Jerusalem 1925: The Hebrew University and a City of Learning
Just after the British Mandate took hold, Jerusalem saw the founding of an institution that would reshape its intellectual landscape: the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus. This episode follows the university's opening in 1925, with figures like Chaim Weizmann, Albert Einstein, and the first Chancellor Judah Magnes. We explore the tensions between secular scholarship and religious tradition, the architecture of the campus designed by Sir Patrick Geddes, and the library that became a sanctuary for rare manuscripts. The episode also covers the university's role during the 1948 war, when it became an isolated enclave, its reopening after 1967, and the ongoing debates about knowledge, identity, and coexistence in a contested city. A story of enlightenment amid conflict.
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