Hebrew language will be offered on three levels in the spring semester, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. All classes are multimodal, interactive and intercultural, offering students the opportunity to hone their abilities in the four language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking). The advanced class will focus on Israeli cinema. The beginner and intermediate courses continue the […]

Mirit Bessire will be joining the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the Jewish Studies Program this fall to teach Hebrew language on all levels, from beginner to advanced. Ms. Bessire is an experienced teacher of Modern Hebrew language and Israeli culture. During the past decade she taught a variety of Hebrew classes at […]

Demonstrating the pervasive presence of God in modern Hebrew literature, this book explores the qualities that twentieth-century Hebrew writers attributed to the divine, and examines their functions against the simplistic dichotomy between religious and secular literature. The volume follows both chronological and thematic paths, offering a panoramic and multilayered analysis of the various strategies in […]

The Jewish Studies Program presents, “Rethinking Kabbalah,” a discussion of Kabbalistic literature, Jewish Myth, and the myths about the emergence of Kabbalah with Prof. Tzahi Weiss, dean of research at Open University of Israel. Join us from noon-1:30 p.m. on Nov. 4 in Mergenthaler 366.