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Curriculum Vitae
BIOGRAPHY:
Born in Brooklyn, New York, 25 September 1935
Educated at Lafayette High School, Brooklyn, New York
Eagle Scout, Ner Tamid Award, Boy Scouts of America
HIGHER EDUCATION:
Amherst College, Amherst MA, Bachelor of Arts cum laude, 1956
Honors thesis: SPINOZA AND JUDAISM
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York,
Bachelor of Hebrew Letters, 1958
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, special student, 1958-59
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York,
Master of Arts, 1962.
Thesis: BERDICHEVSKY'S CULTURAL CRITIQUE OF JUDAISM
Ordained Rabbi, June 1962
Awarded degree of Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Jerusalem, November 2007
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
Rabbi of Harford Jewish Center (Aberdeen, MD), 1959-61
Rabbi of Temple Sinai (Massapequa, NY), 1961-62
Chaplain (Captain) U.S. Air Force, Southeast Asia, 1962-64
Teacher of English and student of Japanese, Nagoya, Japan, 1964-65
IN ISRAEL:
Emigrated to Israel, January 1966
Assistant to the publisher and contributor to the ENCYCLOPAEDIA JUDAICA, 1966-72
Assistant to the Advertising Manager, THE JERUSALEM POST, 1972-73
Completed Guides' course, 1974; licensed Guide for Israel, from 1974
Occasional writer/reviewer/columnist for THE JERUSALEM POST
Columnist for ISRAEL SCENE magazine, Jerusalem, 1985-92
Columnist for BIBLE TIMES QUARTERLY, Jerusalem, 1987
Guide on weekly television program, HELLO JERUSALEM, Tempo (SPN)
Cable Network, from 1982 to 1986
Contributor to the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JUDAISM, Jerusalem, 1988
Writer and Publisher of monthly Newsletter, FROM JERUSALEM, from 1988 to present.
Contributor and member of the Editorial Board, JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY, from 2001 to present
AUTHOR:
JERUSALEM, The Great Cities Library, New Haven, 1991
THE LAND OF ISRAEL, World Zionist Organization, Jerusalem, 1991 (in Russian)
CREATOR OF FILMS AND VIDEO PROGRAMS:
1. As writer and presenter:
HELLO JERUSALEM, for Kastel Films, Jerusalem, 1982-1986
TOUR ISRAEL WITH WALTER ZANGER, Israel Foreign Ministry, 1985
Video Cassettes produced from HELLO JERUSALEM series:
a) JERUSALEM CARDO
b) SEA OF GALILEE SPECIAL
c)
MASSADA
2. As part-writer and presenter:
TREASURES FROM THE HOLY LAND, accompanying an exhibition from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Autumn 1986. Broadcast (PBS) 30 December 1986, and subsequently. Book-of-the-Month Video selection, 1987
3. As writer:
CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM, Biblical Productions, 1986
THE GREAT AND HOLY WEEK, Biblical Productions, 1988
MONA LISA IN SEPPHORIS, Biblical Productions, 1988
4. As editorial advisor and commentator:
MYSTERIES OF THE BIBLE, A-&-E network, 1994 to 2000
FILM AWARDS:
Special Prize, 3rd International Biennial of Tourist Films, Montecatani Terme, Italy,
October 1986, for THE SEA OF GALILEE SPECIAL
SEMINAR INVITATIONS:
Aspen Institute, Wye Plantation, Maryland, May 1983
Shamrock Management Conference, Colorado Springs, July 1987
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Central Conference of American Rabbis
International Jewish Media Association
Israel Tour Guides Association
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:
Israel Police, Civil Guard, 1974 - 1987
Israel Police, Tourist Unit, 1987 - 2005
CIVIC AWARDS:
Ministry of Tourism Award: "Distinguished Tourism Employee", 1988
LECTURE TOURS:
2 months a year in the United States & Canada: in 1983, and from l986 to present
ADDRESS
Walter Zanger
Ein
Karem
Simtat Ha-Yekev 4
Jerusalem ISRAEL 95742
Tel. & Fax: (972-2) 641-9963
Direct line from USA
: (321) 251-4744
e-mail: walterz@netvision.net.il
website: www.walterzanger.net
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