Hebrew_University

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hebrew University of Jerusalem ‫םילשוריב תירבעה הטיסרבינואה‬ University consistently ranks amongst the top universities in Israel and in the world.[1] History One of the visions of the Zionist movement was the establishment of a Hebrew university in the Land of Israel. Founding a university was proposed as far back as 1884 in the Kattowitz (Katowice) conference of the Hovevei Zion society. A major supporter of the idea was Albert Einstein, who bequeathed his papers and his literary estate to the university. Established: Type: President: Rector: Vice-Presidents: 1918 Public Menachem Magidor Sarah Stroumsa (Oct. 2008) Elhanan Hacohen (General Director), Hillel Bercovier (R&D), Carmi Gilon (International Relations) 1,200 12,000 10,000 Jerusalem, Israel Hebrew U, HUJI www.huji.ac.il Faculty: Undergraduates: Postgraduates: Location: Nickname: Website: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Hebrew: ‫הטיסרבינואה‬ ‫תירבעה‬ ‫םילשוריב‬‎, HaUniversita HaIvrit BeYerushalaim; Arabic: ‫سدقلا يف ةيربعلا ةعماجلا‬‎, Al-Jāmi`ah al-`Ibriyyah fil-Quds; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel’s oldest university. The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann. It is home to the world’s largest Jewish studies library. Scholars who have been faculty members include Gershom Scholem, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Don Patinkin, Daniel Kahneman and Robert Aumann. Four of Israel’s prime ministers are alumni of the Hebrew University, including the current prime minister. The Hebrew Inauguration ceremony, 1925 The cornerstone for the university was laid in 1918, and, seven years later, on April 1, 1925, the Hebrew University campus on Mount Scopus of Jerusalem was opened at a gala ceremony attended by the leaders of the Jewish world, distinguished scholars and public figures, and British dignitaries, including Lord Arthur James Balfour, Viscount Allenby and Sir Herbert Samuel. The university’s first Chancellor was Judah Magnes. By 1947, the University had become a large research and teaching institution. Plans 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 fullfledged faculty of agriculture.[2] During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Arabs repeatedly attacked the university, located to the northeast of Jerusalem, and convoys moving between the Israeli-controlled section of Jerusalem and the university. After the attack on the Hadassah medical convoy in 1948, the Mount Scopus campus was cut off from Jewish Jerusalem.[3] When the Jordanian government reneged on the 1949 Armistice Agreements and refused Israeli access to the Mount Scopus campus, the University was forced to build a new campus in Givat Ram in western Jerusalem, which was completed in 1953. In the interim, classes were held in 40 different buildings around Jerusalem. [4] The Terra Sancta building in Rehavia, rented from the Franciscan Custodians of the Latin Holy Places, was also used for this purpose. [5] A few years later, together with the Hadassah Medical Organization, a medical science campus was built in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ein Kerem in southwest Jerusalem. Hebrew University of Jerusalem campus again became the main campus of the university. The university was again touched by conflict on July 31, 2002, when a Palestinian construction worker (a resident of East Jerusalem) exploded a bomb in the university’s crowded Frank Sinatra cafeteria during lunch time. Nine people — five Israeli citizens, three American citizens, and one citizen of both France and the United States — were killed by the explosion and many more injured. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. World leaders including Kofi Annan, President Bush, and the President of the European Union issued statements of condemnation.[6] [7] Libraries The Jewish National and University Library 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 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 5 million books and thousands of items in special sections, many of which are unique. Among these are the Albert Einstein Archives, Hebrew manuscripts department, Eran Laor map collection, Edelstein science collection, Gershom Scholem collection, and a collection of Maimonides’ manuscripts and early writings. In his will, Albert Einstein left the Hebrew University his personal papers and the intellectual copyright to them, as well as the right to use his image. The Albert Einstein Archives contain some 55,000 items.[8] In addition to the National Library, the Hebrew University operates subject-based libraries on its campuses, among them the Avraham Harman Science Library, Givat Ram; Mathematics and Computer Science Library, Givat Ram; Earth Sciences Library, Givat Ram; Bloomfield Library for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Mt. Scopus; Bernard G. Segal Law Library Center, Mt. Scopus; Library of Archaeology, Mt. Scopus; Moses Leavitt Library of Social Work, Mt. Frank Sinatra International Student Center and memorial to victims of 2002 Palestinian suicide bombing By the beginning of 1967, the students numbered 12,500, spread among the two campuses in Jerusalem and the agricultural faculty in Rehovot. After the reunification of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War of June 1967, the University was able to return to the Mount Scopus campus, which was rebuilt. In 1981 the construction work was completed, and the Mount Scopus 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scopus; Zalman Aranne Central Education Library, Mt. Scopus; Library of the Rothberg International School, Mt. Scopus; Muriel and Philip I. Berman National Medical Library, Ein Kerem; Central Library of Agricultural Science, Rehovot; and the Roberta and Stanley Bogen Library of The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Mt. Scopus. The Hebrew University libraries and their web catalogs can be accessed through the HUJI Library Authority portal. Hebrew University of Jerusalem Although the primary focus of the campus is the medical and dental departments of the university, the molecular biology department also finds its home there. Rehovot The Faculty of Agriculture[10] and the School of Veterinary Medicine[11] are located in the city of Rehovot in the coastal plane. The Faculty of Agriculture 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. Campuses Hebrew University has four campuses, three in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot[9]. In 2003, it had a student population of 23,000. Mount Scopus Mount Scopus (Hebrew: Har HaTzofim ‫רה‬ ‫ ,)םיפוצה‬in the eastern part of Jerusalem, is home to the Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business Administration, Rothberg International School, Frank Sinatra International Student Center, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, The Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies and the newly established School of Public Policy. Rehovot Campus: Ariovitch Auditorium Givat Ram Givat Ram campus The Givat Ram campus, named for Edmond Safra, contains the scientific departments, as well as the Jewish National Library. Rehovot Campus: On the lawn behind the Agricultural Economics Building Distinguished faculty • Moshe Altbauer, Slavic studies • Lydia Aran, scholar of Buddhism • Robert Aumann, 2005 Nobel Prize laureate for Economics • Yehoshua Bar-Hillel, linguistics Ein Kerem The Ein Kerem campus is located in the same complex as the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital. 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, international relations • Aharon Barak, former president of Israeli Supreme Court • Yehuda Bauer, Holocaust history • Jacob Bekenstein, physics • Yehoshua Ben-Arieh, historical geography[12] • Ernst David Bergmann, chairman of Israeli Atomic Energy Commission • Martin Buber, religion • Ilan Chet, agricultural biotechnology • Shmuel Eisenstadt, sociology • Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel, mathematics • Eliezer E. Goldschmidt, horticulture[13] • Louis Guttman, social sciences and statistics • Ephraim Halevy, Mossad chief • Daniel Kahneman, 2002 Nobel Prize laureate for Economics • Ruth Kark, geography of Eretz Israel • Yaacov Katan, plant pathology[14] • Aharon Katzir, chemistry • David Kazhdan, mathematics • Baruch Kimmerling, sociology • Ruth Lawrence, mathematics • Yeshayahu Leibowitz, biochemistry and Jewish philosophy • George Mosse, history • Amnon Netzer, Jewish Studies and history • Ehud Netzer, archaeology • Mordechai Nisan, social science • Dan Pagis • Nurit Peled-Elhanan, education • Joshua Prawer, history • Michael O. Rabin, computer science and mathematics • Giulio Racah, physics • Gershom Scholem, Jewish mysticism • Eliezer Schweid, Jewish philosophy • Shaul Shaked, Middle Persian and Pahlavi language and literature[15] • Saharon Shelah, mathematics • Zeev Sternhell, political science • Hayim Tadmor, Assyriology • Jacob Talmon, history • Amos Tversky, psychology • Claude Vigée, French literature • Avi Wigderson, computer science and mathematics • Hanna Yablonka, Holocaust history • S. Yizhar, author Hebrew University of Jerusalem Alumni In 2004, three graduates of the University received the Nobel Prize (David Gross in physics; Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko in chemistry). • Presidents of Israel: Ephraim Katzir, Yitzhak Navon, Moshe Katsav • Prime Ministers of Israel: Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert • Members of the Knesset: Colette Avital, Yael Dayan, Dalia Itzik, Roman Bronfman, Ahmed Tibi • Sports and culture: Yochanan Vollach, Natalie Portman, Itzik Kornfein • Archaeologists: Aren Maeir, Amihai Mazar, Eilat Mazar, Yigael Yadin • Activists: Elie Yossef • Journalists: Khaled Abu Toameh • Writers: Aharon Appelfeld, Elias Chacour, Yael Dayan, David Grossman, Batya Gur, Shifra Horn, Amos Oz, A. B. Yehoshua, Amnon Jackont, Amalia Kahana-Carmon, Yehoshua Kenaz. • Academics: Ahron Bregman, Uri Davis, Gerson Goldhaber, Haim Harari, Joshua Jortner, Alexander Levitzki, Efraim Karsh, Asa Kasher, Walter Laqueur, Avishai Margalit, Dana Olmert, Miri Rubin • Lawyers: Elias Khoury • Theologian: Fr Malachi Martin References [1] Academic Ranking of World Universities 2006, published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. [2] The subversives on the hill - Haaretz Israel News [3] Victims of Hadassah massacre to be memorialized, Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, Jerusalem Post, April 7, 2008. [4] http://books.google.com/ books?id=6x3S8eM3spAC&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193& [5] Jerusalem: Architecture in the British Mandate Period [6] HUJI Memorial Pages [7] Terrorist bombing at Hebrew University cafeteria [8] Albert Einstein’s bequest to the Hebrew University [9] The Hebrew University of Jerusalem About [10] Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences [11] Koret School of Veterinary Medicine 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [12] Yehoshua Ben-Arieh’s publications on Magnes Press web site [13] Description page on Faculty of Agriculture site [14] The developer of soil solarization for pathogen control. [15] Department of comparative religions Hebrew University of Jerusalem • The Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies web site • Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University • Hebrew University Technology Transfer company - An article • The British Friends of The Hebrew University (BFHU) • Ancient and Premodern Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Coordinates: 31°46′33″N 35°12′00″E 31.77583°N 35.2°E / 31.77583; 35.2 / See also • List of universities in Israel • Einstein Papers Project External links • Hebrew University web site Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem" Categories: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Educational institutions established in 1918, Universities in Israel, Universities and colleges in Jerusalem, Erich Mendelsohn buildings This page was last modified on 12 May 2009, at 05:11 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) 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