13th Hebron and Judea Research Conference

Thursday July 20, 2023
9:00am – 5:30pm
Kiryat Arba Cultural Center

Presenting new studies and findings about Hebron and Judea region including tour and memorial service for 1929 Massacre.

9:30pm - 1:00pm

Welcoming address:

Eliyahu Libman, Head of the Kiryat Arba - Hebron Council

New trends in research at the Tel Hebron Archeological Site:

Assaf Del, Bar-Ilan University and Midreshet Hebron

Avraham and his Amorite Allies:

Eyal Newman PhD student, Bible Department, Bar-Ilan University

Summary of the excavations in the Field of Machpela in the summer of 2015:

Chaim Shkolnik, Judea and Samaria Archeology,

Rivka Gorodetsky, Midreshet Hebron

The Seventh Step – The Decree, the Window, the Tunnel and the Staircase:

Dr. Gershon Bar-Cochva, Efrata Academic College, Orot Israel Academic College, Midreshet Hebron.

Ancient building in Rafat - Samu'a and its identification as a synagogue:

Zev H. Ehrlich (Zabo) independent researcher, Ofra

Emissaries of Hebron - Between the Earthquake and the Peasants’ Revolt:

Dr. Lilach Turgeman, University of Haifa and the Open University

Lunch Break

2:00pm - 3:30pm

The Question of Eruv Chatzerot in Hebron - "The Three Sultans" (1876):

Rabbi Dr. Boaz Hutterer, Departments of History at Orot Israel College

Central Executive Committee of the Labor Battalion in Hebron in October 1924:

Dr. Yoram Almachias, Orot Israel Academic College, Bar-Ilan University and Midreshet Hebron,

Yosef Uziel, independent researcher, Jerusalem

What did Bikur Holim Hospital do during the 1929 Hebron Massacre? Reviewing the Official Report:

Dr. Noam Arnon, Jewish community of Hebron

Childhood in a radical space: The story of the children of the founding generation in Hebron 1968-1971:

Dr. Amalia Shahaf. Director of the Research Center at the Szold Institute

4:00 p.m. - 5:30pm

Tour and memorial for the victims of the 1929 Hebron Massacre at the ancient cemetery in Hebron

For more information contact Midreshet Hebron at midrasha@mhebron.org or call 02-996-1710

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