Third group of Melamdim Jewish studies teachers to graduate June 24, 2009

The third cohort of Melamdim graduates will be celebrating completion of their two-year program June 24, 2009, at Shalom Hartman Institute

Renana Ravitsky Pilzer

June 11, 2009

June 11, 2009

Renana Ravitsky Pilzer

Rabbanit Dr. Renana Ravitzky-Pilzer is the Director of the Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis – Rabbanut Yisraelit and a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute. She previously served as Educational Director of the Center for Jewish and Israeli Identity, Head of the Beit Midrash at the Midrashiya High School for Girls, and Co-Director of the Melamdim Program – a master’s degree program for training teachers of Jewish studies from Israel and the United States, in collaboration with the Shalom

Melamdim Jewish Studies Teachers 2008 Graduation, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, Israel

Melamdim 2008 graduation ceremony

The third cohort of Melamdim graduates will be celebrating completion of their two-year program in a ceremony to be held June 24, 2009, at Shalom Hartman Institute.

The Melamdim teacher training program in Jewish Studies is a joint project of the Hartman Institute and Tel Aviv University, which grants its graduates an MA degree.

The evening will open with an address by Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, who will speak on: "The Challenge of Education – a New/Old Religious Language." After a musical interlude, program heads Rabbi Phil Field and Renana Pilzer will address the crowd, followed by a representative of the graduates.

Finally, after the degrees are awarded, Prof. Ron Margolin, the academic and pedagogical director of the Melamdim Program, will round up the evening.

Third group of Melamdim Jewish studies teachers to graduate June 24, 2009

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