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Holy Wine – Nothing is Sacred, a documentary
feature film by Ron (Snow) Shai, lecturer in the
Department of Photographic Communication,
premiered at the 2021 Sonoma International
Film Festival in California. The film explores Is-
raeli winemaking culture and shows that when
the new world blends with ancient traditions,
nothing is sacred.

Faculty Promotions

Faculty promotions are an important tool for providing incen-
tives and stimulating a climate of academic excellence. In just Keren Levy
the past year, 18 faculty members from six different departments
earned academic promotions. When recruiting new talent, spe-
cial consideration is given to fully qualified HAC graduates. After
attaining advanced degrees, a significant number of them return
to teach at the College, inspired by the opportunity to carry out
HAC’s unique academic and social mission.

A Few Graduates Now Teaching at HAC

Dr. Hadas Ben-Eli, Depart- Dr. Ilana Caspi, Department Dr. Atalia Hai Weiss, Depart-
ment of Optometry and Vision of Biotechnology. Ilana earned ment of Communication Dis-
Science. Hadas earned a an M.Sc. in Human Genetics, orders. Atalia earned a Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Public Health from and a Ph.D. in Microbiology in Cognitive Sciences from
The Hebrew University. She from The Hebrew University. The Hebrew University, and
lectures at HAC on the subject Ilana is conducting research is slated to become the new
of ocular pathology, and also on how cells cope with the ef- head of the M.A. program in
serves as Director of the Op- fects of stress, and lectures at Communication Disorders at
tometry and Biometry Service HAC in the areas of molecular HAC later this year.
at Hadassah Medical Center. biology and human genetics.

Recruiting New Talent
HAC is happy to welcome Dr. Danny Zeevi to our faculty. Dr.
Zeevi, a genetics researcher, lecturer, and entrepreneur, is
the new Chair of HAC’s Department of Biotechnology. Danny
earned a doctorate in genetics from the Weizmann Institute of
Science and has conducted post-doctoral research in human
genetics at both Princeton and UCLA.

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