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On January 21, Israel's Council on Higher Education approved the promotion of Orit Nuttman-Shwartz to the rank of Full Professor at Sapir Academic College, thus recognizing her pathbreaking research on trauma. Prof. Shwartz is the founding chair of Sapir's School of Social Work. For the past three decades, she has been investigating the many aspects of trauma associated with life under continuous threat of terror. Another important dimension of her work are the processes through which individuals develop resilience in the face of trauma-causing developments and events.

Corona notwithstanding, the cinematic imagination will take flight. For the sixth year running, Israel’s most promising young filmmakers are showcasing their movies – and launching their careers – at Sapir Academic College’s School of Audio and Visual Arts.

Architectural Culture in British Mandate Jerusalem, 1917-1948* A new publication, authored by Sapir faculty member, Dr. Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler, a senior lecturer of Architecture and Visual Culture. Presenting a fresh and analytical discussion of British Mandate-era architecture, via an exploration of four iconic buildings: the YMCA, The Palace Hotel, the Jewish Agency and the Rockefeller Museum.

Sapir Exhibition Shows Artistic Drive will Survive Corona Defying the havoc COVID19 has wreaked on the art world, Sapir Academic College’s School of the Arts is showcasing Tal Sasson’s exhibition, Black Teeth.   Michal Shamir, head of the Sapir’s School of Art, Society and Culture and curator of the exhibition, prizes the continuity of artistic endeavor.

On December 28, Prof. Shai Feldman, president of Sapir Academic College, joined the nationwide vaccination drive, receiving his own COVID-19 inoculation. Israel has launched an unprecedented campaign to vaccinate more than 150,000 people per day. By the end of the first week, a million Israelis were inoculated. The whole effort, Feldman believes, is an example of Israel’s public health system at its best, and an outstanding demonstration of social resilience. “Sapir is gearing up to return to full activity when the health crisis subsides.

Sapir Faculty Create Award Winning Documentary Cinema On December 24, Sapir's faculty won multiple prizes at the Israel Documentary Forum's annual award ceremony. Lena Chaplin won the prize for Best Documentary Film (under 60 minutes) and Rotem Dror won the prize for Best Soundtrack Design, both for the film Underground Ballet.

Sapir faculty Professor Nurit Gertz, recently published a book, titled Ma Sha'avad B'zman -"What Was Lost in Time: Biography of a Friendship". This bestselling book is about her four-decade friendship with internationally renowned Israeli author Amos Oz.  Gertz is the founder of the Sapir’s Culture, Creativity and Production Department and director of its graduate program. Her book tells the story of their wide-ranging conversations in times of peace and war, family and work, in letters that crossed oceans and phone calls, the last of which took place when Oz was close to death.