PROGRAM
With classes led by international and Israeli scholars of repute, carefully selected students and young professionals choose one of three tracks enabling an in-depth study and discussion. The readings are accompanied by plenary lectures, city walks, evening edutainment programs, all with a strong focus on community building and follow-up activities. |
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PARALLEL TRACKS
Each track includes 11 textual learning workshops and 15 hours of “field work”
Jerusalem in Biblical and Apocryphal Texts
Sources: Ezekiel, Isaiah, Ben-Sira, Qumran, The Book of Revelation Faculty: Dr. Serge Ruzer (HU), Dr. Michael Tuval (HU)Solomon’s Temple in Jewish and Christian Mysticism
Sources: Books of Hechalot, Isaac the Blind, Zohar, Templers Faculty: Dr. Michael Schneider (HU), Dr. Ilya Dines (National Library)Jerusalem as a Modern Futuristic Project
Sources: Boris Shatz’s futuristic novel “Jerusalem Rebuilt” (Jerusalem 2018). Faculty: Dr. Yuri Leving (HU), Eugene Fishzon (Begin Center)
PLENARY LECTURES
Heavenly Jerusalem in Aggada
Prof. Avigdor Shinan (HU)Biblical Prophecies of Future Jerusalem
Prof. Yair Zakovitch (HU)Jerusalem in Early Jewish Mysticism
Prof. Rachel Elior (HU)CULTURAL PROGRAM
Jerusalem as a Dream of Musical In-Gathering of Exiles |
Jerusalem Cuisine — Utopia and Reality |
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«The wolf shall dwell with the lamb» — Biblical Zoo with Linor Goralik |