President Reuven Rivlin hosted, Sunday, the 23rd Bible Group of Project 929, which offers a regularly-scheduled reading of the Bible from a social-Israeli perspective.
The subject was "From Slavery to Sovereignty: Beginning the Book of Isaiah". The event was dedicated to the memory of author Amos Oz, who passed away in December, and was attended by Supreme Court President Esther Hayut, Rabbi Benny Lau of the project, author A.B. Yehoshua, members of Oz's family and representatives of the Ohr Lemishpachot Shekulot (Light for Bereaved Families) organization. Rivlin said,“Dear friends, it is deeply moving to open this event which is dedicated in its entirety to Amos Oz. We need to say ‘and may his memory be a blessing’, but it is so hard to talk about him in the past tense because he and his words and his sharp and clear eyes are so deeply part of this country."