Ono Academic College, and its Master’s Degree program in Judaism in collaboration with the Center For Mediterranean Thought And Creation, is organizing a conference on the topic of:
“It comes in waves – Mediterraneanism, Judaism and Israeliness”
The conference takes place on Monday, June 10, 2024 between the hours: 9:00 – 17:00 at Ono’s new Kiryat Ono Campus located at 1 Academic Boulevard, Kiryat Ono.
The Conference Program is as follows:
First session: in plenary
- Tova Hartman, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ono Academic College
- Nevo Shimon Vaaknin, Academic Director, Master’s Degree Program in Judaism, Ono Academic College
- Hanoch Ben Pazi, Department of Jewish Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University
Second session: parallel sessions
A window onto the Mediterranean: thoughts about the Mediterraneanism
- Shimon Azoulai, the Master’s Degree program in Judaism, Ono Academic College
- Merav Alosh-Lebron, Shalom Hartman Institute
- David Moshe Biton, Ono Academic College, Center for Mediterranean Thought and Creation, Mendel Center for Leadership in the Negev
The seer of the great sea: sages and sages in the Mediterranean area
- Chacham Dr. Hezi Cohen, Ma’ale Gilboa Yeshiva and Bar Ilan University
- Yaffe Baniya, a research associate at the Hartman Institute and a lecturer at Ono Academic College
- Ariel Moab, Center for Judaism and State at the Shalom Hartman Institute
Tradition moves in space and time: ceremony, custom and aesthetics
- Eliezer Papo, Director of the Gaon Center for Ladino Culture, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Aliza Lavi, Master’s Degree Program in Judaism, Ono Academic College
- Rabbi Hagit Sabag, Master’s Degree Program in Judaism, Ono Academic College
Third session: parallel sessions
The North African space: between the Mediterranean and European seas
- Samir Ben Laishi, Master’s Degree Program in Judaism, Ono Academic College
- Gabriel Ibn Zur, PhD student in the History of the People of Israel and Contemporary Judaism program, The Hebrew University
- Hadas Chaya Levy, PhD student in the Department of Jewish Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University
- Haim Sharki, director of the six-year school in Sha’aliv
Is it possible to talk about “the Mediterranean” after October 7?
- Nissim Leon, lecturer at Bar-Ilan University
- Khaled Abu Ras, Department of Jewish Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University; Shalom Hartman Institute
- Yaniv Belhassan, Department of Tourism and Leisure Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Neta Pulitzer, director of the Encounter Israel program
About creation and creators in the Mediterranean area
- Benny Ziper, writer, translator and editor of Haaretz’s Culture and Literature
- Katsia Alon, literature and art researcher, Gamma Publishing
- Tzvia Frank-Vigoda, School of Basic Studies in Judaism, Bar-Ilan University
- Dror Bar-Yosef, Head of the Nationalism-Liberal Research Chair at the Begin Heritage Center
Fourth session: in plenary
- Emeritus David Ohana, Senior Fellow at University Cambridge Hall, Clare
Fifth session: in plenary
- The Mediterranean basin: Mediterranean seas and music
- Yigal HaRosh, Director of Beit Midrash for Piot and Makam, Kulna Organization
- Sivan Albo-Ben Hur, conductor of the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra of Ashdod
- Ofir Tobol, Director of Kulna Organization, Tel Aviv
- Odia Barkan, musician, School of Music, Ono Academic College
Closing remarks:
The conference is dedicated to the memory of our friend, Prof. Daniel Tsadik, a researcher of Iranian Judaism
Participation is free of charge, but prior registration is required and the number of seats is limited.
For more details and registration – click here: https://web5.ono.ac.il/mediterranean-conference/
