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As part of a series of articles on Israel at 60, the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles has published a lengthy feature on plans for Shalem College. The article relates that “the college is planned as an American-style, four-year liberal arts school, an educational model that doesn't exist in Israel. Most students view their college years as vocational training and commute to school.” Shalem Senior Vice President Daniel Gordis explains, “We want to change the experience of what being an undergraduate student is about."

 

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Walzer, Halbertal to Speak at HPS Conference Sharansky Meets President Bush $2 Million Pledged
For Shalem College
Professor David Schmidtz Speaks at Shalem
Noted philosopher Michael Walzer of Princeton University and Hebrew University Professor Moshe Halbertal will keynote the third international conference on Political Hebraism. Titled “Political Hebraism: Jewish Sources in the History of Political Thought,” it will be held September 7–9, 2008 at Princeton.
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A private meeting was held in June in Washington between Adelson Institute Chairman Sharansky and US President Bush, with the Washington Post reporting on a “friendly and intriguing relationship.” The President and senior advisors received a copy of Sharansky’s newest title, Defending Identity.
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Two commitments of $1 million have been made toward establishing Shalem College by the Klarman Family Foundation of Boston and by George and Pamela Rohr of New York. The gifts are part of a campaign launched to attract the seed money needed to lay the groundwork for Israel’s first liberal arts college.
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The Shalem Center’s new Visiting Scholar Series welcomed its first participant in June. David Schmidtz, joint Professor of Philosophy and Economics and Director of the Philosophy of Freedom Program at the University of Arizona, spoke on the nature of property rights and on the prehistory of liberty.
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