This powerful new piece in Jewish News offers a rare, honest look at how the Hebrew University is learning to live – and think – through trauma, two years after 7 October.
Commissioned by the British Friends, it goes far beyond headlines to capture what it feels like to study, teach and do research in a society still absorbing profound shock and loss.
A University thinking through crisis
The article shows how the Hebrew University is grappling with the emotional, ethical and intellectual challenges of this moment: from supporting students and staff living with ongoing anxiety, to asking hard questions about democracy, security and responsibility in the classroom and beyond. It highlights voices from across campus who are trying to hold grief and critical thinking together, rather than choosing one over the other.
Part of a wider centenary story
This piece is part of a wider series on the Hebrew University: its plans for the future, its groundbreaking research, and the double centenary marked this year by both the University and the British Friends. Together, the articles trace how an institution founded a century ago as a “university of the Jewish people” is reimagining its role in a deeply changed Israel and a turbulent world.
Read the full article here:
https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/two-years-after-7-october-hebrew-university-learns-to-live-and-think-through-trauma/