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AFHU and HU in the Media
Put Your Questions to Einstein, 131 (Jpost.com, March 3, 2010)
Professors Avraham Sela and Eldan Pardo quoted in Gauging the Hamas Fallout From Assassination - The New York Jewish Week - March 3, 2010
Hebrew University Staff Give Lectures Aboard Israeli Trains - New Tang Dynasty Television (Feb. 23, 2010 - on line)
Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment Researchers quoted in The Israeli Researchers Who Will Save the World's Hungry - Translated from THE MARKER, Israel’s leading business magazine published by Ha’aretz (December 2009).
Prof. Eldan Pardo quoted in the article,"Speculation Over Iran Nuclear Bluff" - The NY Jewish Week, Feb. 10, 2010
"Frank Gehry Honored" - The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles (online, February 2, 2010)
“Goldstone Response Seen as Too Narrow” - (The NY Jewish Week - January 29); article by Moshe Halbertal, a professor of philosophy at the Hebrew University and the Gruss Professor at New York University School of Law
Prof. Gadi Wolsfeld quoted in “Israel’s Livni Says Reports of Her Political Demise are Premature" - (The Los Angeles Times – January 25, 2010)
Q & A with Prof. Robert Wistrich - The Los Angeles Jewish Journal (online, January 26, 2010)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grants $5 Million to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - The Jewish Post
'Scientists on Trains’ Leaves the Station in Israel - The Jewish Daily Forward (online, January 20, 2010)
Hebrew University's Alon Liel is a featured expert in a January 19, 2010 Los Angeles Times Q&A piece discussing the current diplomatic rift between Israel and Turkey.
Professor Amihai Mazar is quoted in the article, Egypt Says Newly Discovered Tombs Provide More Evidence Slaves Did Not Build Pyramids - The Associated Press, January 11, 2010
Professor Peter Medding is quoted in the article, Israel Shrugs Off Mitchell's Loan Threat - The Christian Science Monitor, January 10, 2010
Prof. Alfred Tovias quoted in the article, P.A. Effort Targets Products Made in the Settlements - The Jewish Daily Forward, January 6, 2010
Prof. Avraham Diskin quoted in the article, Livini, Netanyahu to Discuss Teaming Up - The Wall Street Journal, December 26-27, 2009
Prof. Avraham Diskin quoted in the article, Shalit’s Father Expects Hostage Deal Decision ‘Soon’- Bloomberg.com, December 21, 2009
Prof. Yitzchak Reiter, quoted in the article, Israel Settlement Funding Vote Sparks New Debate - The NY Jewish Week , December 16, 2009
Ambassador Gabriela Shalev discusses Middle East affairs with Senior National ABC News correspondent Claire Shipman at AFHU's seventh Annual Palm Beach Scholarship Brunch - Palm Beach Daily News "Shiny Sheet" - December 14, 2009
Professers Gadi Wolfsheld and Alon Liel quoted in the article, Captive Helps Close the Distance Between Israelis - New York Times, December 8, 2009
Hebrew University's Alon Liel quoted in Israelis Want Shalit Home, Despite the Price - JTA, December 4, 2009
Prof. Moshe Halbertal, The Goldstone Effect: What the U.N. Report Gets Wrong About Gaza--and War - The New Republic (online), November 6, 2009
Hebrew University geographer, Roni Ellenblum quoted in the article,
Despite Protests, Mainstream Haredi Leaders Talk About Sabbath Work Deal - The Jewish Daily Forward (Nov. 25 online edition) and December 4 print edition
Former Mossad Chief Argues for Gaza Talks: Audio Interview with Ambassador Efraim Halevy - ABC Radio Australia
HU's Scientists on the Trains Initiative Receives Worldwide Press Coverage:
Watch the video | Read about the program in: The New Jersey Jewish News Training Wheels and France 24
Hebrew University Professor Moshe Maoz Quoted in:
After Abbas: Political Turmoil in the West Bank, Dilemma for U.S. Policy - New York Jewish Week, Nov. 10, 2009
Prof. Howard Cedar: Methylation Man (NYU Alumni Magazine, Fall 2009)
Hebrew University Ranked 64th Among "Top 100 Universities in the World" - Jpost.com (Nov. 2, 2009)
"Heady Stuff" The Jerusalem Report
With Israel's BriefCam 24 hours Passes in a Minute, ISRAEL21C
Hitting His Stride - Israeli Horse Docto Sharpens Skills at U.C. Davis, J. Weekly, May 22, 2009
Scholar Claims Dead Sea Scrolls 'Authors' Never Existed, Time.com, March 16, 2009
AFHU and HU Videos
From the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment - See Israel 21C on-site video of Prof. Berta Levavi-Sivan and student researchers re-introducing African carp into Uganda's depleted Lake Victoria
The Jerusalem Justice Center: Law Clinics for Social Responsibility
HU "Expert on the Spot: Your Questions, Their Answers" A New Facebook Video Series
New from Hebrew University (January 2010): Two video clips of the work of the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment Water Reuse and Recycling | Natural Pesticides: Preserving Crops for our Health
Milestones: A Brief Review of the History of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Scientists on the Trains" Hannukah Lecture on the Maccabees - December 16, 2009
Sight Through Sound: Teaching the Blind to See at HU
The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine
Feeding the Future, Narrated by Bill Crystal
Advancing the Frontiers of Knowledge
Bill Gates at the Einstein Award Gala
Thomas Friedman at the DC Scopus Awards 2008
HU & AFHU Publications
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