Sunday July 27, 2025
Land of Judea Museum, Kiryat Arba
Conference program:
9:30am – 10:00am – Gathering and registration
Morning Session: “Hebron – Its Many Faces”
10:00am – 1:00pm – Dedicated to the memory of Ze’ev Erlich, Israeli scholar and archeological researcher
- Dr. Noam Arnon, Midreshet Hevron, Spokesperson for the Jewish Community in Hebron: Biblical Hebron – A Journey to the Capital City of Ancient Times
- Assaf Del, Midreshet Hevron and Bar-Ilan University and Boaz Beri, Israel Antiquities Authority: “New discoveries about the graves of the ancestors”
- Avi Zafaran, Midreshet Hevron, graduate of the Archaeology and Bible Departments: ” And Saul was lying within the barricade, and the people were encamped around him”: The secret of the circle on Givat HaKhila.
- Dr. Gershon Bar-Cochva, Midreshet Hevron, Efrata Academic College, Orot Israel College: Through the Porthole – The Candle Aperture and the Aedicula in the Cave of Machpela
- Haim Skolnick, Judea District archaeologist and Dr. Gershon Bar-Cochva, Midreshet Hevron: The Crusader Seal in the Cave of Machpela – The Story of the Stonemasons
- Adi Shragai, Shomrim al HaNetzach (Preserving the Eternal) organization: The Struggle for Israel’s Antiquities
Lunch break
For those interested: Guided tour of the Museum of Judean Antiquities, guided by David Goldman – Museum Director
Afternoon Session: “Continuing the Path”
2:00pm – 4:00pm: Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Passing of Rabbi Moshe Levinger zt”l
- Prof. Yosef Sharvit, Bar Ilan University: The podcast ‘Kol Kiryat Arba-Hebron’, as a tool for documentation and research
- Miriam Fleishman: A Man of Vision and Land – The Story of the Late Avi Zvi Idles, One of the Founders of the , Midreshet Hevron
- Dr. Yoram Almachias, Midreshet Hevron and Orot Yisrael College: Ein Vered Circle – Ideology, Settlement, and the Hebron Vision
- Eyal Gelman, Head of the Hebron City Council: A Look to the Future – The Outline Plan for the Hebrew Settlement of Hebron
To register click here.
