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An English E-Newsletter for Yeshivat Har Etzion
Alumni | |
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áñ"ã Dear Alumni, We hope this E-newsletter (Etzion
News) finds you and your families well. The purpose of the newsletter is
to provide you with news of the Yeshiva on a more regular basis and to
provide a forum for alumni to share news, ideas and accomplishments. Ultimately, we hope it will serve
as an additional tool to strengthen the ongoing relationship between
alumni and the Yeshiva. Baruch Hashem, the number of Yeshivat
Har Etzion alumni has grown into the thousands and we can no longer rely
on the "grapevine" to hear about your news. We apologize in advance for
anyone who we've inadvertently left out and we ask that you email us your
news, reflections on your time spent in Yeshiva and how it has impacted
your life (we especially welcome short video clips), feature stories about
alumni in interesting places doing interesting things, and other ideas for
programs, Shabbatons, topics for shiurim or seminars, etc. which you would
like to see happen at the Yeshiva. If any alumni will be working this
summer in outreach or summer kollel programs, please send us the details
as we are compiling a list. Also, if you are assuming a new position in
the rabbinate or chinuch, please let us know. Together with the celebrations of the
40th year of renewal of settlement in Gush Etzion, this year
marks the Yeshiva's 40th anniversary – bina - a major milestone, cause
for celebration, and opportunity to contemplate the past and set new
challenges for the future. Best wishes for a Chag Shavuot
Sameach! We look forward to hearing from
you! Shira Schreier and staff of Etzion News | |
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Rav Moshe Taragin guest lecturer in NY on Shavuot... Rav Amnon Bazak guest lecturer in Raanana on Shavuot...
Wheelchair Accessibility – Be'sha'ah tovah, the Yeshiva embarked on an ambitious construction project in Chodesh Nissan – dubbed "Project Negishut", in order to render the Yeshiva wheelchair-accessible. The construction includes ramps alongside all staircases as well as an elevator to the Beit Midrash and a pathway with no steps from the Chadar Ochel to the Pedagogic Library. The second stage will also include the installation of an elevator to the Torani Library. For complete story...
Reflections on
Remembrance - by Simeon Botwinick, Shana Aleph Talmid
This past week I celebrated my first ever Yom
HaZikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut. "Now wait a minute, Simeon," I hear a little voice
piping up. "These aren't new holidays. You've celebrated them plenty of
times before in
"But that's just where you're wrong, little voice,"
I reply. "I haven't." For complete
story... Annual New York Dinner The Annual Dinner of the Etzion Foundation in NY honored
the Family of Dr. William Major z"l, father of alumni, Eugene Major '80
and Steven (Yanky) Major '86, Rav Moshe Taragin '83, Ram, Yeshivat Har
Etzion and the Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women, and Alumnus of
the Year Elie '83 and Miriam Berman, on Tuesday, March 13, 23 Adar 5767,
at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in NYC. For complete story...
Yoel Weiss Appointed Executive Vice President of the Etzion Foundation
"Yoel's role is absolutely essential to the
continued impact of Yeshivat Har Etzion," declares Dr. Meyer Brayer,
Executive Director. "We extend our best wishes for much hatzlacha
and we look forward to working with him to further the interests of the
Yeshiva." Yoel is enthusiastic about facing this new challenge. "It is truly a privilege to join this great institution that has shaped Jewish learning and leadership for thousands of men and women across the globe."
Yeshivat Har Etzion 2007 Trip to
by Jonathan
Arkush To
all who organized and led the trip to Reflections on the Trip to Before Pesach, I joined the
Yeshiva on a trip to
JobKatif – JobKatif is an organization founded by
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon, Ram in the Yeshiva, to help find employment for Gush
Katif evacuees. A voluntary organization, JobKatif helps place individuals
in new jobs, offers professional training, helps open new businesses, and
provides career counseling when necessary. For complete
story...
Rav Mordechai Breuer zt"l (1921-February 24, 2007)
The Yeshiva mourns the passing of Rav Mordechai
Breuer zt"l - one of the leading Bible scholars, exegetes and educators of
our generation - and extends
condolences to his family. Veteran Herzog College faculty member, Rav
Mordechai Breuer zt"l was renowned for his unique approach to Tanach, in
which the text is analyzed as a composite work reflecting the multiple
attributes of its divine author (Shitat HaBechinot). Over the
course of time, he gathered a large and faithful following, composed of
his students in the many institutions where he taught. His unique method
of Biblical interpretation was presented in his published articles and
books, among which are methodological studies which elucidate the approach
itself as well as textual studies in which the method is applied to
specific Biblical passages. For complete
story...
News from The Herzog College
Herzog
College, an affiliate of Yeshivat Har Etzion, has played a leading role
for over 30 years in training outstanding Jewish educators from among the
religious Zionist community. Herzog College, established with the vision
of providing young Hesder students with the knowledge and skills to become
capable, caring and charismatic Jewish educators, is helping to train the
next generation of Jewish educators, both men and women, for Israel and
worldwide. New Director: Dr. Shmuel Shilo. For complete story...
Alumni Reflections
A Life Time of Humility - by
Shlomo Druckman ('97-'98), living in When I speak to my friends, all of them very talented and many of them Gush alumni, and we discuss our careers and the success that we are all having, we all seem to agree on one thing – it has been easy to excel in our various endeavors. It’s a funny thing to say, but when you leave yeshiva, perhaps most yeshivot, the level of intellectual rigor and intense work ethic to which you have become accustomed is far beyond anything found out there. For complete story...
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Etzion
News
Together with the entire Har Etzion family,
we welcome Yoel Weiss as he assumes the position
of Executive Vice President of the Etzion Foundation. Yoel brings
with him a wealth of experience in fundraising and development, and
he will play a leadership role in the foundation's future growth.