Doing Good | Bezalel-led Emergency Initiatives
עושים/ות משהו טוב | יוזמות בשעת חירום
أعمال خيرية | مبادرات طلابية من بتسلئيل للمساعدة في وضع الطوارئ
Clone of הישגים משמעותיים בשנת 2020
Honours & Accolades
פרסים והישגים
جوائز ومراتب شرف
Notable Accolades 2020-2021
In 2020-2021, Bezalel alumni, faculty and staff were recognized for their work and contributions to the world of art, design and creativity
Ella Ben Yacov and Anita Hagadust, graduates of the Screen-Based Arts Department, won the Best Short Film Prize at the Tel Aviv Jewish Film Festival with their graduation film “Essence.” The film centers on two Jewish girls who live in Iraq and Iran at different historical periods and drink tea with their families, each in their own unique way. Threats and persecutions force them to flee, leave everything behind, and immigrate to Israel.
Bezalel congratulates the artist Hilla Toony Navok, an alumna of the MFA program, on winning the 2020 Discount Bank Artistic Encouragement Award at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art.
Each the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art bestows the Discount Artistic Encouragement Award to an Israeli artist in recognition of the art, the artists and the Museum. This year’s recipient is Hilla Toony Navok, an award-winning artist who works with sculpture and drawing. From the jury’s reasoning: “Hilla Toony Navok’s works draw their inspiration from the material Israeli environment surrounding her. In her work, familiar, readymade objects and accordingly acute realism, are coupled with geometric abstraction. Contemporaneity and modernism are combined with great talent, encapsulating expressions of humor and critique of our time.”
The lecturers of the Architecture Department are involved in significant projects on an urban scale in Israel and worldwide. Bezalel congratulates lecturers Architect Saar Gharan Levy and Architect Michael Walma van der Molen, on placing second in the public competition to plan the Sheba Station Bridge in Ramat Gan.
To read about the competition on the Israel Association of Architects and Urban Planners website
Bezalel congratulates Ana Warshavsky, a graduate of the Department of Visual Communication, on winning the Israel Museum’s 2020 Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustration of a Children's Book, for her illustrations for “Zerubbabel and Zilpa,” by Ronit Chacham (Agam Yaldut, 2019). As the jury stated: “Unruly and at times even ugly, the illustrations blend with the political and universal text to form a complex artwork, offering tomorrow’s children a narrative that is escapist, pragmatic and beautiful.”
All the illustrators who received honorable mentions are also alumni of the Department: Itay Bekin for his illustrations for “The Children’s Book of Silence” by Oren Lavie; Naama Benziman for her book “Lenny and Benny;” Omer Hoffmann for his book “The Boy Who Mailed His Family;” and Einat Tsarfati for her book “Sand Castle.”
Yuval Haker is an animation director and graduate of the Department of Visual Communication. After working on international projects (!Vox, Netflix and more), he was chosen as one of the 31 finalists in the international Young Guns 18 competition for emerging creatives, an award that honors a young creative's body of work over multiple years. In the context of the competition, Haker was also selected by the international artist management agency Levine/Leavitt for an artist-in-residence program. Hundreds of leading artists, filmmakers, animators, illustrators and designers competed for this prestigious position.
Established in 1988, the Mordechai Ish Shalom Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to an Israeli artist for their body of work or contribution to the arts by the Painters and Sculptors Association and the Jerusalem Artists’ House. Bezalel congratulates the artist Talia Tokatly, on winning the 2021 Mordechai Ish Shalom Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a graduate of the Department of Ceramics and Glass Design, where she also served as a senior lecturer. From the jury’s reasoning: “Talia Tokatly is an exceptional artist whose work oscillates between high technical expertise in the field of ceramics and art for its own sake, which is not limited to material or subject, but is centered on the transformation of matter into spirit.”
Bezalel congratulates the five winners of the Dudu Geva Comics “Golden Duck” Award. They are all alumni and lecturers at the Department of Visual Communication.
Prof. Rutu Modan – Comic Book of the Year
Zeev Engelmayer – Superhero of the Year
Einat Tsarfati – Internet Comic Work of the Year
Hila Noam – Children's Comic Book of the Year
Keren Katz and Noa Katz – Comic Artists of the Year
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Design and Innovation Management Track
Design and Innovation Management Track
מסלול ניהול עיצוב וחדשנות
إدارة التصميم والابتكار
The 'Design and Innovation Management' track enables designers to explore and develop in new areas in which the design toolbox constitutes a competitive advantage. The track deals the refinement of design thinking as a basis for innovation and social change through three major fields of knowledge: design as a strategic tool and as means for business growth, design as a research tool, and design as a tool for social change.
The 'Design and Innovation Management' track enables designers to explore and develop in new areas in which the design toolbox constitutes a competitive advantage. The track deals the refinement of design thinking as a basis for innovation and social change through three major fields of knowledge: design as a strategic tool and as means for business growth, design as a research tool, and design as a tool for social change.
Design as a strategic tool and as means for business growth
The track places the designer in a decision-making position and enables him/her to lead design thinking based processes and to make use of design methods to identify needs, analyze trends, characterize products and to design processes.
Design as a research tool
Over the course of their studies, students develop research and analysis methodologies which make use of tools from the world of design to identify needs and characterize design based solutions.
Design as a tool for social change
The studies develop a broad view of the environment in which the users act, mapping the complex system in which the product or service exists using tools and methodologies from the world of design.
Learning in the track is based on doing and collaborating with entities from the industry and public sector. Below are collaborations that took place in recent years as part of the track:
- Brainsway, Jolt – Designing an innovative strategy for a technological company, identifying the needs, developing the product and making it accessible to new audiences
- Joint Israel – Designing services for social equality through design thinking processes
- Ministry of Finance – Rethinking and designing insurance services in the Capital Market Authority
- Sabar Health – Development of design based projects in the field of home care nursing.
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Bezalel Graduates Exhibition
Galleries & Graduate Exhibitions
גלריה ואתרי בוגרים/ות
مواقع الخريجات\ين ومعرض
Bezalel’s Graduates Exhibition
At the end of each academic year, Bezalel invites the public to an exhibition showcasing the works of its graduating class from all the Academy’s departments.
The largest and most prestigious show of its kind in Israel – and one of the most impressive – the Bezalel’s End of Year Graduates Exhibition attracts tens of thousands of visitors, among them active designers, artists and art collectors along with prominent opinion leaders.
The Exhibition also attracts a wide audience of potential employers from a range of industries, from small studios to large companies, all wishing to be the first to recognize and recruit the new Bezalel graduates.
Bezalel’s End of Year Graduates Exhibition exemplifies the tools and training its students have acquired at the Academy as the perfect their craft and blaze their own unique trails in tomorrow’s world of art, design and architecture.
Undergraduate Sites
Departmental Galleries
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המרחב לפיתוח מקיים - צוות
Bezalel’s Sustainable Development Hub
המרחב לפיתוח מקיים
مركز التنمية المستدامة
Bezalel X - Future Fit
בצלאל X - המרחב לטכנולוגיות חדשות
Bezalel X for New Technologies
بتسلئيل X - مركز التقنيات الجديدة
Accelerated technological developments, the proliferation of digital tools, and the blurring of boundaries between disciplines fosters new and creative work processes that require us to be in a state of constant learning, develop technological literacy, and be able to operate in new environments.
The technological skills week is an annual event that offers an opportunity for exposure to and learning of new technologies through inspiring lectures and workshops; a quick introduction to new areas of knowledge and tools for continuing independent learning.
The workshops were created especially for lecturers, researchers, and creators from Bezalel in collaboration with Startup Nation Central.
Future Fit
A successful pilot for Hands On technology training and enrichment workshops for Bezalel lecturers in full partnership with SNC, through which there was a connection to the industry, first-hand skills learning, and an inspiring interdisciplinary meeting. The workshops were hosted in company offices and allowed a close look at internal development processes.
Unit of English as a Foreign Language
Unit of English Studies
היחידה ללימודי אנגלית
قسم اللغة الانجليزية
Unit of English as a Foreign Language
The aim of the English Language courses is to help students develop the four language skills of English learning -reading, writing, speaking and listening in order to become confident, independent learners and to be able to communicate successfully in the English language. In addition, the students will be well prepared to function and integrate into the professional world. The students will receive an exemption from studying English Language courses after passing the advanced level.
Students are required to finish their English language courses by the end of the second semester of the second year. All the courses are face to face and take place at Bezalel. The subjects of the courses are related to the field of art and design ,creativity and sustainability.
Curriculum for Courses
Reading
Students at this level are required to develop reading strategies in order to understand short, simple texts on a variety of subjects
Listening
The students are required to listen to songs in English. They are expected to understand simple songs with the aid of the lyrics and to fill in the missing words. In addition, they are required to follow basic conversations between 2 or more people
Writing
Student questionnaire at beginning of course, writing about yourselves, short written responses to texts-3/4 sentences, short written responses to visual stimulus-photo, paintings etc.
Speaking
Talking about yourselves,asking and answering questions in English.
Intended Learning Outcomes
The student can
Coursework grade (70%) 1 unseen, 1 seen, quizzes, classwork, homework, oral presentation, listening activities, writing task, effort,
Final Assignment (30%)-reading comprehension and writing task.
Final course grade is composed of the coursework grade and the final assignments.
To pass the course the students are required to get at least 65%.
- feel more secure when approaching an English text
- develop reading strategies in order to understand short, simple texts on a variety of subjects
- expand basic vocabulary in order to understand basic texts and answer questions using lower order thinking skills.
- understand sentence patterns using basic language structures
- understand basic listening tasks
- learn basic writing skills
- start to feel confident talking in English in class.
Coursework grade (70%) 1 unseen, 1 seen, quizzes, classwork, homework, oral presentation, listening activities, writing task, effort,
Final Assignment (30%)-reading comprehension and writing task.
Final course grade is composed of the coursework grade and the final assignments.
To pass the course the students are required to get at least 65%.
The course is based on the four language skills: Listening, speaking, reading and writing which are needed to develop communication in English.
Reading
The practice and development of effective reading strategies to improve your understanding of texts from newspaper and magazines.
Writing
Description of a piece of art, a personal statement, communicating with the teacher in English using emails.
Listening
TED talks, YouTube clips, listening to student presentations.
Speaking
Short oral presentation, contributing to class discussions in English, asking questions in English
Intended Learning Outcomes Basic Level
The student can
- read longer, straightforward, factual texts on general subjects with a satisfactory level of comprehension, ie. understand main ideas and supporting details
- scan or read selectively in order to find desired information
- recognize the main points in straightforward articles
- recognize the subject of the text and the subject of each of the paragraphs
- answer simple questions in their own words
- understand simple TED talks
- write two paragraphs in English
- feel confident talking in English in class
Grade Composition:
Coursework grade (70%) 1 unseen, 1 seen, quizzes, classwork, homework, oral presentation, listening activities, writing task, effort,
Final Assignment (30%)-reading comprehension and writing task.
The final course grade is composed of the coursework grade and the final assignments.
To pass the course the students are required to get at least 65%.
The course is based on the four language skills: Listening, speaking, reading and writing which are needed to develop communication in English.
Reading
The practice and development of effective reading strategies to improve your understanding of professional and academic texts.
TED lectures, You Tube clips, listening to other students’ presentations, watching a documentary in English with English subtitles.
Oral presentations in English and contributing to class discussions in English.
Writing
Three main written assignments: an explanation of your presentation , an opinion essay and a final writing assignment.
Intended Learning Outcomes Advanced Level 1
The student can
- read with a large degree of independence short academic texts on general subjects and specifically art-related subjects.
- skim the text in order to ascertain the organization of ideas and the subjects to be discussed
- scan longer texts in order to locate desired information and gather information from different parts of the text to fulfill a specific task
- identify the main conclusion in clearly signaled texts.
- understanding various types of listening assignments
- give a short oral presentation
- write 200 to 250 words
- communicate exclusively in English in class.
Grade Composition:
Coursework grade (70%) – 1 unseen, 1 seen, quizzes, classwork, homework, oral presentation, listening activities, writing task, effort,
Final Assignment (30%)-reading comprehension and writing task
The final course grade is composed of the coursework grade and the final assignments.
To pass the course the students are required to get at least 65%.
The course is based on the four language skills: Listening, speaking, reading and writing which are needed to develop communication in English.
Reading
The practice and development of effective reading strategies to improve your understanding of professional and academic texts.
Listening
TED lectures, You Tube clips, listening to other students’ presentations, watching a documentary in English without subtitles.
Speaking
All students are required to give a presentation in English related to the field of art and design and to contribute actively to class discussions in English.
Writing
The student will be required to submit three long written assignments: a written explanation of your presentation, a comparison essay and a final written assignment. In addition, you will be writing short responses to the course material.
Intended Learning Outcomes Advanced Level 2
:The student can
- identify the writer’s point of view and other views mentioned in the text.
- infer attitude, mood and intention and anticipate what will come next
- understand longer, more complex texts both globally and on a more detailed level by means of the various reading strategies and contextual, grammatical and lexical clues.
- compare and contrast the main ideas of two texts dealing with related subjects.
- answer more difficult open-ended questions in their own words
- give an oral presentation dealing with their practical art projects.
- understand various types of listening assignments
- write 200 to 250 words using a high level of vocabulary.
- communicate exclusively in English in class.
Grade Composition:
Coursework grade (70%) – 1 unseen, 1 seen, quizzes, classwork, homework, oral presentation, listening activities, writing task, effort,
Final Assignment (30%)-reading comprehension and writing task
The final course grade is composed of the coursework grade and the final assignments.
To pass the course the students are required to get at least 65%.
Intensive courses are offered during the summer months.
4 levels are offered:
- Pre Basic A : 30 hours
- Pre Basic B : 60 hours
- Basic : 60 hours
- Advanced level 1 : 45 hours
- Advanced level 2 : 45 hours
The same course requirements that apply during the year, apply during the summer courses.
The Course Schedules
- Sunday 8:30-10:00
- Wednesday 8:00-9:30
- Thursday 8:00-9:30 (on Zoom)
Mitkadmim Alef and Mitkadmim Bet: 45 Hours
- Sunday 8:30-10:00
- Wednesday 8:00-9:30 or Sunday 16:30-18:00
- Thursday 8:00-9:30 or Friday 9:00-12:30
We offer courses during the academic year and also in the summer. Pre-basic level courses will only be taught in the summer.
Information for Applicants
Registration for Courses
At the beginning of the second semester, students can register for the English summer courses.
The Team
Joanna Dershowitz (coordinator): JoannaDershowitz@post.bezalel.ac.il
Judy Caspi: judyca@gmail.com
Gilat Nachum: Ngilat@post.bezalel.ac.il
Ruth Stander: ruthbezalel2020@gmail.com
Shoshana Silver: silver.translator@gmail.com
Malka Regev: malkaregev@post.bezalel.ac.il
Sarah Nathan: saranatan@post.bezalel.ac.il
Venus Bargouth: venus.bargouth@mail.huji.ac.il
Contact us
Merav Efrat, Administrative coordinator responsible for English studies at: ht2@bezalel.ac.il | 02-5893316
Joanna Dershowitz, the coordinator of the English Unit at: JoannaDershowitz@post.bezalel.ac.il
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