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Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Ada Yonath ranks among our Top Influential Chemists Today.

David Gross ranks among our Top Influential Physicists Today.

By James Barham, PhD

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was founded in 1918 in the ancient city of Jerusalem. At the time the city, as well as the entire surrounding region of Palestine, was under British military control.

The founding occurred during the interim period between the British defeat of the Ottoman Turkish army in late 1917 and the official establishment of British Mandatory Palestine by the League of Nations in the summer of 1922.

Planning for a Jewish university in the Holy Land had long figured in the plans of the leaders of the Zionist movement. The cornerstone for the Hebrew University was laid in the summer of 1918 at a location on Mt. Scopus; however, the first classes did not begin to be taught until the spring of 1925.

In 1942, a new campus comprising a Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment was established in the city of Rehovot, near the Mediterranean coast south of Tel Aviv. Much later, in 1985, a veterinary school was added to the Rehovot campus.

During the Israeli war of independence in 1948, the university was the scene of bitter conflict. At one point, the Mt. Scopus campus was surrounded by Arab forces. When a medical convoy sought to bring supplies to the campus through the front lines for the resupply of Hadassah Hospital, it was attacked.

Many Jewish patients, doctors, nurses, teaching faculty, and students were massacred. Including the soldiers accompanying the convoy, a total of 79 people lost their lives in the attack.

Subsequently, the Mt. Scopus campus fell under the control of Jordan, and its Jewish students and faculty were evacuated.

In 1958, a new Jerusalem campus was opened in Givat Ram in the western part of the city. A few years later, a new medical campus was founded in the Ein Kerem neighborhood, to the south.

Finally, the flagship Mt. Scopus campus was rebuilt in the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, when the area came back under Israeli control.

Thus, today’s Hebrew University comprises three campuses in Jerusalem, as well as a fourth in Rehovot. The total student body amounts to roughly 23,000 individuals.

Fifteen Nobel laureates are associated with the Hebrew University, including the following:

  • Physicists, Albert Einstein & David Gross
  • Chemists, Roger Kornberg, Walter Kohn & Ada Yonath
  • Economists, Daniel Kahneman, Robert Aumann, Lawrence Klein, Peter Diamond & Harry Markowitz

In addition, the university is linked to three Turing Award–winners:

  • Michael Rabin
  • Shafi Goldwasser
  • Richard Stearns

as well as two Fields Medalists:

  • Jean Bourgain
  • Elon Lindenstrauss)

Among other prominent Hebrew University–connected individuals, we may note the following:

  • Philosophers, Martin Buber & Avishai Margalit
  • Mathematicians, Abraham Frankel, Joram Lindenstrauss, Rami Grossberg, Moshe Machover, Menachem Magidor & Hillel Furstenberg
  • Poets, Yehuda Amichai & Natan Yonatan
  • Novelists, Aharon Appelfeld, Amos Oz & A.B. Yehoshua
  • Novelist and essayist, David Grossman
  • Memoirist, Helen Epstein
  • Graphic novelist and screenwriter, Etgar Keret
  • Comedian, Raoul Heertje
  • Historian, Yuval Noah Harari
  • Judaica scholars, Gershom Scholem & Jonah Frankel
  • Psychologist, Amos Tversky
  • Linguist, Yehoshua Bar-Hillel
  • Archaeologist, Yigael Yadin
  • Sociologist, Amitai Etzioni
  • Economist, Nouriel Roubini
  • Singer and songwriter, Amir (Amir Haddad)
  • Film directors, Joseph Cedar & Susanne Bier
  • Actor, Natalie Portman
  • Physicists, Jacob Bekenstein & Max Jammer
  • Chemists, Raphael Mechoulam & Raphael Levine
  • Israeli general and politician, Benny Gantz
  • Former Israeli Prime Ministers Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon & Ehud Olmert

According to Wikipedia, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened in April 1925. It is the second-oldest Israeli university, having been founded 30 years before the establishment of the State of Israel but six years after the older Technion university. The HUJI has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest library for Jewish studies—the National Library of Israel—is located on its Edmond J. Safra campus in the Givat Ram neighbourhood of Jerusalem.

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What Is Hebrew University of Jerusalem Known For?

Hebrew University of Jerusalem is known for it's academic work in the following disciplines:

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Who Are Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Most Influential Alumni?

Hebrew University of Jerusalem's most influential alumni include professors and professionals in the fields of Political Science, Law, and Religious Studies. Here are some of Hebrew University of Jerusalem's most famous alumni:

Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman
An Israeli-American psychologist.
Joseph Raz
Joseph Raz
An Israeli philosopher.
Amos Tversky
Amos Tversky
An Israeli psychologist.
David Gross
David Gross
An American particle physicist and string theorist.
Avigdor Lieberman
A Mebmer of the Knesset.
Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath
An Israeli chemist, (1939 - ), Jerusalem, Israel.
Saharon Shelah
Saharon Shelah
An Israeli mathematician.
Michael O. Rabin
Michael O. Rabin
An Israeli computer scientist.
Avram Hershko
Avram Hershko
An Israeli scientist.
Benny Morris
Benny Morris
An Israeli historian .
Aharon Barak
An Israeli judge.
Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini
An American economist.

Who Are Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Most Influential Faculty?

Hebrew University of Jerusalem's most influential faculty include professors in the fields of Political Science, Law, and Religious Studies. Here are some of Hebrew University of Jerusalem's most famous alumni:

Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval Noah Harari
An Israeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers.
Elon Lindenstrauss
Elon Lindenstrauss
A Mathematician.
Ruth Lawrence
Ruth Lawrence
A British–Israeli knot theorist and topologist.
Tamar Ziegler
Tamar Ziegler
An Israeli mathematician.
Dorit Aharonov
An Israeli computer scientist.
Zachary Lippman
A Researcher.
Alexander Braverman
A Mathematician.
Karim Adiprasito
Karim Adiprasito
A Mathematician.
Nir Shaviv
Nir Shaviv
An Israeli-American astrophysicist.
Shahar Mozes
A Mathematician.
Yaakov Nahmias
An Israeli scientist.
Diego Krapf
A Researcher.