{"id":53611,"date":"2021-08-17T14:45:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T11:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanleer.org.il\/?p=53611"},"modified":"2022-04-20T20:59:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T17:59:54","slug":"the-2021-van-leer-prize-winning-graduation-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanleer.org.il\/en\/articles-en\/the-2021-van-leer-prize-winning-graduation-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2021 Van Leer Prize winning graduation projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

A contemplation of the difficulties that arise from the queer worldview, a study of Al-Hariri\u2019s Maqamat and their translation into Hebrew, a reading of the novel \"Arabesques\" using a variety of reading methods, and a reexamination of the poetry of Rabbi Shalom Shabazi. These are the subjects of the projects that won the 2021 Van Leer Prize<\/a> for Excellence in High School Research Projects in the Humanities given on July 4, 2021.<\/p>\n

The study of the humanities is a necessity for the individual and humanity, not a luxury. There is no substitute for the insights born of philosophical criticism, the conclusions gained from historical analysis, or the meaning that a work of art offers to the soul and to society. Given the constant erosion of the status of the humanities and the shrinking number of students who enroll in the faculties of the humanities, and in order to encourage writing research projects in these areas by high school students, the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute has for the eighth year granted a monetary award for outstanding five matriculation units graduation projects in the humanities.<\/p>\n

This year more than one hundred research projects in different areas (philosophy, literature, art, Jewish thought, archaeology and more) were submitted to the competition, by students from 46 different schools from all over Israel, from Carmiel to Beersheva, and from all quarters of Israeli society.<\/p>\n