President's Report 2007/8 - Division for Development and Public ...

Translation of an excerpt from the letter from David Ben-Gurion to the administration of
the Hebrew University, recognizing its central importance to the nascent State of Israel
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Inspiring a Nation
2 | From the President
4 | Impacting Our Reality
32 | Leaders & Laureates
38 | Research Activities
40 | Student Life
42 | Physical Development
44 | The Campaign
46 | Forging Our Future
50 | Financial Report
56 | Officers of the University
56 | Board of Governors
58 | Benefactors
61 | Campaign Gifts
62 | Major Gifts

2-3 / From the President
Prof. Menachem Magidor
Dear Governor
The past two years have been extremely difficult for the Hebrew
University — and higher education in Israel in general — as the result
of budget cuts, lack of clear government policy, political intervention
and rising costs. Furthermore, the 2006/2007 academic year was
marred by the student strike in the second semester. This academic
year too has been severely disrupted, in this case by the faculty
members’ lengthy strike in support of their union’s just demand
for compensation for the attrition of their salaries in comparison to
employees in similar sectors of the economy. While understanding
their grievances, the University administration did have reservations
about some of the protest measures taken by faculty members.
The 90-day strike ended with a settlement that provided substantial
salary increases for the faculty. The school year resumed, but with a
major disruption to its schedule that required extending the second
semester well into the summer. This rescheduling has created severe
financial hardship for many students who usually work during the
summer in order to cover their tuition fees and other expenses.
Clearly, this means that we must increase student assistance. We
are focusing much effort on raising additional funds for this purpose
and turn to our friends for their support.
Notwithstanding these difficulties, it is imperative that the Hebrew
University not abandon its commitment to its long-term goals. The
Hebrew University is well-placed among the leading universities in
the world, but it must strive to be on the shortlist of the very best.
I believe that despite the limitations of Israel’s size and resources
we have the ability to meet this goal. I firmly believe that, provided
we maintain our commitment and given the appropriate resources,
the Hebrew University could be one of the 20 best universities in the
world. We have the talent of our faculty, which includes some of the
world’s most original and creative minds. We are able to attract — as
President, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
B.Sc., Mathematics & Physics, 1965
M.Sc., Mathematics, 1967 | Ph.D., Mathematics, 1972
witnessed by the many visitors to our campuses — an outstanding
group of students. We also enjoy the unwavering support of our
worldwide network of friends and donors who fully identify with
our mission. Moreover, in many areas of our academic endeavors,
we have demonstrated the flexibility to think out-of-the-box and to
create important and solid connections between seemingly disparate
disciplines. Indeed, although we are a relatively young university — this
year marks the 90th anniversary of the cornerstone-laying — I believe
that we can become one of the very best in a matter of decades.
This year, we celebrate Israel’s 60th anniversary. Though it faces
complex challenges, Israel is indisputably a great success story —
and the Hebrew University is proud to have been a major contributor
to its success. The Hebrew University educated the leadership of
the various facets of Israeli society, be it the three branches of
government, the health and education systems, the economy, culture,
the media, civil society, diplomacy, the environment, the defense
services or high-tech. No less important, the Hebrew University
provided these sectors with the standards, the know-how and
sometimes even the answers to the essential questions underlying
their development. In this year’s President’s Report, you will meet
some of these impressive people, all of them alumni of the Hebrew
University and all testifying — as do I, a fellow alumnus — that the
University was the starting point of their paths to achievement.
Each alumnus is accompanied by a student in the same field they
studied — for while we are proud of our past achievements, we must
always look forward to the future.
Indeed, we are confident that our students of today will go on to
set new standards of leadership. Based on its past experience and
though facing many challenges and difficulties in the present, the
Hebrew University can look confidently into a brilliant future.
Professor Menachem Magidor
President
“I firmly believe that, provided we
maintain our commitment and
given the appropriate resources,
the Hebrew University could be
one of the best 20 universities in
the world.”

Impacting Our Reality
Hebrew University alumni have had a major
influence on all areas of Israeli society. In these
pages, a selection of leading alumni reflect on
the Hebrew University’s impact on Israel and
on their own lives, and share their hopes and
aspirations for the University in the future.

6-7 / The Executive
Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert
Applying to the Hebrew University and being accepted by the
Department of Psychology was a profoundly moving experience for
me. I came from Binyamina, a provincial town in the 1960s, and I
was a “country boy”.
Although Jerusalem was also quite provincial at that time, the Givat
Ram campus was an oasis — magical, exciting, and enlightening.
I discovered a new world to which I had never been exposed,
neither through the sporadic radio news broadcasts nor the stolid
newspapers dealing with global issues and national politics.
At the University, I met people who would become an inseparable
part of my life, including my wife of 38 years. I met people from
foreign countries, I was exposed to new challenges and I learned to
confront tasks that required me to develop analytical abilities and
quickness of thought.
The magic of this experience has not faded. Givat Ram was not just
a place to learn: it was the starting point for a new lifestyle featuring
an openness to new ideas, opinions and patterns of thinking, and a
code of behavior that was not the norm back home. I will never forget
the excitement of my first lecture by Professor Nathan Rotenstreich
of the Department of Philosophy, nor my nervousness during my first
lecture by Professor Yeshaiahu Leibowitz, who taught a physiology
course in the Department of Psychology.
I spent a lot of time at the University. During my undergraduate
studies, I attended lectures in many departments — education,
political science, even economics — and later completed my legal
studies there. Indeed, my subsequent career was shaped and
cemented at the University.
There is no university in the world like the Hebrew University. There
is only one Hebrew University, and it is here in Jerusalem. The finest
minds have been cultivated on its campuses, and the abilities that
led this country to success and prosperity were nurtured there. The
University is a hothouse for excellence, and plays a crucial role in
the development of an open, tolerant culture. It is the basis for the
growth, development and achievement on which the future of the
State of Israel depends.
Prime Minister of Israel
B.A., Psychology & Philosophy, 1968 | LL.B., 1974
“There is no university in the world
like the Hebrew University. There
is only one Hebrew University, and
it is here in Jerusalem. The finest
minds have been cultivated on its
campuses, and the abilities that
led this country to success and
prosperity were nurtured there.”
Gal Bligh
Third-year undergraduate, Psychology & Philosophy
Jerusalemite Gal Bligh enrolled at the Hebrew University following
five years’ military service as an IDF intelligence officer. He participates
in a joint project of the Department of Psychology and the
Child Psychological Services, working with children from families in
crisis. “It’s a big brother program with a psychological orientation
that gives me invaluable hands-on experience,” says 28-year-old
Bligh, who previously taught philosophy to third graders through the
Philosophy for Children joint program of the School of Education
and the Department of Philosophy. “Studying philosophy as well as
psychology has exposed me to a humanistic approach that enriches
me as a person and — I hope — as a future therapist.”

8-9 / The Judiciary
Justice Dorit Beinisch
For my generation, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was the
most respected and prestigious institution of higher learning where
we could aspire to obtain an academic education. We, who grew
up during the period of the establishment and the early years of
the State of Israel, saw the University as more than just a source of
knowledge and a professional education. It was a vibrant cultural,
spiritual and educational center that nurtured a generation to assume
the leadership of their country in all areas. This is what attracted so
many young people of that time to the Hebrew University.
The University did not rest on the laurels of its impressive scholarly
achievements or the cadres of those of its scientists and scholars
who created the infrastructure for the vigorous academic life that
today characterizes Israel’s universities and institutions of higher
education. Indeed, it went on to train a generation of activists,
many of whom breached the walls of academia and, through their
influential leadership, have left their mark on Israel — in the judiciary,
in the military and security services, in medicine, in economics and,
indeed, in all spheres of society.
For the students of my generation at the Hebrew University, Jewish
and universal values were not taught as ephemeral and abstract
concepts. Rather, they constituted a statement of responsibility and
purpose that served to imbue an entire generation of students with
a sense of mission that influenced their chosen paths long after
graduation. The unique character of the Hebrew University and
its central importance to the State of Israel and to Jerusalem is a
living legacy that has inspired and guided the many generations
of its alumni.
The importance of the Hebrew University does not only relate to our
personal history, but also to that of the State of Israel. The University
has contributed significantly to the values and achievements that
have propelled Israel into the forefront of the academic world;
furthermore, it continues to play a central role in maintaining Israel
— and particularly Jerusalem — as a worldwide center of culture
and enlightenment.
I wish the Hebrew University many more years of success in fulfilling
its time-honored aims and goals.
President of the Supreme Court
LL.B., 1966 | LL.M., 1968
“The unique character of the
Hebrew University and its
central importance to the
State of Israel and to Jerusalem
is a living legacy that has
inspired and guided the many
generations of its alumni.”
Shay Yanovsky
Master’s student, Law
A student in the LL.B. / M.B.A. joint program who served as an
officer in the Israel Air Force, Shay Yanovsky received his LL.B.
last year, is currently completing his M.B.A. and recently began his
master’s in law, specializing in high-tech intellectual property. He
is a coordinator and teaching assistant at the University’s Clinical
Legal Education Center, which runs 11 clinics for disadvantaged
sectors of the community. “My work with disaffected youth through
the Center’s courses has changed my entire learning experience and
perspective,” says 28-year-old Yanovsky. “I can’t think of anything
more powerful and satisfying than using the knowledge and tools I
have acquired in academia to advance social justice.”

10-11 / The Legislature
M.K. Dr. Yuval Steinitz
Studying philosophy at the Hebrew University in the 1980s was
an amazing intellectual adventure. Not only was I privileged to
have wonderful teachers, including the late Professor Yeshaiahu
Leibowitz, but I also benefited from their wisdom in welcoming
my tendency to debate them incessantly at every turn. During my
master’s studies, some of them even encouraged me to publish my
first academic articles and my first book, Invitation to Philosophy,
which immediately became a bestseller. That I finally learned how
to learn — having been thrown out of high school by teachers who
were intolerant of my endless philosophical debates — was mainly
thanks to these Hebrew University teachers. I completed my B.A.
and M.A. degrees (with honors) during the 1980s, and then earned
my Ph.D. in Philosophy at Tel Aviv University.
My life and that of my extended family are inextricably tied to
the Hebrew University. As a student, I taught philosophy at the
University’s Joseph Meyerhoff Youth Center for Advanced Studies.
Good fortune led me to meet Gila Kanfi, my future wife, who was
then a student at the University’s Faculty of Law and today is a judge
in the Jerusalem District Court. My aunts, two of my sisters and my
late mother count among University alumnae, and Professor Noam
Nisan of the Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science
is my brother-in-law. Several Steinitz family members were among
the first researchers at the Faculty of Science — the University’s
H. Steinitz Marine Biological Laboratory in Eilat, today part of the
Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, was named after one
of them.
Our first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, noted presciently in the
1950s that Israel must compensate for its enormous quantitative
inferiority vis-à-vis its hostile neighborhood by means of a significant
qualitative edge. Clearly this edge is needed today — not just in order
to enhance Israel’s national security, but also to bolster its economic
growth and to attract Jewish immigration. It is time to understand
that there can be no qualitative superiority without an excellent
system of higher education as exemplified by the continuation of
the Hebrew University’s pivotal role in Israel’s scientific and
intellectual life.
Member of Knesset
B.A., Philosophy, 1984 | M.A., Philosophy, 1988
“That I finally learned how to
learn — having been thrown out
of high school by teachers who
were intolerant of my endless
philosophical debates — was
mainly thanks to these Hebrew
University teachers.”
Mordechai Applebaum
Master’s student, Philosophy
Born in Jerusalem, Mordechai Applebaum moved to Canada at
age 13, returning to Israel after high school to combine yeshiva
studies with military service in the paratroopers. He enrolled at the
Hebrew University, earning a B.Sc. in biology, a B.A. in philosophy,
and an M.Sc. in medical sciences specializing in cancer research.
Applebaum, 31, has volunteered with the elderly and taught junior
high school science. He also performs Shakespeare and writes
poetry. “I can’t see separating science and the humanities,” he says.
“Philosophy enables me to think more conceptually and abstractly,
while science brings a down-to-earth attitude to philosophy.”

12-13 / Defense
Major-General Ido Nehushtan
I was born, raised and educated in Jerusalem so my choice of
the Hebrew University was a given. In fact, I knew the Givat Ram
campus from my school days at the Hebrew University Secondary
School, so it was like coming home.
I began my degree studies in 1986 after several years of experience
as a pilot and officer in the Israel Air Force (IAF); my last position
was second-in-command of an F-16 squadron. Although my 11
years of military service included a highly intensive and demanding
professional education, it had been a long time since I was in a
classroom. Thus, as a 29-year-old father of two, I became a
mathematics and computer science student.
Today, as I assume command of the IAF, I view my time at the
University not only as an intellectual exercise focused on short-term
achievements, but primarily as shaping my personal development.
I may well have forgotten specific formulae and proofs, but the
personal “toolbox” of skills I acquired at the University remains — a
serious approach, always getting to the root of a problem, the ability
to analyze complex issues, a comprehensive overview, appreciating
the importance of exact data, and high norms and standards.
As one whose concerns include national security, I believe that
higher education is vital to the State of Israel. Since its establishment,
Israel has had a clear advantage: its human capital. This wealth of
brainpower can flourish only under optimal conditions: a worldclass
scientific infrastructure, academic institutions that set and
implement high standards, and an education system that provides
the basic tools. Indeed, the IAF too has adopted this approach
by including full academic studies within the framework of its
flight school.
As the first university of the Yishuv, the Hebrew University has
played a vital role in maintaining and developing this key national
resource. Indeed, it has proven its capabilities; it counts many
officers among its alumni and it is a leader in special programs in
cooperation with the defense establishment. Foremost among these
is the flagship Talpiot IDF cadets program at the Hebrew University
which educates especially talented students — their contribution to
the state’s security is priceless.
Commander-in-Chief, Israel Air Force
B.Sc., Mathematics & Computer Science, 1990
“Today, as I assume command
of the IAF, I view my time at
the University not only as an
intellectual exercise focused
on short-term achievements,
but primarily as shaping my
personal development.”
Gavriel Smith
Second-year undergraduate, Computer Science & Mathematics
and Amirim honors program
The son of mathematics teachers — one American and one British
— Gavriel Smith was born in Jerusalem and grew up in Rehovot.
Although his choice of studies seems natural, he did his matriculation
in English and music as well as math and physics. After serving
in military intelligence, he was attracted to the Hebrew University
by its reputation for excellence. Smith, 24, who works part-time in
high-tech, won a merit-based scholarship and is a winner of the
Rector’s prize. “I have enjoyed the challenges offered by my studies
at the University,” he says. “I anticipate continuing my education for
a master’s degree in either math or computer science.”

14-15 / Civil Society
Dr. Yitzhak Kadman
My choice of social work stemmed from the perception that it
was the right approach to effect social change and achieve social
justice — perhaps even to attain tikkun olam (repairing the world). As
a student, I valued the Baerwald School’s integration of knowledge
and theoretical studies with practical work, and the direct encounter
with the real world through trying to solve social problems.
I was profoundly influenced by professors Jona Rosenfeld and
Abraham Doron, both Israel Prize laureates, whom I consider to be
mentors and colleagues. Beyond the educational experience, I had
the opportunity to become personally involved in social change, the
highpoint being our (successful) student-led “revolution” to introduce a
practical training program in social policy. Also involved in the School’s
student council, which I chaired during my second year, I initiated the
first association of all social work students at Israeli universities, an
organization with a deep commitment to social issues.
I held several positions in the Ministry of Social Welfare and served
as President and Secretary-General (elect) of the Israeli Association
of Social Workers before doing my Ph.D. in Social Policy at Brandeis
University. On returning to Israel, I taught social work at the Hebrew
University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. As Executive
Director of the National Council for the Child for the past two decades,
I have worked to bring the issue of children, their rights and their
wellbeing to the fore of Israel’s public, media and political agendas.
My experience at the Hebrew University taught me to appreciate
knowledge, information, data and research as tools for social change
and as a foundation for power in the positive sense. I believe that the
University’s primary contributions to date are in enhancing knowledge,
research, publications, the training of professionals and academic
prestige in Israel and abroad.
There remains, however, a great divide between these accomplishments
and active involvement and influence in policy and
practice, particularly in the social domain. My vision for the Hebrew
University is for its increased social involvement through research or
practice; through influencing national and local government policy;
and through a greater openness towards providing opportunities for
Israel’s distressed and excluded populations.
Founder & Executive Director, The National Council for the Child
B.A., Social Work, 1972 | M.A., Mass Communication, 1982
Former Faculty Member, Baerwald School of
Social Work & Social Welfare
“My experience at the Hebrew
University taught me to appreciate
knowledge, information, data and
research as tools for social change
and as a foundation for power in
the positive sense.”
Daphna Gross-Manos
Third-year undergraduate, Social Work
Jerusalem-born Daphna Gross-Manos grew up in Tivon. Following
high school, she participated in a leadership development program
and then served as a social welfare officer in the IDF. Voluntary work
with at-risk girls, she says, “reinforced my decision to study social
work.” A winner of the Rector’s and Dean’s prizes, 25-year-old
Gross-Manos was awarded the University’s Lachman-Davis Prize for
Social Work for her community organization project with downtown
Jerusalem merchants. She currently heads the social work students’
student council, which is active in the campaign for refugees from
Darfur. “I plan on continuing my work for social change,” she
says. “Continuing for a master’s degree would definitely advance
my goals.”

16-17 / Diplomacy & the Jewish World
Ambassador
Sallai Meridor
Studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was not just a
privilege for me but also the most natural course due to my family’s
personal connection to the University. My mother, Ra’anana, was
a professor in the Department of Classics and, from an early age,
I understood the special value my family placed on the institution.
I followed my three siblings and their spouses when I began my
studies, together with my wife, at the Hebrew University. My choice
of studies reflected my interest in the Jewish people and my desire
to better understand the region surrounding the Jewish State. It
appears that my work experience has been the logical outcome of
these studies. From Jewish education through service in the Israeli
government to my work at the Jewish Agency for Israel and on to
Washington, D.C. as Israel’s Ambassador to the United States — I
have continued on the path that I began at the Hebrew University.
Born in a divided Jerusalem to a family of lovers of and fighters for
Jerusalem, no gift could have been more valuable to me than to be
one of the first students to return to the Hebrew University’s historic
campus on Mount Scopus.
One cannot speak of Israel’s achievements without thinking of the
Hebrew University. It was this University that laid the foundation for
Israel’s entire academic development, its scientific knowledge and
research capacity. Every aspect of Israel’s growth has benefited
from the University’s immense contribution. Indeed, the University’s
decision to teach only in Hebrew played a vital role in the most
fascinating revolution — that of transforming the ancient language of
the Bible into the living mother tongue of millions of Jews in Israel.
Israel needs the Hebrew University to continue to contribute both
its soul and its brainpower to the advancement of the State and its
people. The Hebrew University can and should continue to grow
and serve as an engine of excellence for Israel and as the academic
center for the Jewish people.
I wish the Hebrew University mazal tov on the 90th anniversary of
the laying of the foundation stones on Mount Scopus.
Israel Ambassador to the United States
Former Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel
B.A., History of the Jewish People & Islamic Studies, 1985
“My choice of studies reflected
my interest in the Jewish people
and my desire to better understand
the region surrounding the
Jewish State.”
Dafna Dolinko
Third-year undergraduate,
History of the Jewish People & History
Dafna Dolinko, 22, immigrated to Israel from New York as a child and
attended Jerusalem’s Pelech Religious High School for Girls. She
spent one year of her national service working with new immigrants,
and a second year in Kiev, teaching Hebrew and Jewish studies.
Dolinko is a Dean’s List student, a winner of the Rector’s and
Dean’s prizes and was awarded the Prof. Stern Prize for students
of history of the Jewish people. “My studies allow me to integrate
my two interests — Jewish education in Israel and the Diaspora and
research on the Jews of the USSR,” she says. “I am continuing to
learn Russian towards this end.”

18-19 / The Media
David Horovitz
I had only been living in Israel for a few months, my Hebrew was
far from impressive, and I was having a hard time understanding
an international relations course being taught by the legendary
ex-military intelligence chief Professor Yehoshofat Harkabi. To
my immense good fortune, however, I noticed a beautiful, flamehaired
young American student near the front of the room who was
effortlessly noting down the key points. That was 25 years and three
magnificent children ago; so the greatest debt I owe the Hebrew
University, and its greatest impact on my life, is that it was the place
where I met my wife Lisa.
The Hebrew University was central to my making a life in Israel
because it was my landing point here, and that landing was soft
and nurturing: I immigrated to Israel from England as a relatively
clueless, 20-year-old Zionist, and the Mount Scopus campus was
my first home, where I learned the language, made my first friends
and, prompted by my teachers, began to properly use my brain. It
was my introduction to the entire complex Israeli experience — to
our politics and history, coexistence with Arabs and among different
streams of Judaism, culture, even bureaucracy. It served as my
initial survival guide for the career in Israeli journalism that I began
while still at the University.
For me at the time, and in my intermittent interactions since, the
Hebrew University has symbolized a striving for excellence and
a commitment to the maximizing of its students’ potential. As a
consequence, it continues to produce national leaders in almost
every field. It needs to keep doing so — to attract and retain the
best and the brightest from Israel and the Diaspora — for we can
thrive as a nation only if we can make the most of our prime natural
resource: brainpower.
As a university, it has always been committed to furthering the
frontiers of human knowledge. But the Hebrew University also must
continue to serve as a national moral compass, setting standards
of propriety and emphasizing and cherishing exemplary values — a
centerpiece of our ever-more challenging aspiration to serve as a
light unto the nations.
Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post
Mechina, Rothberg International School, 1983
B.A., International Relations & English Literature, 1986
“The Hebrew University was
central to my making a life in
Israel because it was my landing
point here, and that landing was
soft and nurturing.”
Rotem Tal
Second-year undergraduate,
International Relations & Middle Eastern Studies
Concerned about peace since her childhood, Haifa-born Rotem Tal,
24, chose her majors at the Hebrew University accordingly. “I have
a strong feeling of vocation, of a first priority mission,” says Tal, a
Dean’s List student who has participated in Jewish-Arab encounter
projects. “I believe in a better future for the Middle East and for
this, education is essential: we have to know the ‘other’. Until now,
I have been working on the personal, micro, level. The tools I am
acquiring at the University — critical thinking, theory, historical
perspective — will help me to work for these goals on the macro
level as well.”

20-21 / Education
Shlomit Amichai
I grew up in Jerusalem and, shortly after completing my military
service in 1964, enrolled in Jewish history studies at the Hebrew
University. I was familiar with various aspects of Jewish history due
to my experience as a youth movement counselor so this seemed
the natural choice. However, for balance, I also studied international
relations and political science. My teachers included leading scholars,
among them this year’s Israel Prize winner, Professor Zeev Sternhell.
These teachers inspired in me a love of knowledge and equipped
me with the skills required for objective study and analysis.
I married during my first year of studies but actually completed my
B.A. degree — thanks to the understanding shown towards me by
the University — only after my four children had grown. After the Yom
Kippur War, my belief in the importance of student volunteerism led
me to head the student counselors’ team at the Dean of Students
Office, juggling my time between meeting students’ needs and raising
my family. Undoubtedly, my own experiences as a student — the
inspiring faculty and the wonderful atmosphere that pervaded the
lawns and classrooms of the Givat Ram campus — have influenced
my work.
In 1977, I joined the Ministry of Education, working in a number of
positions that capitalized on the skills I had gained at the Dean of
Students Office, and leading up to my appointment as Director-
General in 1999. Two years later I left the Ministry for a senior position
at JDC-Israel; in 2007 I was asked to return to my former position.
As Director-General of the Ministry of Education, I am deeply
concerned about the repercussions of the shrinking number of
University faculty positions and lack of research funds — I am
likewise concerned that the Hebrew University will find it difficult to
instill in its students the all-important values and tools that I was so
fortunate to receive. I hope and believe that despite these difficulties,
the University will continue in the path it has created during its 90
years, conducting itself with integrity and pride, maintaining its high
levels of creativity and innovative research and serving as a light
unto institutions across Israel.
Director-General, Ministry of Education
B.A., History of the Jewish People & Political Science, 1979
“Undoubtedly, my own experiences
as a student — the inspiring faculty
and the wonderful atmosphere that
pervaded the lawns and classrooms
of the Givat Ram campus — have
influenced my work.”
Yeela Porat
Third-year undergraduate, Political Science
& International Relations
Born in Israel, 24-year-old Yeela Porat grew up in California and
returned to Israel in the realization that this is her home. As a
lieutenant in the IDF’s Education Corps, she created and applied
leadership development programs for commanders. Porat’s decision
to study political science stems from her vision of “Israel’s potential,
as a young democracy, to create a more just and tolerant society.
Political science offers both the philosophic background for exploring
desirable futures and the practical aspects of politics and global
contexts,” she says. “I plan to continue my studies at the Hebrew
University in the field of conflict management and mediation, in order
to strengthen social solidarity in Israel.”

22-23 / Finance
Eitan Raff
As a Jerusalemite, it was only natural for me to choose to enroll at
the Hebrew University. I decided to study economics and business
administration as I thought these were the fields most suited to
me — and, looking back over my career, it appears that it was the
correct choice.
I was particularly influenced during my undergraduate studies by
the late Professor Dan Patinkin, and by professors Nissan Liviatan
and Michael Bruno, all of the Department of Economics; and, during
my M.B.A. studies, by Professor Haim Ben-Shahar. What I gained
from my studies at the Hebrew University was the ability to analyze
subjects from a broad perspective and to examine the whole picture
— not just the individual components — before making a decision.
During my years at the Givat Ram campus, I was a member of the
University’s basketball team. However, between my studies and
working as a truck driver to pay for my education, I had little time
for extracurricular student activities.
After I completed my M.B.A. degree, I found work at the Israel
Ministry of Finance, serving in a number of positions. These included
Economic Advisor at the Israel Embassy in Washington, D.C. in the
1970s during the period leading up to the Camp David Accords, and
Accountant-General from 1979-1983. Following my employment in
the public sector, I served as chairman of Paz Oil Company and
as chairman and/or director of several other major Israeli industrial
and commercial corporations. Since 1995, I have been Chairman of
the Board of Directors of Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. and its major
subsidiaries in the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel.
Within my various public activities, I am a Governor of the Hebrew
University and serve as Chairman of its Board of Managers.
In my view, the graduates of the Hebrew University have made, and
continue to make, major contributions to the State of Israel in many
fields, including state-building, the economy, politics, diplomacy,
the law and science. The Hebrew University’s role in the future is,
I believe, to actively pursue excellence, and serve as a center of
excellence in teaching and research across a broad range of fields.
Chairman, Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M.
Chairman, Board of Managers of the Hebrew University
B.A., Economics, 1965 | B.A., Political Science, 1966
M.B.A., 1968
“What I gained from my studies
at the Hebrew University was the
ability to analyze subjects from a
broad perspective and to examine
the whole picture — not just the
individual components — before
making a decision.”
Stas Sokolinski
Third-year undergraduate, Economics & Accounting
After graduating from high school in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Stas
Sokolinski immigrated to Israel on his own and served three years
in an IDF combat unit. He has been on the Dean’s List of both the
Faculty of Social Sciences and the Jerusalem School of Business
Administration and has won scholarships for honors students in
accounting, including one from the Harry Simons’ Endowment
Foundation. Sokolinski, 25, has worked throughout his studies and is
now a teaching assistant in economics. “I see my future in finance and
plan to continue for my master’s degree at the Hebrew University,”
he says. “The Department of Economics here is one of the best in
the world.”

24-25 / High-Tech
Dr. Giora Yaron
I was born at Kibbutz Manara and raised in Rehovot. After serving
three intensive years in the IDF’s Golani Brigade, I registered in 1969
for my bachelor’s degree studies in physics and mathematics at the
Hebrew University. This, in retrospect, was a life-changing event for me.
While the courses were extremely demanding, they provided a solid
understanding of the physics and mathematics that are the essential
“toolbox” for solving the new challenges in today’s fast-developing,
increasingly competitive, global technological environment.
Following my graduation, I was accepted to work at Hughes Aircraft
Research Laboratories, one of the more prestigious industrial
research labs in the US. This paved the way for my entrée into
the high-tech industrial world. Later, while working at National
Semiconductors, a leading company in the field at the time, I was
influential in the establishment by the company of a significant facility
in Israel which focused on designing and manufacturing the world’s
first 64-bit microprocessor — at its peak, the company employed
some 1,500 staff. The presence of National Semiconductors and a
few other large multinational American corporations provided the
infrastructure for the development of Israel’s high-tech industry.
Indeed, it enabled my colleagues in the high-tech industry and me
to participate in founding several thousand startups. I was fortunate
to be a founder of more than a handful, three of which were sold
to multinational corporations. This same infrastructure provided the
foundation for companies such as Mercury Interactive which I served
as Chairman and which was acquired by HP for $4.5 billion.
The Hebrew University has played a pivotal role in my own education
as well as that of many other leaders in today’s high-tech industry.
The drive for excellence, which is integral to the Hebrew University’s
DNA, has given us the tools that are essential for competing in
today’s markets.
It is this industrial backbone that has enabled Israel’s economy
to prosper in good as well as in difficult economic times. As
manufacturing and high-tech jobs migrate to Asia, it is essential that
the Hebrew University — along with its new graduates entering our
industry — continues to strive for excellence.
Founder of Several Multinational High-Tech Companies & Company Chairman
Chairman, Yissum Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University
B.Sc., Physics & Mathematics, 1973 | M.Sc., Materials Science, 1975
Ph.D., Applied Physics, 1978
“The drive for excellence,
which is integral to the Hebrew
University’s DNA, has given us
the tools that are essential for
competing in today’s markets.”
Yuval Simons
Second-year undergraduate, Physics
and Amirim Honors Program
Yuval Simons of Karmiel has been interested in science since
childhood. This led him to attend the Israel Arts and Science
Academy high school in Jerusalem, where he studied physics,
computer science and history. After his military service, during which
he won an award for building a software system, 24-year-old Simons
studied Mandarin Chinese and toured China. Currently a research
assistant and the physics students’ representative in the Student
Union, Simons is not yet sure about future specialization. “A B.Sc. in
physics is like reading a Chinese menu,” he says. “You study for three
years just to understand your choices. Only then can you choose.”

26-27 / Healthcare
Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef
I grew up in Jerusalem’s Katamon neighborhood, one of four
children of a Moroccan-born father and an Israeli-born mother. After
military service, I chose to study medicine at the Hebrew University,
knowing that it would lead to a profession that suited my personality
and would allow me to help people.
During the Yom Kippur War, in which I fought and my brother was
killed, the Hebrew University offered endless assistance to student
soldiers. I especially remember the late Professor Rami Rahamimoff
traveling to Sinai weekly to lecture medical students serving there.
During my clinical rotations, I was exposed to a variety of specialties
and physicians, with professors Marcel Eliakim, Nathan Saltz and
Joseph Schenker playing an important role in my future decisions.
The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School — the best
medical school in Israel — gave me excellent tools which enabled
me to choose a specialization and gain acceptance at the prestigious
residency program in obstetrics and gynecology at Hadassah-
Ein Kerem. I subsequently worked there as a senior physician in
gynecological oncology and also taught at the Faculty of Medicine,
reaching the rank of associate professor.
I switched to medical administration some 15 years ago and have
served as Director-General of the Hadassah University Medical
Center since 2001. During this time I have become increasingly
aware — and appreciative — of the importance of the collaboration
between Hadassah and the Hebrew University, which is essential
for the future of both institutions and especially for the future of
Jerusalem. Together, we are building Jerusalem’s first biotechnology
park on the Ein Kerem campus, and also promoting the establishment
of a national center for brain imaging, which we hope will lay the
foundation for a joint Hebrew University-Hadassah research center.
The Hebrew University is one of Jerusalem’s most important
assets. It plays a vital role in attracting young and educated people
to Jerusalem, thus developing and strengthening the city. I am
convinced that just as the University advanced higher education
and Israel’s scientific infrastructure even before the founding of the
State, it will continue to set the standards for excellence and lead
Israeli scientific endeavors to new heights. As the Director-General
of Hadassah, I am proud to be a partner of the Hebrew University.
Director-General, Hadassah University Medical Center
M.D., 1980 | Former Member, Faculty of Medicine
“I have become increasingly
aware — and appreciative —
of the importance of the
collaboration between Hadassah
and the Hebrew University, which
is essential for the future of both
institutions and especially for
the future of Jerusalem.”
Jonathan Isenberg
Fifth-year medical student
As a child, Montreal-born Jonathan Isenberg dreamed of becoming
a doctor. He immigrated to Israel with his family at age four, and
excelled in math and sciences at school in Karmiel in northern
Israel. He received his B.Med.Sc. in 2006 and, as a participant in the
IDF’s Atidim academic reserve program, he completed — with
distinction — the IDF officers’ course last October. “I am particularly
interested in nephrology and endocrinology,” says 23-year-old
Isenberg, who has consistently made Dean’s List. “I hope to apply
my serious attitude and ‘open heart and mind’ for learning to become
an important contributor in my field.”

28-29 / The Environment
Dr. Miriam Haran
My years at the Hebrew University had a significant impact on my
professional life, motivating me to expand my areas of interest,
piquing my curiosity about new ideas and technologies and
spurring me to strive for excellence and contribute to society. I was
greatly influenced by Professor Israel Agranat of the Institute of
Chemistry — teacher, research advisor and mentor, he has been a
role model throughout my career.
After completing my undergraduate degree, I earned my Ph.D. at
Brandeis University and returned to lecture at the Hebrew University.
I went back to the US to pursue my research at Rutgers University
and became involved in the then relatively new field of environmental
studies as an assistant to the director of the Center for Applied
Studies of the Environment at Hunter College (CUNY). On returning
to Israel, I was appointed Deputy Chief Scientist of the Ministry of
the Environment, going on to serve as its Chief Scientist, Deputy
Director-General and Director-General. Currently I head the Ono
Academic College’s M.B.A. environmental management track. I also
serve as Chair of the Environmental Committee of the UJC Tel Aviv-
Los Angeles Partnership and as a member of the Israeli Presidential
Task Force for Promoting the Environment in Israel.
The Hebrew University traditionally encourages its graduates to be
active in shaping Israeli society; many are leading scientists or serve
in significant public positions, influencing the realms of politics,
the economy, science, diplomacy, law and education. My fellow
alumni in chemistry are at the forefront of academic research; in top
positions at companies such as the Israel Electric Corporation, Teva
Pharmaceuticals and Intel; and leaders of the public sector in crucial
areas such as improving Israel’s science education.
The Hebrew University must maintain its position as the best in Israel
and as a world leader. It should continue to promote excellence by
accepting highly qualified and motivated students and educating
them to take part in shaping Israeli society. Effective government
is essential for Israel’s future; it requires competent, dedicated,
professional executives and managers. I believe that the Hebrew
University is the best-suited academic institute to provide Israel’s
future leadership.
Lecturer, Ono Academic College
Former Director-General, Ministry of the Environment
B.Sc., Chemistry, 1972
“The Hebrew University should
continue to promote excellence
by accepting highly qualified and
motivated students and educating
them to take part in shaping
Israeli society.”
Ravit Shaw
Second-year undergraduate, Chemistry & Biology
and Amirim Honors Program
British-born Ravit Shaw, 24, grew up in Rosh Pina, served in the
Education Corps during her military service and also volunteered
preparing learning-disabled teens for matriculation exams. Shaw’s
busy schedule includes extra-curricular work in the laboratory of
Dr. Eran Meshorer of the Department of Genetics. “Working with Dr.
Meshorer has given me the opportunity to do cutting-edge stem cell
research,” says Shaw, who was awarded the Dean’s prize this year.
“While we learn theory in the classroom, I gain practical experience
and exposure to research techniques in the lab. I am very interested
in clinical research and see my future in either brain research or
genetic therapy.”

30-31 / Arts & Culture
Aharon Appelfeld
In the early 1950s the Hebrew University was identified with the
monumental, Catholic building called Terra Sancta whose broad
steps teemed with students, lecturers and auditors. The recently
arrived survivors were easily identifiable. They were conspicuous in
their dress, posture and gaze.
On those steps I first met the poet Dan Pagis, later a professor
of Medieval Hebrew poetry, and Benjamin Hrushovski (Harshav),
then a teaching assistant and later a professor of literature. The
survivors brought harsh life experience with them, many languages,
bourgeois manners and apprehension about the future. They were
ambitious and diligent in their studies.
Among my teachers were Dov Sadan (Yiddish), Hugo Bergman
(philosophy), Gershom Scholem (Jewish mysticism), Simon Halkin
(Hebrew literature) and Leah Goldberg (comparative literature). All
had an active affinity with literary activity. I was at the start of my
path as a writer — groping, testing my voice, stumbling, trying to
stand on my own feet. It was hard for me to connect the world from
which I came — the ghetto, the camps and the forests — with the
young world pulsing with activity, and not only in the large halls of
Terra Sancta.
Leah Goldberg was first to notice my writing, and conversations
with her in Rehavia, in Café Hermon, were illuminating. Hugo
Bergmann, Kafka’s friend, opened the gates of Prague and Kafka to
me. Thirstily I drank in his “From Kierkegaard to Buber” lectures.
All my Terra Sancta years were a desperate effort to bond with
Hebrew literature. Leah Goldberg, knowing in her soul the sorrow
of two homelands, encouraged me to retain my own world and not
explore alien regions. Once, after reading a short story I had written
about my army service, she stared at me with her big eyes, and said
nothing. I understood and remained silent.
In time my teachers became friends. Dov Sadan’s comments were
always indirect, perhaps to avoid injuring me. Gershom Scholem
formulated his words directly and with measured sympathy. Leah
Goldberg spoke to me as a poet.
My struggles to express myself in those years were difficult, and my
failures many. My teachers’ demands were severe. A single misplaced
word would receive comment, though always accompanied by
knowledge, enlightening examples and warmth. Rarely does a
young writer encounter such teachers.
Writer
B.A., Hebrew Literature & Yiddish, 1957
Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa, 2000
“It was hard for me to connect
the world from which I came —
the ghetto, the camps and the
forests — with the young world
pulsing with activity, and not only
in the large halls of Terra Sancta.”
Hanna Tzuker-Seltzer
Third-year undergraduate, Hebrew Literature
(Creative Writing track)
Jerusalemite Hanna Tzuker-Seltzer, 32, wrote and directed her
first film in high school. After military service, she studied film and
television at Hadassah College Jerusalem, winning two prizes for her
film Tamarie’s Wedding Gown. “I was attracted to literature because
it allows greater depth than a film script. I am particularly interested
in how relationships between center and periphery are reflected in
Israeli poetry and prose,” she says. While at the Hebrew University,
Tzuker-Seltzer has published two short stories and won the Harry
Hershon Literary Prize. Next year, she will begin the joint doctoral
program in Hebrew Literature at the University of California, Berkeley
and the Graduate Theological Union.

Leaders & Laureates
We salute our faculty and alumni for their
leadership and achievements
9 Supreme Court Justices // 25 Members of Knesset &
6 Cabinet Ministers // 6 Nobel Laureates // 12 Wolf
Prize Laureates // 237 Israel Prize Laureates

Leaders & Laureates
The Supreme Court *
Justice Dorit Beinisch
President
LL.B., LL.M.
Justice Eliezer Rivlin
Deputy President
LL.B.
Justice Edmond Levy
LL.B.
Justice Salim Joubran
LL.B.
Justice Ayala Procaccia
LL.B., LL.M.
Justice Edna Arbel
LL.B.
Justice Asher Dan Grunis
LL.B.
Justice Elyakim Rubinstein
B.A., Hebrew Language & Literature,
LL.B., M.A., Contemporary Jewry
Justice Miriam Naor
LL.B.
Justice Yigal Mersel
Registrar
LL.B., LL.M., LL.D.
Geula Levin
Registrar
LL.B., LL.M.
*Currently serving
Members of the 17th Knesset & Cabinet Ministers
M.K. Colette Avital
B.A., Political Science
Ehud Barak
Minister of Defense & Deputy Prime Minister
B.Sc., Physics & Mathematics
M.K. Ronnie Bar-On
Minister of Finance
LL.B.
M.K. Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson
B.A., History & Philosophy
Ph.D., History of the Jewish People
Faculty member
M.K. Ze’ev Boim
Minister of Housing & Construction
B.A., History & Hebrew Literature
M.K. Zeev Elkin
B.A., History & Mathematics
M.A., History of the Jewish People
M.K. Talab El-Sana
LL.B.
Prof. Daniel Friedmann
Minister of Justice
LL.B., LL.D.
M.K. Tzachi Hanegbi
B.A., International Relations, LL.B.
M.K. Shai Hermesh
B.A., Economics & Sociology, M.B.A.
M.K. Dalia Itzik
Speaker of the Knesset
B.A., Literature & History
M.K. Yisrael Katz
B.A., International Relations
M.K. Dov Khenin
LL.B.
M.K. Avigdor Liberman
B.A., International Relations,
Russian & Slavic Studies
M.K. Orit Noked
LL.B.
M.K. Ehud Olmert
Prime Minister
B.A., Psychology & Philosophy, LL.B.
M.K. Ophir Pines-Paz
B.A., International Relations
M.K. Yohanan Plesner
B.A., Economics
M.K. Reuven Rivlin
LL.B.
M.K. David Rotem
LL.B.
M.K. Dr. Yuval Steinitz
B.A. & M.A., Philosophy
M.K. Prof. Yuli Tamir
Minister of Education
B.Sc., Biology
M.A., Political Science
M.K. Dr. Ahmad Tibi
M.D.
M.K. Avshalom Vilan
B.A., Economics & Philosophy
M.K. Majalli Whbee
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
B.A., History
M.K. Dani Yatom
B.Sc., Mathematics, Physics
& Computer Science
M.K. Dr. Jamal Zahalka
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Pharmacy
Nobel Prize
Prof. Daniel Kahneman
B.Sc., Psychology
Former Faculty Member
Nobel Prize in Economics, 2002
Prof. David J. Gross
B.Sc., Physics & Mathematics
Nobel Prize in Physics, 2004
Prof. Aaron Ciechanover
M.Sc., Medicine, M.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2004
Prof. Avram Hershko
M.D., Ph.D., Medicine
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2004
Prof. Robert J. Aumann
Faculty Member
Nobel Prize in Economics, 2005
Prof. Roger Kornberg
Visiting Professor
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2006
Wolf Prize
1982
Prof. Josef Tal, Arts
Emeritus Faculty Member
1988
Prof. Joshua Jortner, Chemistry
Alumnus & Former Faculty Member
Prof. Raphael D. Levine, Chemistry
Alumnus & Emeritus Faculty Member
1991
Prof. Alexander Pines, Chemistry
Alumnus
1998
Prof. Ruth Arnon, Medicine
Alumnus
Prof. Ilan Chet, Agriculture
Alumnus & Emeritus Faculty Member
2001
Prof. Saharon Shelah, Mathematics
Alumnus & Faculty Member
Prof. Avram Hershko, Medicine
Alumnus
2005
Prof. Alexander Levitzki, Medicine
Alumnus & Faculty Member
2006
Prof. Harry Furstenberg, Mathematics
Emeritus Faculty Member
2008
Prof. Howard Cedar, Medicine
Faculty Member
Prof. Aharon Razin, Medicine
Alumnus & Emeritus Faculty Member
Israel Prize
1953
Gedalia Allon, Jewish Studies
Prof. Shimshon Amitsur, Exact Sciences
Prof. Dina Feitelson, Education
Prof. Lipman Halpern, Medicine
Prof. Jacob Levitzki, Exact Sciences
1954
Prof. Hugo Shmuel Bergman,
Humanities
Prof. Frederick Simon Bodenheimer,
Agriculture
Prof. Moses Hirsch Segal,
Jewish Studies
Prof. Guido (Gad) Tedeschi, Law
Prof. Michael Zohary, Life Sciences
1955
Prof. Yaacov Bentor, Life Sciences
Prof. Michael Fekete, Exact Sciences
Prof. Sarah Hestrin-Lerner,
Medical Sciences
Prof. Israel Reichert, Life Sciences
Prof. Binyamin Shapiro,
Medical Sciences
Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach,
Jewish Studies
1956
Prof. Manfred Aschner, Life Sciences
Prof. Avraham Halevi Fraenkel,
Exact Sciences
Prof. Jacob Laib Talmon,
Social Sciences
Prof. Naphtali Tur-Sinai, Jewish Studies
Prof. Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Medicine
Prof. Yigael Yadin, Jewish Studies
1957
Prof. Saul Adler, Medicine
Prof. Gad Avigad, Exact Sciences
Prof. David Feingold, Exact Sciences
Prof. Shlomo Hestrin, Exact Sciences
Prof. Shmuel Hurwitz, Agriculture
Prof. Hans-Johanan Lewy, Humanities
Prof. Hayyim Schirmann, Jewish Studies
1958
Prof. Yitzhak Baer, Jewish Studies
Prof. Martin Buber, Humanities
Prof. Benzion Dinur, Jewish Studies
Prof. Joseph Klausner, Jewish Studies
Prof. Yehezkel Kaufman, Jewish Studies
Prof. Leo Picard, Life Sciences
Prof. Giulio Racah, Exact Sciences
Prof. Gershom Scholem, Jewish Studies
Prof. Bernard Zondek, Medicine
1959
Prof. Ezra Fleischer, Literature
Prof. Ephraim Katchalski (Katzir),
Life Sciences*
Prof. Leo Arye Mayer, Humanities
Prof. Heinz (Hillel) Oppenheimer,
Agriculture
Prof. Michael Sela, Life Sciences*
Prof. Yizhar Smilansky (S. Yizhar),
Literature
1960
Prof. Isaac Chesar Michaelson,
Medicine
Prof. Abraham Schalit, Jewish Studies
1961
Prof. Aharon Katzir, Life Sciences*
Prof. Eduard Yechezkel Kutscher,
Humanities
1962
Prof. Joseph S. Bentwich, Education
Prof. Ze’ev Lev (William Low),
Exact Sciences
Prof. Hanoch Yalon, Jewish Studies
1963
Prof. Abraham Fahn, Life Sciences
Prof. Nathan Rotenstreich, Humanities
1964
Prof. Zeev Ben-Hayyim, Jewish Studies
Prof. Moshe Rachmilewitz, Medicine
Prof. Moshe Silberg, Law
1965
Prof. Carl Frankenstein, Education
Prof. Amos De Shalit, Exact Sciences*
Prof. Judith T. Shuval, Social Sciences
1966
Prof. Shlomo Morag, Jewish Studies
Prof. Hans Jacob Polotsky, Humanities
1967
Prof. Benjamin Akzin, Law
Prof. Aryeh Leo Olitzki, Medicine
Prof. Ernst Akiva Simon, Education
1968
Prof. Simon Agranat, Law
Prof. Ernst David Bergmann,
Life Sciences
Prof. Alexander Mordecai Dushkin,
Education
Prof. Benjamin Mazar, Jewish Studies
Prof. Shlomo Pines, Humanities
Prof. Dov Sadan, Jewish Studies
Prof. Samuel Sambursky,
Jewish Studies
1969
Prof. Shneior Lifson, Life Sciences*
Prof. Joshua Prawer, Humanities
1970
Prof. Andre De Vries, Medicine
Prof. Lea Goldberg, Literature
Prof. Don Patinkin, Social Sciences
Prof. Josef Tal, Musicology
1971
Prof. Isaac Arnon, Agriculture
Prof. Shaul Liberman, Jewish Studies*
1972
Prof. David Ayalon, Humanities
1973
Prof. Benzion Dinur, Education
Prof. Aryeh Dvoretzky, Exact Sciences
Prof. Samuel Noah Eisenstadt,
Social Sciences
Prof. Haim Halperin, Agriculture
Prof. Dorothea Krook, Humanities
1974
Prof. Shraga Abramson, Jewish Studies
Prof. Hugo Shmuel Bergman, Special
Contribution to the State
Prof. Raphael D. Levine, Exact Sciences
1975
Prof. Aharon Barak, Law
Prof. Simon Leo Halkin, Literature
Dr. Helena Kagan, Special
Contribution to Society
Prof. Yoel Sussman, Law
1976
Prof. Gabriel Baer, Arabic Language
1977
Prof. David Amiran, Geography
Prof. Zvi Avidov, Agriculture
Prof. Nahman Avigad, Land of
Israel Studies
Prof. Menahem Stern, History of the
Jewish People
1978
Prof. Louis (Eliahu) Guttman,
Social Sciences
Prof. Haiim Baruch Rosen, Linguistics
Prof. Nathan Saltz, Medicine
1979
Prof. Menachem Elon, Jewish Law
Prof. Isaiah Tishby, Jewish Studies
1980
Prof. Haim Cohn, Law
Prof. David Flusser, History of the
Jewish People
Prof. Jacob Katz, History of the
Jewish People

1981
Prof. Meir J. Kister, Arabic Language &
Middle Eastern Studies
Prof. Joram Lindenstrauss, Mathematics
1982
Yehuda Amichai, Hebrew Poetry
Prof. Ruth Amiran, Land of Israel Studies*
Prof. Roberto Bachi, Demography
Prof. Joshua Jortner, Chemistry
1983
Aharon Appelfeld, Literature*
Prof. Saul Friedlander, History
Dr. Zerach Warhaftig, Special
Contribution to Society
1984
Prof. Aron (Alfred) Bondi, Agriculture
Prof. Shlomo Ravikovitch, Agriculture
1985
Prof. Joshua Blau, Hebrew Language
& Linguistics
Prof. Henry N. Neufeld, Medicine
1986
Prof. Michael Evenari, Lifetime
Achievement in Desert Research
1987
Prof. Ezra Zion Melamed, Bible Studies
Prof. Menahem Yaari, Economics
1988
Prof. Natan Goldblum, Life Sciences
Prof. Moshe Goshen-Gottstein,
Jewish Studies
Haim Gouri, Hebrew Poetry*
1989
Prof. Haim Harari, Exact Sciences*
Prof. Elihu Katz, Social Sciences
Prof. Samuel Werses, Hebrew Literature
Prof. Israel Yeivin, Hebrew Language
1990
Prof. Shmuel Agmon, Exact Sciences
Prof. Dov Frohman, Exact Sciences
Prof. Moshe Altbauer, Humanities
Prof. Haim Beinart, Jewish Studies
Prof. Miriam Ben-Porat, Special
Contribution to Society
Prof. Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan,
Land of Israel Studies
Prof. Moshe Landau, Law
Prof. Alexander Levitzki, Life Sciences
Prof. Moshe Prywes, Life Sciences
Prof. Nathan Spiegel, Humanities
Prof. Meir Weiss, Jewish Studies
Prof. Zvi Yavetz, Humanities*
1992
Prof. Moshe Lissak, Social Sciences
1993
Prof. Shlomo Alexander,
Exact Sciences
Prof. Yehoshua Arieli, History
Prof. Moshe Bar-Asher, Hebrew
Language & Jewish Languages
Prof. Hillel Furstenberg, Exact Sciences
Prof. Gideon Goldenberg, Hebrew
Language & General Linguistics
Prof. Yehoshafat Harkabi,
Political Science
Prof. Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, History
Prof. Dan Miron, Hebrew Literature
Prof. Gershon Shaked,
Hebrew Literature
1994
Prof. Robert J. Aumann, Economics
Prof. Michael Bruno, Economics
Prof. Haim Z. Dimitrovsky, Talmud
Prof. Schneyour-Zalman Feller, Law
Prof. Moshe Greenberg, Bible
Prof. Avram Hershko, Biochemistry*
Prof. Eliezer Schweid, Jewish Thought
Prof. Nathan Sharon, Biochemistry*
Prof. Moshe Weinfeld, Biblical Research
1995
Prof. Dov Nir, Geography
Prof. Michael Rabin, Computer Science
1996
Prof. Shlomo Avineri, Political Science
Prof. Moshe Barasch, History of Art
Prof. Ilan Chet, Agriculture
Prof. Marcel Dubois, Special
Contribution to the State
Prof. Moshe Piamenta, Middle
Eastern Studies
Prof. Shimon Sandbank, Literary
Translation
Prof. Meir Shamgar, Special
Contribution to the State
Prof. Chone Shmeruk,
Jewish Languages
Prof. Yechezkiel Stein, Medicine
1997
Prof. Joseph Dan, Jewish Thought
Prof. Izhak Englard, Law
Prof. Jacob Sussman, Talmud
Prof. Shemaryahu Talmon,
Biblical Research
Haim Yavin, Communications*
Prof. Itzhak Zamir, Law
1998
Prof. Yehuda Bauer, History of the
Jewish People
Prof. Yehudith Birk, Agriculture
Prof. Trude Dothan, Archaeology
Shlomo Hillel, Special
Contribution to Society*
Ehud Manor, Hebrew Song*
Amos Oz, Literature*
Prof. Rami Rahamimoff, Medical Sciences
Prof. Jona M. Rosenfeld, Social Work
Prof. Saharon Shelah, Mathematics
1999
Prof. Yehoshua Ben-Arieh, Geography
Prof. Haim Cedar, Biology
Prof. Moshe Idel, Jewish Thought
Prof. Aharon Mirsky, Hebrew Literature
Prof. Shmuel Moreh, Middle
Eastern Studies
Prof. Bezalel Narkiss, History of Art
Prof. Arie S. Shachar, Geography
Prof. Avraham Steinberg,
Rabbinic Literature
2000
Prof. Hillel M. Daleski,
General Literature
Prof. Jonah Fraenkel,
Talmudic Literature
Prof. Abraham Goldberg,
Talmudic Literature
Prof. Menahem Haran, Biblical Studies
Prof. Raphael Mechoulam, Chemistry
Prof. Shaul Shaked, Linguistics
Prof. Yirmiyahu Yovel,
General Philisophy
2001
Prof. Marcel Eliakim, Medicine
Prof. Avi Ravitzky, Jewish Thought
Prof. Joshua Weisman, Law
2002
Prof. Abraham H. Halevy, Agriculture
Eli Hurvitz, Lifetime Achievement*
Prof. Shmuel Safrai, Land of
Israel Studies
Prof. Itamar Willner, Chemistry
2003
Aharon Amir, Hebrew Translation*
Prof. Menachem Amir, Criminology
Geula Cohen, Lifetime Achievement*
Prof. Avraham Grossman,
Jewish History
Prof. Israel Ta-Shma, Talmud
2004
Prof. Menachem Brinker, Literature
Prof. Abraham Doron, Social Work
Prof. Sara Japhet, Bible
Prof. Ziva Amishai-Maisels, History of Art
Prof. Dov Noy, Hebrew &
General Literature
Prof. Aharon Razin, Biochemistry
Prof. Ester Samuel-Cahn, Statistics
Lia Van Leer, Lifetime Achievement*
2005
Prof. Jacob Bekenstein, Physics
Prof. Yehezkel Dror, Political Science
Prof. Olga Kapeliuk, Linguistics
Prof. Jacob Landau, Middle
Eastern Studies
Shabtai Teveth, Lifetime Achievement*
2006
Prof. Chaim Adler, Education
Prof. Nachum Kedar, Agriculture
Prof. Ruth Lapidoth, Law
Prof. Zvi Rappoport, Chemistry
2007
Nahum Barnea, Communications*
Prof. Amnon Cohen, Land of
Israel Studies
Prof. Nissan Levitan, Economics
Prof. Shalom Schwartz, Psychology
Prof. Zvi Selinger, Biology
Prof. Alice Shalvi, Lifetime Achievement
2008
Prof. Noga Alon, Mathematics*
Prof. Zeev Sternhell, Political Science
*alumnus only

38-39 / Reaserch Activities
Research Activities
Dr. Dan Tchernov, who joined the Hebrew University in 2004,
exemplifies recently absorbed young researchers. Based at the
Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, he studies
the impact of environmental change on coral reefs and their
potential use in “early-warning systems”. Tchernov, whose
research has been published in the prestigious journal Science,
focuses on two apparently contradictory aspects of coral reef
biogeography: a reef’s ability to withstand millions of years of
climate changes as opposed to the widespread mortality of coral
during the past 30 years. In one recent project, he showed that
the lipid composition of symbiotic algae within coral tissue plays
a key role in determining the extent of the thermal stress that
underlies the recent phenomenon of coral bleaching. His findings
elucidate coral bleaching and offer a potential means to predict
thermal sensitivity.
Hebrew University researchers are currently engaged in 4,428
research projects, of which 1,300 began this year, reports the
Authority for Research and Development (ARD). They win onethird
of all competitive grants in Israel and conduct one-third of
civilian research, including 40 percent in medicine and 70 percent
in microbiology. Nearly 30 percent of research conducted at the
Hebrew University is eventually commercialized within the hightech
industry.
In the 2006/2007 academic year, $107 million was budgeted for
research via the ARD (see Table 4, page 54). Just over 40 percent
of funding ($44 million) came from Israeli sources, with the Israel
Science Foundation continuing as the main source; $17 million
was budgeted for over 450 projects. These included the Morasha
In his studies of coral reef
biogeography, Dr. Dan Tchernov,
seen here holding a rudist reefbuilding
fossil, studies coral reefs
that include organisms such as
(from left) a polychaete worm
colony, a sea fan (gorgonian coral)
and a stony coral with a sea slug
on its surface (nudibranch)
Breakdown of Research Proposal
Submisions 2006/2007
Humanities – 7%
Dental Medicine – 2%
Law – 2%
Education – 4%
Natural Sciences – 36%
program, in cooperation with the Legacy Heritage Fund, to
support the absorption of new faculty members, and two projects
in converging technologies. The University’s Yissum technology
transfer company provided $9.6 million.
Of the $27 million allocated from internal funds, $1.2 million
was for areas earmarked by donors, including the Lejwa
Trust for Biochemical Research, the Ring Family Foundation
for Atmospheric and Global Change Studies, the Julius
Oppenheimer Fund, the David and Betty Feffer Gift for Treatment
of Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Alberto Moscona,
Landowski and Sidney Edelstein funds. The Wolfson Family
Charitable Trust provided $1.1 million for laboratory refurbishment
and $1.24 million for laboratories for new faculty members. The
Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation contributed some
$1.1 million for special projects and three new researchers, and
continued its support of the Interdisciplinary Center for Neural
Computation. Research in applied science was bolstered by
an anonymous donation to the University and Yissum of $3.25
million over three years. Funding from Johnson & Johnson, with
matching grants from internal funds, was allocated to innovative
and breakthrough scientific research. A total of $859,000 was
allocated to applied research at early stages of development.
Support of $643,000 was allocated to several interdisciplinary
centers, including the Harvey M. Krueger Family Center for
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, the Interdisciplinary Center
for Representations of Groups in Mathematics, the Center for
the Study of Islam in Memory of Nehemia Levtzion, the new
Center for the Study of Philanthropy in Israel and the Gilo Center
for Citizenship, Democracy and Civic Education.
Medicine – 27%
Engineering & Computer Science – 1%
Social Sciences – 6%
Agriculture – 13 %
Business Administration – 1%
Social Work & Social Welfare – 1%
During 2006/2007, University researchers were awarded over
$17.5 million in grants from US sources, $7.5 million of which was
for new projects, including three USAID projects with partners in
Jordan, South Africa, Mozambique and Ethiopia. The National
Institutes of Health provided nearly $1.7 million via partnerships
with US institutions, though one researcher received a direct
grant for a study of programmed cell death, a fundamental
biological phenomenon of bacterial communication. Grants were
also received from the Human Frontiers in Science Program,
the Israel Cancer Research Fund and the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation.
The European Union was the source of $11.5 million for 159
projects during 2006/2007, of which $6 million was designated
for final-round projects of the Sixth Framework Research
Program (FP6). Among the 165 Hebrew University applications
for FP7 funding submitted in spring 2007 were 22 proposals for
the European Research Council’s prestigious young investigator
program — six young researchers were awarded almost
$10 million in five-year individual grants at the end of 2007,
representing a significant success rate. Researchers continue
to submit proposals to FP7 and, to date, 23 have received $9.2
million in funding.
Grants from German agencies amounted to $7.4 million in
2006/2007 for 32 projects. Main sources of funding are the
Minerva Foundation which supports 16 active centers at the
Hebrew University, the German-Israeli Project Coordination (DIP),
the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the German-
Israeli Foundation of Research and Development (GIF).

40-41 / Student Life
Student Life
Student enrollment levels this year stood at 11,676 undergraduates,
6,532 master’s students, 2,644 doctoral candidates
and 260 postdoctoral students. An additional 1,879 students are
enrolled at the Rothberg International School, the Joseph Saltiel
Center for Pre-Academic Studies and in non-academic courses,
with a University-wide enrollment of almost 23,000.
As soon as the faculty strike ended, the University notified
students of the new schedule for the academic year. The first
semester officially began on January 20, 2008 and ended on
April 4, while the second semester began on May 11 and will end
on August 4. The 2008/2009 academic year will commence on
November 2, 2008. In addition, courses are being held on Fridays
and Sunday mornings; pass grades or exemptions will not
be allowed.
In light of the strike’s impact on the students, the University
instituted several measures, including financial relief by allowing
students to remain in student housing over the summer without
payment. Various deadlines were extended significantly, including
those for course selection, conditional registration for master’s
programs, and submitting scholarship applications and seminar
papers. Students were also permitted to defer their studies
until the 2008/2009 academic year — in most cases without a
financial penalty.
In recognition of its social involvement activities, the Dean of
Students Office received additional funding from the Council
of Higher Education’s Planning and Budgeting Committee. The
Dean’s office issued a call to students for social action initiatives
From left: Coordinator for Arab
Students Laieth Gayousi with
first-year students Manar Kassom
(social work) and Ahmad Dahleh
(law and business administration)
Student Enrollment
2005/2006-2007/2008*
14,000
12,000
10.000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
07\08
06\07
05\06
* Mid-academic year
** Includes Rothberg International School,
pre-academic and non-degree students
07\08
06\07
05\06
and a faculty advisory committee selected 12 projects. Each
project is coordinated by a student who receives a scholarship
and professional guidance.
This year, the Dean of Students Office introduced a coordinator
for Arab students into its services. Many Arab students at the
University come from a different educational system and, in the
case of those from more conservative backgrounds, may be
overwhelmed by the transition to the liberal campus environment.
The coordinator, a graduate of the Baerwald School of Social
Work and Social Welfare where he was an outstanding student,
surveyed the needs of the University’s Arab students and has
started meeting regularly with first-year students to help them
adapt to their new surroundings by airing their feelings and setting
realistic expectations.
Also new this year on three campuses is the Tinnokia, a babysitting
service where students can leave their infants aged 2-10 months
while they are in class. The service operates daily until 6:30 pm.
In continuation of its efforts to assist those with learning disabilities,
the Dean of Students Office established a national center for
the diagnosis of learning disabilities which offers computerized
testing and a professional assessment; it conducted 300
assessments in its first year. Based on their results, University
applicants or psychometric exam candidates receive an official
adjustment, ranging from computer use during exams to having
questions read to them, to ensure they can pursue their studies. A
student with learning disabilities accepted into the University has
the option to receive ongoing support during his or her studies
07\08
06\07
05\06
07\08
06\07
05\06
07\08
06\07
05\06
1st degree 2nd degree 3rd degree Postdoctoral Other**
Non-experimental Experimental Other
Total
22,991
23,726
23,888
from specialists who can provide strategies for coping with
learning disabilities. A similar service for students with ADD/
ADHD, which will include a medical professional on staff, is in
the planning stage.
The Rothberg International School (RIS) was unaffected by the
faculty strike, and 2,547 students from 65 countries enrolled
in various programs. The new M.A. program in community
leadership and philanthropy studies, held in conjunction with
the Baerwald School, has an enrollment of 14 students from
countries including Jordan, Russia, Argentina, Norway and the
US. Students and teachers report high degrees of satisfaction
with the program, which includes participation in a project run
by a local non-profit organization.
This summer, RIS is beginning a new course for students and
professionals in relevant fields entitled Trauma and Resilience:
the Israeli Experience; the course is being held in conjunction
with the Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma. Plans
for next year include a revamping of the undergraduate oneyear
program (OYP) with academic supervision by the heads of
the graduate programs; the opening of a joint master’s degree
program in Jewish education and teaching Hebrew as a second
language; the development of individual tracks for master’s
students who wish to write a thesis; and an expanded roster of
guest lecturers from around the world.

42-43 / Physical Development
Physical Development
The ongoing physical development of the Hebrew University’s
campuses is essential to the provision of excellent learning and
living environments for students as well as optimal research and
teaching environments for faculty members. Though hampered
by budget cuts, the Hebrew University actively continues its
physical development program.
A new feature on the Jerusalem skyline — and a substantial
benefit for students — is the Scopus Student Village on the
Mount Scopus campus, which was completed last year. All nine
buildings are now fully occupied, with 1,621 students housed in
its ultra-modern apartments. Also at Mount Scopus, the entrance
floor of the Bernard M. and Louis M. Bloomfield Library Building
is undergoing a comprehensive transformation to become the
Berel and Agnes Ginges – Australia Library Information Centre.
The redesigned 3,000 sq.m. space will comprise a state-of-theart
center, including 100 computer terminals, individual and group
learning spaces, plus connections for laptops. Construction
began this year of the distinctive new gateway to the Mount
Scopus campus, which is a gift of Honorary Chairman of the
Board of Governors Alex Grass. The project, to be completed
by June 2009, will also alleviate chronic traffic-flow obstructions
and security issues. The second stage of the Theodore N. and
Annette M. Lerner Family Indoor Sports Complex, due to open
in October 2008, will provide additional workout areas and
locker rooms.
At the Edmond J. Safra Campus at Givat Ram, construction of
the new Rothberg Family Complex, which will house the Selim
and Rachel Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science,
The new Scopus Student
Village comprises nine buildings
of ultra-modern apartments
will commence in September 2008 with completion scheduled for
March 2011. The 16,000 sq.m., three-wing Complex will include
computer laboratories and classrooms, offices, seminar rooms,
and a 250-seat auditorium. The expansion of the Safra campus
sports complex of the Howard and Mary Edith Cosell Association
for Physical Education, Leisure and Health Promotion will be
completed this summer. The 2,000 sq.m. addition includes stateof-the-art
workout rooms, new locker rooms, and a restaurant.
Also at the Safra campus, a comprehensive renovation of the main
buildings housing the IDF’s Talpiot military/academic program
at the Hebrew University is being planned. The project, a gift of
Rhonda and Harry Triguboff, includes upgraded laboratories and
classrooms and is due to be completed by March 2009.
At the Ein Kerem medical campus, construction of the first
stage of the Institute for Medical Research (IMR), which includes
construction of the six-story frame and completion of the top
two floors of the Octav and Marcela Botnar Building is due to
be completed this July. A top priority of the University, further
funds are required to complete this essential building, and to
renovate and equip the remaining IMR facilities. The completion
of two new floors for the Bella and Harry Wexner Building for
Dental Medicine was marked in December 2007 during the Alpha
Omega Fraternity’s centennial conference. These floors comprise
teaching and research laboratories, clinical facilities and a 250seat
auditorium, plus a bridge that links the Faculty of Dental
Medicine with the Faculty of Medicine. The Stanley B. Prusiner
Medical Information Center at the Faculty of Medicine, now
operating for one year, has proven a great success with students
and faculty alike.
At Rehovot, a substantive campus-wide building project aims
to adapt the Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental
Quality Sciences — to be named in honor of Robert H. Smith
later this year — to its new, integrative paradigm whose basis
is the provision of healthy food in a sustainable way for the
world’s growing population. The renovation and expansion by
1,000 sq.m. of the Ariowitsch Building for Animal Sciences is in
advanced planning stages, with the two-year project scheduled
to begin this July. Plans for two new buildings — for the Institute
of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources in Agriculture
and a teaching laboratory center — will be finalized by June
2009. In addition, the Fribourg Building of the Institute of
Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition will be renovated. A
planned expansion of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine,
funded by the Koret Foundation, will include the addition of
two floors.
The ongoing maintenance of buildings and campus infrastructure
remains a major concern, with the budget cuts of the past five
years allowing only essential work. Clearly, a general fund must
be established for campus maintenance. This would include
installing air-conditioning systems in all classrooms, a goal that
can only be partially met at present.

44-45 / The Campaign
The Campaign
In fall 2006, fundraising began for the silent phase of a new
Campaign. This new fundraising effort builds on the success
of the “Campaign for the Hebrew University” which, from 1997
through 2006, successfully raised over $1 billion for vital projects.
The completed campaign — whose success is a tribute to the
efforts of the University’s Friends associations led by Campaign
Co-chairs Barbara Mandel and Harvey Krueger — enabled the
University to prevail through difficult financial times, including
government budget cuts and heightened security needs.
At the forefront of the new Campaign, led by Barbara Mandel and
Michael Federmann, is support for innovative approaches that
are essential for the University’s ongoing pursuit of academic
excellence. While the new Campaign encompasses a wide variety
of capital and academic projects across the breadth of disciplines
at the Hebrew University and seeks to build endowments to
guarantee success into the future, the following flagship projects
exemplify the future of research and teaching at the University.
Based on the understanding that interdisciplinary research holds
the key to future breakthroughs, the Faculty of Agricultural,
Food, and Environmental Quality Sciences has undergone a
reorganization that will enable it to better serve its mission of
helping to provide sufficient nourishing food to an increasing
world population with minimal harm to the environment. This new
vision combines disparate departments and schools into four
central units bolstered by four interdisciplinary research centers.
At the Faculty of Medicine, the fledgling Institute for Medical
Research harnesses the research power of a community of top
Flagship projects include
(from left) the Institute for
Medical Research, a Center of
Excellence in the Humanities
(menorah mosaic from University
excavations at Sepphoris),
a new vision for the Faculty
of Agricultural, Food, and
Environmental Quality Sciences,
and a world-class interdisciplinary
center for neuroscience
scientists to facilitate a multidisciplinary approach to biomedical
research. This new approach stems from the knowledge that
the complex nature of modern disease requires equally complex
approaches to developing cures. Not only will this reorganization
enable new directions in basic research as the first step towards
treatment and prevention, but the influx of young talent and
the bolstering of the research infrastructure — equipment and
laboratory space — will further assist researchers in their mission
to uncover innovative biomedical solutions to today’s most
pressing health challenges.
The Hebrew University neuroscience community has a glorious
history, and many members of the current faculty are among
the best in the world in their areas of interest. According to an
international committee of experts, the field of neuroscience
at the Hebrew University will be ranked among the top five in
the world, given sufficient investment in additional human and
physical resources. With this in mind, the University seeks to
create a center to focus and spearhead all brain science research
across the University. The anticipated outcome of this effort is
an outstanding, interdisciplinary institution in Israel which would
serve as a leader of the international scientific community in
breaking down barriers in understanding the brain, and training
the next generation of neuroscientists to seek new research
frontiers for the benefit of humanity.
Study of the humanities, much as in the sciences, is undergoing
a sea-change as walls between disparate subjects are breached
to enable innovative and increasingly comprehensive approaches
to teaching and research among humanistic disciplines. In
recognition of this new reality, the Faculty of Humanities at the
Hebrew University, which comprises numerous world-renowned
experts and is ranked a top faculty in Israel, will establish a new
Center of Excellence in the Humanities. This prestigious center
will attract brilliant students and leading young scholars from
around the world, providing the most outstanding students with
sufficient funding to allow them to focus fully on their studies —
a situation largely unheard of at the graduate and postdoctoral
levels today.
At the core of this University-wide innovation and scholarship is
a crucial mission: to attract and support the next generation of
brilliant scientists and intellectuals. The Hebrew University faces
intense competition from some of the world’s best universities
who are vying to absorb outstanding young Israeli scholars;
indeed, recent figures show a dangerous brain drain in Israeli
academia. There can be no more important mission for the future
of education and of the country than that of ensuring that Israel
retains its best and brightest young minds,
Strides in all University endeavors have been and continue to be
possible thanks to the help of the University’s Friends associations
worldwide. The efforts and activities of our Friends assure the
University a high profile and mobilize generous support. For this
enduring friendship, the Hebrew University community — and
the State of Israel — is eternally grateful.

Forging Our Future
22 Outstanding
New Faculty Members

50-51 / Financial Report
Financial Report
2006 / 2007
Financial Report 2006/2007
Despite the ongoing reductions in government funding, the
University ended the 2006/2007 fiscal year with a balanced budget
for the tenth consecutive year. This is a significant achievement
when taking into account that, in the past six years, the direct
contribution of the government to the University’s operating
budget has been reduced by over 24%. Moreover, the University
also has had to shoulder further, and unexpected, financial
burdens resulting from changes in government policy. These
include a requirement — from which the University was previously
exempt — to pay municipal property taxes for all University
campuses and buildings, and covering the cost increases of
budget items whose prices have risen but are only partly covered
by government funding.
In light of the drop in government funding, the University has
continued to implement various cost-saving measures, including
staff cuts and reductions in expenses. Each year, however, the
damage caused by such measures becomes increasingly evident:
in the levels of academic and administrative services provided
to students and faculty members and in the maintenance of
campuses and physical infrastructure. The most significant
impact is on the University’s ability to offer student support and
provide the basic equipment and infrastructure that are crucial to
maintaining high research standards.
A contributing factor in achieving a balanced operational budget
in 2006/2007 was the sale of University-owned real estate that
University Budgets 2005/2006-2006/2007
The tables on these pages (all figures are in US $) cover financial
operations in 2006/2007, in comparison to the previous year.
Tables 1 and 2 cover overall operations in expenditure and
income for the 2005/2006-2006/2007 period, showing the division
of financial operations between various budgets. In 2006/2007,
67% of all financial operations were within the regular budget
(Table 2), 13% within closed and special budgets, 16% within the
research budget, and 4% within the development budget.
It should be noted that in 2006/2007, 67% of the University’s
overall expenditure was on salaries and pensions (Table 1),
had significantly appreciated in value. However, this is clearly
unreliable and undesirable as a long-term strategy. The University
can neither make more staff cuts nor reduce maintenance costs.
Additional budgetary support from both the government and the
Friends associations is essential.
The Shochat Committee’s in-depth examination of Israel’s higher
education system was previously regarded as the key to creating
a new vision and increasing budgetary allocations to Israel’s
universities. However, the report was presented almost one year
ago and, for overtly political reasons, has yet to be discussed.
Clearly, this stalemate on solving the crisis in higher education
can only make the Hebrew University’s role more difficult as it
seeks to grapple with the impact of the budget cuts.
In reviewing the University’s financial activity on these pages,
we relate to its operating results. The figures presented cover
all University operations and budgets. Budgets are divided into
two categories: annual budgets comprise the regular budget
(see Table 3 for details of regular budget implementation) and
the closed budget of several specific operations such as the
Rothberg International School and the Saltiel Center for Pre-
Academic Studies. Multi-year budgets include the research,
development and special budgets.
Financial reports for these multi-year budgets are generally
represented on the basis of cash flow.
8% on scholarships, 6% on acquisitions such as books, basic
equipment and computers, and 22% on other expenditures such
as maintenance and utilities.
The University’s overall income in 2006/2007 comprised 43%
from government funding through the Planning and Budgeting
Committee of the Council for Higher Education, 11% from tuition
fees; 15% from the Friends organizations; 2% from Endowment
Funds; and 29% from other sources (approximately 16% of which
came from research-funding agencies).

52-53 / Financial Report
TABLE 1
Expenditure & Income 2005/2006-2006/2007 (in US $ millions)
Expenditure
Salaries & Pensions
Acquisitions
Scholarships
Other
Total Expenditure*
Income
Government (PBC)
Tuition Fees
Friends of HU**
Endowment Funds
Other
Total Income
University Expenditure
2005/2006-2006/2007
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Salaries &
Pensions
2006/2007
367 (64%)
32 (6%)
44 (8%)
126 (22%)
569 (100%)
249 (43%)
62 (11%)
88 (15%)
12 (2%)
166 (29%)
577 (100%)
Acquisitions Scholarships Other
2005/2006
340 (66%)
25 (5%)
40 (8%)
109 (21%)
514 (100%)
236 (43%)
61 (11%)
73 (15%)
10 (2%)
142 (29%)
522 (100%)
*This figure for 2006/07 includes $(-)6.9 million of revaluation of balance sheet items
that are not included in the current expenditure of the University whereas the figure
for 2005/06 includes revaluation of $(-)6.1 million. The main cause of the increment
between the years is explained by the 6.72% decrease in the dollar exchange rate
between 30.9.06 (4.302) and 30.9.07 (4.013).
**Does not include gifts to Endowment Funds; for total funds raised by Friends
associations, see Table 6.
University Income
2005/2006-2006/2007
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Government
(PBC)
Tuition Fees Friends
of HU
Endowment
Funds
2006-2007
Other
2005-2006
TABLE 2
Allocation of Overall Budgetary Expenditure & Income 2005/2006-2006/2007 (in US $ millions)
Expenditure
Regular Budget*
Closed & Special Budgets
Research Budget
Development Budget
Total Expenditure
Income
Regular Budget*
Closed & Special Budgets
Research Budget
Development Budget
Total Income
Table 3A Overall Expenditure
Expenditure
Salaries
Pensions & Severance Payments
Acquisitions
Scholarships
Other
Total
Percentage of Total Expenditure
2006/2007
380 (67%)
78 (13%)
91 (16%)
20 (4%)
569 (100%)
381 (66%)
84 (15%)
95 (16%)
17 (3%)
577 (100%)
Non-Experimental
Units
60.0
—
0.4
1.5
2.6
64.5
17.0%
*Including central expenses such as pension costs and maintenance
2005/2006
346 (67%)
73 (14%)
80 (16%)
15 (3%)
514 (100%)
347 (66%)
74 (14%)
87 (17%)
14 (3%)
522 (100%)
TABLE 3
Implementation of Regular Budget, 2006/2007 (in US $ millions)
These tables show the implementation of the regular budget
according to the University’s areas of academic and administrative
activities. Within academic activities, only direct expenditures are
Table 3B Experimental Units
Expenditure
Salaries
Acquisitions
Scholarships
Other
Total
Sciences, incl. Eng.
& Comp. Science
42.3
1.5
1.0
1.3
46.1
Experimental
Units
Agriculture
18.2
0.6
0.4
2.5
21.7
83.6
—
2.9
3.1
5.0
94.6
25.0%
*This figure for 2006/07 includes $(-)6.9 million of revaluation of balance sheet
items that are not included in the current expenditure of the University whereas
the figure for 2005/06 includes revaluation of $(-)6.1 million. The main cause of
the increment between the years is explained by the 6.72% decrease in the dollar
exchange rate between 30.9.06 (4.302) and 30.9.07 (4.013).
included. Central expenditures for these units (mainly pension
and severance payments, and physical maintenance costs) are
included in the ‘Central Costs & Administrative Units’ column.
Academic
Support Units
Medicine
16.2
0.6
1.2
0.9
18.9
15.5
—
0.1
0.8
22.6
39.0
10.0%
Central Costs &
Administrative Units*
Pharmacy
4.5
0.1
0.3
0.2
5.1
26.5
101.1
1.4
1.6
51.3
181.9
48.0%
Dental
Medicine
2.4
Total
Implementation
0.1
0.2
0.1
2.8
185.6
101.1
4.8
7.0
81.5
380.0
100%
Total
83.6
2.9
3.1
5.0
94.6

54-55 / Financial Report
Table 3C Non-Experimental Units
Expenditure
Salaries
Acquisitions
Scholarships
Other
Total
Humanities
25.7
0.2
0.6
0.6
27.1
Social
Sciences
21.1
0.2
0.7
1.2
23.2
TABLE 4
Research Budget According to Groups (in US $ thousands)*
Group 1: Faculty of Science, School of
Engineering & Computer Science
Group 2: Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy,
Faculty of Dental Medicine
Group 3: Faculty of Humanities, School of Education,
School of Business Administration
Group 4: Faculty of Agricultural, Food &
Environmental Quality Sciences
Group 5: Faculty of Social Sciences, School of
Social Work & Social Welfare
Group 6: Faculty of Law, Truman Research Institute
for the Advancement of Peace, others**
Total
*Based on planned budgets; figures calculated at rate of exchange on September 30, 2007
**Faculty of Law only from 2005/6
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
2006/2007
39,560
31,665
11,859
14,360
7,600
1,875
106,919
Education
5.3
—
0.1
0.5
5.9
2005/2006
37,781
27,427
13,553
12,731
7,525
809
99,826
Law
4.3
—
0.1
0.2
4.8
2004/2005
32,796
23,470
11,072
11,158
6,900
2,998
88,394
Social
Work
3.4
—
—
0.1
3.5
2003/2004
31,022
23,061
11,793
10,549
5,852
5,971
88,248
Total
60.0
0.4
1.5
2.6
64.5
2002/2003
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
2006-2007
29,150
20,332
12,205
10,753
5,441
5,975
83,856
2005-2006 2004-2005 2003-2004 2002-2003
TABLE 5
University Endowment Funds, Growth and Income (in US $ millions)*
From 1996/1997 until the present, the assets of the University’s
Endowment Funds have grown by $126.2 million, from $268.1
million at the end of 1996/1997 to $394.3 million at the end of
2006/2007, with an average growth of $12.6 million per year.
During 2006/2007, Endowment Funds assets increased by $46.5
million. Net profit from Endowment Funds during 2006/2007
amounted to $32.9 million, a yield of nearly 8.3%. The substantial
income shown in the financial statements for 2006/2007 is due to
Year
1996/1997
1997/1998
1998/1999
1999/2000
2000/2001
2001/2002
2002/2003
2003/2004
2004/2005
2005/2006
2006/2007
Source of
Income
USA
Europe
Canada
Israel
UK
Australia
Other Countries
Total
Total 2005/2006
Total 2004/2005
Total Assets of
Endowment Funds
Regular
Budget
17,089
234
7,224
530
394
142
953
26,566
268.1
272.9
279.0
313.3
282.6
280.7
294.3
308.6
328.0
347.8
394.3
Special &
Research
Budgets
17,752
7,576
3,414
4,097
6,183
1,217
792
41,031
Net Profit
24.0
4.3
13.8
43.1
-18.0
-0.9
30.4
23.6
26.6
22.7
32.9
Development &
Other Budgets
gains derived from investments. In accordance with the policy of
the Endowment Funds Committee, 25% of the funds’ investments
are linked to the US dollar and the remaining 75% are linked
to shekel channels. Starting in 2003/2004, Endowment Funds
Committee financial statements are prepared and presented in
nominal shekels (NIS), instead of in dollars (US $) as in previous
years. The figures for 2006/2007 were calculated according to
the rate of exchange on 30 September 2007.
Net Profit (as %)
TABLE 6
Amounts Received from Friends Organizations 2006/2007 (in US $ thousands)*
*The dollar values above are translated from the amount shown in the University’s books in New Israeli Shekels at the rate of exchange on the day of transaction.
3,276
5,003
—
397
44
1,118
18
9,856
Endowment
Funds in Israel
445
1,076
11
4,663
114
3,215
667
10,191
9.0
1.6
4.9
13.7
-6.4
-0.3
10.3
7.6
8.1
6.5
8.3
Total Income
38,562
13,889
10,649
9,687
6,735
5,692
2,430
87,644
77,995
85,301
As Percentage
of Total
44.0%
15.8%
12.1%
11.1%
7.7%
6.5%
2.8%
100.0%

56-57 / Officers of the University & Board of Governors
Officers of the University
President
Prof. Menachem Magidor
Rector
Prof. Haim D. Rabinowitch
Vice-President &
Director-General
Elhanan Hacohen
Vice-President for
External Relations
Carmi Gillon
Vice-President for
Research & Development
Prof. Hillel Bercovier
Vice-Rector
Prof. Miriam Gur-Arye
Comptroller
Yair Hurwitz
The Board of Governors of
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Charles H. Goodman
Chairman
Yigal Arnon
Honorary Chairman
Alexander Grass
Honorary Chairman
The Board of Governors is the supreme authority that elects
the presidents and vice-presidents of the University, determines
financial policy, approves the annual budget, and authorizes
Deans & Directors
Prof. Israel Bartal, Humanities
Prof. Boas Shamir, Social Sciences
Prof. Yoav Dotan, Law
Prof. Hermona Soreq, Science
Prof. Eli Feinerman, Agricultural,
Food & Environmental Quality Sciences
Prof. Ehud Razin, Medicine
Prof. Adam Stabholz, Dental Medicine
Prof. Esther Shohami, Dean of Students
Prof. Tsvi Piran, Jerusalem School of
Business Administration
Prof. Gail Auslander, Paul Baerwald
School of Social Work & Social Welfare
Prof. Yonata Levy, Provost, Rothberg International School
Prof. Jacob Metzer, Chairman, Library Authority
Prof. Joseph Orly, Chairman, Authority for Animal Facilities
Prof. Danny Dolev, Chairman, Authority for
Computation, Communication & Information
Prof. Avishai Dekel, Chairman, Authority for
the Community & Youth
Prof. Yoram Bilu, Prof. Batsheva Kerem,
Co-Chairs, Authority for Research Students
Prof. Carl Posy, Academic Director, National Library of Israel
Ralph Halbert
Honorary Chairman
Harvey M. Krueger
Honorary Chairman
Robert H. Smith
Honorary Chairman
the establishment or abolition of faculties and schools on the
recommendation of the Senate and the Executive Committee. The
Board is composed of representatives from all parts of the world.
Governors
Argentina
Leon Kovalivker
Samuel Liberman
Susana Liberman
Roberto Nul
James Shasha
Lilli Sielecky
Australia
Sir Zelman Cowen
Michael Dunkel
Stuart Silbert
Robert Simons
Prof. Louis Waller
Austria
Ellen Landesmann
Belgium
Prof. Jacques Brotchi
Brazil
Edmundo Safdie
Jack Terpins
Canada
Mme. Justice
Rosalie Abella
Ron Appleby
Gail Asper
Neri Bloomfield
Rose Marie Glassman
Dr. Gerald Halbert
Dr. Ralph Halbert
J. Stephen Lipper
Bernard Shuster
Stephen Victor
Edward J. Winant
France
Sophie Dabi
Roland Kluger
Germany
Ron Jakubowicz
Hong Kong
Jack Ormut
Israel
Marcel Amariglio
Moshe Arad
Myriam Arazi-Guy
Yigal Arnon
Avraham Asheri
Mirella Bamberger
Zvi Barak
Nissim Baruch
Rubi Behar
Yaacov Behar
Shlomo Belkind
Uri Z. Ben-Noon
I. Amihud Ben-Porath
Prof. Yehudith Birk
David Blumberg
Morrie Blumenfeld
Dr. Itamar Borowitz
Moshe Caspy
Alexander Cohen
Dr. David Cohen
Meir Dayan
Ronit Dolev
Justice Dalia Dorner
Shalom P. Doron
Jacob Edery
Menachem Einan
Michael Federmann
Prof. Stanley Fischer
Daniel Furman
Arnon Gafny
Ron Gazit
Martin Gerstel
Dan Gillerman
Yair Green
Joseph Hackmey
Dan Halperin
Micha Harish
Raphaela Harlap
David Ivry
Daniel Jacobson
Raya Jaglom
Prof. Joshua Jortner
Tehia Karcz
Miri Katz
Dr. David Kimche
Dr. David Klein
Daniel M. Krauskopf
Aharon Krauss
Amos Lavee
Sol Liebgott
Mayor Uri Lupoliansky
Yitzhak Manor
Galia Maor
Amos Mar-Chaim
Erel Margalit
Gurion Meltzer
Reuven Merhav
Yitzhak Molho
Leonid Nevzlin
Avi Pazner
Ben Z. Rabinovitch
Yair Rabinowitch
Eitan Raff
Dr. Yehudith Richter
Danny Rothschild
Harry Sapir
Yair Seroussi
Uri Shani
Dr. Emanuel Sharon
Ze’ev Sher
Dan Suesskind
Uzi Vardy-zer
Moshe Vidman
Moshe Vigdor
Uzi Wexler
Prof. Menahem Yaari
Yaacov Yaniv
Dr. Giora Yaron
Eliezer Yonas
Prof. Yaacov Ziv
Yoram Ziv
Shlomo Levy, Chairman,
Students’ Union
Italy
Prof. Maria Modena
Oreste Bisazza Terracini
Luxembourg
Edmond Israel
Mexico
Ing. Isaac Becker
Ing. Julio Botton
Elias Mekler
Alejandro Zichlin
The Netherlands
Harry van den Bergh
Russia
Mark Shabad
South Africa
Philip Jacobson
Prof. Michael M. Katz
Gerald Leissner
Switzerland
Nathalie Berrebi
Dr. Eric Hauf
Cathy Lawi
Baron Benjamin
de Rothschild
Nilly Sikorsky
David Wollach
United Kingdom
Dr. Kenneth B. Alberman
Judge Clive Callman
Prof. Sir Alan Roy
Fersht FRS
Michael J. Gee
Michael B. Hacker
Brent Isaacs
Isaac Kaye
Dr. Leonard Polonsky
John S. Sacher
Geoffrey Simmonds
Anthony Spitz
Sir Sigmund Sternberg
Lady Estelle Wolfson
Lord Wolfson of Marylebone
Fred S. Worms
United States
Ernest Bogen
Stanley M. Bogen
Stanley Chais
Ariel Elia
Susie Gelman
Dr. Susan Gitelson
Patricia Glaser
Lawrence E. Glick
Charles H. Goodman
Mark Gordon
Alexander Grass
Renae Jacobs-Anson
Michael Jesselson
Clive Kabatznik
Louis L. Kaitz
Frances R. Katz
A. Sidney Katz
Harvey M. Krueger
Michael Kurtz
Fred S. Lafer
Harriet Lainer
Marla Lerner
Tanenbaum
Todd Lundy
Barbara Mandel
Morton Mandel
Dr. Gerald Niznick
Prof. Theodore Rabb
Prof. Mark Ratner
Heidi Rothberg
Keith L. Sachs
George A. Schieren
Robert H. Smith
Ira Lee Sorkin
Kenneth L. Stein
June Walker
Dan Wassong
Gordon Zacks
Richard Ziman
Venezuela
Marcel Apeloig
Elieser Rotkopf
Associate
Governors
Australia
Shirley Ehrlich
Dr. Jack Hoffman
Sam Lipski
Jeffrey Mahemoff
Julie Pynt
John Shalit
Belgium
Claude Kandiyoti
Diane Kandiyoti
Andree Levy
Raphael Lipski
Brazil
Morris Dayan
Celso Lafer
Claudio Sonder
Canada
Lewis Dobrin
Roz Halbert
Yude Henteleff
Josh Kleinman
Carol Koffler
Harley Mintz
Harvey Naglie
Murray Palay
Lillian Shiller
Dr. Phil Switzer
Sylvia Vogel
France
Dr. Raoul Ghozlan
Lucien Kalfon
Philippe Nahmias
Jean-Claude Picard
Joseph Pinto
Jan Rividi
Dr. Lucien Samak
Germany
Iris Berben
Yaakov Chai
Ireland
Dr. David Abrahamson
Israel
Ya’acov Allalouf
Sara Baruchin
Bernice Beare
Rosenberg
Rachel Ben-Porath
Yoram Blizovsky
Meir Gabbay
Ronni Givoni
Yaron Loewenstein
Yaacov Rubin
Sylvain Sternberg
Meir Tchorsh
Saul Wolfstein
Zohar Zissapel
Japan
Kyoji Tsujita
Luxembourg
Prof. Alain Meyer
Mexico
Ruben Kupferman
The Netherlands
Moritz Tof
Panama
David Dayan
Russia
Gregory Schtulberg
South Africa
Paul Berman
Estelle Yach
Spain
Jose Bensadon
Switzerland
Philippe Amon
Nadia Guth Biasini
Gultin Ephrati
Annie Tobias
Elie Zilkha

58-59 / Board of Governors & Benefactors
Turkey
Selim Amado
United Kingdom
Judy Callman
Neville Eisenberg
Gordon Hausmann
Marc Iarchy
Jonathan Marks
Bernard Myers
Norman Naftalin
David Pannick
Warren Roiter
Margo Schwarz-
Noskwith
Melvyn Segal
United States
Diane Belfer
Robert Belfer
Harold Berry
Alan Bloch
Nancy Berman Bloch
Rita Bogen
Williard L. Cohodas
Helen Eisenberg
Alan Fiske
Michael Freed
William H. Isacoff
William Linton
Harold Magid
Martinn Mandles
James E. Matanky
Dr. Dan Maydan
Leona Z. Rosenberg
David Rubin
David Simon
David Smith
Monte Toole
Peter Weil
Jerome A. Weinberger
Neil C. Weinberger
Uruguay
Leon Schimmel
Dr. Walter Zeinal
Susana Mitnik
de Zolkwer
Honorary
Governors
Australia
Alan K. Milston
Austria
Fuerst Karl von
Schwarzenberg
Belgium
Madeleine Ross
Gabriel Tolkowsky
Thea Zucker
Brazil
Leon Herzog
Barbara Starr Wolf
Canada
Clara Balinsky
Abby Beker
David R. Bloom
Harold Buchwald
Dr. Mina Deutsch
A. Ephraim Diamond
Louis Frieberg
Jack Hauer
David Kline
Monte Nathanson
Dr. H. Peter Oberlander
Maurice Paperny
Cecily Peters
Wilfred Posluns
Alex Soyka
Melvyn Wolfond
Chile
Emilio Weintraub
France
Mme. Stella Rozan
Prof. Rene Sirat, Rabbi
Prof. Adolphe Steg
Germany
Dr. Werner Schulz
Dr. Hans Jurgen
Seeberger
Israel
Ayala Zacks Abramov
Avraham Avihai
Judge David Bartov
Asher Ben-Nathan
Rachel Berger-Barchat
Zadik Bino
Rabbi Avraham
Chamra
Dr. Zvi Dinstein
Aaron Eisen
Prof. Shaul Feldman
Justice Shmuel
Finkelman
Zena Harman
Ralph I. Goldman
Joshua Justman
Dov Lautman
Arye Levavi
Raphael Molho
Joseph Perlman
Rachel Pollak
Eliahu Porat
Moshe Porath
Asher Reshef
Dr. Meir Rosenne
Benjamin Sabagh
Moshe Sanbar
Victor Shemtov
Meir Silverstone
Dov Tadmor
Michael Zvineri
Mexico
Silvio Berger
Dr. David Brucilovsky
Dr. Horacio Jinich
Elias Sacal
Alejandro Saltiel
Benefactors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Morocco
Robert Assaraf
South Africa
Judge Richard
J. Goldstone
Switzerland
Sem Almaleh
Nessim D. Gaon
Prof. Hans Guth
Francois Loeb
Dr. Siegbert Weinberg
United Kingdom
Dr. David Cohen
Lord Ralf Dahrendorf
Myrtle Franklin-
Ellenbogen
Prof. Sir Martin Gilbert
Harold Gorvy
Prof. Sir Aaron Klug
Prof. Sir Hans
Kornberg
Peter L. Levy
Roger K. Lewis
Rolf Noskwith
Felix Posen
Prof. David D. Raphael
Dr. M. Leonard Slotover
Sir Harry Solomon
Barry Townsley
Lord Wolfson of
Sunningdale
United States
Dr. Seymour Alpert
Madlyn Barnett
Sulana Ross Chait
Rabbi Armond Cohen
Dr. D. Walter Cohen
Lonny Darwin
Helen Diller
Mildred Edelstein
Eugene Ferkauf
Richard L. Freundlich
Morton Funger
Jay N. Goldberg
Perry Haber
Martin Hecht
Rosalind Henwood
David B. Holtzman
Charlotte Jacobson
Burton M. Joseph
Dr. Max M. Kampelman
William B. Konar
Martin M. Levin
Nathan Lipson
Robert Low
Bess Myerson
Lawrence Newman
Ruth Popkin
Bernice Mossafer Rind
Dr. Julia Robinson
Prof. Henry Rosovsky
Jack Rudin
Alice Russell-Shapiro
Vidal Sassoon
Floyd A. Segel
Leonard I. Shankman
Jerome J. Shestack
Dr. Jerry M. Sudarsky
Thaddeus N. Taube
Barnett Tobins
Julian B. Venezky
Prof. Michael Walzer
Prof. Julian Wolpert
Venezuela
Clara Sznajderman
The Benefactors of the Hebrew University are extraordinary individuals, organizations, or foundations whose donations of one million dollars
or more have enabled the University to become one of the world’s leading universities. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem pays tribute to
their support and friendship.
Argentina
Moises Vesfrid, z”l
Australia
Gerald Ball & Dr. Lore
Kuner-Ball, z”l
Rene & Henry Bester, z”l
Stanley Burley, z”l
Dora & Ian Cameron, z”l
Sir Zelman Cowen Trust Fund
Agnes & Berel Ginges
Frank & Valtie Hammond, z”l
John Hammond, z”l
David, Gita & Michael Hoffman, z”l
Dinah & Henry z”l Krongold
Ira & Isador Magid z”l & Family
Dr. Erich & Foga Neuberger, z”l
Hella & Arno Seefeldt, z”l
Alfred Slucki, z”l
Rhonda & Harry Triguboff AO
Claire & Emery Yass, z”l
Austria
Government of Austria
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Hock, z”l
Dr. Peter & Dr. Ellen Landesmann
Belgium
B. W. Family
Herbert Cohn, z”l
Tamara & Ariel E.
Simone & Bernard z”l G.
Nadine & Fredy Herrman, z”l
Yvonne & Leon Maiersdorf, z”l
Canada
Anonymous
Dr. André & Nussia Aisenstadt
Vidal Angel, z”l
Israel z”l & Babs Asper
Ida & Joseph Berman, z”l
Kaye & Harry Bernstein, z”l
Adolph & Klara Brettler, z”l
Peter Brojde, z”l
Lucy & Allan Bronfman, z”l
Charles R. Bronfman
Edward M. Bronfman, z”l
Peter F. Bronfman, z”l
A. Ephraim & Shirley Diamond
Ethel & Simon Flegg, z”l
Eldee Foundation
Louis Frieberg
Johanna Friedlaender, z”l
Rose Marie & Leon Glassman
Abe Gray, z”l
Hanna Grunbaum, z”l
Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada
Roz & Ralph Halbert
Israel Cancer Research Fund (also US)
Faye & Maurice Kaufman, z”l
Rose A. Lauterman, z”l
Sophie & Stephan Lewar, z”l
The Reuben Kunin & Samuel Lunenfeld
Medical Research Foundation
Alice & Jack Ormut (also Hong Kong)
Wilfred, Jack z”l & Irving Posluns
& Family
Morris Murray Pulver, z”l
I. Meier Segals, z”l
Ben & Lil Stein, z”l
Dr. Max & Iris Stern, z”l
Charles Tabachnick
Alice Kusiel de Vorreuter, z”l
Dr. Joel & Margaret z”l Wilbush
Dena & Morris J. Wosk, z”l
Sam Zacks z”l & Ayala
Zacks-Abramov (also Israel)
Ludmila R. & Henry C. Zeldowicz, z”l
France
Anonymous
M. B.
Rose & Paul z”l Feher
Kelman Family
Leven Family
Ann L. O. (also US)
Stella & Julien z”l Rozan
Germany
Leon Braitman, z”l (also Israel)
I. & K. E.
Irene & Carlos Friedmann, z”l
Dr. Walter z”l & Hedi Hesselbach
Prof. Werner Marx z”l (also US)
Reinhard Mohn
Dr. Max M. z”l & Margit Schlomiuk
Dr. Norbert Ungar & Martha Hoffmann
Hong Kong
Alice & Jack Ormut (also Canada)
Israel
Anonymous
Prof. Ruth Amiran & Prof. David Amiran, z”l
Julia Auster, z”l
Avi Chai Foundation
Shmuel Badichi
Dr. Nahum Ben Eli-Honig
Albert Benin, z”l
Leon Braitman, z”l (also Germany)
Hanna Braun, z”l
Gerard & Ruth z”l Daniel
Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de
Rothschild Foundation
Florence & Philip Dworsky, z”l (also US)
Michal & Oved Eisenberg, z”l
Penina & Mordechai Arieh Epstein, z”l
Federmann Family Foundation
Dr. Israel & Bertha Goldstein, z”l (also US)
Rahel Mizrahi, Moshe Ben Yosef &
Elsa Eliashar, z”l
Helena & Nahum-Natan Harnish, z”l
Henrietta & Harry Josselson, z”l
Dr. Victoria Kruskal, z”l
Bank Leumi
Mozes Family
Nadav Fund
Israel Pollak, z”l
Shulamit Nell
Simha & Malka Pratt, z”l
Sacta-Rashi Foundation
Recanati Family
Karol z”l & Alla Reisfeld
Abraham Rosenman, z”l
Israel Sarna, z”l
Drs. Miriam & Max Schloessinger,
z”l (also US)
Aryeh & Rivka Shenkar Fund
Max Wittmann & Dola Ben-Yehuda
Wittmann, z”l
Yad Hanadiv - Jerusalem
Sam Zacks z”l & Ayala
Zacks-Abramov (also Canada)
Italy
Kathleen & Alberto z”l Casali
Vittoria Corinaldi, z”l
Iby & Aladar Fleischman Foundation
Astrid & Henry Montor, z”l (also US)
Dr. Stan & Joan Sosnowsky, z”l
Giacomo, Amadea & Marcella
Levi de Veali, z”l
Amelia Valenti Vigevani, z”l
Japan
Mizra Association
Luxembourg
Erna D. & Henry J. Leir z”l (also US)
Luxembourg Foundation
The Netherlands
Amely Weinberg-Cohen, z”l
South Africa
Anonymous
Phyllis & Samuel Boall
Foundation for Cancer Research
Sam Cohen (Windhoek) Scholarship Trust
Margot Lachmann, z”l
The Julius Ring Family Foundation for
Atmospheric & Global Change Study
Dr. Leonard Sachs, z”l
Silas Perry, z”l
Sweden
Edith & Julius z”l Bamberger
Switzerland
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Basilisk Fund
Raymond z”l & Janine Bollag-Blum
Octav Botnar, z”l
Esther S.
Otto & Lotte Klemperer, z”l
David W.
United Kingdom
Aimwell Charitable Trust
(Myrna & Isaac Kaye)
Millicent & Edward Carew-Shaw, z”l
Clore Foundation (Dame Vivien Duffield DBE)
John S. Cohen Foundation
Emily Erskine, z”l
Penny & Michael z”l Feiwel
Dr. Margot Garcia
Dame Susan Garth, z”l
Michael & Morven Heller Charitable Foundation
Lionel Hurst
Humanitarian Trust
Israel Colonisation Association
Jacob & Lena Joels Charitable Trust
(Prof. Norman Joels & Harold Joels)
Kennedy-Leigh Charitable Trust
Leo Leffmann, z”l
Marks, Sacher & Sieff Family Trusts
Hannah & Louis Mintz, z”l
The Pears Foundation
Polonsky Foundation (Dr. Leonard Polonsky,
also United States)
Felix Posen
Archie Sherman Charitable Trust (Michael &
Jackie Gee, Allan & Diana Morgenthau,
Nicholas & Rosalyn Springer)
Harry & Abe Sherman Foundation
Sobell Foundation
Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust
Wolfson Family Charitable Trust
Wolfson Foundation
Yad Hanadiv (Lord Jacob
Rothschild OM GBE)

60-61 / Benefactors & Campaign Gifts
United States
Anonymous
Abraham & Celia Aaroni z”l, New York
Ahmanson Foundation, California
Leona & George Alpert z”l, California
Dr. Seymour & Cecile z”l Alpert
Alpha Omega Foundation & The Alpha Omega
International Dental Fraternity
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Annenberg Foundation, Pennsylvania
Ariowitsch Family Foundation
Dr. Milton z”l & Leona Aron, New York & Israel
Dr. Lester Aronberg Foundation, Illinois
Silvia & Milton z”l Bard
Maxine & Harry z”l Batalin, Florida
Arthur & Rochelle Belfer Foundation, Inc., New York
Diane & Arthur z”l Belfer, New York
Sol & Miriam Berg, New York
Charles I. Berger z”l, Florida
Muriel & Philip Berman z”l, Pennsylvania
Lawrence D. Biele z”l, Pennsylvania
Martin Billins z”l, California
Eloise & Boris Blinder z”l &
Fradia Benam z”l, California
Ernest Bogen Family, Florida
Roberta & Stanley M. Bogen, New York
Bogen Family, New York & Florida
Sophie Bookhalter M.D. z”l, New York
Mae & Louis H. Boyar z”l, California
Judith Brahin, Pennsylvania
Belle R. & Joseph H. Braun z”l, Illinois
Anny Birnbaum Brieger & Clarence E. Brieger z”l
and Edith Birnbaum Oblatt & George D. Oblatt z”l,
New York
Charlotte & Irvin M. z”l Brodsky, Illinois
Frances & Herbert Brody z”l, New Jersey
Abraham & Adele Browner z”l, New York
Chais Family Foundation, California
Joseph z”l & Marian Chudnow Family, Wisconsin
Marilyn & Maurice z”l Cohen, Massachusetts
Sara Schechter Cohen z”l, Pennsylvania
Samuel M. Cohodas z”l, Michigan
Willard & Lois Cohodas, Michigan
Concern Foundation, California
Crown Family, Illinois
Leonie & Jay z”l Darwin, California
Adele & Alfred A. Davis z”l, California & Georgia
Sophie & Leonard Davis z”l, Florida
Harry Dean, Sandra Ovesen & Samuel
Carson, California
Baron de Hirsch Fund, New York
Helen & Sanford Diller Family, California
Dorot Foundation, Rhode Island
Bernice R. & Louis Dozoretz z”l, New York
Florence & Philip Dworsky z”l, California (also Israel)
Ann & Joseph Edelman z”l, California
Sonya & Samuel Edelstein z”l, New Jersey
Mildred & Sidney Edelstein z”l, Florida
Helen & Stanford z”l Eisenberg, Florida
Clarence W. Efroymson z”l, Indiana
Edward Fein, Nevada
Rose & Dalck z”l Feith, Pennsylvania
Eugene & Estelle Ferkauf Foundation, New York
J. Robert Fisher z”l, New York
Lena & Benjamin Fohrman z”l, California
Leo & Julia Forchheimer Foundation, New York
Fribourg Foundation, New York
Jean & Meyer Gensburg z”l, California
Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert z”l, California
Gilo Family Foundation
Floraine & Jerry L. z”l Gitell, California
Nancy S. & Lawrence E. Glick, Illinois
Goldie Anna Charitable Trust, New York
Mary & Julius z”l Goldman, California
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, New York
Dr. Israel & Bertha Goldstein z”l (also Israel)
Melvin S. z”l & Lolita E. Goldstein, New York
E. Morris Goldstein z”l, Florida
Judith B. & Michael S. Goodman, Illinois
Mollie E. & David L. Goodman z”l,
California & Illinois
Patricia & Mark Richard Gordon, New York
Louise z”l & Alex Grass, Pennsylvania
Barbara & Hank z”l Greenspun, Nevada
Ruth & Richard z”l Browns Gundelfinger,
California
Max z”l & Rita Haber, Illinois
Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization
of America
Irving Brooks Harris z”l, Illinois
Leon Hecht z”l, California
Rosalind Henwood, Florida
Herbst Private Family Foundation, New York
Max & Ida Hillson Foundation, New York
Jacob Hirsch z”l, New York
David L. Husman, Illinois
Arthur Ikenn, Illinois
ISEF International Sephardic
Education Foundation, New York
Israel Cancer Research Fund (also Canada)
Dr. Richard Jacobs, Iowa
Erica & Ludwig z”l Jesselson, New York
Charlotte & Louis Kaitz & Family, Massachusetts
Maurice J. & Fay B. Karpf z”l, California
George A. & Frances R. Katz Family Foundation,
New York
Edith Schoenburger-Kaufman z”l, California
Harry Kay Foundation, Minnesota
Dr. Rudolf & Mrs. Eva A. Kayser z”l, New York
Raizel & Max Klein z”l, California
Nathaniel & Paulena S. Kleitman z”l, California
Selma & Paul z”l Klingenstein, Florida
Arlene & Robert P. Kogod, Washington, DC
Koret Foundation, California
Charlotte & Charles Krown z”l, California
Constance & Harvey M. Krueger, New York
Morris A. Krupkin z”l, Illinois
Rose Landowski z”l, New York
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, New Jersey
Erna D. & Henry J. Leir z”l, New York
(also Luxembourg)
The Leir Charitable Foundations, New York
Reggie & Aleck Leitman z”l, New York
Madeleine Lejwa z”l, New York
Cilla & George Lepehne z”l, Massachusetts
Annette M. & Theodore N. Lerner
Family Foundation, Maryland
Vivian & Martin Levin, New Jersey
Paul S. & Jeanette z”l Lewis, New York
Dr. Joseph D. & Natalie Lieberman z”l, New York
Low & Savin Families, New York
Mandel Family, Florida
Abbie L. Manster z”l, California
Werner Marx z”l (also Germany)
Simon S. Matus z”l, North Carolina
Dan & Dalia z”l Maydan, California
Ceil & Joseph Mazer z”l, New York
Florence Zacks Melton z”l, Ohio
Samuel Mendel Melton z”l, Ohio
Joseph & Rebecca Meyerhoff Family Trust,
Maryland
Meyerhoff & Katz Families, Maryland & Florida
Rhona Miller z”l, Florida
Goldie z”l & Isadore Millstone, Missouri
Mitrani Family Foundation, Pennsylvania
Phillip P. & Estelle G. Mizock z”l, Illinois
Astrid & Henry Montor z”l (also Italy)
Moriah Fund, Washington DC
David N. & Inez Myers Foundation, Ohio
National Council of Jewish Women
Reesa & Gerald Niznick, California
Roslyn & Alvin Nosnick, Florida
Susie & Karl z”l Oberwager, New York
Ann L. O., New York (also France)
Helga z”l & Walter Oppenheimer, California
Julius Oppenheimer z”l
Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies
Shelly & John Pearson
P. E. F. Israel Endowment Funds, Inc., New York
Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity
Polonsky Foundation (Dr. Leonard Polonsky,
also United Kingdom)
Marilyn & Albert z”l Ponn, Florida
Dr. Harold & Ilse z”l Posner, Florida
Jay Pritzker Foundation
S. Milton Rabson z”l, California
Jacques J. & Lilly L. Rappaport z”l, Virginia
Ratner Family Foundation, Illinois & Ohio
Ratner, Miller & Shafran Families, Ohio
Redhill Foundation, Illinois
Rudolph Reese z”l, Florida
Charles H. Revson Foundation, New York
Rogoff Foundation, Connecticut
George W. Rose z”l, California
Leona Z. Rosenberg, Illinois
Claire & Emanuel G. Rosenblatt z”l, Florida
James & Edith Ross Foundation, Ohio
Jean & Samuel z”l Rothberg Family, Illinois
Dr. Harry B. & Mary Rubin z”l, California
Susan & Jack Rudin, New York
May & Samuel Rudin Family Foundation,
New York
Keith & Herbert Sachs & Families, Pennsylvania
Dr. Lisbeth Sachs-Stern z”l, New York
Robert Saligman Foundation, New York
Hans J. Salter z”l, California
Lewis & Ali Sanders, New York
Vidal Sassoon Foundation, California
Henry M. Schaerf z”l, Washington
Lewis & Alice Schimberg z”l, Illinois
Drs. Miriam & Max Schloessinger z”l (also Israel)
Samuel A. Schonbrunn z”l, New York
Allyne & Fred Schwartz, New York
Louis Schweitzer Charitable Trust, New York
Seagram Foundation
Linda Shafarman z”l, New York
Hyman B. Shaine z”l, Michigan
David & Fela Shapell & Family, California
Edna & Joseph M. Root Shapiro z”l, California
Ruth & Alexander z”l Silberman, Pennsylvania
Lillian & Harvey L. Silbert z”l Family, California
Isidore & Edith Silver, z”l, Missouri
Herbert Simon and Family
David E. Simon & Jacqueline S. Simon and Family
Melvin & Bren Simon and Family
Harry Simons z”l, California
Skirball Foundation, New York
Flora & Arnold D. Skovron z”l, California
Smart Family Foundation, Connecticut
Charles E. Smith z”l, Washington, DC
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Smith, Washington, DC
Inger-Mä & Rudolf Sonneborn z”l, New York
Frances & Benjamin Sperling z”l, NewYork
Steven Spielberg, California
Ruth Steiner z”l, California
Otto Stieber & Evelyn Stieber Bernstein z”l,
Florida
Campaign Gifts
Walter S. & Greta J. Stiel z”l, New York
Dr. Ellen Stolkind z”l & Dr. Abram Stolkind z”l,
New York
Storch & Gallin Families, Connecticut
Jerry & Mildred Sudarsky, California
Swig Family, California
Charles R. Taine z”l, Florida
Dr. Irving & Edith Taylor, California
Edythe R. & Barnett C. Tobins, Massachusetts
Marion B. Tolnai z”l, California
The Toole Family, California
Maria von Hofmannsthal z”l, in memory of
Emilio von Hofmannsthal, New York
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York
Moritz & Charlotte Warburg Memorial Fund,
New York
Dan K. Wassong, New York
Henriette L. Wayne z”l, New York
Pauline & Abraham Wechsler z”l, New York
These designated gifts to the Hebrew University comprise both lifetime contributions and testamentary funding of $100,000 and above for
a number of innovative projects. This list includes gifts made October 2006-January 2008.
Physical Development
Mount Scopus Campus
Berel & Agnes Ginges - Australia Library
Information Centre
Moises Vesfrid Gift
Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Charitable
Foundation, Hillel House refurbishment
Scopus Student Village
• Marjorie Bronfman Apartments
• Edelman Family Garden
• Frank & Valtie Hammond Dormitory Wing,
Lobby & Garden Plaza
• Ellen Landesmann Plaza
• Mitchell Cooperman & Joseph G. Katz
Memorial Garden
• Enid McKenna Soifer z”l Garden
• Sonia Marschak Garden
• Schieren Apartment
• Simon Family Building
• Isaac Thau Wing, Canada House
• Harvey & Roslyn Wolfe Wing,
Canada House
Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram
Charles Grosberg Foundation Fellows Club
Frits & Rita Markus Science Teaching Laboratory
Gilly & Elie Z. and Nilly & Vladimir S. Mirror
Laboratory, Silberman Institute of Life Sciences
Rehovot Campus
Koret Foundation Grant, Completion of the Koret
School of Veterinary Medicine Building
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture,
Food & Environmental Quality Sciences
International Center for Protected Agriculture
in Semi-Arid Areas, made possible
by Robert H. Smith
Chairs & Academic Development
Dr. Seymour & Cecile Alpert Chair in
Pain Research
Diane Belfer Gift for Libraries
The Peter Brojde Centre Fund
D B Doran Fund in Population,
Resources & Economic Development
G. & E., Interdisciplinary Center for
Neural Computation
Federmann School of Public Policy & Government
Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies
The Doctor Michael Feiwel & Penny
Feiwel Professorial Chair for Research
in Dermatology
Gandel Institute for Adult Jewish Learning
Frances R. Katz Gift to the Aharon Barak
Center for Legal & Multidisciplinary Research
The Leir Charitable Foundations, JNUL
Computerization Project
The Leir Charitable Foundations,
Faculty Recruitment in Medicine
The Leir Charitable Foundations,
Faculty Recruitment in Science
Meera & Mark O. Mayer Faculty Recruitment,
Institute for Medical Research
Harvey & Lyn Meyerhoff Endowment,
Center for Strategic & Policy Studies
Ratner Family Chair in Chemistry
Sachs Family Chair in Computer Sciences
Vidal Sassoon Endowment Fund,
Vidal Sassoon International Center
for the Study of Antisemitism
William N. Skirball Chair in Neurophysics
Chair in International Law in Memory of
Emilio von Hofmannsthal
Fritz Werner Blumenthal & Ursula Johanna
Blumenthal of Western Australia Gift,
Spielberg Jewish Film Archives
Clara & Maurice Weil z”l, New York
Dr. Hans & Tilly Weil z”l, California
The Norman & Rosita Winston Foundation,
New York
Dr. Louis E. Wolfson Foundation, Florida
Sonnya & Fanya Woll z”l, New York
Women’s League for Israel, New York
Barbara & Stanley Zax, California
Drs. Margaret R. & Henry M. Zentner z”l Family,
New Jersey
Daphna & Richard Ziman Family, California
Others
Anonymous, on behalf of the Bahá’í World Center
Lily & Edmond J. z”l Safra
Sanger Chair in Banking & Risk Management
Daphna & Richard Ziman, Equipment for
Stem Cell Unit
Research Funds
Belgian Friends Gift of Electrodes, Interdisciplinary
Center for Neural Computation
Boniovka Gift for Medical Research, in Memory
of the Boniovka Family
Fondation de Bruckner-Onn de Research sur
la Maladie D’alzheimer
Hans & Edith Dreyer z”l Endowment Fund
for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Y.P. Environmental Research Fund
Mimi & Peter Haas Fund, Early Childhood Learning
Leo & Boris Ritoff Fund for Higher Studies
in Applied Microbiology
Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation
Higher Education Initiative
Lord Wolfson of Marylebone Cellomics Station
Student Aid, Scholarship & Fellowship Funds
Abraham Aaroni z”l Gift, Department of
Hebrew Literature
Jacob S. & Sophie Allinson & Family Endowed
Scholarship Fund
Anonymous General Scholarships
Ichaak & Molly Artman Memorial Scholarships
Rene & Henry Bester of Western
Australia Student Aid Endowment Fund
in Cancer Research & Oceanography
Helen M. Block Scholarship
Samuel H. Cohen/Shalom Hartman
Institute Doctoral Scholarships and
Lecture Series
Bernice R. & Louis Dozoretz Endowed
Scholarship Fund
Rena Dweck Scholarship Endowment
Edward Fein Scholarships, Rothberg

62-63 / Campaign Gifts & Major Gifts
International School
Bela Fischer, Vilma Fischer & Dr. John Fischer
Memorial Fellowships
Freundlich Scholarship Fund
Gisela Stein Gross Endowment Funds in English
Literature, Hebrew Literature & Jewish Thought
Gerte (Gita) Hoffman Scholarships in Archaeology
Louis Levine Memorial Scholarship
Endowment Fund, Rothberg International School
H. Irwin Levy Scholarship Program
Jeanette Lewis Endowed Scholarship Fund
for Mechina Students
Frits & Rita Markus Endowed Scholarship Fund
in the Sciences
Saleh & Violet Masri Scholarship Fund
Dr. Sara Mekler-Weisz z”l Prize Fund,
Rothberg International School
Robert & Mary Montgomery Scholarships
Osher Foundation Scholarship Endowment Fund
Pears Family Charitable Foundation Grant for
Student Aid, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agricultural,
Food & Environmental Quality Sciences
Pears Family Charitable Foundation Grant for
Student Aid, Braun-Hebrew University-Hadassah
School of Public Health & Community Medicine
Major Gifts
The Hebrew University expresses its deepest appreciation to the following for their major contributions. Through their generous support,
the University is able to employ the outstanding faculty, build the teaching and research facilities, and provide the enhanced student
learning environments that are vital to its ongoing pursuit of excellence. This list includes gifts of $100,000 and above, October 1995-
January 2008.
Australia
Larry Adler Foundation for
Diabetes Research
Lyndi & Rodney Adler
Esme Benjamin, z”l
Henry Bialylew, z”l
Fritz Werner Blumenthal &
Ursula Johanna Blumenthal, z”l
Castan Family
Sydney Dwyer Davis, z”l
Hans & Edith Dreyer, z”l
Esther Elias, z”l
Dr. Jakub & Mrs. Helena
Goldinberg, z”l
Honig Family Trust
Otto Karpfen, z”l
Walter Kohn, z”l
Chaja Lendower, z”l
Helen & Borrie Liberman
Rachael & Albert Liddell
Margo & David Lowy
Shirley & Frank Lowy AO & Family
Piroska Major, z”l
Dr. Anna Manheim, z”l
Dr. Jacob Mantheim, z”l
Helen Max, z”l
Augusta & Ludvik Menasche, z”l
Anna Emma Mondschein z”l
Kurt & Rose Anna Neubauer, z”l
Wolfie Pizem Student Aid
Endowment
Zofia & Emanuel Poratt, z”l
Richard Pratt Foundation
Juanita Renensson, z”l
Cyril Rosenbaum, z”l
Henry Roth, z”l
Henry Roth Parkinson
Research Foundation
Bella & George z”l Shannon
Helen Sherler, z”l
Robert Simons & Family
Lottie AO & Victor AO Smorgon
Lisbeth Stern, z”l
Paulina & Bronislaw Stein, z”l
Jetty Swiadostsch, z”l
Sini Sophia Vecht, z”l
Susanne & Marcel Waller, z”l
Paul & Vita Winestock
Eleanor & Joe Wertheim, z”l
Maurice & Toby Zeffert, z”l
Austria
Anonymous
Susan F.
Robert L.
Jolanda N.
Rudolfine Steindling
Municipality of Vienna
Marta W.
Posen Foundation Gift, Vidal Sassoon International
Center for the Study of Antisemitism
Jaime Benjamin & Cecilia Holzer Rozenberg
Memorial Scholarship
Rudin Fellowship Program
Louis Sanders Term Endowment for
Cancer Research
Dr. Pinchas Schaerf & the Murdered by the Germans
Regina Amalia Schaerf Memorial Fund
Lise & Herbert J. Seligmann Scholarship Fund in
Government & Public Policy
Nilly & Vladimir S. Gift, Interdisciplinary
Center for Neural Computation
Samuel & Helene Soref Foundation, Fund for
Scholarship Students
Louis & Edith Freed Spivak Endowed
Scholarship Fund
Harry G. Starr Scholarship Endowment Fund
David Teitelbaum Prize in English Literature
Waller Family Perpetual Educational
Endowment Fund
Ann & Leonard F. Walts Charitable
Remainder Trust, Faculty of Medicine
Elozor L. Weiss Endowed Scholarship Fund
Guenter Weissberg Endowed Doctoral Fellowship
Belgium
Adut Legacy
Kandiyoti Family
Le Cours d’Art de Amis Belges
de l’Université Hébraïque
des Jérusalem
Ben Schendar, z”l
Pinkous Wakz-Haim
Canada
Dr. André & Nussia Aisenstadt
Judith Alt
Anonymous
Apotex Inc.
Dr. Eva Bene, z”l
Ben Birstein, z”l
BMO Financial Group, Elizabeth &
Tony Comper
Andrea z”l & Charles
Bronfman/CRB Foundation
Stephen Bronfman
Dee & Harold z”l Buchwald
CIBC World Markets
Samuel H. Cohen
Adolph Cosiner, z”l
La Fondation Marcelle
et Jean Coutu
Robert & Pearl Day, z”l
Mortimer Deckelbaum, z”l
Estate of Rita Dobrofsky, z”l
Eva Drabinsky, z”l
Helen Kitaj Dzialoszynski, z”l
George & Mia Erdos
Beverley & H. Lawrence Fein
Magda & Mendi Freundlich, z”l
Gerda Steinitz Frieberg
Fund, Faculty of Law
Guenter Weissberg Endowed Doctoral
Fellowship Fund, Dept. Political Science
Fritz Werner Blumenthal & Ursula
Johanna Blumenthal of Western Australia,
Student Aid Endowment Fund
Undesignated Gifts
David & Ruth Amiran gift
Anny Birnbaum Brieger & Clarence
E. Brieger and Edith Birnbaum
Oblatt & George D. Oblatt Fund
Irmgaud Booth Gift
Felicia Dembitzer Gift
Ilona Gerstel Gift
Fay Glassman Gift
Jack Hoffman Gift
Sophie & Stephan Lewar, z”l
Charlotte l. Loeb Gift
William M. Mandl Gift
Dr. Livia Ross Gift
Edith & Martin Stein Gift
Hans Strauss Gift
Mildred E. Wolkowitz Gift
Jack Gardner, z”l
Sara Golaszewski, z”l
Janet & Mark Gottdenker
Michael Gottdenker, z”l
Dorthea Gould z”l
Alfred Groberman, z”l
Dr. Michael Guggenheim
Sandor & Susan z”l Guttman
Sol Hecht, z”l
Sella Heller, z”l
Edith Holman, z”l
Kahanoff Foundation
Leon Katz, z”l
Dr. Phyllis Lambert
Berl Lapidus, z”l
Laboratoire Riva Genpharm
Joseph Lebovic
Lillian Leranbaum z”l
Ida & Iser z”l Lev
David J. Lewis, z”l
Edith S. Mandell, z”l
Prof. Oscar Marantz, z”l
Jean Matlow
Alice & George Melcer, z”l
Bank of Nova Scotia
Onex Corporation
Simha & Maurice Peress
Annette & Henry Rieder, z”l
Clara Robert
Menahem Rotman, z”l
Estate of Adelle Saper, z”l
Lorna Greenberg Scherzer
Leonard & Faigel Shapiro
Rosalie & Isadore Sharp
Liza Trejbicz Sheinson, z’l
Dr. John & Etta Sherman, z”l
Joseph Shier
Sam Solomon, z”l
Mynne & Harold Soupcoff
Alex Soyka
Estate of Joseph Tanenbaum
Judy & Isaac Thau
Toronto Bike Missions
Maurice Trager, z”l
Henry & Sylvia Waks
Denmark
Anonymous
France
Almosnino Family
Michelle & Robert Assaraf
D.B. & N.B.
Bismut Legacy
Deniker Family
Dr. Eviatar Family
Sonia Feigenbaum, z”l
Kluger Family
Mayer Mani z”l
Nessis Family
Spitzberg Estate
Liliane z”l & Elia Z.
Germany
Anonymous
H. & E.S.
Land Mecklenburg
Kurt & Hildegard R.
Foundation
Ruf zur Versöhnung
Gerson-Michaelis Fund
Gibraltar
Hon. Solomon &
Frances Seruya
Israel
Adler Family
Agilent Technologies
Agricultural Research
Authority
Aleh Society
Jacob Allalouf
Marcel Amariglio
Yigal Arnon
Ella Atlas, z”l
Betty Sarah & Sidney Berg, z”l
(also South Africa)
Pepka Bergman, z”l
Bracha & Ya’acov Brenner, z”l
Ariella Brin
Cellcom Israel Ltd
Center for Senior
Educational Manpower
Meir Chet
Elat Family
Oded & Toni Eliashar
Luba & Abraham Fine
Raya Gensler
Devorah Goltzmann
Aaron Gutwirth Fund
Bank Hapoalim
Miriam Hasid
Dr. David Hazelkorn
Israel Discount Bank
Israel Stock Exchange
Yechiel Hibshoosh &
Yehudith Hibshoosh
Ruth Histrin, z”l
Yeshayahu Horn Fund
Yeshayahu Horowitz Fund
Rina Horowitz, z”l
Ministry of Industry & Trade
Intel Corporation
International Sephardic
Education Foundation (ISEF)
Daniel Jacobson
Raya & Joseph Jaglom
Jerusalem Association
Jerusalem Development Authority
Eliezer z”l & Hadassa Kleinmann
Komarof Fund
Ministry of Labor
Landa-Shavit Fund
Yael Levine Fund
Miriam & Yaacov Leyvand, z”l
Hannah Margalit
Helen & Shmuel Minskers, z”l
Hannah Nedivi, z”l
Miriam Pelton
Paula Petowski
Lydia Preil, z”l
Programming Information
Systems Ltd.
RAD Data Communications
Rich Foundation
Josephina & Ephraim Rom
Margaret Salis, z”l
Sam Sebba, z”l (also UK)
Fania Shalom
Naomi Shechtman, z”l
Adir & Chaim Shoshan
Frieda Sklan, z”l
State Committee for the
Allocation of Funds
& Legacies
Sylvain J. Sternberg
Haim Stoessel Fund
Dr. Morris Tannenbaum, z”l
Marvin Walter Tasem,
z”l (also US)
Tel Dor Computer Systems
Shirley & George z”l Weinstein
Italy
Family B.
Marta G.
Leo Guld
N. Family
Viton Sardon
Giancarlo E.V.
Japan
Yoko Civilization
Research Institute
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein Foundation
Mexico
Sara Mekler-Weisz, z”l
Monaco
E.R.
Monsi Foundation
The Netherlands
S. Family
S.B. Familie Fonds
H.-K. Family
M.V.
Poland
The Republic of Poland
Russia
Mark Shabad
Gregory Schtulberg
South Africa
Anonymous
Aaron Beare Foundation
Jonathan Beare Foundation
Betty Sarah & Sidney Berg,
z”l (also Israel)
Esther & Jack Edelman, z”l
Sara & Leo Heiman, z”l
Hennie Kirshon, z”l
Louise Kuttner, z”l
P.A. Leon, z”l
S. Mankowitz, z”l
Mauerberger Foundation
Nehemiah & Minnie Philips
Scholarship Fund
Benjamin Reinhold Foundation
Max Shapiro Will Trust
Eric Samson
Miriam Schwesinger, z”l
Arthur & Betty Skowron, z”l
Sweden
Ida & Eliezer z”l Ardow
Anna & Arnold Broniatowski, z”l
Marta, Gunhild & Jeanne Nisell, z”l
Zwie Hirsch Nissalowitz, z”l
Sonja Ritoff-Klein, z”l
K. & F.W. Foundation
Switzerland
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
S.A.
Barecha Foundation
Herbert B.
Samuel Beckermus, z”l
André & Nicole
Bollag-Bloch, z”l
Backer Chandler
Prof. H.G.D.
G. & E.
A & V. E.
Stephen F.
Dr. G. & J. G. Foundation
Hans Hussy
Suzanne Kaplan
Otto Karpfen, z”l
Lore Kuner-Ball
Foundation M. & J.I.L.
Marie France &
Francis Minkoff
Reuben Trust
S. Foundation (Ismene Fitch
Georgacopulo, z”l)
Walter Schindler, z”l
Edith Schwarzmann, z”l
S. Family
United Kingdom
Anonymous
Kenneth & Eva Alberman
Manfred Alman, z”l
Alpha Omega London
Charitable Trust
Lord Ashdown Charitable
Settlement & Clive Marks
Balint Charitable Trust
Aline Berlin
Ellis Birk, z”l
Valerie Elisabeth Borger, z”l
Irmgaud Booth
Neil Bradman
Arnold Braham (legacy)
British Friends Disaster Appeal
The A & S Burton
Charitable Settlement
The R M Burton Charitable
Settlement
Clive & Judy Callman
Hilary Clive
Joan Denham Coates, z”l
Arnold Cohen
Cecilia Cohen, z”l
Ethel Cohen, z”l
B. Conway, z”l
Craps Charitable Trust
Hyman Davidson
Janet & Gilbert de Botton
DMF Franklin Trust
(Myrtle Franklin-Ellenbogen)
Dr. David Boaz & Mrs Maria
Ida Doran
Ilse Erlich, z”l
Dvorah & Charles Fox
Fresh Initiative Fund
Ernest Galinsky, z”l
Garfield Weston Israel Trust
Dr. Marian Gilbert, z”l
Lilian Goodhardt, z”l
Salome Green
Clifford Gundle
Theodore Harris, z”l
HSBC Bank of London
Marie Amelia Heller
Michael & Morven Heller

64-65 / Major Gifts
Irish Friends of the
Hebrew University
Linda & Michael Jacobs
Charitable Trust
Ann & Brian Karet
Atia Kaufman, z”l
Andrew E. Kingsley, z”l
Hyman Kreitman, z”l
Evelyn Kryszek, z”l
Esta Lefton Gutman
Vivien & Roger Lewis
Rachel & Jacob Liss, z”l
Adrianne & Clive Marks
Humanitarian & Matwei
Gunsborg Trusts
Bernard & Sandra Myers
Lilian Neuberger, z”l
Elliot R. Philipp
Stephanie Pohorille, z”l
Edith & Ferdinand Porjes
Charitable Trust
J.E. Posnansky
Charitable Trust
Edward & Anna Roche
Jeffery Rose
Rosetrees Trust
Charles Rotman, z”l
Sam Sebba, z”l (also Israel)
Sarah Segar, z”l
Betty Shane
Harry & Abe Sherman
Foundation
Miriam Silberberg, z”l
Geoffrey Simmonds
Dr. Froma Sommerville, z”l
Rusty Sotnick
Cyril & Betty Stein
Charitable Trust
Sir Sigmund &
Lady Sternberg
Rita & Charles Stevens
May Stone, z”l
Lily Tapper, z”l
Martha Troubman, z”l
Gerrit Versteeg, z”l
Warbeck Fund Ltd
Rachel Western, z”l
Della & Fred Worms OBE
United States
Anonymous
Charlotte I. Aarts Loeb, z”l
Eva & S. Daniel Abraham
Nira & Kenneth Abramowitz
Dr. Mortimer D. Abrashkin, z”l
Nancy L. & Andrew S. Adelson
Sol Alcalay, z”l
Luise Alexander, z”l
Dr. Carl Allinson, z”l
Dr. Clement & Sandra Alpert
Evelyn L. & Prof. Robert Z. Apte
Joseph Arkin, z”l
Molly & Ichaak Artman, z”l
Arvey Foundation
Lee Asher, z”l
Sara Asher, z”l
Automatic Data Processing
Pauline & Arthur Bakalar, z”l
Theodore & Mina
Bargman Foundation
Barry Foundation
Larry Baxter
Ruth Baxter, z”l
Margaret Beer, z”l
Stephen F. & Judith S. Beiner
Judith Ben-Or, z”l
Bender Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Esther Benenson
John Berg
Lillian Berinstein, z”l
Jack Berlin
Mandell L. & Madeleine H.
Berman Foundation
Melvin Berman & Family
Martha J. Bernheim, z”l
Dr. Sanford A. Berman, z”l
Adele & Jules Bernstein
Solomon & Anna Bernstone, z”l
Edna Beron, z”l
Barbara & Harold Berry
Leon Bess, z”l
Cissie G. Bevilacqua
Sarah M. Bialer, z”l
Biblical Archaeology Society
Rosalin Bieber, z”l
Harry Biele, z”l
Lawrence Biele, z”l
Morris Blank, z”l
Maurice Bletterman, z”l
Helen M. Block, z”l
Louis C. & Edith
Blumberg Foundation
Eli Blumenfeld, z”l
Harry Blumenthal, z”l
Ruth Blumenthal
Hyman Bolotin, z”l
Simon Bond, z”l
Sarah Boniovka, z”l
Emil Bonyhady & Gertrude
Bonyhady Linderman, z”l
Ruth & Alan Borenstein, z”l
Rachel & Abraham Bornstein, z”l
William S. Boyd
Martin z”l & Mary Boyer
Harold & Harriet Brady
Prof. Daniel Branton
Michael Braude, z”l
Katherine B. Braun
Vivian & Ernest Braun, z”l
Lotte Brueck, z”l
Leon Bryk, z”l
Prof. Monroe Burk
Bursztyn & Wodonos
Memorial Fellowship
I. Cabakoff
Harriet K. & Fred Cahnmann, z”l
CAMBR Foundation
Thalia & Michael z”l Carlos
Bernice & Lewis z”l Caspe
Jeff & Naomi Caspe
Morton & Malvina Charlestein
Chartwell Charitable Foundation
Dr. Melvin & Edith Clayman
Ryna & Melvin Cohen Family
Foundation, Marcella &
Neil Cohen
Dr. D. Walter & Betty z”l Cohen
Ellen E. & Victor J. Cohn
Wendy & Victor Coleman
Colgate Palmolive Company
Ralph F. Colton, z”l
Columbia Foundation
The Jaime z”l Constantiner
Family
Marie Coppens z”l
Mary & Leonard Cordes
Dr. Sidney L. & Sylvia G.
Crewes, z”l
Crown Family Foundation
Edward Crown Foundation
Janice & Billy Crystal
Joanne Cummings, z”l
The Nathan Cummings
Foundation
Fanny Davidson, z”l
Madeline Davidson, z”l
Felicia Dembitzer, z”l
Miki Denhof, z”l
Densen Family Foundation
Bertha Densen, z”l
Barbara & Robert A. Densen
Sarah Jane & Paul z”l Densen
Reva Dessauer
Phil Dunn, z”l
George Durst, z”l
Samuel R. Dweck
Foundation, Inc.
Dewey Edelman, z”l
Marguerite & Maurice Edelstein
Education & Arts Foundation
Ira & Barbara Eichner
Sara Einberg, z”l
Fannie S. Eisemann, z”l
David H. & Frances
H. Eisenberg
David & Stephanie Eisenberg
Haim & Joan Eliachar, z”l
Alyce K. & Leon J. Ell, z”l
Lottie & Irving Elman, z”l
Jeffrey Epstein Foundation
Charlotte R. Falstein, z”l
Arthur P. Farrer, z”l
Bertha G. Fass, z”l
Rubin & Luba z”l Feryszka, z”l
Mrs. Louis P. Fiedler
Sylvia Rose Fine, z”l
Dr. & Mrs. John Fischer, z”l
Prof. Franklin M. Fisher & Ellen
Paradise Fisher
Marjorie & Max Fisher, z”l
Theresa & Michael J. Foley
Natalie & Paul S. Forbes
Joseph F. & Clara Ford, z”l
Lynn Forester
Prof. Teree Foster, z”l
Peter Fox, z”l
Jeanne Franklin, z”l
Michael & Jean Freed
Family Foundation
Lillian & Harry Freedman
Sophie & Hershel Freidkes, z”l
Adele Friedland, z”l
Jack Friedland
Prof. & Mrs. Gerald M. Friedman
Ruth B. Friedman, z”l
Eleanor N. Fromer, z”l
Morton & Norma Lee Funger
Andreas Gal
Cappy & Sam Gallant, z”l
Sarita & Jack z”l Gantz
Susie & Michael Gelman
Ilona Gerstel, z”l
Sir Arthur z”l &
Lady Marjorie Gilbert
Howard Gimbel
Dr. Eli & Ruth Ginzberg, z”l
Thomas V. Girardi
Dr. Susan A. Gitelson
Patty Glaser & Sam Mudie
Fay Glassman, z”l
Lillian Gleicher
Ruth & Herman Glickman, z”l
Gluck Family Fund
Rita R. Gluck, z”l
Adolph Goetz, z”l
Rhoda z”l & Richard Goldman
Etta M. & Nathaniel
L. Goldstein, z”l
Samuel N. Goldstein, z”l
Ann Golenpaul, z”l
Charles H. Goodman
Dr. Marco Goodman
Lisa Goodstein, z”l
Hymie Gordon, z”l
Kate Gottlieb, z”l
Audrey L. & Kenneth S.
Gould
Tammy Gould
Cecilia & John
Howard Grace, z”l
Lois & Edward Grayson
Irwin & Bethea Green
Ike & Peggy Greenberg, z”l
Jane Greenberg
Hilde Greenfield, z”l
Henry Greenway, z”l
Dr. Leslie Grey, z”l
Charles Grosberg Foundation
Doris z”l & Merwin Grosberg
Emil Gross
Dr. Gisela Stein Gross &
Edward Gross, z”l
Joel & Terry S. z”l Gross
Marcy & Edgar F. Gross
Neil, Mindy &
Elysabeth Grossman
Samuel Grossman, z”l
Sylvia Grossman, z”l
Robert z”l & Sylvia Grossman
Margaret H. Gruenbaum, z”l
Audrey & Martin Gruss
Ruth Gundelfinger
Clarisse Gustav, z”l
Esther Haas, z”l
Mimi & Peter Haas Fund
Zipporah Haber, z”l
Yvonne Hackenbroch
Hadassah Medical
Relief Association
Milton & Miriam
Handler Foundation
J. Ira & Nicki Harris
Martin & Laverne Hecht
Marion Heller, z”l
Edith Kavey Hershon
Roger & Susan Hertog
Anna M. Hewitt, z”l
Rose Hoffman, z”l
Prof. & Mrs. Gerald Holton
Shirley & Irwin Holtzman
Horwitz Family Fund
Gerta House, z”l
Betty-Jane Isador, z”l
Israel Humanitarian
Foundation, Inc.
Aaron Jackson
Lillian Jackson, z”l
Benita & Dr. Joseph z”l Jacobs
Florence & Seymour Jacoby
Louis z”l, Annabelle S. &
Barry Jaffe
Jewish Community
Federation of Cleveland
Jewish Federation of
Greater Washington
Ruth Joffe, z”l
Betty R. Kalin, z”l
Sophie Kalina
Edythe Kane, z”l
Fanny Kaplan, z”l
Helen & Isaac Kaplan
Sam Kaplan, z”l
Sara Hirsch Kaplan
Mona Karff, z”l
Jane & Richard Karp
Felix M. Katar, z”l
George A. z”l & Frances R. Katz
Ellie & Herbert D. z”l Katz
Sheela & Sid Katz and Family
Hilde & Fritz Kaufmann, z”l
Herman Kerner, z”l
Anna Kirsch, z”l
Anna Kiss, z”l
Florence & Louis Kitsis, z”l
Irwin & Beatrice I. Klipstein, z”l
Philip Klutznick, z”l
Edith Korn, z”l
Charles Kornitzer, z”l
Edith Kriss, z”l
Marlene Kulwin, z”l
Ida Kurtz, z”l
Michael & Carol Kurtz
Charlie & Seryl Kushner
Barbara & Fred S. Lafer
Sara z”l & Simha Lainer
Carolyn Lane, z”l
Renee Lang, z”l
Stanley Langendorf
Jewish Fund
Jack Langsam, z”l
Hyman Lansky, z”l
Lee & Hans z”l Lasker
The Lasry Family
Frances & Bernard Laterman
Leder Family Philanthropic Fund
Lehman Brothers
Silvia & Irwin H. Leiferman, z”l
Paula Vial Lempert, z”l
Pauline Lempert, z”l
Dr. Esther M. Lentschner, z”l
Wolf Leslau
Louis Levine z”l & Gabrielle
de Beer
Moe Levin, z”l
Barbara Levinson, z”l
Morris Levinson Trust
Rose K. & Charles G. Le Vita
Anna Sobol Levy Foundation
Henry Levy, z”l
H. Irwin Levy
Dr. Yale S. Lewine & Ella
Miller Lewine, z”l
Bernard Lewis Charitable
Foundation
Richard E. Lewis
Frayda & George L. Lindemann
Anna M. Lipsky, z”l
Alsace L. Lirtzman, z”l
Harold I. & Faye B. Liss Family
Lucius N. Littauer Foundation
Robert & Jean Litvin
Shirley Litwak, z”l
Charlotte I. Loeb, z”l
The Frederick Loewe Foundation
Marion Loundy
Margit Lowenstein &
Martin Lowenstein
Marianne & Sheldon B. Lubar
Roman Lubetzky, z”l
Todd & Morissa Lundy
Irene z”l & J. Zel Lurie
Allison & Howard W. Lutnick
M/I Homes Foundation
Harold & Rhonda Magid
Hilda Magoulas, z”l
Farah & Edward S. Mahlab
z”l Family
Della Maiden, z”l
William M. Mandl, z”l
Connie & Martinn Mandles
Jon Mann
Thomas Mann
Ben Marcus z”l & Steve Marcus
Joseph Markel, z”l
Frits & Rita Markus, z”l
Grace & Béla z”l Marquit
Louis z”l & Sonia Marschak
Hon. Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, z”l
Lena Masor, z”l
Saleh R. z”l & Violet Masri
Sophie Matzkin, z”l
The Mayer Family
Marc & Meera, Tanya, Nadia and Zev
Jamie, Frank, Drew, Travis,
Casey & Gavin McCourt
James S. McDonnell Foundation
Enid McKenna Soifer, z”l
Drs. Matilda & Joseph z”l Melnick
Jeanette (Tova) & Paul E. z”l Migdal
Susanne & Bertram z”l Mock
Dr. George & Rochelle Mocsari, z”l
Rene z”l & Matilda Molho
Hana Moller, z”l
Miriam & David z”l Mondry
Monroe Milstein Family
Robert & Mary Montgomery
Charles Muller, z”l
Irving Muller, z”l
Mydans Foundation
Marvin H. Myers, z”l
Gertrude Nathan, z”l
National Association of
Chain Drug Stores
Lenore & Murray Neidorf
Gertrude Neumann, z”l
Dr. Eva Neumann, z”l
Stephanie & Herbert Neuman
Newhouse Trust
Helaine & Lawrence Newman
Sarah Newmark, z”l
Aliza Nivy
Shoshana Noily, z”l
Walter & Vera Obermeyer
Rose & Joshua Olsha, z”l
Mary Gerber Oppenheim
Rose Orloff, z”l
Abraham & Sonia Osler, z”l
Paula & O. J. Owens
Leona & David Palmer, z”l
Col. Harold L. Palmer
Prof. Daphne Patai & Dr.
Jennifer Schneider
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton
& Garrison LLP
Prof. Martin Peretz
Jane & Harold z”l Perlman
Muriel & Ralph Pinkus
Mortin Plotnik, z”l
Dora Polevski, z”l
Eva Pollack, z”l
Daniel Pritzker
Randes Foundation
Rashkov Family, z”l
Hirsch & Braine
Raskin Foundation
Recanati Foundation
Magda Karman Rees, z”l
Jerome Regunberg, z”l
Betty Reimer, z”l
Dr. Anna J. Reinauer, z”l
Josephus Reynolds, z”l
Samuel J. & Arlene
G. Rhodes, z”l
Roger Richman
Peretz Rickles, z”l
Ridgefield Foundation
Righteous Persons Foundation
Jerome L. & Aida Robinson
Mildred Rohrlick, z”l
Esther Romm, z”l
Fanny F. & Abraham
J. Rongy, z”l
Isidore Roseman, z”l
Martin Rosen, in memory of
Simon Wiesenthal
Angela & Myron Rosenbach
The Louis & Emanuel G.
Rosenblatt Foundation
Frieda T. Rosenblum, z”l
Andrew & Pearl Rosenfeld, z”l
Livia H. Rosenfeld, z”l
Dr. Livia Ross, z”l
Heidi Rothberg
Sonia Rothberg, z”l
Della Rothenberg, z”l
Raphael & Shelley Rothstein
Jane Rottenberg, z”l
Jack Rounick
Helen C. Rowen
Abe Rubin, z”l
Allan Rubin, z”l
Drs. James & Nina Rudel, z”l
Jack & Lewis z”l Rudin
Russek Foundation Inc.
Vivian Saret, z”l
Lori & Harvey Sarner
Dr. Sondra Nemser Scarf, z”l
Milton Schamach
Foundation, Inc.
Henry Schein, Inc.
Augusta & Stefan Schenker, z”l
Ellen & George A. Schieren
Betty & Herbert z”l Schiff
Harriet Schiller, z”l
Dr. Aron Schlachter, z”l
Sara H. & Walter N. Schlesinger, z”l
Sally B. Schneck, z”l
Betty Schorr, z”l
Schottenstein Homes Foundation
James & Debra Barshop Schreier
Josephine Schreier, z”l
Zachary Schreier, z”l
Dora & Joseph J. Schwartz
and son, Nathan Schwartz, z”l
Sue & Dan z”l Schwartz
Tina E. Schwarz, z”l
Scoa Foundation
Helene Berman Seidenfeld &
Dennis Seidenfeld
Dr. Lillian Seitsive, z”l
Allan H. & Suzanne L. Selig
Herbert J. Seligmann & Lise
Rueff Seligmann, z”l
Roslyn & Ira Selinger
Herman Selinsky, z”l
Sadie Sender, z”l
Baruch Shahery
Dr. Yehuda Shalon
Charles & M. R. Shapiro
Foundation
Edward Shapiro
Sabina D. & Benjamin
Shapiro, z”l
Hilda Shaw, z”l
Rose Sherman, z”l
Reginald Shinbaum, z”l
Sadie Shinbaum, z”l
Dr. Seymour M. Shore, z”l

66 / Major Gifts
Lynne Goldman Silbert
Jeanne & Stephen Silbert
Margerete Silton, z”l
Blanche Silverman, z”l
Simon P. Silverman, z”l
Jack W. Simmons, z”l
The Simms Szymanowicz
Family Fund
Marvin & Tina Simner
Prof. Rita Simon
Mitchell & Beatrice Singer
Dr. S. Fred Singer
William & Naomi Singer, z”l
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
Charles E. Smith Family
Foundation
Elizabeth & David Bruce Smith
J. Louis Sokolov, z”l
Theresa Sollman, z”l
Helen & Bernard Soref, z”l
Ira Lee & Ellen M. Sorkin
Rosalie & Nathan Sorkin, z”l
Irene J. Spanier, z”l
Henry Spenadel, z”l
Bernice Spiegel
Ernest Spiegel, z”l
Richard M. Spivak
Harry G. Starr, z”l
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Stein
Louis & Bessie Stein
Foundation
Nancy & Kenneth L. Stein
Joseph S. & Diane H. Steinberg
Gerald & Deana Stempler
Family Foundation
Harry Stern Family Foundation
Irene Stern, z”l
Rose Stern, z”l
Pearl & Sylvia Stone, z”l
Hella Strauss, z”l
Robert & Tina Stuckelman
Fanny Sugar, z”l
Mose Sumner, z”l
Onnie Kaufman Supowitz
Alice J. Sussman, z”l
Mrs. Robert Szold
Rochelle & Morton L. Tarter
Marvin Tasem, z”l (also Israel)
Ann & Andrew Tisch
Billie & Laurence A. z”l Tisch
Tisch Foundation
Hilda Tobin, z”l
Barbara & Marshall Tobins
Mary Ann Tuft
Elvira Urbach, z”l
Dena Vertchamp, z”l
David Vickter, z”l
Monroe Vincent
Joan & Donald Vinik
Dr. Albert & Elaine Viton, z”l
Dorothy & Walter Vogel
Norman & Nina Wain
Paula Wallech, z”l
Ann & Leonard Walts
Betty Warren, z”l
Evelene Wechsler
Jeanne Wechsler, z”l
Robert Wechsler
Robert Weinbaum, z”l
Harold H. Weinberg &
Miriam Benjamin
Joy & Jerome A. Weinberger
Paul & Eleanor Weiner
Isak & Rose Weinman
Foundation
Raquel Weisberger, z”l
Sol Weisman, z”l
Alice Weiss, z”l
Carl Weiss, z”l
Rabbi Elozor L. Weiss, z”l
Dr. Guenter Weissberg, z”l
Goldie Weisstein, z”l
Gertrude Wellisch, z”l
William Westerman, z”l
Wexner Foundation
Abigail & Leslie Wexner
Marvin & Hanna Wildenberg
Etta & Harold Winokur, z”l
Robert I. Wishnick Foundation
Iris S. & Bert L. z”l Wolstein
Wunderkinder Foundation
Natalie Yakimoff, z”l
Gertrude Yarman, z”l
Carol & Gordon Zacks
Anna Zafran, z”l
Ruta & Felix Zandman
Zantker Charitable Foundation
Jean & Richard Zarbin, z”l
The Zausmer Trust
Lois & Martin Zelman
Gerta Zelt, z”l
Delores & Eugene M. Zemsky
Zenith Insurance
Erwin z”l & Isabelle Ziegelman
Ruth Allen Ziegler Foundation
Ziegler Family Trust
Harold & Libby Ziff Foundation
Jane & Ronald M. Zimmerman
Ethel & George J. Zuckman, z”l
Rae Zwicker, z”l
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