Contemporary Israel Speaker Series: Israel Over Lunch

August 9, 12:00-1:00 pm

Join the Holy Blossom Israel Engagement Committee for a summer speaker series about contemporary Israel. Whether we are speaking about science, geo-politics, history or human rights, come for one or come for all at these casual lunchtime gatherings

Register here: https://congregationconnect.tfaforms.net/f/HBTCISS_IOL

The National Library of Israel presents “The Modern Israeli Calendar’

“The Modern Israeli Calendar” – an exploration of contemporary Israeli society through key events in the national calendar, as they come to life through the collections of the National Library of Israel (NLI). Presented by Shuvi Hoffman, NLI’s Head of Global Jewish Education, this program will explore the diverse communal roots of Israel’s various national, cultural and memorial days, offering an exciting opportunity to understand and engage with the rich communal and cultural tapestry of modern Israeli life.

Shuvi Hoffman is Global Jewish Education Manager at the National Library of Israel. Shuvi is a graduate of “Revivim”, an Honors program for training Outstanding Jewish Educators at Hebrew University, where she received her BA in Jewish Studies and her MA in Biblical Studies, and she also served as a Pedagogical Mentor in the program. Shuvi has worked as a Tanach and Jewish Philosophy teacher at Tali Beit Chinuch School, Jerusalem, where she was head of Jewish Studies. While teaching she wrote Jewish studies curriculum and teachers guides. In addition, she has worked as a teachers’ mentor at the Shalom Hartman Institute and in David Yellin college. She spent two years in New York teaching Hebrew and Tanach in SAR High School, as well as teaching at “Drisha”’s summer programs.