A Course for English Speakers including lectures and fieldtrips on alternative weeks. The lectures program includes 7 main subjects - Love, Marriage and Family Life in the Bible, Jewish Law and its Influence on Israeli Law, Chapters in the history of the Yemenite Jewry, The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Zeev Jabotinsky and "ETZEL", The Middle East:  New horizons & opportunities, Saudi Arabia - between modernity and religion, Amongst the sights visited in The fieldtrips program are Nahal Alexander, The Judean lowlands, the Golan Heights, Jerusalem foothills, Ein Hod,  Kibbutz Yagur , Haifa, Jerico and Hiria. Two extended campuses are also included, the first in Eilat, and the second in South of Jerusalem and the nearby Palestinian territories.

 

 

Tuesdays, 9:00-12:45, 168 academic hours. Fieldtrips, end between 17:00–19:00, Lecturers: Galia Doron, Dr. Anat Gueta , Prof. Daniel Sinclair, Dr. Mikael Shainkman, Prof. Uzi Rabi, Adv. Gil Regev, Dr. Adolfo Roitman, Dr. Michal Yaari

 

5,190 NIS, including participation in 12 fieldtrips, excluding board and lodging in the study camp. Discounts (12.5% each) will be given to partners studying in the same course.

- Adam and Eve; Abraham and Sarah: marriage under the shadow of barrenness

 - Isaac and Rivka – ideal matchmaking, Jacob – Rachel and Lea: love and jealousy

- King David and his wives

-  The law and ethics of war in halakhic literature

- Modern halakhic developments and their influence on contemporary Israeli law.

- Influence of Jewish law on English criminal jurisprudence 

- Yemenite Jewry - history, traditions and their unique relations Zionism

- New opportunities for Israel alignung with the more moderate regimes of the region

- The face behind the veil - Saudi women’s rights;

 - Israel and Saudi Arabia: friends or foes

- Saudi Arabia- between modernity and religion 

 

- Man, Nature and Landscape – Nahal Alexander.

- The Judean lowlands: Shikma stream, Yavne-Yam, Ashdod, the power station

- In the footsteps of Eli Cohen on the Golan Heights: Hamat Gader, El Hama road, Kuneitra , Chushnia Road and Arik Bridge or The Western Galilee, Kfar Vradim, Julis, Hararit Settlement, Carmiel

- Jerusalem foothills - Mevasseret Zion, Ein Hemed, Monument to the Victims of 9/11, Menachem Begin Museum

- Ein Hod, Bazalton, Kibbutz Yagur , Hecht Museum – Haifa, Ein Afek.

- Jerico - Tel Jericho, Elisha's Spring, Hisham's Palace, "Shalom al Israel" Synagogue, Carantal Monastery, Herodian Palace, St. George Monastery 

- "Hiria" - Ariel Sharon Park, Mikve Israel, Ayalon River

- Shitim in the desert, Neot Smadar, Uvdah Valley, Shacharut 

- Timna Park – Sound and light show, geological sites: copper minds, Amram Pillars, The rock arches, Eilat mountains

- Ketura or Yotvata – R & D Center, Lotan, Paran, Tsukim 

  - Bethlehem area, the Basilica of the Nativity, Manger Square, Milk Grotto, Sheperd's Field, Solomon's Pools

-  Tel Arad, Susita, Tel Zif, Avigayil, Visit a Winery, Carmel Settlement