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Art can be transformative – if you take it to the streets. That’s what’s happening at the Medarom festival for arts and culture, a unique collaboration between the Negev town of Ofakim and the Department of Cultural Studies at Sapir Academic College. This multidisciplinary celebration of community is taking place in open spaces throughout city. The idea is radical in its very simplicity: break down the barriers that separate artist and audience by partnering with a wide variety of community organizations. When seen this way, art does more than just reflect social realities. It shapes them.

Student’s Personal Report from Sapir’s Delegation Supporting Ukrainian Refugees in Poland  "I am a third-year School of Social Work student. Together with my colleague’s we volunteered as part of a group of ten Israeli’s, made up from volunteers from Sapir and the Israeli nonprofit-Natan. Our delegation included nurses, doctors, and social workers. We worked in the former Tesco superstore in Przemysl, Poland. This site has become the city’s main Aid Center’s for Ukrainian refugees, and it offers beds, toilets and showers, as well as daycare for children.

As we write this, students from Sapir’s School of Social Work are on the ground in Poland, providing urgent support to Ukrainian refugees as they cross the border to safety. They’re part of an Israeli team organized by Natan – World Wide Disaster Relief, stationed at the Przemysl Humanitarian Aid Center. For the School of Social Work, emergency intervention is nothing new. Previous missions have included post-hurricane reconstruction in Guatemala, helping Georgian refugees after the war with Russia, and assisting earthquake victims in Haiti.

A new study by Clalit Health Services, Sapir College and Ben Gurion University shows that the second booster reduces mortality  due to COVID-19 by 78% for  people 60 + The rapid emergence of the omicron variant led to a global resurgence of COVID-19. Israeli authorities approved a 4th vaccine dose (second-booster) for individuals aged 60 and above who received a first booster dose four or more months earlier. This study included all 563,465 members of Clalit Health Services (the largest HMO in Israel) aged 60 to 100, eligible for the second-booster.

In a modern economy, information technology is not enough.  Israel needs a reliable financial management infrastructure to participate in the global economic system.    From businesses to nonprofits and government offices, professional accountants guarantee financial transparency and compliance with internationally recognized standards.

On Tuesday March 15, 2022, Sapir College was honored to have been paid a visit by MK Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List party. The significance of the visit is associated with the historical development that MK Abbas led in 2021. Following the elections to the Knesset held that year, his party became the first Arab party to join an Israeli governing coalition. MK Abbas was greeted by Sapir President, Prof Shai Feldman and the Dean of Students, Alon Gayer.

No, it’s not the title of a science fiction thriller, but rather a dystopian metaphor – and a warning -- of what has happened to academic life. Dr. Omri Herzog of Sapir’s Department of Culture, Creativity and Production has published Compliance and Resistance within Neoliberal Academia, a series of very personal and unnerving reflections on the academic profession in an age of neoliberalism.