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 Hebrew Language Community Ulpan Twice weekly evening ulpan classes; three semesters per year. Partial scholarships available for new immigrants. Archaeology Lecture Series 2004-2005 The Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, HUC-JIR / Jerusalem, announces its annual lecture series in Hebrew, designed to present the results of recent archaeological research to the general public in Israel. May 26, 2004 Hanan Eshel - Bar Ilan University "The Archeology of the Bar Kokhba Rebellion" October 30, 2004 Yizhar Hirshfeld - Hebrew University "A Longing for the Desert: The Judean Desert in the Time of the Second Temple" November 25, 2004 Ehud Galilee - Israel Antiquities Authority "Salvaging ISrael's Maritime History: Maritime Archaeology in the Israel Antiquities Authority" December 30, 2004 Sarit Paz - Tel Aviv University "Music and Gender in Iron Age Israel" January 27, 2005 Adrian Boaz - Haifa University "Crusader Castels and Military Orders: A New Appraisal" February 24, 2005 Jodi Magness - University of North Carolina "Burial in Ossuaries in the Second Temple Period" (in English) March 31, 2005 Aren Maeir - Bar Ilan Univeristy "From Immigrants to Natives: The Philistines in Light of the Finds from Tel Zafit-Gat" April 21, 2005 Rina Talgam - Hebrew University "The Origins and Development of Early Islamic Art" This series is supported by the Fellner Foundation and its Trustee Mr. Frederick L. Simmons of Los Angeles. The lectures, accompanied by slides, take place at 5 PM at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. Jewish, Israel and Archaeology Studies Lectures, symposiums, semester classes and monthly lecture series in Hebrew and English. Ayala and Zalman Abramov Library The library's collection of Hebraica, Judaica, Biblical Archaeology and rare book collections are available to all students, scholars and the general public during regular library hours; Sunday - Thursday, 8:15 AM - 4:45 PM. Music Monthly Concert Series, many featuring liturgical music, Yiddish and Ladino songs, Israeli Art Music performed by HUC Cantorial Students and Faculty. Classical music programs performed by Israeli artists. HUC Community Choir meets once a week and performs Israeli and Jewish music and classical music on Jewish themes. The Hallel Choir was founded in 2000 as the community choir of the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. The choir provides a welcoming environment for some thirty-five choral singers in the wider community, some of whom have years of choral experience and are even professional musicians, while others are being introduced to choral singing for the first time. Skirball Museum of Biblical Archaeology Skirball Museum of Biblical Archaeology: Open to the public, free of charge, Sunday through Thursday, 10:00 am to 4:00 PM. The museum features artifacts from HUC-JIR excavations at Tel Dan, Tel Gezer and Tel Aroer. Art Exhibitions Changing exhibitions of art and photography on Jewish and Israel themes in the HUC lobby. HUC-JIR/UAHC Kesher Program, Jerusalem Young adults who are in Israel can make contact with like-minded students from around the world, stay in touch with the Reform Movement and find a "home away from home" at the HUC-JIR 's Jerusalem Campus. College age students and volunteers in Israel are invited to the campus for Rosh HaShana services and Erev Rosh Hashana Seder Dinner. Home hospitality for Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur is available. Shabbat and holiday services and celebrations, study opportunities
and social events throughout the year. For information, please contact
the college: jerusalem@huc.edu
or telephone: 02-620-3333.
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