
How can technology bring back to life a lost community? Wikishtetl is an online encyclopedia (part of Wikipedia) that records memories of a lost world, with articles about villages and shtetls throughout Eastern Europe and other lost Jewish communities. Wikishtetl was established as part of a special initiative of the Herzog College Education Department, the […]
Teachers Head Back to School
18 Jewish teachers from around the world have started the second year of their online English-language Rimonim Teacher Training Course, with 20 teachers from Latin America participating in the third year of the Herzog Global Spanish course. Jewish Studies teachers sometimes find themselves wondering how to teach Jewish history or to interest their students in […]
Megadim Journal’s 60th Edition in Hebrew, First Edition in English
Jerusalem Prize for Herzog College President
Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Brandes, President of Herzog College, has been awarded the B’Sheva Jerusalem Prize for Chinuch. It will be presented on Monday August 2 at the B’Sheva Group’s Jerusalem Summer Conference at the Begin Center. Rabbi Dr. Brandes has been chosen to receive this prestigious prize in recognition of his many years of service […]
Hybrid Yemei Iyun b’Tanakh
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Last week, for the 30th consecutive year, Herzog College hosted its annual Bible conference – the Yemei Iyun b’Tanakh – with lectures in-person and online in four languages. In 2020, the Yemei Iyun were held entirely online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year it was “hybrid”, with a combination of in-person and online […]
Celebrating 100 Years of Religious Teacher Education
Herzog College is hosting a conference to celebrate 100 years of religious teachers’ education in Israel, and marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the “Seminar Mizrachi” named in honor of Eliezer Meir Lipschütz. Today this college is a part of Herzog College. The Humanities and Social Sciences Fund International Conference on Jewish Education […]