Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Hebrew האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים, ha'universita ha'ivrit biruschalayim; Arab الجامعة العبرية في القدس ) is the leading higher education institution of Israel with worldwide reputation. Since the year 2009, Menachem Ben Sasson - president of the university.

History

On July 24, 1918, the cornerstone was laid for the university. In the Mandate of Palestine but there was also opposition to the project because some Zionist activists held rather an agrarian settlement through the country necessary. The idea of ​​establishing a university in Jerusalem, came up already at the first Zionist Congress in Basel in 1902 in a pamphlet by Chaim Weizmann, Martin Buber and Berthold Feiwel propagated. Also, the Jewish physicist Albert Einstein German origin was one of the proponents. He inherited his writings and his possession of the University. The plot on Mount Scopus was purchased by Russian Zionists. The University was opened in microbiology, chemistry, and Jewish studies on 1 April 1925, the three faculties. Founding Member, since 1925 and Chancellor from 1935 to 1948 Judah Leon Magnes was the first president.

In the 1930s, the university offered many Jewish scientists, who had to flee from the Nazis in Europe, a new workplace. During the War of Independence 1948/1949 of the Mount Scopus from the rest of Israeli Jerusalem was cut off and made ​​an Israeli exclave. The teaching and learning activities in the university had to be relocated. For this, the Givat Ram campus and the En Kerem campus were built in the western Jerusalem. In 1967, after the Israeli forces had occupied in the Six Day War, the whole of Jerusalem, the campus was opened on Mount Scopus again and extended and is now the center of the university. The university and the agricultural faculty in Rehovot heard.

Courses

Overview

The Hebrew University covers almost all areas of the natural sciences, humanities and social sciences. She has seven faculties, 14 departments and 90 research institutes. The faculties include humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, agricultural sciences, medicine, dentistry and law. The specialist areas include, inter alia, Education, social work, nursing, pharmacy, veterinary medicine and nutritional sciences.

Since the founding of the University of more than 95,000 graduates were awarded their diplomas. At present, about 20,000 students studying at the Hebrew University. Another 10,000 will participate in additional studies and supplement programs.

The university is spread actually on 4 sites (Campus ):

Mount Scopus

On the applied according to the plans Richard Kauffmann, Ossip Klarwein and Heinz versions Mount Scopus campus ( Heb.: Har Hatzofim הר הצופים ) in the eastern part of Jerusalem are the Faculties of Humanities, Law and Economics and the Rothberg International School, in 1978, donated International Frank Sinatra student Center, the Harry S. Truman research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, the Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies ( Jewish Studies ) and the new School of Public Policy ( political Science ).

The Givat Ram campus, named for Edmond Safra, accommodating the scientific institutes. It is home to the National and University Library of the State of Israel, which includes about five million volumes. It represents the world's largest collection of Hebrew books dar. to the library include the monumental glass window by Mordechai Ardon.

En Kerem

In En Kerem campus is also the site of the Hadassah En Kerem Hospital ( Hadassah Hospital for medical, dental and molecular biology ).

Rehovot

In Rehovot, the Veterinary and Agricultural faculty are ( Agricultural Science ).

Well-known professors

• Robert J. Aumann, Nobel Laureate 2005 ( economy )
• Jacob Bekenstein, physicist
• Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Prize 2004 ( Chemistry)
• Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, sociologist and historian
• Menachem Elon, lawyer, 1977-1993 Judge of the Supreme Court of Israel
• Emil Fackenheim, philosopher
• Evyatar miliary, historians
• David Gross, Nobel Laureate 2004 ( Physics)
• Abraham Fraenkel, mathematicians
• Yuval Harari, historians
• Avram Hershko, Nobel Prize 2004 ( Chemistry)
• Eva Illouz, a sociologist
• Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Laureate 2002 ( economy )
• Raphael Mechoulam, chemists
• Richard Koebner, historian
• Chaim Rabin, linguists
• Gershon Shaked, literary scholar
• Alice Shalvi, Anglizistin and feminist
• Ernst Simon, religious philosopher
• Eliezer Sukenik, archaeologist
• Gadi Taub, historians, social scientists
• Claude Vigée, poet
• Moshe Zimmermann, historian

Alumni ( in alphabetical order)

• Léo Apotheker ( born 1953 ), manager
• Ehud Barak ( born 1942 ), Israeli Defense Minister
• David Grossman ( b. 1954 ), Israeli writer
• Jigael Jadin (1917-1984), an Israeli archaeologist, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
• Ephraim Katzir (1916-2009), an Israeli biophysicist and fourth President of Israel
• Elon Lindenstrauss (born 1970 ), Israeli mathematician and winner of the Fields Medal
• Ehud Olmert ( born 1945 ), Prime Minister of Israel (2006-2009)
• Emanuele Ottolenghi (born 1969 ), Italian political scientist
• Michael O. Rabin ( born 1931 ), Israeli computer scientists
• Ariel Sharon (1928-2014), Prime Minister of Israel (2001-2006)
• Hanin Zoabi (born 1969 ), Israeli politician
• Adin Talbar (1921-2013), Israeli athletes and sports official
• Yochanan Vollach ( b. 1945 ), Israeli football player
• Gil Yaron (born 1973 ), physician and journalist

Friends of the University of Jerusalem in Germany e V.

Board of Directors:

• Iris Berben (Chair)
• Henry Bonn Mountain
• Martin Brezger
• Judith Epstein
• Anneliese Langner
• Soline Levy
• Ursula Raue
• Lala Susskind
• Corinna von Anhalt (wife of Edward Prince of Anhalt)
• Annette von Rantzau