The IDC

tO isrAel AnD the Jewish PeOPle
of the Jewish people will be based here. My hope is for the future of the
country to be assured, and that its security and wellbeing will no longer
be in doubt.”
Prof. Barak goes on to speak of his longing for peace between Israel
and her neighbors, and for tolerance within Israeli society for all its
members, regardless of who they are. He also speaks of the responsibility
governmental figures and civil servants have to serve the country and its
citizens’ needs, and of his vision for Israel to become “a light to the nations,
and that the world in which we live - us and the generations that follow -
should be a world of truth, kindness and mercy.”
The keynote speaker on behalf of the Academic Excellence Award
recipients, Mr. Matan Gutman, follows next. His speech is entitled “The
Green Gate to Wonderland,” and it addresses how each student at IDC
has a wealth of opportunities before him, and how IDC’s reputation has
reached far and wide, attracting hundreds of international students.
Gutman closes by thanking Prof. Reichman and the other ‘founding fathers’
of IDC for creating a “place that sets out to uphold the values of liberty and
social responsibility. These values were imprinted on us here and we will
take them with us, and we will endeavor to realize them everywhere we
go. We will do our utmost to realize the center’s vision and to become the
leaders of the future of Israeli society. Today, I can say with full conviction,
that the decision to study at IDC was the best decision of my life.”
As the ceremony draws to a close, there is great joy in the air, and a feeling
that the best is yet to come.
hOnOrAry fellOws
Singing Hatikva, Israel’s national anthem, on the podium of honor, from left: IDC Founder
and President, Prof. Uriel Reichman; IDC Provost, Prof. Rafi Melnick; Chairman of IDC’s
Board of Directors, Oudi Recanati; Honorees Shulamit Aloni, Prof. Aharon Barak, Eitan
Wertheimer, Geulah Cohen, Prof. Gert Keiser, Marc Rich and Prof. Amnon Rubinstein
“At the cOre Of my wOrlD
is the hOPe thAt the stAte
Of isrAel will BecOme the
nAtiOnAl hOme Of the whOle
Of wOrlD Jewry, AnD thAt
mOst Of the Jewish PeOPle
will Be BAseD here”
- Prof. Aharon Barak, emeritus Supreme Court President, keynote speaker on
behalf of the Honorary Fellowship recipients
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