Sunday, July 30, 2006
Another letter from the Motster
Letter #5 from the RIS Provost
July 27, 2006
Dear students and parents,
Today’s letter has two purposes:
1. To address the students who are completing their July programs (Jerusalem Ulpan, Summer Institutes, and additional short summer programs) and leaving us next week.
2. To welcome the students who registered for the Summer Hebrew Ulpan starting in the first week of August.
I would like to convey my great respect, admiration and sincere thanks to the 478 students who decided to stay with us in Jerusalem in spite of the disturbing events which Israel has been facing during the past two weeks. We tried to do our very best to enable you to go on normally with your classes and extracurricular activities, providing you with background information on the current events and with the necessary support to confront stress and anxiety. You showed us your strength and determination, and your parents extended us their full support and encouragement. We also admire and value the decision taken by the 150 students of Haifa University who decided to move to Mount Scopus, together with their teachers and program directors, and continue their Ulpan program interrupted by the hostilities affecting the city of Haifa. All of you have contributed to ratify our strength and determination to continue our academic life and hope for a better future in this troubled part of the world.
As you know, continuity is a very precious universal value. One of the hallmarks of Jewish continuity is to start a new cycle of Torah reading on the same day we finish the previous cycle. Continuity is also a cherished principle at the Rothberg International School and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Immediately after our July students will depart, we will start with our summer Ulpan. Many of those attending this Ulpan enrolled in the fall semester and one-year programs for undergraduate students, and in the graduate studies programs. I would like to warmly welcome these students and am ready, together with our devoted staff, to answer any questions raised by them or their parents.
I reaffirm to our incoming students the “business as usual” message conveyed previously to our departing July students. We are going to start the summer Ulpan as scheduled (August 9, 2006), hoping that student attendance will be maximal, and thus showing again our common commitment to continuity.
Lehitraot to those of you who are leaving, and Bruchim Habayim to those arriving!
Prof. Jaime Kapitulnik
July 27, 2006
Dear students and parents,
Today’s letter has two purposes:
1. To address the students who are completing their July programs (Jerusalem Ulpan, Summer Institutes, and additional short summer programs) and leaving us next week.
2. To welcome the students who registered for the Summer Hebrew Ulpan starting in the first week of August.
I would like to convey my great respect, admiration and sincere thanks to the 478 students who decided to stay with us in Jerusalem in spite of the disturbing events which Israel has been facing during the past two weeks. We tried to do our very best to enable you to go on normally with your classes and extracurricular activities, providing you with background information on the current events and with the necessary support to confront stress and anxiety. You showed us your strength and determination, and your parents extended us their full support and encouragement. We also admire and value the decision taken by the 150 students of Haifa University who decided to move to Mount Scopus, together with their teachers and program directors, and continue their Ulpan program interrupted by the hostilities affecting the city of Haifa. All of you have contributed to ratify our strength and determination to continue our academic life and hope for a better future in this troubled part of the world.
As you know, continuity is a very precious universal value. One of the hallmarks of Jewish continuity is to start a new cycle of Torah reading on the same day we finish the previous cycle. Continuity is also a cherished principle at the Rothberg International School and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Immediately after our July students will depart, we will start with our summer Ulpan. Many of those attending this Ulpan enrolled in the fall semester and one-year programs for undergraduate students, and in the graduate studies programs. I would like to warmly welcome these students and am ready, together with our devoted staff, to answer any questions raised by them or their parents.
I reaffirm to our incoming students the “business as usual” message conveyed previously to our departing July students. We are going to start the summer Ulpan as scheduled (August 9, 2006), hoping that student attendance will be maximal, and thus showing again our common commitment to continuity.
Lehitraot to those of you who are leaving, and Bruchim Habayim to those arriving!
Prof. Jaime Kapitulnik
# posted by Bethany @ 3:58 AM 
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