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A group of researchers from the Department of Economics at Sapir College, led by Prof.

Rotem Elkayam’s new film may take Sapir to Hollywood. Her poignant documentary follows Lahcen, the Muslim gravedigger in charge of the Jewish cemetery in Marrakesh. Until the day he dies, Lahcen will continue to open this mausoleum of memory to Jews from around the world. "People Asleep and the Water as Well" has now won the Oscar-qualifying prize for best short documentary at the San Fransico Jewish Film Festival, short-listing it for the Academy Awards.

In a viral video from last year, Ukrainian President Zelensky called upon his troops to lay down their arms and surrender. The clip might have changed history, but it was quickly exposed as an AI-generated fake. As was an image of former President Trump scuffling with police, and a litany of other false content involving celebrities. For better or for worse, artificial intelligence is here to stay. At Sapir, we know that tomorrow’s leaders must learn to use this technology for good while defending against those who would exploit it with malevolent intent.

Few people alive today can recall a childhood without Television. The “tube” (often uttered by parents together with an unflattering rhyme) has literally shaped how kids around the globe perceive reality. But what children experience while fixated on the small screen is only part of the story. Children’s TV is a vast industry, operating within broader cultural, ideological, political, and economic contexts, unique to each country and changing over time.  A new book by Dr. Yuval Gozansky, Chair of the Communications Department at Sapir College, gives us the big picture.

President Herzog Honors Sapir Trustee for Social Innovation He’s a pioneer in cyber security. The business he founded serves 1000 companies in 30 countries. Nissim Bar-El’s greatest passion, however, is the struggle against poverty and inequality. Now he’s received the Presidential Volunteerism Award for his efforts. Bar-El, a member of the Board of Trustees at Sapir College, believes entrepreneurship is a fast track to empowerment and social mobility, so he founded a nonprofit to help women in underserved communities start their own businesses.

It was a legal-political drama worthy of prime-time news. If you didn’t know in advance, you’d think you were in Beer Sheva District Court. A mayor, his secretary and a leading contractor had been indicted in a major corruption scandal.  Now they were being prosecuted – and defended – by third year law students from Sapir Academic College. The three-judge panel was as real as it gets: The Hon. Revital Yafa Katz, President of the District Court; Adv. Erez Padan, southern district attorney; and former deputy southern district DA, Adv.

Memorial Ceremony for Ethiopian Jews Who Died in Sudan Sapir College was honored to host a moving ceremony in memory of the 4,000 Ethiopian Jews, who died during their Aliyah journey to Israel, in the refugee camps in Sudan during Operation Achim.