BIU’s 2018 Honorary Doctoral recipients share their knowledge and insights with scores of students, faculty and others at special events held on campus.
Malcolm Hoenlein (left), Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, speaks with BIU Prof. Adam Ferziger of the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, on “Past, Present, Future – Judaism in Israel and North America,” at an evening marking the launch of the new Impact Center for the Study of Judaism in Israel and North America
Yoram Cohen, Former Director of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), speaks on “Addressing Israel’s Internal Security Challenges
A reluctant hero, Oren Almog, who lost five members of his family and his eyesight in a terrorist attack in Haifa in 2003, tells his personal story and how the organization Etgarim-Challenge helped him get back on his feet and win third place in the Blind Sailing International Championship. The talk “Against All Odds” was held under the auspices of the Pinchas Churgin School of Education
Rabbi Dr. Benny Lau addresses a packed audience in the Midrasha’s Ohel Sara Beit Midrash on the topic “Lag B’Omer and How Jewish Sources Relate to the Bar-Kochba Revolt” at an event held under the auspices of the Ludwig and Erica Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studies
Israeli poet Agi Mishol at the Literary Encounter, “I am the Calmness in the Turbulence,” held under the auspices of the Joseph and Norman Berman Department of Literature of the Jewish People
