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13th Hebron and Judea Research Conference

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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