Advanced class essay on ” A Personality I Respect”
Knowing Nitza
Last week The Jewish News magazine published an interesting article about Nitza’s and Robin’s work with refugees in Greece last December.
Students’ Comments
I’ve grown frustrated over the last few years that my hebrew speaking and writing abilities are very poor. I finally decided to do something about it in October 2018 when I enrolled for my first term at the Spiro Ark ulpan. The course, taught by the incredibly talented and multifaceted
Homework of the week
Just to show what an amazing progress our students are doing, here are some examples of this week’s best homework.
A sudden change in the programme!
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances we are very sorry to have to alter the day of the screening of “ A Perfect Day for Banana Leaves” which was scheduled for 24th February 2019 at Tikun, which we were looking forward to.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused but please bear
Letter from Eldad – Shanti House
We have just return from England, and we wish to thank you for everything you did for us during our stay: Arranging the lecture for Mariuma.
Please express our thankfulness to all the wonderful people whom we met and encourage them to come and visit us during their next visit
Spiro Ark working with Christian refugees from Arab lands
A message out of the blue
Amongst scores of emails which arrive daily at the Spiro Ark inbox, an invitation of a puzzling nature appeared.
The sender was an unknown person in Greece and the name of the organisation which issued the invitation added to the mystery: ICC ( International
Review of Jews, Horns and the Devil book event by Sharon Ross
Last Wednesday night I was treated to a duo of interesting lectures about how Jews have been depicted in illustrations, to a packed audience, at Central Synagogue. It was part of Spiro Ark’s lecture series. The first lecture was a review of Anton Felton’s book ‘Jews, Horns and the Devil’,
Palestinians ‘might claim ownership of Dead Sea Scrolls’
Palestinian Authorities may seek to claim as their own the archaeological site of Qumran and its Dead Sea Scrolls, the Simon Wiesenthal Center has warned.
The scrolls, discovered in the Qumran caves in the mid 20th century, date from biblical times and comprise from hand-written manuscripts of great historical and
H I JEW POSITIVE – ISRAELI FILM
Many Catholic Poles regularly discover that their parents had kept their true Jewish identity hidden, from these 2nd and 3rd generations of Holocaust survivors. It has happened to people of all ages from all socio-economic backgrounds. These are the New Jews of Poland.The Director Ronit Kertsner, followed her protagonists for […]