A fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, Melila Hellner-Eshed has a doctorate in Jewish mysticism from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.   Melila teaches mysticism at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Conservative Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem, and Hebrew Union College. A central figure in the Israeli renaissance of Jewish textual study, Melila directs a beit midrash for "Revivim," The Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s honors teacher training program.   Melila is active in the Israeli-Palestinian Sulha Peace Project. Her book, A River Issues from Eden: On the Language of Mystical Experience in the Zohar, was recently published in Hebrew and is scheduled to be published in English.