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Grad Pride: Fekade Abebe ’18, The Practical Philosopher
Introducing “Grad Pride,” a video series that follows Shalem alumni as they pursue professions in a range of fields, with the goal of making an impact on their country…
Reframing Israel’s Story: Shalem Grads Help Found a Beit Midrash for Mizrahi Culture
In his 2014 article for Mosaic magazine, “Mizrahi Nation,” the author Matti Friedman begins by explaining that “the story of Israel, as most people know it,” is one of a blond…
Humanities Program for Outstanding High-School Students Picks Up Steam Throughout the Country
With few exceptions, young people generally find the work of deciphering poetry a fairly tedious chore. Which is precisely why the sight of a dozen or so tenth graders animatedly…
The Koret Jewish Peoplehood Project at Shalem College
For Israelis, the sight of busloads of group-t-shirt wearing, water-bottle toting American Jews crisscrossing the country has for decades been part of the landscape…
The Third Annual Shalem College Commencement
”We Hope Your Actions Will Flow From What You’ve Learned”: Shalem Graduates its Third Class…
From Israel’s Capital to Capitol Hill: Shalem Pilots Innovative Program in American Politics and Policy
In order to steer Israel successfully through the challenges it faces, both in its own region and on the world stage, the future leaders of the Jewish state will need a deep and nuanced understanding of politics—American politics, that is.
Shalem College Partners with The Asper Foundation for Unique Pilot Program in Zionist Education
What is the right use of books? In answering his own question, the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson insisted that they were meant “to inspire” new…
Three Languages, One City: Shalem Grad Bridges Gaps Between Jerusalem Residents through Unique News Platform
When people hear about the nonprofit social-media news site “0202,” the first question that invariably comes to mind is – what’s with the name?
Shalem Press publishes Michael Oren’s “Power, Faith, and Fantasy” in Hebrew
When Israelis went to the polling booths on April 9th, among the many factors behind their choice of party may well have been the new…
Start-Ups with a (Social) Mission: Shalem’s Accelerator Takes Off
Think start-ups are founded only by business and computer-science majors? Think again. Today, it’s the philosophy majors and social activists who are launching their own…