There was another incident involving one gentile who came before Shammai and said to Shammai: Convert me on condition that you teach me the entire Torah while I am standing on one foot. Shammai pushed him away with the...
Seminar on Religion and State The goal of this annual seminar is to expose Hannaton Mechina participants to the complexity of the overlap between religion and state in many areas of Israeli society, to help them learn in-depth the...
Rishe Groner Visiting Hannaton was the perfect way to kick off a full year of experiencing Israel through both study and community. As second year Rabbinical students, we had come to expect the highs and lows of this unique...
Meet Maor Lankri, Mechina class of 2014, who recently completed his mandatory military service and shares his thoughts on Judaism and law. On Judaism, law and everything in between I believe that there’s been a big change in our...
ישראל היום, 18.7.19 Enough with the Witch Hunts: I Also Have the Right to Express Myself In contemporary Israeli discourse, where many opinions are expressed, including those commonly seen as peculiar or even contradictory, dissenting or contrary voices are...
Students in the Hannaton Mechina’s activism committee started collaborating with ‘Shibolim’ to promote accessibility for people with disabilities. Abigail, who initiated the idea with her friends, discusses the first meeting. As part of our volunteer work at the Hannaton...
This article originally appeared in Hebrew on YNET, 15.5.19 The TakeASec venture (take a second, in slang), the result of a collaboration between the Hannaton Mechina and the Tag Meir organization, is being held throughout the north this week,...
by Rabbi Yoav Ende The period from Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, to Yom HaZikaron, the Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers, and Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel Independence Day, is often referred to as “The Israeli High Holidays,” and some communities...
by Dr. Nurit Novis-Deutsch We are living in exciting times, perhaps even in an axial age, rich with opportunity, change and new directions for the human race. Changes-in-the- making include a substantial increase in human longevity; workforce shifts due...
