The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an

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based in

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

. Co-founded by

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and

Chaim Weizmann Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( ; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the World Zionist Organization, Zionist Organization and later as the first pre ...

in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. It is the second-oldest Israeli university, having been founded 30 years before the

establishment of the State of Israel The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel (), was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar 5708), at the end of the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, civil war phase and ...

but six years after the older Technion university. The HUJI has three campuses in

: one in

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, one in

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and one in

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. Until 2023, the world's largest library for

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—the

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—was located on its Edmond J. Safra campus in the

Givat Ram Givat Ram () is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem. It is the site of Kiryat HaMemshala (Hebrew language, Hebrew: קריית הממשלה, ''lit.'' Government complex), which includes many of Israel's most important national institutions, among t ...

neighbourhood of Jerusalem. The university has five affiliated

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s (including the

Hadassah Medical Center Hadassah Medical Center () is an Israeli medical organization established in 1934 that operates two university hospitals in Jerusalem (one in Ein Karem and one in Mount Scopus) as well as schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacology ...

), seven faculties, more than 100 research centers, and 315 academic departments. , one-third of all the doctoral candidates in Israel were studying at the HUJI. Among its first

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were

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and

Martin Buber Martin Buber (; , ; ; 8 February 1878 – 13 June 1965) was an Austrian-Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I and Thou, I–Thou relationship and the I� ...

. Four of

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are alumni of the university. , 15

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winners (8 alumni and teachers), two

Fields Medal The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of Mathematicians, International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place e ...

ists (one alumnus), and three

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winners have been affiliated with the HUJI. It is ranked as the 77th best university in the world. Opening ceremony of Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1925

Opening ceremony of Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1925

History

The National Library of Israel building - Amitay Katz

A vision of the

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movement was the establishment of a

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university in the

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. Founding a university was proposed as far back as 1884 in the Kattowitz (Katowice) conference of the

Hovevei Zion The Lovers of Zion, also ''Hovevei Zion'' () or ''Hibbat Zion'' (, ), were a variety of proto-Zionist organizations founded in 1881 in response to the anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire and were officially constituted as a group at a conf ...

society, and by

Hermann Schapira Zvi Hermann Schapira (; 1840–1898), or Hermann Hirsch Schapira, was a Lithuanian rabbi, mathematician at the University of Heidelberg, and Zionist. He was the first to suggest founding a Jewish National Fund for the purchase of land in Palestin ...

at the

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of 1897. The

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for the university was laid on 24 July 1918. Seven years later, on 1 April 1925, the Hebrew University campus on

Mount Scopus Mount Scopus ( ', "Mount of the Watchmen/ Sentinels"; ', lit. "Mount Lookout", or ' "Mount of the Scene/Burial Site", or "Mount Syenite") is a mountain (elevation: above sea level) in northeast Jerusalem. Between the 1948 Arab–Israeli ...

was opened at a gala ceremony attended by the leaders of the Jewish world, distinguished scholars and public figures, and British dignitaries, including the

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, Viscount

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Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...

and Sir

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. The university's first chancellor was

Judah Magnes Judah Leon Magnes (; July 5, 1877 – October 27, 1948) was a prominent Reform rabbi in both the United States of America and Mandatory Palestine. He is best remembered as a leader in the pacifist movement of the World War I period, his advocacy ...

, who led the school as chancellor from 1924 to 1935. In 1935 to 1948 he led the school as president. One of the most controversial issues during the conceptualization of the university regarded its future official language. Whereas one side, the so-called "Germanists", proposed a combination of German and Arabic for all non-Jewish subjects, the other side opted for the general use of Hebrew. The former party was afraid the very recent Modern Hebrew might not yet allow high-level academic discussions since it still suffered from a lack of specific technical terms in non-religious contexts. Although this concern can not simply be dismissed as unreasonable, the representatives of this position underestimated the symbolic significance of Hebrew for many Jews, not least of all for those outside the academia. Therefore, they were not able to prevail in the discussion and had to give in to the decision that the new university would be an explicitly Hebrew one. The question, what would define the specific Hebrew character of the university did not only regard the choice of an official language but also organizational aspects, as for example the establishment of departments and the definition of their respective research areas, and the outline of its overall academic profile. Therefore, in 1919,

Shmaryahu Levin Shmaryahu Levin (; born 1867 in Svislach, Minsk Governorate; died 9 June 1935, Haifa), was a Jewish Zionist activist. He was a member of the first elected Russian Parliament in 1906. Biography Levin, originally from Svisloch, Belorussia, beca ...

inquired a number of prominent Jewish European scholars about their opinions on the subject. One of the respondents was

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whose proposals were at least partly implemented: oriental languages, Jewish literature, and archaeology were among the first subjects studied at the university. By 1947, the university had become a large research and teaching institution. Sir

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was Acting President from 1948 to 1949, and he was succeeded as president by Professor

Selig Brodetsky Selig Brodetsky (; 10 February 1888 – 18 May 1954) was an English mathematician, a member of the World Zionist Executive, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and the second president of the Hebrew University of Jerusal ...

, who served from 1949 to 1952. Plans for a medical school were approved in May 1949, and in November 1949, a faculty of law was inaugurated. In 1952, it was announced that the agricultural institute founded by the university in 1940 would become a full-fledged faculty. During the

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, attacks were carried out against convoys moving between the Israeli-controlled section of Jerusalem and the university. The leader of the Arab forces in Jerusalem,

Abdul Kader Husseini Abdul Qadir al-Husayni (; 1907 – 8 April 1948) was a Palestinian revolutionary and Arab nationalist guerrilla military leader. In late 1933, he founded the secret militant group known as the Organization for Holy Struggle (''Munathamat al-Ji ...

, threatened military action against the university

Hadassah Hospital Hadassah Medical Center () is an Israeli medical organization established in 1934 that operates two university hospitals in Jerusalem (one in Ein Karem and one in Mount Scopus) as well as schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacology ...

"if the Jews continued to use them as bases for attacks." After the April 1948

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, in which 79 Jews, including doctors and nurses, were killed, the Mount Scopus campus was cut off from Jerusalem. British soldier

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coordinated the evacuation of 700 Jewish doctors, students and patients from the hospital. When the

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ian government denied Israeli access to Mount Scopus, a new campus was built at Givat Ram in western Jerusalem and completed in 1958. In the interim, classes were held in 40 different buildings around the city.

Benjamin Mazar Benjamin Mazar (; born Binyamin Zeev Maisler, June 28, 1906 – September 9, 1995) was a pioneering Israeli historian, recognized as the "dean" of biblical archaeologists. He shared the national passion for the archaeology of Israel that also at ...

was President of the university from 1953 to 1961,

Giulio Racah Giulio (Yoel) Racah (; February 9, 1909 – August 28, 1965) was an Italian–Israeli physicist and mathematician. He was Acting President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1961 to 1962. The crater Racah on the Moon is named after hi ...

was Acting President from 1961 to 1962, and

Eliahu Eilat Eliahu Elath, born Ilya Menakhemovich Epstein (, ; 16 July 1903 – 21 June 1990) was an Israeli diplomat and Orientalist. In 1948 he became the first Israeli ambassador to the United States, and between 1950 and 1959, he was Israel's ambassad ...

was president from 1962 to 1968. The Terra Santa building in

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, rented from the Franciscan Custodians of the Latin Holy Places, was also used for this purpose. A few years later, together with the Hadassah Medical Organization, a medical science campus was built in the south-west Jerusalem neighborhood of

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. By the beginning of 1967, the students numbered 12,500, spread among the two campuses in Jerusalem and the agricultural faculty in

. After the unification of Jerusalem, following the

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of June 1967, the university was able to return to Mount Scopus, which was rebuilt. According to the

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, Israel confiscated 568

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s of land from the

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village of

Isawiya Al-Issawiya (, , also spelled ''Isawiya'' or ''Isawiyah'') is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It is located on the eastern slopes of the Mount Scopus ridge. To the east and north, it is bordered by Road 1, which connects Jerusal ...

for the Hebrew University in 1968. In 1981 the construction work was completed, and Mount Scopus again became the main campus of the university.

Avraham Harman Avraham Harman (; November 7, 1914 – February 23, 1992) was an Israeli diplomat and academic administrator. From 1968 to 1983, he was the president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Biography Leslie Avraham Harman was born in London in th ...

was President of the university from 1968 to 1983,

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from 1983 to 1986,

Amnon Pazy Amnon Pazy (; 10 January 1936 – 17 August 2006) was an Israeli mathematician who specialized in partial differential equations (PDE), making important contributions to the PDE field and Semigroups. He served as president of the Hebrew Universi ...

from 1986 to 1990,

Yoram Ben-Porat Yoram Ben-Porat (also, Ben-Porath; ; born 1937; died October 18, 1992) was an Israeli academic and economist. He served as president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1990 until his death in 1992 in an automobile accident at the age of 55. ...

from 1990 to 1992,

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from 1992 to 1997, and

Menachem Magidor Menachem Magidor (; born January 24, 1946) is an Israeli mathematician who specializes in mathematical logic, in particular set theory. He served as president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was president of the Association for Symbolic ...

from 1997 to 2009. On 31 July 2002, a member of a terrorist cell detonated a bomb during lunch hour at the university's "Frank Sinatra" cafeteria when it was crowded with staff and students. Nine people—five Israelis, three Americans, and one dual French-American citizen—were murdered and more than 70 wounded. World leaders, including

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, President

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, and the EU's High Representative

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issued statements of condemnation.

Menachem Ben-Sasson Menahem Ben-Sasson (; born 7 July 1951) is an Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for Kadima. Between 2009 and 2017 he was the president of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, succeeding Menachem Magidor. Biography Born in Jerusal ...

was President of the university from 2009 to 2017, succeeded by Asher Cohen in 2017. In 2017 the Hebrew University of Jerusalem launched a

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research center, intended to "conduct and coordinate research on cannabis and its biological effects with an eye toward commercial applications."

Campuses

Mount Scopus

(Hebrew: Har HaTzofim הר הצופים), in the north-eastern part of Jerusalem, is home to the main campus, which contains the Faculties of Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Jerusalem School of Business Administration, Seymour Fox School of Education, Baerwald School of Social Work, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Rothberg International School, and the Mandel Institute of

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. The Rothberg International School features secular studies and Jewish/Israeli studies. Included for foreign students is also a mandatory Ulpan program for Hebrew language study which includes a mandatory course in Israeli culture and customs. All Rothberg Ulpan classes are taught by Israeli natives. However, many other classes at the Rothberg School are taught by Jewish immigrants to Israel. The land on Mt. Scopus was purchased before

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from Sir John Gray-Hill, along with the Gray-Hill mansion. The master plan for the university was designed by

Patrick Geddes Sir Patrick Geddes (2 October 1854 – 17 April 1932) was a Scottish biologist, sociologist, Comtean positivist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner. He is known for his innovative thinking in the fields of urban plannin ...

and his son-in-law,

Frank Mears Sir Frank Charles Mears LLD (11 July 1880 – 25 January 1953) was an architect and Scotland's leading planning consultant from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Life and work Born in Tynemouth he moved to Edinburgh in 1897 when his father, Dr ...

in December 1919. Only two buildings of this original scheme were built: the

David Wolffsohn David Wolffsohn (; ; 9 October 1855 in Darbėnai, Kovno Governorate – 15 September 1914) was a Lithuanian-Jewish businessman, prominent early Zionist and second president of the Zionist Organization (ZO). Biography David Wolffsohn was ...

University and National Library, and the Mathematics Institute, with the Physics Institute probably being built to the designs of their Jerusalem-based partner, Benjamin Chaikin. Housing for students at Hebrew University who live on

is located at the three dormitories located near the university. These are the Maiersdorf (מאירסדורף) dormitories, the Bronfman (ברונפמן) dormitories, and the Kfar HaStudentim (כפר הסטודנטים, Student Village). Nearby is the

Nicanor Cave The Cave of Nicanor ( ; , ) is an ancient, elaborate burial complex located on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. Among the ossuary, ossuaries discovered in the cave is one with an inscription referring to "Nicanor the door maker".Clermont-Ganneau, " ...

, an ancient cave that was planned to be a national pantheon.

Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare

The first

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in Israel, the school was founded in 1958. The school was named after Paul Baerwald, a leader of the Jewish Distribution Committee (JDC). The JDC was an initial funder of the school along with the Ministry of Welfare and the

Tel Aviv Municipality Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality () is the arm of local government responsible for the administration of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality handles such municipal affairs as education, culture, social welfare, infrastructure, ...

. A new self-standing building was dedicated on the

university campus in April 1967. The school has been called "the leader in training and research in the fields of social work and social policy." It has been ranked the highest rated school of social work in Israel. The

Master of Social Work The Master of Social Work (MSW) is a master's degree in the field of social work. It is a professional degree with specializations compared to Bachelor of Social Work (BSW). MSW promotes macro-, mezzo- and micro-aspects of professional social work ...

was introduced in 1970. The school houses the Israel Gerontological Data Center, Nevet- Greenhouse of Context-Informed Research and Training for Children in Need, The Center for the Study of Philanthropy in Israel, The Resilience Research Group.

Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram

The

campus (renamed after

Edmond Safra Edmond Jacob Safra (; 6 August 1932 – 3 December 1999) was a Lebanese-Brazilian billionaire banker and philanthropist of Syrian descent. He continued his family tradition of banking in Brazil and Switzerland, and was married to Lily Watkins ...

in 2005) is the home of the Faculty of Science including the

Einstein Institute of Mathematics The Einstein Institute of Mathematics () is a centre for scientific research in mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, founded in 1925 with the opening of the university. A leading research institute, the institute's faculty has inclu ...

; the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences; the

Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC) () is a brain science research center affiliated with Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The director of the center is Prof. Leon Y. Deouell. History The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain ...

; the

Israel Institute for Advanced Studies The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (; IIAS, or IAS in Israel) is a research institute in Jerusalem, devoted to academic research in physics, mathematics, the life sciences, economics, and comparative religion. It is a self-governing body, ...

, the Center for the Study of Rationality, as well as the

, (JNUL).

Ein Kerem

The Faculties of Medicine and Dental Medicine and the

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(IMRIC) are located at the south-western Jerusalem

campus alongside the Hadassah-University Medical Center.

Rehovot

The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Koret School of

Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, medical diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all a ...

are located in the city of

in the coastal plain. The Faculty was established in 1942 and the School of Veterinary Medicine opened in 1985. These are the only institutions of higher learning in Israel that offer both teaching and research programs in their respective fields. The Faculty is a member of the

Euroleague for Life Sciences The Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS), established in 2001, is a network of leading universities cooperating in the fields of natural resource management, agricultural and forestry sciences, life sciences, veterinary sciences, food sciences, and ...

Libraries

The Hebrew University libraries and their web catalogs can be accessed through the HUJI Library Authority portal.

Jewish National and University Library

The

Jewish National and University Library The National Library of Israel (NLI; ; ), formerly Jewish National and University Library (JNUL; ), is the library dedicated to collecting the cultural treasures of Israel and of Jewish heritage. The library holds more than 5 million books, and i ...

is the central and largest library of the Hebrew University and one of the most impressive book and manuscript collections in the world. It is also the oldest section of the university. Founded in 1892 as a world center for the preservation of books relating to Jewish thought and culture, it assumed the additional functions of a general university library in 1920. Its collections of

Hebraica Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language until ...

and Judaica are the largest in the world. It houses all materials published in Israel, and attempts to acquire all materials published in the world related to the country. It possesses over five million books and thousands of items in special sections, many of which are unique. Among these are the

Albert Einstein Archives Albert Einstein Archives refers to an archive on the Givat Ram ( Edmond J. Safra) campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Jerusalem housing the personal papers of 20th century physicist Albert Einstein. Overview In his will, Albert Eins ...

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manuscripts A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has c ...

department, Eran Laor map collection, Edelstein science collection,

Gershom Scholem Gershom Scholem (; 5 December 1897 – 21 February 1982) was an Israeli philosopher and historian. Widely regarded as the founder of modern academic study of the Kabbalah, Scholem was appointed the first professor of Jewish mysticism at Hebrew Un ...

collection, and a collection of

Maimonides Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (, ) and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (), was a Sephardic rabbi and Jewish philosophy, philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah schola ...

' manuscripts and early writings. In his will, Albert Einstein left the Hebrew University his personal papers and the copyright to them. The Albert Einstein Archives contain some 55,000 items. In March 2012 the university announced that it had digitised the entire archive, and was planning to make it more accessible online. Included in the collection are his personal notes, love letters to various women, including the woman who would become his second wife, Elsa.

Subject-based libraries

In addition to the National Library, the Hebrew University operates subject-based libraries on its campuses, among them the

Science Library, Safra, Givat Ram; Mathematics and Computer Science Library, Safra, Givat Ram; Earth Sciences Library, Safra, Givat Ram; Muriel and Philip I. Berman National Medical Library, Ein Kerem; Central Library of Agricultural Science, Rehovot; Bloomfield Library for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Mt. Scopus; Bernard G. Segal Law Library Center, Mt. Scopus; Emery and Claire Yass Library of the Institute of Archaeology, Mt. Scopus; Moses Leavitt Library of Social Work, Mt. Scopus;

Zalman Aranne Zalman "Ziama" Aran (; 1 March 1899 – 6 September 1970) was a Zionist activist, educator and Israeli government minister. Biography Zalman Aharonowitz (later Aran) was born in Yuzovka in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire (no ...

Central Education Library, Mt. Scopus; Library of the Rothberg School for International Students, Mt. Scopus; Roberta and Stanley Bogen Library of the

Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt that year. Subsequen ...

Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Mt. Scopus; and the

Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive is dedicated to the preservation and research of Jewish documentary films. The archive is jointly administered by the Abraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and ...

Rankings

According to the

Academic Ranking of World Universities The ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (''ARWU''), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong Universi ...

, the Hebrew University is the top university in Israel, overall between 101st and 150th best university in the world, between 301st and 400th in physics, between 201st and 300th in computer science, and between 51st and 75th in business/economics. In 2021, Shanghai Ranking and the Center for World University Rankings ranked the Hebrew University 1st in Israel in its ''World University Rankings'' (90th according to Shanghai Ranking and 64th in the world according to the Center for World University Rankings). The Hebrew University consistently ranks as Israel's best university in

mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

, and among the best worldwide. It was ranked as the 11th best institution in mathematics worldwide in 2017, 19th best in 2018, 21st best in 2019, and 25th best in 2020.

Friends of the University

The university has an international Society of Friends organizations covering more than 25 countries. Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (CFHU), founded in 1944 by Canadian philanthropist Allan Bronfman, promotes awareness, leadership and financial support for The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. CFHU facilitates academic and research partnerships between Canada and Israel as well as establishing scholarships, supporting research, cultivating student and faculty exchanges and recruiting Canadian students to attend the Rothberg International School. CFHU has chapters in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. The American Friends of the Hebrew University (AFHU) is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that provides programs, events and fundraising activities in support of the university. It was founded by the American philanthropist, Felix M. Warburg in 1925. Supported by its founder,

Stephen Floersheimer Stephen Helmuth Floersheimer (21 March 1925 - 6 April 2011) was a Swiss investment banker, philanthropist and art collector, who founded the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy. Biography The son of Walter and Charlotte Floersheim ...

, and headed by Eran Razin, ''Floersheimer Studies'' is a singular program, publishing studies in the field of society, governance and space in Israel. It was established in 2007 replacing the ''Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies'' of 1991.

Faculty

Dorit Aharonov Dorit Aharonov (; born 1970) is an Israelis, Israeli computer scientist specializing in quantum computing. Biography Aharonov was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Haifa, the daughter of the mathematician Dov Aharonov and the niece of the p ...

, computer science * Joshua David Angrist, economist, 2021

laureate for Economics * Lydia Aran, scholar of Buddhism *

Robert Aumann Robert John Aumann (Yisrael Aumann, ; born June 8, 1930) is an Israeli-American mathematician, and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University ...

, 2005

laureate for Economics *

Shlomo Avineri Shlomo Avineri (Hebrew: שלמה אבינרי; born Jerzy Wiener; 20 August 1933 – 30 November 2023) was an Israeli political scientist. He was a professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and member of the Israel A ...

, Political Science * Yishai Bar, law *

Yehoshua Bar-Hillel Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (; 8 September 1915 – 25 September 1975) was an Israeli philosopher, mathematician, and linguist. He was a pioneer in the fields of machine translation and formal linguistics. Early life and education Born Oscar Westreich ...

, linguistics * Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, international relations *

Aharon Barak Aharon Barak (; born 16 September 1936) is an Israeli lawyer and jurist who served as President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1995 to 2006. Prior to this, Barak served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1978 to 1995, and bef ...

, former President of the

Israeli Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Israel (, Hebrew acronym Bagatz; ) is the Supreme court, highest court in Israel. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all other courts, and in some cases original jurisdiction. The Supreme Court consists of 15 jud ...

Yehuda Bauer Yehuda Bauer (; 6 April 1926 – 18 October 2024) was a Czech-born Israeli historian and scholar of the The Holocaust, Holocaust. He was a professor of Holocaust studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew Univer ...

Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...

history *

Jacob Bekenstein Jacob David Bekenstein (; May 1, 1947 – August 16, 2015) was a Mexican-born American-Israeli theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections betwee ...

, physics *

Mara Beller Mara Beller (; born Mara Baruch; August 14, 1945 – October 30, 2004) was a Jews, Jewish history of science, historian and philosophy of science, philosopher of science. Early life and education Beller was born in the Soviet Union and migrate ...

, (1945-2004) history and philosophy of science *

Norman Bentwich Norman de Mattos Bentwich (28 February 1883 – 8 April 1971) was a British barrister and legal academic. He was the British-appointed attorney-general of Mandatory Palestine and a lifelong Zionist. Biography Early life Norman Bentwich was the ...

, international relations *

Nissim Benvenisty Nissim Benvenisty () is Professor of Genetics, the Herbert Cohn Chair in Cancer Research and the Director of “The Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research” at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of ...

, genetics, the Herbert Cohn Chair in Cancer Research, and Director of the Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences *

Ernst David Bergmann Ernst David Bergmann (; 1903 – April 6, 1975) was an Israeli nuclear scientist and chemist. He is often considered the father of the Israeli nuclear program. Biography Ernst David Bergmann was born in Germany, His father, Judah Bergmann, ...

, chairman of Israeli Atomic Energy Commission *

, religion & Jewish philosophy *

Howard Cedar Howard Chaim Cedar (; born January 12, 1943) is an Israeli American biochemist who works on DNA methylation, a mechanism that turns genes on and off. Early life and education Howard Chaim Cedar was born in the United States. He received a bache ...

, chairperson, Developmental Biology & Cancer Research, IMRIC * Ilan Chet, agricultural biotechnology * Richard I. Cohen, history * Avishai Dekel Andre Aisenstadt Chair of Theoretical Physics * Shmuel Eisenstadt, sociology *

Menachem Elon Menachem Elon (; ; November 1, 1923 – February 6, 2013) was an Israeli jurist and Professor of Law specializing in traditional Jewish Law, an Orthodox rabbi, and a prolific author on traditional Jewish law (Halakha). He was the head of the J ...

, former deputy president of the

Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel Abraham Fraenkel (; 17 February, 1891 – 15 October, 1965) was a German-born Israeli mathematician. He was an early Zionist and the first Dean of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is known for his contributions to axiomatic s ...

, mathematics *

Hillel Furstenberg Hillel "Harry" Furstenberg (; born September 29, 1935) is a German-born American-Israeli mathematician and professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and U.S. Natio ...

, mathematics, Israel Prize winner *

Leah Goldberg Leah Goldberg or Lea Goldberg (; May 29, 1911, Königsberg – January 15, 1970, Jerusalem) was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, illustrater and painter, and comparative literary researcher. Her wri ...

(1911–1970), poet * Eliezer E. Goldschmidt, agriculture * Asher Dan Grunis,

Supreme Court In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

Justice *

Louis Guttman Louis Guttman (; February 10, 1916 – October 25, 1987) was an American sociologist and Professor of Social and Psychological Assessment at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, known primarily for his work in social statistics. Biography Louis ( ...

, social sciences and statistics *

Naomi Habib Naomi Habib () is an Israeli computational neuroscientist who researches cognitive decline and resilience. She has worked as the Goren-Khazzam Lecturer in Brain Sciences and an assistant professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem since 2018. ...

, computational neuroscientist * Ephraim Halevy,

Mossad The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (), popularly known as Mossad ( , ), is the national intelligence agency of the Israel, State of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with M ...

chief *

Lumír Ondřej Hanuš Lumír Ondřej Hanuš () is a Czech Republic, Czech analytic chemist and leading authority in the field of cannabis research. In 1992, he and William Anthony Devane isolated and first described the structure of anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoi ...

, analytic chemist *

Yuval Noah Harari Yuval Noah Harari ( ; born 1976) is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and popular science writer. He currently serves as professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His first bestse ...

, history *

Gabriel Herman Gabriel Herman () holds the Professorship in Ancient History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He specialises in ancient Greek social history, focusing on issues such as social structure, interpersonal relationships, moral norms, rituals, c ...

, Historian * Gabriel Horenczyk, psychologist, faculty member of the Melton Centre for Jewish Education and the School of Education. *

Daniel Kahneman Daniel Kahneman (; ; March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist best known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memor ...

, 2002

laureate for Economics *

Ruth Kark Ruth Kark (; born 1941) is an Israeli historical geographer and professor of geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Kark is a well-known researcher and expert in the field of the historical geography of Palestine and Israel. Kar ...

, geography of (Eretz)

Elihu Katz Elihu Katz (; 21 May 1926 – 31 December 2021) was an American-Israeli sociologist and communication scientist whose expertise was uses and gratifications theory. He authored over 20 books and 175 articles and book chapters during his lifeti ...

, communication *

Aharon Katzir Aharon Katzir (; born Aharon Katchalsky; September 15, 1914 – May 30, 1972) was an Israeli scientist who was known as a pioneer in the study of the electrochemistry of biopolymers. Biography Born 1914 in Łódź, Poland, he moved to Mandatory P ...

, chemistry *

David Kazhdan David Kazhdan (), born Dmitry Aleksandrovich Kazhdan (), is a Soviet and Israeli mathematician known for work in representation theory. Kazhdan is a 1990 MacArthur Fellow. Biography Kazhdan was born on 20 June 1946 in Moscow, USSR. His father ...

, mathematics *

Baruch Kimmerling Baruch Kimmerling (Hebrew: ברוך קימרלינג; 16 October 1939 – 20 May 2007) was an Israeli scholar and professor of sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Upon his death in 2007, ''The Times'' described him as "the first academ ...

, sociology * Roger D. Kornberg, visiting professor, 2006

laureate for chemistry *

David Kretzmer David Kretzmer (; born 4 November 1943) is an Israeli expert in international and constitutional law. He is professor emeritus of international law of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and professor of law at the Transitional Justice Institute ...

, law *

Ruth Lapidoth Professor Ruth Lapidoth (; born October 27, 1930) is a Senior Researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies and Professor Emeritus of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a recipient of the 2006 Israel Prize ...

, law *

Ruth Lawrence Ruth Elke Lawrence-Neimark (; born 2 August 1971) is a British–Israeli mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a researcher in knot theory and algebraic topolo ...

, mathematics *

Hava Lazarus-Yafeh Hava Lazarus–Yafeh (; 1930–1998) was a German-born Israeli Orientalist, scholar, editor, and educator. She known for her work in medieval and modern Islamic Studies and interfaith relations. Lazarus–Yafeh was a professor and a head of the ...

(1930–1998), Orientalist, head of the Department for Islamic Civilization, Israel Prize winner *

Yeshayahu Leibowitz Yeshayahu Leibowitz (; 29 January 1903 – 18 August 1994) was an Israeli Orthodox Jewish public intellectual and polymath. He was a professor of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and neurophysiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a ...

, biochemistry and Jewish philosophy * Raphael D. Levine, chemist * Avigdor Levontin, law *

Nehemia Levtzion Nehemia Levtzion (; November 24, 1935 — August 15, 2003) was an Israeli scholar of African history, Near East, Islamic, and African studies, and the President of the Open University of Israel from 1987 to 1992. He was also the Executive Direct ...

(1935—2003), scholar of

African history Archaic humans emerged out of Africa between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of modern humans (''Homo sapiens'') in East Africa around 300,000–250,000 years ago. In the 4th millennium BC written history ...

, Near East, Islamic, and African studies, President of the

Open University of Israel The Open University of Israel (, ''Ha-Universita ha-Ptuha'') is a distance education, distance-education university in Israel. It is one of ten public universities in Israel recognized by the Council of Higher Education (CHE). Open University ...

, and executive director of the

Van Leer Jerusalem Institute The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute is a center for interdisciplinary study in the humanities and social sciences, and the development of new ways of addressing questions of global concern that hold special importance for Israeli society and the r ...

* Amia Lieblich, psychology *

Elon Lindenstrauss Elon Lindenstrauss (; born August 1, 1970) is an Israeli mathematician, and a winner of the 2010 Fields Medal. Since 2004, he has been a professor at Princeton University. In 2009, he was appointed as a Professor at the Einstein Institute of Mat ...

, mathematics, laureate of the 2010

Joram Lindenstrauss Joram Lindenstrauss (; October 28, 1936 – April 29, 2012) was an Israeli mathematician working in functional analysis. He was a professor of mathematics at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics. Biography Joram Lindenstrauss was born in Te ...

, mathematics, Israel Prize winner *

Avishai Margalit Avishai Margalit (; born 1939) is an Israeli professor emeritus in philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 2006 to 2011, he served as the George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Early life and ...

, philosophy Israel Prize winner *

Amihai Mazar Amihai "Ami" Mazar (; born November 19, 1942) is an Israeli archaeologist. Born in Haifa, Israel (then the British Mandate of Palestine), he has been since 1994 a professor at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, h ...

, archaeology, Israel Prize winner *

. archaeologist, Israel Prize winner, former university president and rector * Jacob (Kobi) Metzer,

economic historian Economic history is the study of history using methodological tools from economics or with a special attention to economic phenomena. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of ...

, professor, and the eighth president of the

* Eugen Mittwoch, semitic languages, guest professor in 1924 (famous as head of German Nachrichtenstelle in

) *

George Mosse Gerhard "George" Lachmann Mosse (September 20, 1918 – January 22, 1999) was a German-born, Jewish-American social and cultural historian, who emigrated from Nazi Germany to Great Britain and then to the United States. He was professor of hist ...

, history *

Bezalel Narkiss Bezalel Narkiss (; 1926–2008) was an Israeli art historian. He was awarded the Israel Prize for his contribution to the field of Jewish art in 1999. Early life Bezalel Narkiss was born in Jerusalem, the son of , director of the Bezalel Nationa ...

, art history *

Amnon Netzer Amnon Netzer (; April 9, 1934 – February 15, 2008) was an Iranian-born Israeli historian, researcher, professor and journalist. Netzer was a leading authority on Iranian history and culture as well as Persian and Judeo-Persian languages. Netzer ...

and

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

Ehud Netzer Ehud Netzer (; 13 May 1934 – 28 October 2010) was an Israeli architect, archaeologist and educator, known for his extensive excavations at Herodium, where in 2007 he found the tomb of Herod the Great; and the discovery of a structure defined by ...

(1934–2010), archaeology *

Yaakov Nahmias Yaakov "Koby" Nahmias is an Israeli biomedical engineer and entrepreneur. Nahmias is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an affiliated member of the NIH-funded BioMEMS Resource Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. Nahmias ...

, bioengineering *

Anat Ninio Anat Ninio (; born August 10, 1944) is a professor emeritus of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She specializes in the interactive context of language acquisition, the communicative functions of speech, pragmatic development, an ...

, psychology *

Mordechai Nisan Mordechai Nisan (; born 24 June 1947) is an Israeli professor and scholar of Middle East Studies at the Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He taught also at Bar-Ilan University, the Open University, and the Univers ...

, education * Dan Pagis, literature *

Nurit Peled-Elhanan Nurit Peled-Elhanan () is an Israelis, Israeli philologist, professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, translator, and activist. She is a 2001 co-laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded by th ...

, education *

Tsvi Piran Tsvi Piran (Hebrew: צבי פיראן; born May 6, 1949) is an Israeli theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, best known for his work on Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) and on numerical relativity. The recipient of the 2019 EMET prize award in Phys ...

, astrophysics *

Joshua Prawer Joshua Prawer (; November 22, 1917 – April 30, 1990) was a notable Israelis, Israeli historian and a scholar of the Crusades and Kingdom of Jerusalem. His work often attempted to portray Crusader society as a forerunner to later European Colon ...

, history *

Michael O. Rabin Michael Oser Rabin (; born September 1, 1931) is an Israeli mathematician, computer scientist, and recipient of the Turing Award. Biography Early life and education Rabin was born in 1931 in Breslau, Germany (today Wrocław, in Poland), th ...

, computer science and mathematics,

Israel Prize The Israel Prize (; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History Prior to the Israel Prize, the most significant award in the arts was the Dizengoff Prize and in Israel ...

winner and recipient of the

. *

, physics * Frances Raday, law *

Aharon Razin Aharon Razin (Hebrew: אהרון רזין; April 6, 1935 – May 27, 2019) was an Israeli biochemist. Biography Aharon Razin was raised in Petah Tikva. He began his academic studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, majoring in physics and ...

, Researcher, IMRIC *

Eliyahu Rips Eliyahu Rips (; ; ; 12 December 1948 – 19 July 2024) was an Israeli mathematician of Latvian origin known for his research in geometric group theory. He became known to the general public following his co-authoring a paper on what is popularl ...

, mathematics * Mordechai Rotenberg, social work *

, Jewish mysticism *

Eliezer Schweid Eliezer Schweid (; 7 September 1929 – 18 January 2022) was an Israeli scholar, writer and Professor of Jewish Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was also a fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Biography Eliezer ...

, Jewish philosophy *

Ehud de Shalit Ehud de Shalit (; born 16 March 1955) is an Israeli number theorist and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Biography Ehud de Shalit was born in Rehovot. His father was Amos de-Shalit. He completed his B.Sc. at the Hebrew Univers ...

, number theorist *

Zlil Sela Zlil Sela () is an Israeli mathematician working in the area of geometric group theory. He is a Professor of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sela is known for the solution of the isomorphism problem for torsion-free word-hype ...

, mathematics *

Nir Shaviv Nir Joseph Shaviv (; born July 6, 1972) is an Israeli‐American physics professor. He is professor at the Racah Institute of Physics of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is known for his solar and cosmic-ray hypothesis of climate change whi ...

, astrophysics *

Saharon Shelah Saharon Shelah (; , ; born July 3, 1945) is an Israeli mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Rutgers University in New Jersey. Biography Shelah was born in Jerusalem on July 3, 1945. He is th ...

, mathematics *

Avigdor Shinan Professor Avigdor Shinan () is professor emeritus in the departments of Hebrew literature, Hebrew Literature, Yiddish and Comparative Jewish Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Shinan has served as head of the departments of General ...

, Hebrew literature *

Avraham Steinberg Avraham Steinberg (; born 25 August 1947) is an Israeli medical ethicist, pediatric neurologist, rabbi and editor of Talmudic literature. Steinberg is Director of the Medical Ethics Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, and co-chairman ...

, medical ethics *

Zeev Sternhell Zeev Sternhell (; 10 April 1935 – 21 June 2020) was a Polish-born Israeli historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and writer. He was one of the world's leading theorists of the phenomenon of fascism. S ...

, political science *

Hayim Tadmor Hayim Tadmor (born Frumstein) (; November 18, 1923, Harbin, China–December 11, 2005, Jerusalem) was a leading Israeli Assyriologist. As a student of Benno Landsberger and Sidney Smith, his knowledge was grounded in immediate knowledge and exper ...

Assyriology Assyriology (from Greek , ''Assyriā''; and , ''-logia''), also known as Cuneiform studies or Ancient Near East studies, is the archaeological, anthropological, historical, and linguistic study of the cultures that used cuneiform writing. The fie ...

* Jacob Talmon, history *

Gadi Taub Gadi Taub (; born April 19, 1965, in Jerusalem) is an Israeli historian, author, screenwriter and political commentator. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Policy and the Department of Communications at The Hebrew University of Jer ...

, social sciences *

Amos Tversky Amos Nathan Tversky (; March 16, 1937 – June 2, 1996) was an Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk. Much of his early work concerned th ...

, psychology *

Claude Vigée Claude Vigée (born Claude Andre Strauss; 3 January 1921 – 2 October 2020) was a French poet who wrote in French language, French and Alsatian language, Alsatian. He described himself as a "Jew and an Alsatian, thus doubly Alsatian and doubly J ...

, French literature *

Marta Weinstock-Rosin Marta Weinstock-Rosin (born 1935; Hebrew: מרתה וינשטוק-רוזין) is an Austrian-born Israeli neuropharmacologist, best known as the developer of rivastigmine (Exelon). Early life and education Weinstock-Rosin was born in Vienna. A ...

, neuropharmacology, Israel Prize winner *

Avi Wigderson Avi Wigderson (; born 9 September 1956) is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician. He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America ...

, computer science and mathematics *

Joseph Yahalom Joseph Yahalom (; born April 11, 1941) is a professor of Hebrew literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Since 1983, he has been a member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language. Biography Joseph Yahalom was born in Haifa. In 1960, he gradu ...

, Hebrew poetry *

S. Yizhar Yizhar Smilansky (; 27 September 1916 – 21 August 2006), known by his pen name S. Yizhar (), was an Israeli writer and politician. Widely regarded as one of the preeminent figures in Israeli literature, he was awarded the Israel Prize in 1959 f ...

, writer

Publications

Institute of Archaeology, Mt. Scopus

* ''Qedem: Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology'' * ''Qedem Reports'' * ''Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology'' (JJAR), open-access, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal

Notable alumni

Major award laureates

laureate:

(2010) *

laureates:

(economics 2002),

David Gross David Jonathan Gross (; born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of asymptotic freedom. ...

(physics 2004),

Avram Hershko Avram Hershko (, ; born December 31, 1937) is an Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004. Biography He was born Herskó Ferenc in Karcag, Hungary, into a Jewish family, the son of Shoshana/Margit ' ...

(chemistry 2004),

Aaron Ciechanover Aaron Ciechanover ( ; ; born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for characterizing the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins using ubiquitin. Biography Early life Ciechanover was born ...

(chemistry 2004),

(economics 2005), Roger D. Kornberg (chemistry 2006), and

Ada Yonath Ada E. Yonath (, ; born 22 June 1939) is an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in Chemistry, best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes. She is the current director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for B ...

(chemistry 2009) *

laureates:

(1976), Richard E. Stearns (1993),

Shafi Goldwasser Shafrira Goldwasser (; born 1959) is an Israeli-American computer scientist. A winner of the Turing Award in 2012, she is the RSA Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; a professor o ...

(2012)

Political leaders

*Ambassador Yael Rubinstein *Members of the Knesset:

Colette Avital Colette Avital (; born 1 May 1939) is a Romanian-Israeli diplomat and politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party and One Israel between 1999 and 2009. Biography Born in Bucharest, Romania, Avital made aliyah to Israel ...

Yael Dayan Yael Dayan (; 12 February 1939 – 18 May 2024), also known as Yaël Dayan, was an Israeli politician and author. She served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2003, and from 2008 to 2013 was the chair of Tel Aviv city council. Her ser ...

Taleb el-Sana Taleb el-Sana (, ; born 25 December 1960), sometimes spelled Talab al-Sana or variations thereof, is an Israeli Arab Bedouin politician and lawyer. He was the longest serving Arab Member of the Knesset until he lost his seat in 2013. Biograp ...

Dalia Itzik Dalia Itzik ( ''Dalya Itsik''; born 20 October 1952) is an Israeli former politician who last served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 became the first female spe ...

, Roman Bronfman,

David Rotem David Rotem (; 11 January 1949 – 8 June 2015) was an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2007 and 2015. Biography Rotem was born in Bnei Brak and grew up in Jerusalem.Ahmed Tibi,

Avigdor Lieberman Avigdor Lieberman (, ; born 5 June 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli politician who served as Ministry of Finance (Israel), Minister of Finance between 2021 and 2022, having previously served twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to ...

, Dov Khenin,

Danny Danon Danny Danon (; born 8 May 1971) is an Israeli politician and diplomat. A member of the Likud party, he served in the Knesset from 2009 to 2015 and from 2022 to 2024. From 2015 to 2020, Danon served as Israel's 17th Permanent Representative to ...

Shulamit Aloni Shulamit Aloni (; 27 December 1927 – 24 January 2014) was an Israeli politician. She founded the Ratz (political party), Ratz party, was leader of the Meretz party, Leader of the Opposition (Israel), Leader of the Opposition from 1988 to 1990, ...

, Rachel Adato,

Ze'ev Elkin Ze'ev Elkin (born 3 April 1971) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a Member of the Knesset for the New Hope (Israel), New Hope Party. He was previously a member of the Knesset for Kadima, Likud and the National Unity (Israel), Nati ...

Roni Bar-On Roni Bar-On (; born 2 June 1948) is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud and Kadima between 2003 and 2011, and is also a former Finance Minister of Israel, Minister of Finance. Biography Bar-On was bo ...

Ze'ev Bielski Ze'ev Bielski (; born 13 March 1949) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2009 and 2013. He previously chaired the Jewish Agency for Israel, Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization and worked ...

, Yohanan Plesner,

Yuval Steinitz Yuval Steinitz (; born 10 April 1958) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Likud party. He also held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Finance, Minister of Intelligence, Minister of Strategic Aff ...

Dan Meridor Dan Meridor (; born 23 April 1947) is an Israeli politician and minister. A longtime member of the Likud party, in the late 1990s he became one of the founders of the Center Party. He rejoined Likud a decade later, and returned to the Knesset ...

Yisrael Katz Yisrael Katz (; 6 December 1927 – 29 October 2010) was an Israeli scholar, civil servant and politician who served as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs. He was one of the most influential people in Israel in the creation and development of ...

Jamal Zahalka Jamal Zahalka (, ; born 11 January 1955) is an Arab-Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Balad between 2003 and 2019, and was leader of the party between 2007 and 2019. Biography Zahalka was born in Kafr Qara. As a te ...

, Shai Hermesh, Zvulun Orlev,

Ya'akov Ne'eman Yaakov Israel Neeman (; 16 September 1939 – 1 January 2017) was an Israeli lawyer who served as Justice Ministry (Israel), Minister of Justice and Finance Ministry (Israel), Minister of Finance, although he was never a member of the Knesset. ...

, Geulah Cohen,

Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit (; 20 January 1895 – 28 January 1967) was an Israeli politician, minister and the only signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence to have been born in the country. He served as Minister of Police from independ ...

Orit Farkash-Hacohen Orit Farkash-Hacohen (; born 29 December 1970) is an Israeli lawyer and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the National Unity. She has previously served as Minister of Science, Technology and Space, Minister of Stra ...

*Jerusalem city council members:

Ofer Berkovitch Ofer Berkovitch (; July 7, 1983) is the founder and chairman of Jerusalem's political movement, a member of the Jerusalem city council, and Hitorerut's 2018 candidate for Mayor of Jerusalem. Previously, Berkovitch served as Jerusalem's Deputy M ...

*Presidents of Israel:

Ephraim Katzir Ephraim Katzir (; – 30 May 2009) was an Israeli biophysicist and Labor Party politician. He was the president of Israel from 1973 until 1978. Biography Efraim Katchalski (later Katzir) was the son of Yudel-Gersh (Yehuda) and Tzilya Katchals ...

Yitzhak Navon Yitzhak Rachamim Navon (; 9 April 1921 – 6 November 2015) was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the president of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left Alignment party. He was the f ...

Moshe Katsav Moshe Katsav (; born Musa Qassab; 5 December 1945) is an Israeli former politician and was the president of Israel from 2000 to 2007. He was also a leading Likud member of the Israeli Knesset and a minister in its Cabinet of Israel, cabinet. He ...

Reuven Rivlin Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin ( ; born 9 September 1939) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as the president of Israel between 2014 and 2021. He is a member of the Likud party. Rivlin was Minister of Communications from 2001 to 2003, and su ...

*Prime Ministers of Israel:

Ehud Barak Ehud Barak ( ; born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli former general and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Israeli Labor Party, Labor Party between 1997 and 20 ...

Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon ( ; also known by his diminutive Arik, ; 26 February 192811 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006. Born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestin ...

Ehud Olmert Ehud Olmert (; , ; born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009. The son of a former Herut politician, Olmert was first elected to the Knesset for Likud in 1973, at th ...

Naftali Bennett Naftali Bennett (, ; born 25 March 1972) is an Israeli politician and businessman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 13 June 2021 to 30 June 2022, and as the alternate prime minister from 1 July to 8 November 2022. Bennett was t ...

*Supreme Court Justices:

Dorit Beinisch Dorit Beinisch (; born February 28, 1942) is a retired Israeli jurist. She was the 9th president of the Supreme Court of Israel. Appointed on September 14, 2006, after the retirement of Aharon Barak, she served in this position until February 28 ...

Elyakim Rubinstein Elyakim Rubinstein (; born June 13, 1947) is a former Vice President of the Supreme Court of Israel. Beforehand, he served as the Attorney General of Israel from 1997 to 2004. Rubinstein, a former Israeli diplomat and long-time civil servant, ha ...

Meir Shamgar Meir Shamgar (; August 13, 1925 – October 18, 2019) was the chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1983 to 1995. Biography Meir Shamgar (Sterenberg or Sternberg) was born in the Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) to E ...

, Jacob Turkel,

Yitzhak Zamir Yitzhak Zamir (; born in Poland on April 15, 1931) is a professor of public law and Dean of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Law, a former Attorney General of Israel, first Dean of the University of Haifa's Law Faculty, and a fo ...

Salim Joubran Salim Joubran (, ; 1947 – 15 March 2024) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Israel. He served as a Supreme Court justice from 2003, and became a permanent member in May 2004. Joubran was of Christian Maronite heritage and affiliated with the ...

, Uri Shoham *President of Guatemala:

Bernardo Arévalo César Bernardo Arévalo de León (; born 7 October 1958) is a Guatemalan diplomat, sociologist, writer, and politician serving as the 52nd and current president of Guatemala since 2024. A member and co-founder of the Movimiento Semilla, Semill ...

By profession

*Academics:

Emanuel Adler Emanuel Adler, (born 1947) is a Uruguayan professor of political science and the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Chair in Israel Studies at the University of Toronto. He is also the editor of ''International Organization'' and an honorary professor in ...

Michael Albeck Michael Albeck (Hebrew: מיכאל אלבק; born October 1934) is an Israeli organic and bioorganic chemist of tellurium compounds. He was President of Bar-Ilan University from 1986 to 1989. Early life and education Michael Albeck was born ...

Ahron Bregman Ahron "Ronnie" Bregman (; born 1958) is a UK-based political scientist of Israeli origin, as well as a writer and journalist, specialising on the Arab–Israeli conflict. Biography Bregman was born and raised in Israel. He served in the Israel ...

, Richard I. Cohen,

Uri Davis Uriel "Uri" Davis (, ; born 8 June 1943 in Jerusalem) is an academic and civil rights activist. Davis has served as Vice-Chairman of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights and as lecturer in Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. D ...

Amitai Etzioni Amitai Etzioni (; Hebrew: אמיתי עציוני; né Werner Falk; 4 January 1929 – 31 May 2023) was an Israeli-American sociologist, best known for his work on socioeconomics and communitarianism. He founded the Communitarian Network, a ...

Esther Farbstein Esther Farbstein (; born 1946) is an Israeli historian, researcher, author, and lecturer. Considered the leading Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) scholar of the Holocaust, she focuses on the spiritual responses of Jews to Nazi persecution. She has introdu ...

Gerson Goldhaber Gerson Goldhaber (February 20, 1924 – July 19, 2010) was a German-born American particle physicist and astrophysicist. He was one of the discoverers of the J/ψ meson, which is the bound state of a charm quark and a charm anti-quark. Together ...

, Daphna Hacker,

Haim Harari use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , death_cause = , body_discovered = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinates ...

, Jose Itzigsohn,

Joshua Jortner Joshua Jortner (; March 14, 1933) is an Israeli physical chemist. He is a professor emeritus at the School of Chemistry, The Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel. Birth and education Jortner was born on Ma ...

Efraim Karsh Efraim Karsh (; born 6 September 1953) is an Israeli and British historian who is the founding director and emeritus professor of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London. Since 2013, he has served as professor of political ...

Asa Kasher Asa Kasher (; born June 6, 1940) is an Israeli philosopher and linguist working as a Professor at Tel Aviv University. He is the lead author of the IDF Code of Ethics. Biography Asa Kasher is the grandson of talmudist Menachem Mendel Kasher. He ...

Walter Laqueur Walter Ze'ev Laqueur (26 May 1921 – 30 September 2018) was a German-born American historian, journalist, political commentator, and Holocaust survivor. He was an influential scholar on the subjects of terrorism and political violence. Biograph ...

Alexander Levitzki Alexander Levitzki (; born 13 August 1940) is an Israeli biochemist who is a professor of biochemistry at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Birth and education Levitzki was born in 1940 in ...

Saul Lieberman Saul Lieberman (; May 28, 1898 – March 23, 1983), also known as Rabbi Shaul Lieberman or, among some of his students, the ''Gra״sh'' (''Gaon Rabbeinu Shaul''), was a rabbi and a Talmudic scholar. He served as Professor of Talmud at the Jewish T ...

, Jacob (Kobi) Metzer,

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer Dianne Neumark-Sztainer is a University of Minnesota Regents Professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, School of Public Health. She is a scholar on adolescent and young ad ...

Dana Olmert Dana Olmert (; born 26 December 1972), is an Israeli left wing activist, literary theorist and editor. She is a daughter of Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Olmert graduated with a PhD in literature from the Hebrew University of Jeru ...

Neri Oxman Neri Oxman (; born February 6, 1976) is an American-Israeli designer and former professor known for art that combines design, biology, computing, and materials engineering. She coined the phrase "material ecology" to define her work. Oxman wa ...

Dana Pe'er Dana Pe'er (; born 1971), Chair and Professor in Computational and Systems Biology Program at Sloan Kettering Institute is a researcher in computational systems biology. A Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator since 2021, she was pr ...

Uriel Reichman Uriel Reichman (; born 4 July 1942) is an Israeli legal scholar and former politician. In 1994 he established the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, later renamed Reichman University. He remained its president for 27 years and is currently chai ...

Joshua Ronen Joshua Ronen is an American accountant and academic. He is a professor of accounting at the New York University Stern School of Business and co-editor of the ''Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting.'' Ronen's research focuses on the areas of ac ...

Miri Rubin Miri Rubin (; born 1956) is a historian and professor of medieval and early modern history at Queen Mary University of London. She was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Cambridge, where she gained her doctorate a ...

Ariel Rubinstein Ariel Rubinstein (Hebrew: אריאל רובינשטיין; born April 13, 1951) is an Israeli economist who works in economic theory, game theory and bounded rationality. Biography Ariel Rubinstein is a professor of economics at the School of Ec ...

Eli Salzberger Eli Mordechai Salzberger (Hebrew: עלי זלצברגר; born 12 March 1960), is a Law Professor at the University of Haifa Faculty of Law and former Dean of the faculty. From 2008 to 2011, he served as President of the European Association for ...

, Amit Schejter,

Michael Sela Michael Sela (; Mieczysław Salomonowicz; 2 March 1924 – 27 May 2022) was an Israeli immunologist of Polish Jewish origin. He was the W. Garfield Weston Professor of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. He was a preside ...

Igal Talmi Igal Talmi (; born January 31, 1925) is an Israeli nuclear physicist. Biography Igal Talmi was born in 1925 in Kiev, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. His family immigrated to Mandate Palestine later that year and settled in Kfar Yehezkel ...

Benjamin Elazari Volcani Benjamin Elazari Volcani (; born 4 January 1915, died 1 February 1999) was an Israeli microbiologist who discovered life in the Dead Sea and pioneered biological silicon research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of Cali ...

Menahem Yaari use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , death_cause = , body_discovered = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinates = ...

, Reuven Avi-Yonah,

*Activists:

Hamze Awawde Hamze Awawde (; born 1990) is a Palestinian peace activist. Early life and education Awawde grew up in the West Bank city of Dura. His family is a prominent one in the Hebron area; his grandfather was a Fatah official. During the Second Intifa ...

Dorit Reiss Dorit Rubinstein Reiss is a Professor of Law and the James Edgar Hervey '50 Chair of Litigation at UC Hastings College of Law. She has also worked for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israeli Ministry of Justice's Department of Public ...

Elie Yossef Elie Yossef (also Eli Joseph, ) is a London-born Israeli educator and political activist. Eli Yossef grew up in London and attended the Hasmonean High School where he established Betar England in 1973. In 1975, Yossef emigrated to Israel and ...

*Anthropologist:

Eliane Karp Eliane Chantal Karp Toledo ( Karp; ; born 24 September 1953) is a Peruvian anthropologist. She was the First Lady of Peru from 2001 to 2006, as the wife of the erstwhile Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo. She specializes in the study of Andea ...

*Archaeologists:

Ruth Amiran Ruth Amiran (; ; December 8, 1914 – December 14, 2005) was an Israeli archaeologist whose book ''Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land: From Its Beginnings in the Neolithic Period to the End of the Iron Age'' which was published in 1970 is a standa ...

Trude Dothan Trude Dothan (‎; 12 October 1922 – 28 January 2016) was a professor of archaeology at the Hebrew University, who focused on the Late Bronze and Iron Ages in the region, in particular in Philistine culture. Winner of the Israel Prize in Ar ...

Aren Maeir Aren Maeir (; born 1958) is an American-born Israeli archaeologist and professor in the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University. He is director of the Tell es-Safi/ Gath Archaeological Project. Biography Aren ...

Eilat Mazar Eilat Mazar (; 10 September 195625 May 2021) was an Israeli archaeologist. She specialized in Jerusalem and Phoenician archaeology. She was also a key person in Biblical archaeology noted for her discovery of the Large Stone Structure, which ...

Yigael Yadin Yigael Yadin ( ; 20 March 1917 – 28 June 1984) was an Israeli archeologist, soldier and politician. He was the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and Deputy Prime Minister from 1977 to 1981. Biography Yigael Sukenik (later Y ...

*Astronomers: David H. Levy *Biology and biochemistry:

Danny Ionescu Danny Ionescu () is an aquatic microbial ecologist leading a research group in the department of Environmental Microbiomics at the Technische Universität Berlin. His primary research focus centers around the biology of giant bacteria and microbi ...

, Sarah Spiegel (1974) *Botanists:

Daniel Chamovitz Daniel Chamovitz (Hebrew: דניאל חיימוביץ; born April 18, 1963) is an American-born Israeli plant geneticist and the 7th President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel. On July 1, 2024, he assumed the position o ...

Alexander Eig Alexander Eig (, ; 1894 – 30 July 1938) was a botanist, one of the first plant researchers in Israel, head of the department of Botany at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and co-founder of the National Botanic Garden of Israel on Mount Scopus ...

*Business:

Kobi Alexander Jacob "Kobi" Alexander (; born May 4, 1952) is an Israeli-American businessman. He is the founder and the former CEO of New York-based Comverse Technology. In 2006, he was charged with multiple counts of fraud and related offenses pertaining to ...

(former CEO and founder of

Comverse Technology Comverse Technology, Inc. was a technology company located in Woodbury, New York in the United States, that developed and marketed telecommunications software. The company focused on providing value-added services to telecommunication service p ...

Léo Apotheker Léo Apotheker (born 18 September 1953) is a German business executive. He briefly was the chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard from November 2010 until his dismissal in September 2011. He was co-chief executive officer of SAP from Apri ...

(former CEO of

Hewlett-Packard The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company. It was founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939 in a one-car garage in Palo Alto, California ...

and

SAP Sap is a fluid transported in the xylem cells (vessel elements or tracheids) or phloem sieve tube elements of a plant. These cells transport water and nutrients throughout the plant. Sap is distinct from latex, resin, or cell sap; it is a s ...

), Dina Dublon (board member of

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The ear ...

Accenture Accenture plc is a global multinational professional services company originating in the United States and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, that specializes in information technology (IT) services and management consulting. It was founded in 1 ...

and

PepsiCo PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational corporation, multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase, New York, Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the f ...

Maxine Fassberg Maxine Fassberg (; born c. 1953) is a South African-Israeli retired educator, engineer, and CEO. She immigrated from South Africa to Israel in 1975 and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Afte ...

(former CEO of

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo ...

Israel),

Orit Gadiesh Orit Gadiesh (; born January 31, 1951) is an Israeli-American corporate strategist and Chairman of management consulting firm Bain & Company since 1993. Biography Gadiesh was born Orit Grunfeld in Haifa, Israel, in 1951, to a Berlin-born Israel D ...

(Chairman of

Bain & Company Bain & Company is an American management consulting company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm provides advice to public, private, and nonprofit organizations. One of the Big Three (management consultancies), Big Three management co ...

), Eli Hurvitz (CEO 1976–2002

Teva Pharmaceuticals Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (also known as Teva Pharmaceuticals) is an Israeli multinational Pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical company. Teva specializes primarily in generic drugs, but other business interests include branded-drug ...

Gil Shwed Gil Shwed (; born 1968) is an Israeli software engineer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Check Point, one of Israel's largest technology companies and the world's largest pure-play cybersecurity com ...

(CEO and chairman

Check Point Software Technologies Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is an Israeli multinational provider of software and combined hardware and software products for IT security, including network security, endpoint security, cloud security, mobile security, data security ...

Jonathan Kestenbaum, Baron Kestenbaum use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , death_cause = , body_discovered = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinates ...

, chief operating officer of investment trust

RIT Capital Partners RIT Capital Partners plc, formerly Rothschild Investment Trust, is a large British investment trust dedicated to investments in quoted securities and quoted special situations. Established in 1961, the company is listed on the London Stock Exchan ...

, and a Labour member of the

House of Lords The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. One of the oldest ext ...

*Chemists:

Yitzhak Apeloig Yitzhak Apeloig (; born 1 September 1944 in Uzbekistan) is a pioneer in the computational chemistry field of the Ab initio quantum chemistry methods for predicting and preparing the physical and chemical properties of materials. He was the pres ...

, Adam Heller, Dan Meyerstein,

Moshe Ron Moshe Ron (; 1925 in Warsaw, Poland – 2001 in Haifa, Israel) was an Israeli materials scientist which specialized in metal hydrides. Biography Moshe Ron (Zilberman) was born in Poland. His family escaped to USSR before World War II. He star ...

, Renata Reisfeld *Climatologists: Amaelle Landais-Israël *Educators: Brother Rafael S. Donato FSC, Ed.D., was a Filipino De La Salle Brother and was the past President of

De La Salle University Manila De La Salle University (), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private, Catholic coeducational research university run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools with main campus in Taft Avenue, Malate, Manil ...

University of St. La Salle The University of St. La Salle (USLS) is a Catholic private research university run by the De La Salle Brothers, located in La Salle Avenue, Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Established in 1952 as ''La Salle College - Bacolod'', it is t ...

De La Salle Lipa De La Salle Lipa, also known by its acronym DLSL, is a private Catholic Lasallian basic and higher educational institution run by the De La Salle Brothers of the Philippine District of the Christian Brothers in Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines ...

La Salle Green Hills La Salle Green Hills ("LSGH") is a private Catholic school run by the Philippine District of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. It was established in 1959 by the D ...

and

De La Salle Araneta University De La Salle Araneta University, also referred to by its acronym (Araneta U or DLSAU), is a private Catholic Lasallian co-educational basic and higher education institution supervised by the Philippine District of the De La Salle Christian Brot ...

. *Film, theatre, show business:

Joseph Cedar Yossef (Joseph) Cedar (Hebrew: יוסף סידר; born August 31, 1968) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. Biography Cedar was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in New York City. His father is biochemist Howard Cedar. When Joseph was ...

Uri Zohar Uri Zohar ( ; 4 November 1935 – 2 June 2022) was an Israeli film director, actor and comedian who left the entertainment world to become an orthodox rabbi. Biography Uri Zohar was born in Tel Aviv. His parents were History of the Jews, Polis ...

*Foreign service:

Naomi Ben-Ami Naomi Ben-Ami (; born 1960) is an Israeli government official and the head of the liaison bureau Lishkat Hakesher, also known as Nativ. Ben-Ami is the first woman to head the organization. Biography Naomi Ben-Ami was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, ...

, Gabriela Shalev,

Rafael Harpaz Rafael Harpaz () (born January 8, 1962) is an Israeli diplomat in the Israeli Foreign Service. Since September 2024 Harpaz is serving as Israel’s ambassador to the Republic of Korea. From September 2021 until August 2024 Harpaz was serving ...

, Zion Evrony *Journalists:

Khaled Abu Toameh Khaled Abu Toameh (, ; born 1963) is an Israeli Arab journalist, lecturer and documentary filmmaker. Abu Toameh writes for ''The Jerusalem Post'' and for the New York–based Gatestone Institute, where he is a senior distinguished fellow. H ...

Ron Ben-Yishai Ron Ben-Yishai (; born October 26, 1943) is an Israeli journalist. A veteran war correspondent, Ben-Yishai has covered many military conflicts in several different regions. In 2018, he won the Israel Prize, Israel's most prestigious civic honor ...

Nahum Barnea Nahum Barnea (; born October 23, 1944) is an Israeli journalist. Barnea writes for '' Yedioth Ahronoth''. He won the Israel Prize in 2007. Biography Nahum Borstein (later Barnea) was born in Petah Tikva. He served in the IDF in Nahal Mutzna ...

, Boaz Evron,

Amos Kenan Amos Kenan (), also Amos Keinan (May 2, 1927 – August 4, 2009), was an Israeli columnist, painter, sculptor, playwright and novelist. Biography Amos Levine (later Kenan) was born in south Tel Aviv. His parents were secular socialists. His ...

Sayed Kashua Sayed Kashua (, ; born 1975) is an author and journalist. He is a Palestinian people, Palestinian citizen of Israel, born in Tira, Israel. He is known for his books and humorous columns in Hebrew and English. Early life Kashua was born in Tira, ...

Amira Hass Amira Hass (; born 28 June 1956) is an Israeli journalist and author, mostly known for her columns in the daily newspaper ''Haaretz'' covering Palestinian affairs in Gaza and the West Bank, where she has lived for almost thirty years. Biogra ...

Akiva Eldar Akiva Eldar (; born 27 November 1945) is an Israeli political analyst, author and journalist. Eldar wrote for the newspaper Haaretz and was chief political columnist, editorial writer and US Bureau Chief for the paper,

Yossi Melman Yossi Melman (; born December 27, 1950) is an Israeli writer and journalist. He was an intelligence and strategic affairs correspondent for the ''Haaretz'' newspaper, and in 2013 he joined ''The Jerusalem Post'' and its Hebrew sister paper ''Maari ...

Meron Benvenisti Meron Benvenisti (; 21 April 193420 September 2020) was an Israeli political scientist who was deputy mayor of Jerusalem under Teddy Kollek from 1971 to 1978, during which he administered Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem and served as Jerusalem' ...

Tom Segev Tom Segev (; born March 1, 1945) is an Israeli historian, author and journalist. He is associated with Israel's New Historians, a group critical of many of the country's traditional narratives. Biography Segev was born on March 1, 1945 in Jeru ...

, Haviv Rettig,

Dan Margalit Dan Margalit may refer to: * Dan Margalit (journalist) (born 1938), Israeli journalist, author and television host * Dan Margalit (mathematician) (born 1976), American mathematician {{hndis, Margalit, Dan ...

Ya'akov Ahimeir Ya'akov Ahimeir (; born July 21, 1938), is a senior Israeli journalist, and a television and radio personality. Early life Ya'akov Ahimeir was born in Ramat Gan in 1938, the son of the Revisionist Zionist leader Abba Ahimeir. He was named after Y ...

Michael Bar-Zohar Michael Bar-Zohar (; born 30 January 1938) is an Israeli historian, novelist and politician. He was a member of the Knesset on behalf of the Alignment and Labor Party in the 1980s and early '90s. Biography Born in Bulgaria, Bar-Zohar immigrate ...

, David Witzthum,

Haim Gouri Haim Gouri (; Gurfinkel; 9 October 1923 – 31 January 2018) was an Israeli poet, novelist, journalist, and documentary film, documentary director (film), filmmaker. He was awarded the Israel Prize for poetry in 1988 and was the #Awards and rec ...

Ehud Yaari Ehud Yaari (; born 1 March 1945) is an Israeli journalist, author, television personality and political commentator. Biography Ehud Ya'ari was born in 1945 Palestine during the Mandate era. He holds a BA in Middle Eastern Studies from the Hebr ...

Zvi Yehezkeli Zvi (Zvika) Yehezkeli (; born August 17, 1970) is an Israeli television journalist and documentarian. He is an commentator on Arab affairs and host of a program on i24 News. Until June 2024, he served as head of the Arab affairs desk on "News 13." ...

*Historians:

Itamar Rabinovich Itamar Rabinovich (; born 8 October 1942) is the president of the Israel Institute (Washington and Jerusalem). He was Israel's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former chief negotiator with Syria between 1993 and 1996, and the form ...

Ron Robin use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , death_cause = , body_discovered = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinates = ...

, Semion Goldin *Law **Judges: Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin **Lawyers:

Yoram Dinstein Yoram Dinstein (; 2 January 1936 – 10 February 2024) was an Israeli scholar and professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University. He was a specialist on international law and an authority on the laws of war. He served as President of Tel Aviv Univer ...

, Meir Shmuel Gabay,

Elias Khoury Elias Khoury (; 12 July 1948 – 15 September 2024) was a Lebanese novelist and advocate of the Palestinian cause. His novels and literary criticism have been translated into several languages. In 2000, he won the Prize of Palestine for his bo ...

Menachem Mazuz Menachem "Meni" Mazuz (; born April 30, 1955) is an Israeli jurist and Supreme Court justice, who served as the Israeli Attorney General in the years 2004–2010. Childhood and studies Mazuz was born in Djerba, Tunisia, the fifth in a family ...

Itzhak Nener Itzhak Nener (; born Yitzhak Nener; 22 August 1919 - 27 April 2012) was an Israeli jurist who co-founded the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and served as vice-president of Liberal International. Early life and educatio ...

, Malcolm Shaw,

Joseph Raz Joseph Raz (; ; born Joseph Zaltsman; 21 March 19392 May 2022) was an Israeli legal, moral and political philosopher. He was an advocate of legal positivism and is known for his conception of perfectionist liberalism. Raz spent most of his ca ...

**Law professor:

*Mathematicians:

Rami Grossberg Rami Grossberg () is a full professor of mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University and works in model theory. Work Grossberg's work in the past few years has revolved around the classification theory of non-elementary classes. In particular, h ...

(1986),

(1962), Moshe Machover (1962),

Oded Schramm Oded Schramm (; December 10, 1961 – September 1, 2008) was an Israeli-American mathematician known for the invention of the Schramm–Loewner evolution (SLE) and for working at the intersection of conformal field theory and probability theo ...

(1987),

(1969) *Physicists:

Amikam Aharoni Amikam Aharoni (; 5 August 192921 January 2002) was an Israeli physicist who has made numerous contributions to the fields of magnetism. He is the author of over a hundred works, with his research of ferromagnetism being most accredited. Educa ...

Max Jammer Max Jammer (; born Moshe Jammer, ; 13 April 1915 – 18 December 2010), was an Israeli physicist and philosophy of physics, philosopher of physics. He was born in Berlin, Germany. He was Rector and Acting President at Bar-Ilan University from 19 ...

, Micha Tomkiewicz *Psychologists:

Shlomo Breznitz Shlomo Breznitz (; born 3 August 1936) is an Israeli author, psychologist, former professor of psychology, former rector and president of the University of Haifa, and previous member of the Knesset. He is the founder and currently one of the mem ...

, Asher Cohen,

Esther Perel Esther Perel (; born August 13, 1958) is a Belgian-American psychotherapist, known for her work on human relationships. Perel promoted the concept of "erotic intelligence" in her book ''Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence'' (2006), ...

*Religion: Jonathan Markovitch, Chief rabbi of

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

**Clergy:

Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don Albert Malcolm Ranjith (; born 15 November 1947) is a Sri Lankan Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Colombo since 2009. He was made a cardinal in 2010. Ranjith previously served as auxiliary bishop of Colombo (1 ...

, Archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo () is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church, whose ecclesiastical province covers all Sri Lanka plus the Maldives (which are within the archbishopric). It depends on th ...

, 2nd Sri Lankan to be made a cardinal,

Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (; ; born 4 April 1952) is the current Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem since 2005. He is styled Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine, Syria, Arabia, beyond the Jordan Rive ...

**Theologians: Fr Malachi Martin,

Yigal Arnon Yigal Arnon (; December 9, 1929 – April 27, 2014) was an Israeli lawyer and founder of Yigal Arnon & Co. Biography Yigal Arnon received his LL.M. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1953, and was admitted to the Israel Bar ...

*Soldiers:

Yishai Beer Aluf Yishai Beer (; born 1956) is a former general in the Israel Defense Forces, head of a reserve call-up, and former president of the Israeli Military Court of Appeals. Biography He was drafted into the IDF in 1974 and joined the Paratroo ...

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, Yuval Neria, Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu, Hans Ludwig Striem *Sports: Itzik Kornfein,

Shaul Ladany Shaul Paul Ladany (; born April 2, 1936) is an Israeli Holocaust survivor, racewalker and two-time Olympian. He holds the world record in the 50-mile walk (7:23:50), and the Israeli national record in the 50-kilometer walk (4:17:07). He is a for ...

, Adin Talbar,

Yochanan Vollach Yochanan Vollach (, also Jochanan Wallach or Yohanan Wallach, born 14 May 1945) is an Israeli former association football, footballer. He was a member of the Israel national football team, Israel national team that competed at the 1970 FIFA Wor ...

*Writers:

Yehuda Amichai Yehuda Amichai (; born Ludwig Pfeuffer 3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) was an Israelis, Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew language, Hebrew in modern times. Yehuda Amichai, the poet of everyday life, love, ...

, Galila Ron-Feder Amit,

Aharon Appelfeld Aharon Appelfeld (; born Ervin Appelfeld; February 16, 1932 – January 4, 2018) was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor. Biography Ervin (Aharon) Appelfeld was born in Jadova Commune, Storojineț County, in the Bukovina region of the Ki ...

Netiva Ben-Yehuda Netiva Ben Yehuda (; July 1928, Tel Aviv – 28 February 2011) was an Israeli author, editor and media personality. She was a commander in the pre-state Jewish underground Palmach. Biography Netiva ("Tiva") Ben-Yehuda was born in Tel Aviv, in Ma ...

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, Yuval Elizur,

Helen Epstein Helen Epstein (born November 27, 1947) is an American writer of memoir, journalism and biography. Born in Czechoslovakia, she lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. Biography Early life and education Helen Epstein is the daughter of ...

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, Shifra Horn,

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, Amir Segal,

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, Gideon Telpaz,

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Yissum

Yissum Research Development Company is the university's technology transfer company, founded in 1964. Yissum handles all licenses and patents of the researchers and employees of the Hebrew University. Since its formation Yissum has founded more than 80 spin-off companies such as:

Mobileye Mobileye Global Inc. is a United States- domiciled, Israel-headquartered autonomous driving company. It is developing self-driving technologies and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) including cameras, computer chips, and software. Mobil ...

, BriefCam, HumanEyes, OrCam, ExLibris, BioCancell, NewStem and many more. Yissum is led by Yaacov Michlin and other leaders in the business industry such as: Tamir Huberman, Dov Reichman, Shoshi Keinan, Ariela Markel and Michal Levy. Yissum is also a member of ITTN (Israel Technology Transfer Organization).

References

External links

Official website

Friends of The Hebrew University

American Friends of the Hebrew University British Friends of The Hebrew University (BFHU) Canadian Friends of The Hebrew University (CFHU)

Alumni

The European Alumni of The Hebrew University

Locations

campus: * Givat Ram Stadium: {{Authority control 1925 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Universities and colleges established in 1925 Law schools in Israel Research institutes in Israel Universities in Israel Universities and colleges in Jerusalem Erich Mendelsohn buildings Buildings and structures in Rehovot Mount Scopus

History

Campuses

Mount Scopus

Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare

Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram

Ein Kerem

Rehovot

Libraries

Jewish National and University Library

Subject-based libraries

Rankings

Friends of the University

Faculty

Publications

Institute of Archaeology, Mt. Scopus

Notable alumni

Major award laureates

Political leaders

By profession

Yissum

See also

References

External links

Friends of The Hebrew University

Alumni

Locations