NEWS
Ziering family makes $1 million gift to establish endowment for the arts and fund for philosophy and ethics
Designed to cultivate graduates committed to ensuring Israel’s long-term cultural vitality, the Marilyn and Sigi Zeiring Endowment for the Arts will enable Shalem to recruit top-notch faculty for its music and arts courses.
Shalem Faculty Collaborate with Ein Prat Leadership Academy to Advance Model of Humanistic in Israel
As part of its ongoing faculty development seminar series, Shalem College joined with the lecturers at Ein Prat—The Leadership Academy on December 20th, 2012, to share insights and ideas about teaching the liberal arts in Israel. Ein Prat, a pluralistic Beit Midrash in Kfar Adumim, graduates hundreds of students each year.
St. John’s Head Tutor Eva Brann Shares Unique Approach to Great Books with Shalem Faculty
Eva Brann, former dean and the longest-serving tutor at St. John’s, the premier non-denominational Great Books college in the United States, visited with Shalem faculty on January 14-15 to share her distinctive student-centered approach to learning.
Daniel Gordis’s Book on Jewish Law and Conversion Selected as Finalist for 2012 National Jewish Book Award
The Jewish Book Council has selected Pledges of Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa (Stanford, 2011), co-authored by Shalem Senior Vice President and Koret Distinguished Fellow Daniel Gordis and Hebrew Union College President Rabbi David Ellenson, as a finalist in the Scholarship category of the 2012 National Jewish Book Awards.
Bernard Lewis donates part of extensive personal library to Shalem College
Influential scholar of Islam Professor Bernard Lewis visited Shalem on January 14 to tour the site of the college library, future home of part of his extensive personal book collection on the Middle East.