Where Behavior and Brain Intersect

Friends Associations
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Dr. h.c. Petra
Roth bestows
the Frankfurt
Badge of
Honor on Dr.
Mati Kranz
germany
Mati Kranz Receives High Honor
TAU’s representative in Germany for
almost 30 years, Dr. Mati Kranz, was
honored with the Ehrenplakette der
Stadt Frankfurt (Badge of Honor of
the City of Frankfurt). Lord Mayor of
Frankfurt Dr. h.c. Petra Roth, a TAU
honorary doctor, bestowed the medal
on Dr. Kranz for his important contribution
to German-Jewish reconciliation
and German-Israeli academic
and cultural cooperation. Dr. Kranz
was cited for promoting the partnership
between Tel Aviv University and
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University
in Frankfurt, and for his personal
achievement in the establishment of
the Marcel Reich-Ranicki Chair in
German Literature at TAU, which
aims to expose young Israelis to the
German literary tradition.
“Thanks to his inventiveness, negotiating
skills and enormous commitment,
Dr. Matityahu Kranz has shaped the
cultural relations between the partner
cities Tel Aviv and Frankfurt for many
years,” Mayor Roth read out from the
certificate.
Events Benefiting Karin
Brandauer Chair at TAU
- Frankfurt: Following the award ceremony
for Dr. Mati Kranz, Dr. h.c.
Petra Roth hosted a charity event at
Frankfurt City Hall. Entertainment
was provided by actor and producer
Klaus Maria Brandauer and the piano
duo Grau and Schumacher.
- Frankfurt: The Board of Directors
of the Helaba-Landesbank Hessen-
Thüringen held a dinner with the participation
of Klaus Maria Brandauer.
Johann Berger, Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors, welcomed the audience.
- Munich: More than 500 invited
guests attended a performance of
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s
Dream organized by the German
Friends and held at the Jewish
Community Center of Munich and
Upper Bavaria. Dr. h.c. Charlotte
Knobloch, President of the Central
Council of Jews in Germany, Vice
President of the German Friends and a
TAU honorary doctor, delivered greetings.
Klaus Maria
Brandauer
and Dr. h.c.
Charlotte
Knobloch.
Photograph:
Miryam
Guembel
mexico
Dr. Arie Dorenbaum (pictured) has been appointed President of
the Mexican Friends of Tel Aviv University. Dr. Dorenbaum studied
at TAU’s Sackler School of Medicine and is a specialist in plastic
surgery. During the time he lived in Israel he served as a
doctor in the Golani Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces.
He also worked at Tel Hashomer Hospital and the Edith
Wolfson Hospital.
Middle East Talk by Prof. Itamar
Rabinovich
Past TAU President and former Israeli
Ambassador to the US, Prof. Itamar
Rabinovich, gave a lecture on “Israel,
the Arab World and Iran 2009 –
A Chance for Peace or Danger of
War?” at an evening organized by
Prof. Itamar Rabinovich (left) with Prof. Dr. Rainer
Klump, Vice President of Johann Wolfgang Goethe
University. Photograph: Rafael Herlich, Frankfurt
the German Friends Association and
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
in Frankfurt.
Hanover Leadership Regroups
After the passing of Prof. Dr. Marek
Fischel, TAU Governor and member
of the executive committee of the
German Friends Association, the local
committee of the German Friends in
Hanover announced the reappointment
of Dr. Hebert Schmalstieg,
former Lord Mayor of Hanover, as
chairman of the committee, and of Dr.
Joachim Pieper and Dietmar Alhoff as
Vice Chairmen.
sweden
New Chairman for
the Swedish Friends
Prof. Peter Seideman (pictured)
has been appointed
Head of the Swedish
Friends Association. Born
in Stockholm, Seideman holds a BA in
Psychology, an MD and a PhD. He is
a specialist in rheumatology and is the
Head of the Division of Rheumatology
at Sabbatsberg Hospital, Chairman
of the EyeCenter Stockholm and
Chairman of the Medisob real estate
company.