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Melanie and Greg in Chicago
For most students, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is a place to study, learn Hebrew, experience life in Israel and a great springboard for travel. For Greg and Melanie Samuels it was all that and a spaghetti-filled courtship that lead to marriage.
RIS Not Just For Twentysomethings
When Montrealer Philip Greenberg decided to study at the Hebrew University’s Rothberg International School last summer, he applied for housing at the new Scopus Student Village. CFHU’s director of student recruitment, Moshik Galanty, “cross-examined”Greenberg, he says, “to make sure I knew what I was getting into.”After all, it had been 50 years since Greenberg, age 72, had experienced student life firsthand.
Trauma and resilience courseTrauma and Resiliance
Dr. Paul M. Beckingham attended the inaugural HU Trauma and Resilience program. What first struck me was the diversity of our group. We were Christians, Jews, and Muslims, 20-somethings to 60-somethings. We came from the U.S.A., Canada, Britain, Holland, Germany, Finland, Bolivia, and Israel. We were psychotherapists in private practice, researchers in trauma, military chaplains from three countries, a school psychologist, a former reporter from the Times of London, and graduate students of psychology.
Segal Family: Stephanie, Justin, Nanci, Gary, Adam, Hale“Little did I know how life changing an experience attending the Hebrew University of Jerusalem would be. Being at a world class campus in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Jerusalem, where an omnipresent sense of ancient history permeates the air, is intellectually and emotionally stimulating in and of itself.”– Gary Segal
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Wosk Family“Our family has been connected to Hebrew University for three generations. Mordehai’s father, Morris J. Wosk, served on the International Board of Governors. Mordehai attended the Overseas Student Program in Jeusalem in 1969/70. Together, Mordehai and Hana studied Jewish Philosophy at Hebrew U in 1974/75.
Daniel is currently attending the Hebrew U’s Rothberg International Students Program on Mt. Scopus. The time we have spent at the University, learning Hebrew and meeting students from around the world, has and continues to deeply strengthen our Jewish identity and our lasting bond with Israel.” Mordehai, Hana, Ariel and Daniel Wosk.
Kaiser-BluethIf you ask Rabbi Claudio Kaiser-Blueth to tell you his most cherished memories of the years he spent (1971-73) at the Hebrew University’s Hashlama Program, he is likely to mention any number of things. “To study Tanach so intensively and be physically in the same spot where the action took place, was an awesome experience. To pray in our Holy Land, to be engaged in the daily life of Kibbutz Galuyot, to experience the presence of so many people coming from the four corners of the world, to be a witness at the wedding of a friend, a German Jew who was born in a DP camp and married a Yemenite woman, was just ineffable. Where else in the world could this have happened?”
Sam RothbergOne of the Hebrew University's and Israel's most dedicated supporters, Sam Rothberg, passed away Saturday, July 7, aged 97.
'He was one of the pillars of the Hebrew University,' said University President Prof. Menachem Magidor of the philanthropist and business leader who became a key architect of the American Jewish community's relationship with Israel.
This year the funds will support research in Familial Mediterranean Fever at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Todd Sone, 1991/92
Growing up with a strong Jewish and Zionist identity, I was given the opportunity to spend a year of high school in Israel. I fell in love with Israel, the land and its people. I was looking to return to spend another year in Israel, I chose the Rothberg International School which I attended from 1991/92.
