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For assistance, please call Dina Gudai at 074-780-0643 (8:00 AM – 3:00 Israel time Sunday through Thursday).
Your donation will be tax deductible in the US to the extent allowed by the IRS.
To make a tax-deductible donation by wire transfer in the US, please contact:
Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
To make a tax-deductible donation in Israel, please contact:
Dina Gudai, Israeli Representative
Phone: 074-7800643
Email: dina@schechter.ac.il
Please mail your check to:
The Schechter Institutes, Inc. (a 501(c) 3 tax exempt organization)
Box #3566
PO Box 8500
Philadelphia, PA 19178-3566
Attn: Mr. Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
Please indicate the donation is "for your joint Schechter Institutes program."
Checks should be made payable to the Jewish Theological Society of Canada and mailed to:
Jewish Theological Society of Canada
c/o Camp Ramah in Canada
3845 Bathhurst St., Suite 310
Toronto, ON, M3H 3N2
Phone: 416-789-2193, ext. 2139
E-mail: accounting@campramah.com
Please mail a check to:
The Schechter Institutes
Attn: Dina Gudai, Finance Department
PO Box 16080,
Jerusalem, 9116002
Israel
For assistance, please call Dina Gudai at 074-780-0643 (8:00 AM – 3:00 Israel time Sunday through Thursday).
17/07/2024
“A life of purpose is a well thought out, a deliberate life. It is the resultant fruit of an urgent need and of free choice that we have inside ourselves.”
The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies’ 2024 graduation ceremony began with those penetrating words from the mid-20th Century philosophical work of Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik: Kol Dodi Dofek. (Listen, My Beloved Knocks). The title is a paraphrased interpretation of the Biblical words from the Song of Songs.
This year’s ceremony – a celebration of great accomplishments – was held under the ever present sorrow and pain that has been a shadow over the State of Israel since the October 7th massacre and resulting war in Gaza, as well as the continuing evacuation of Israel’s north due to the ongoing conflagration there.
The ceremony, held at Neve Schechter in Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek neighborhood, brought together graduates, their families, friends and faculty to celebrate conclusion of their studies.
Schechter’s 11 ‘Highest Distinction’ Graduates
Over 35 graduates received MA degrees in Judaic Studies with another five completing the requirements for the Marpeh, Spiritual Care diploma. 11 achieved the ‘highest distinction’ level of distinction in completing their degree.
Marpeh Spiritual Care graduates at the ceremony with program director, Dr. Einat Ramon (in yellow)
As in every year, this year’s graduates, men and women, young and old, composed a wide variety of Israelis from various backgrounds. A top commander in the Israel Police, teachers, a well-known Jerusalem-based artist, a retiree from Israel’s defense industries, high tech workers, nurses, all completed degree requirements.
Graduates came from around Israel not only geographically but also religiously. The pluralism of the graduates – some from Orthodox religious backgrounds, others are devoted Reform Jews or committed to secular life – showed the promise and spirit of the Jewish People in the Jewish State and Schechter’s importance in bringing people together.
“This year it is important to note that there is a commonality among all our graduates: They have a thirst for education and knowledge, particularly in the study of Judaic fields, due to their curiosity and great love of learning,” stated Dr. Noa Yuval-Hacham, Dean of The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies.
She continued, “I am convinced that ALL you have received in your years of learning here at Schechter, will assist you to clearly elucidate something we all require at this time: what is our Jewish and Israeli identity in the State of Israel in 2024? We certainly understand the serious responsibility currently on our shoulders because of this.”
At the ceremony’s culmination, Dr. Yuval-Hacham quoted Israeli singer David Broza’s famous song of poet Yehonotan Geffen’s words, “Yihyeh Tov” – “It Will be Good.”
I look out of my window
to see if all this is real
I look out the window and mutter my prayer
When the wolf and lamb will live together
the leopard shall lay down with the goat
But in the meantime don’t take
your hand from my palm
