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Seeking Wisdom with Leon Kass
When asked why he chose to teach a course on the Book of Exodus for his visiting professorship at Shalem College, Prof. Leon Kass…
Shalem Voted No. 1 Among Israeli Schools
For the second year in a row, Shalem has swept the National Union of Israeli Students (NUIS) Annual Student Satisfaction Survey’s rankings…
Daniel Gordis Publishes New History of the Jewish State
Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, the newest work by Shalem Senior Vice President and Koret Distinguished Fellow Dr. Daniel Gordis, has just been released…
Shalem Taps Renowned Jewish Historian Isaiah Gafni for President
Prof. Gafni, currently a professor emeritus and the Sol Rosenbloom Chair of Jewish history The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is highly respected in academic circles…
Students Bring Their Call for Free-Market Reforms to the Knesset
It is perhaps fitting that Tacharut (“Competition”) sounded its first public battle cry against the outsized power of the Israeli labor unions on July 4th …
Arabic Immersion Without Borders
A quest for a “more real picture of the Middle East than is possible to glean from a vantage point in Israel.”
Strange Encounters of the Literary Kind: Shalem’s Ido Hevroni Publishes New Book on Rabbinic Literature
What do the Count of Monte Cristo and Rabbi Akiva have in common? Or Kafka and the Babylonian Amoraic sage Rav Ashi? For one thing, they all…
Shalem President Martin Kramer Defends the Status Quo in Foreign Affairs
Arguing in the July/August issue of Foreign Affairs that while Israel indeed “faces all manner of potential threats and challenges…it has never been more thoroughly…
Life is a Battlefield: Shalem Student Translates IDF Technology into Everyday Design
After two years spent struggling with Shalem’s rigorous course load, Shalem sophomore Yonatan Aldouby felt the strain—on his back. “Maybe if my studies weren’t so intense,” Aldouby grins, “I wouldn’t have felt the need. But the Odyssey, the Hebrew Bible, the Koran…these are heavy works. They take a toll.” To help lighten his fellow students’ loads, Aldouby decided to design a better backpack—and gain valuable experience as a social entrepreneur in the bargain.
Yohanan Friedmann, Shalem Professor of Islam, Awarded Prestigious Israel Prize
Yohanan Friedmann, The Max Schloessinger Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and member of Shalem’s Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Department, will be awarded the 2016 Israel Prize…