Hebraic University of Jerusalem

The Hebraic Université of Jerusalem (in Hebrew האוניברסיטההעבריתבירושלים pronunciation hā' Universitah hā `Ivrith bYirūšāláyim) usually called HUJI is one of the principal universities in Israel, whose majority of the campuses are with Jerusalem.

It is one of the eight universities in Israel, and she is internationally recognized like member of the hundred best academic institutions in the world.

History

The project of a university where teaching would be made in Hebrew took form relatively early in imaginary chiefs of the movement Zionist. Still it was necessary that this language knows a real revival. It is thing made at the beginning of the 20th century, thanks to the efforts of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, and other important figures of the Zionism. The creation of the university was proposed in 1884 with the conference of the company Hibbat Zion of Kattowitz. Large to support this idea was Albert Einstein, a Physicien Juif, which later bequeathed all its work and its writings to the university. They are kept today with the library Albert Einstein of the university.

The stone founder of the university was posed in 1918, and, seven years later, on April 1st 1925, the campus of the Mont Scopus of Jerusalem was open during a ceremony of official reception where were present, among others, leaders of the Jewish world, including the governor, Chaim Weizmann, distinguished academician, as well as communal figures, and English dignitaries, including Sir Arthur James Balfour, Allenby, and Sir Herbert Samuel. The first chancellor was Doctor Judah Magnes.

As of 1947, the University grows to become a large research and educational establishment. It included/understood faculties or other units in Humanity, sciences, medicine, education and agriculture (the last in a campus with Rehovot); The Jewish national library (later becoming the National library of Israel, a university press (University near) and a center of education for adults.

During the war of independence which the young State of Israel in 1948 knows, the university is the subject of a rough fight, because its localization in the North-East of the future capital makes it particularly vulnerable. The Scopus Mount is insulated in 1948, and the university finds Jordanian side after the cease-fire. When the government Jordanien refused the Accords of Armistice of 1949 and refused the Israëlien access to the campus of the Scopus Mount, it is forced to move with Givat RAM, in the Western part of Jerusalem, and takes again its normal functioning only in 1953.

A few years later, at the same time as the Medical Organization Hadassah, a campus of medical sciences was built in the district of Jerusalem of Ein Kerem in South-west.

In 1967, the students, 12.500, are dispersed in the campuses of Jerusalem and the Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot.

After the War the six day old, the Hebraic university finds its initial buildings, which are rebuilt in 1981, the buildings of origin having been damaged by the engagements. The manpower of this university progressed constantly, and passes the bar of the 23000 students in 2003.

The University again was touched by violence on July 31st 2002, when an Israeli Arab terrorist (resident of Jerusalem-Is) exploded a bomb in the cafeteria " Frank Sinatra " crammed per hour of the lunch.

New people - five Israëliens, three citizens American, and a Franco-Israëlien citizen - were killed by the explosion and much out of others wounded. Hamas asserted the responsibility for this attack.

Teaching

The Hebraic university of Jerusalem developed a reputation of world famous for its studies in sciences and the religion, a field in which it has abundant resources, including/understanding the largest world collection of Jewish studies, and gave rise to many teachers, including/understanding Gershom Scholem, Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Robert Aumann.

Its graduates include/understand Nobel Prize in sciences and economy. The Israélien council for higher education recently classified the universities israëliennes according to the academic criterion of excellence. The Hébraïque university accepted the best classification. The Hebraic University is classified 60e in the world according to the classification produced by the university Jiao Tong de Shangaï in 2006.

Faculties

This university is made up of several faculties:

Faculty of letters
Faculty of dental surgery and criminology and social sciences
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Science
Medical college
Faculty of agriculture, nutritionism and environmental quality

Libraries

The Library Juive Nationale is the largest bookstore of the university like one of the most impressive collections of books and manuscripts in the world. It is also the oldest section of the university. Founded in 1892, as a world center for the safeguarding of the books relating to the thought Jewish and the Jewish culture, it played the part of a central college library until in 1920. Its Hebraic and Jewish collections]] are largest of the world.

It contains all the books published in Israel, and tries to acquire all the books in relation to Israel published in the world.

It has more than 5 million books and of the thousands of articles in special sections, number of them are single.

One can find there the Archives of Albert Einstein, the Manuscrits in Hebrew, the collection of Cartes of Eran Laor, the collection Scientifique of Edelstein, the collection Gershom Scholem, and a single collection of the manuscripts and early writings of Maïmonide.

In addition to the national library, the University has many libraries. Among those:

Scientific Library Avraham Harman, Givat RAM
Library of the Mathematical and computer sciences, Givat RAM
Library of sciences of the ground, Givat RAM
Library of the social sciences, MT. Scopus
Library Bernard G. Segal de Loi, MT. Scopus
Library of Archeology, MT. Scopus
Library Moses Leavitt on social work, MT. Scopus
central Library of education Zalman Aranne, MT. Scopus
Library of the international school Rothberg, MT. Scopus
medical National library Muriel and Philip I., Ein Kerem
central Library of agriculturelles sciences, Rehovot
Roberta Library and Stanley Bogen of the research institute for peace Harry S. Truman, MT. Scopus

Campus

In 2003, the university has 4 campuses - 3 within the municipal limits of Jerusalem and to Rehovot - and approximately 23.000 students.

Scopus mount

Mount Scopus (Hebrew: Har HaTzofim הרהצופים), in the part Is of Jerusalem, is the place where are the Human Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Social sciences, the Faculty of Law, the international school Rothberg, the international student center Frank Sinatra, the Research institute for the Advance of Peace Harry S. Truman, the Institute of Jewish Etudes Mandel and lately created Ecole of Public policy.

Givat RAM (Edmund J. Safra)

The campus Givat RAM, located in the central part of the city (Knesset, Offices of the 1st minister, etc), contains the scientific departments, as well as the Jewish National library and Academic.

Ein Kerem

The campus Ein Kerem is located in the same complex as the Hôpital Hadassah of Ein Karem. Even if the main objectives of this campus are the medical and dental departments of the university, also the department of molecular biology is.

Rehovot

The Faculty of Agriculture and the school Veterinary surgeon are located in the town of Rehovot.

People famous partners at the University

Professors

Robert Aumann, mathematician, “Nobel Prize” of economy in 2005,
Martin Buber, philosopher,
Avraham Halevy Frankel, mathematician who took part in the resolution of the Axiome of Zermelo-Fraenkel ,
Daniel Neheman, which received the “Nobel Prize” of economy
Saharon Shelah, mathematician,
Gershom Sholem, historian
Zeev Sternhell, historian,
Michael Rabin, data processing specialist, Co-inventor of the algorithm of Rabin-Karp and of the Test of primality of Miller-Rabin,
Eleazar Sukenik, archeologist, who played a central role in the establishment of the department of archeology of the university.
Avi Wigderson, data processing specialist.

Students

Ehud Barak, former Labor Prime Minister of Israel,
Aaron Ciechanover, biologist, Nobel Prize of chemistry in 2004,
Yael Dayan, Israeli political woman,
David Gross, physicist, Nobel Prize of physics in 2004,
Avram Hershko, chemist, Nobel Prize of chemistry in 2004,
Daniel Kahneman, economist, “Nobel Prize” of economy 2002
Moshe Katsav, president d' Israël
Amos Oz, writer
Ariel Sharon , Prime Minister of Israel.
Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister of Israel.
Yochanan Vollach, footballer, president d' Maccabi Haifa, CEO

External bonds

Official site of the University
Einstein Files at the University

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