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New Children's Book: In the Forest, by Dr. Idit Raz Kalisher All too often, economics gets a bad rap. Think of grey suited wonks discussing interest rates or bond yields. In fact, economics is much more basic to the way we – and our children – live our daily lives. Now, Dr. Idit Kalisher has authored In the Forest, a marvelously accessible anthology of children’s’ stories illustrating how we face rational, economic decisions in almost everything we do. Human beings learn early on that resources are finite. Time, money, attention span, cookies – everything has its limits.

Sapir's School of Audio and Visual Arts congratulates alumnus Omer Daida who won on July 8, 2021 First Place in Docaviv's Student Film Competition, for her film, "Herd"! For the past three years, Sapir's students have won First Place at Docaviv's Student Competition Award! Omer joins Smadar Plagi, with her film "Home" in 2020 and Shir Hori with her film "Shira Tama" in 2019. Docaviv is Israel's leading annual international documentary film festival. "Herd" is a documentary about ten-year-old Na'ama and her father Itamar who owns a farm raising cattle for meat.

“An artist has no home in Europe,” said Nietzsche, “except in Paris.” Sapir College’s Daniel Maurer and Omer Stavi, third year Communications students, were awarded a prestigious honor by that city’s Ecole Nationale Superieure Louis-Lumiere.

It was a poignant moment when Meir and Anna Weksler met Eden Samuel at the graduation ceremony of the Communication’s Department at Sapir College. This year’s commencement exercise, held on June 8th, had added significance, as the Wekslers presented Samuel with the college’s first, annual scholarship for outstanding academic achievement, in memory of their son, Yoav.

After a most challenging year that included Covid-19, remote studies and social distancing, followed by the recent rocket attacks, we were overjoyed to finally celebrate in-person Graduation Ceremonies! Outfitted for the first time in caps and gowns, our 1,115 graduates celebrated over two consecutive evening events (June 7 and 8) with their families.   Each evening's main event kicked off by recognizing outstanding students−a total of 41−who received Sapir's Honors Certificate from their Department Chairs, followed by speeches celebrating this year's graduates given by: Gilead Sher, C

If anything defines the Sapir Academic College it is resilience. Sapir resumed operation immediately after the recent round of hostilities ended. Students grabbed their laptops, instructors stepped up to their lecterns and researchers filled the library. From communications to computer science, form marketing to the visual arts, Sapir is abuzz with academic endeavor, as students and faculty race to finish the school year and plan for the next one. Commencement ceremonies will take place on June 6th, 7th and 8th. Everyone here seems to agree on one point:  It’s great to be back.

The microphones and monitors at Radio Focus are standard broadcasting equipment. This studio, however, is not located at a slick downtown office building, but rather at Ayalon prison near Ramle. Radio Focus is a groundbreaking, inmate rehabilitation initiative of the Israel Prison Service, in cooperation with Sapir Academic College. Now in its fourth year of operation, the station broadcasts 24/7 to prisons throughout Israel. At Radio Focus, inmates are in charge of production, content and editing.