TAU Governors Meet in Vienna
The security challenges
facing Israel, and
current Austrian politics,
were among the themes
of the 16th European
Regional Conference
of the Board of
Governors, held this
year in the historic city
of Vienna
The Austrian Friends of TAU hosted
the conference, which was sponsored
by Bank Hapoalim and private donors
from Austria. The 180 participants included governors and supporters of the
university from Europe, Israel and North
America.
The conference opened with a performance of Fidelio by Ludwig van
Beethoven at the Vienna State Opera
followed by a gala dinner sponsored by
Bank Hapoalim. Greetings were given by
Dr. Hannes Androsch, President of the
Austrian Friends of TAU.
Representing TAU at the conference
were Prof. Itamar Rabinovich, President;
Prof. Dany Leviatan, Rector; Yehiel BenZvi, Vice President; and Danny Shapiro,
Director of the Development and Public
Affairs Division.
The conference's first academic session focused on international politics,
security and the media, with the participation of Dan Meridor, former Minister
of Finance and Justice Minister of Israel
and Vice Chairman of the Institute for
National Security Studies (INSS) at
TAU; and Prof. Rabinovich, who spoke
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A reception and dinner was held at
the Austrian Academy of Sciences sponsored by AIC Androsch International
and Gertner Real Estate. Dr. Johannes
Hahn, Austrian Federal Minister for
Science and Research, noted that 37% of
TAU's projects in the European Union's
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on "The Middle East Arena, Spring
2007." Other sessions focused on current Austrian politics and Jewish life
in Vienna in the footsteps of Sigmund
Freud.
Four New
chairs
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Zubin Mehta wins
Dan David Prize
•
Poster inside:
Friends around the
World
•
Profile:
Josef Buchmann
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"The Vienna meeting of
the International Board of
Governors was a wonderful opportunity to meet
with fellow board members and share our mutual
support for the university,
while enjoying informative lectures and events
supported by the Vienna
Friends Association."
Richard Sincere, TAU
Governor and member
of the TAU American
Council Board of Directors
"The organization of the Vienna conference was outstanding. I enjoyed the performance of Fidelio and
learned a lot about Israeli national security from Dan
Meridor and Prof. Itamar Rabinovich. As someone
who was born in Austria, it was extremely moving to
hear the genuine outpouring of warmth toward the
Jewish people in the speech of the Federal President."
Edith Teomim, TAU Governor and Chairperson
of the Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth-Museum of
the Jewish Diaspora, on the TAU campus
Spring 2007
Tel Aviv
University
1 President of the TAU Austrian Friends
Association Dr. Hannes Androsch
2 Austrian Federal President Dr. Heinz
Fischer (left) and Prof. Itamar Rabinovich
3 Rudolfine Steindling and Dan Meridor
4 Vice President Yehiel Ben Zvi
(left) at the Opera Dinner
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6th Framework Program for Research
and Development involved partners
from Austrian universities and research
organizations. "This is a clear sign of
the high level of scientific and technological cooperation between TAU and
partner institutions in Austria. I am convinced this trend will continue in the 7th
Framework program," said Dr. Hahn.
Other conference events included a
reception and lunch at the Vienna Town
Hall; a reception at the former Imperial
Palace of Vienna under the auspices of
Federal President of Austria Dr. Heinz
Fischer, who related his experiences volunteering on a kibbutz in the early 1960s;
a Kabbalat Shabbat dinner sponsored by
TAU Governor Georg Katcz and attended by Dr. Ariel Muzicant, President of the
Jewish Community of Vienna, and Dan
Ashbel, Israeli Ambassador to Austria; an
excursion to the Liechtenstein Museum
and Klosterneuburg Abbey, including a
rare view of the abbey's treasures; and
a reception and farewell dinner hosted
by TAU governors Rudolfine Steindling
and Dr. Androsch.
new chairs
dan david prize
Paris Hosts Dan David Prize
for First Time
Prof. Marcel Reich-Ranicki (right) with Prof. Itamar Rabinovich
Prize winners, from left: Dr. Jerry Olson, Dr. Sarah Kurtz, Prof. James Francis Wahl (far right) and French Minister of Culture and
Hansen, Pascal Dusapin, Zubin Mehta and Thomas Le Goff on behalf Communications Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres (center) present prize
of his father Jacques Le Goff
to Thomas Le Goff
A leading historian, two world-famous musicians and three scientists dedicated to the quest for alternative energy
were winners of the 2007 Dan David
Prizes, conferred for the first time this
year in Paris, France. The sixth annual
ceremony was held at the historic and
monumental Palais Opera de Garnier
under the patronage of French President
Jacques Chirac, with the participation
of Israeli Minister of Education Prof.
Yael (Yuli) Tamir, TAU President Itamar
Rabinovich, Rector Dany Leviatan and
Vice President Yehiel Ben-Zvi. Under
an agreement between the Dan David
Foundation and the French Ministry of
Culture and Communications, the ceremony will be held in Paris and at Tel
Aviv University in alternate years.
The prize, which totals $3 million, is
endowed by the Dan David Foundation
and headquartered at Tel Aviv University.
It is awarded in three fields selected to
represent three time dimensions: Past,
Present and Future. One tenth of prize
money in each category is allocated to
graduate fellowships.
This year’s winner in the Past Time
Dimension for "Historians – Authors
of Major Works of History" was Jacques
Le Goff of France, a major historian of
the European Middle Ages. He is the
founder of “historical anthropology,” an
approach based on an open, broad and
imaginative collaboration between history and the social sciences that provides
a fresh and contemporary understanding
of human history. He was cited for his
erudition, professional and civil commitment and for mentoring generations of
young historians.
The prize in the Present Time
Dimension for "Contemporary Music"
was shared by conductor Zubin Mehta
and French composer of contemporary music, Pascal Dusapin. Mehta,
who is Artistic Director of the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra and Honorary
President of TAU’s Buchmann-Mehta
School of Music, was cited as a “vivid
symbol of today’s cross-cultural world
and living proof of the power of music to
bridge different cultures and to break social and political barriers"; and Dusapin,
for “providing a bridge between various
strands of creativity in contemporary
musical and visual arts and for his strong
musical craftsmanship and cultural diversity.”
The prize for the Future Time
Dimension for "Quest for Energy" was
awarded to three pioneers in alternative
energy: Dr. James Hansen of the NASA
Goddard Institute for Space Studies in
New York shared the prize with joint laureates Drs. Sarah R. Kurtz and Jerry M.
Olson of the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory in Colorado, USA. Dr. Hansen
received the prize for his significant contribution to research in climate change and
for raising public awareness of global pollution. Drs. Kurtz and Olson were awarded
the prize for their key contributions to the
development of solar cells, creating a crucial pathway to the development of alternative sources of energy.
Gabriela and Dan David
The prize is supported by
businessman and inventor
Dan David of Italy, a TAU
governor and honorary doctor. During the ceremony he
was presented the Medal of Commander
in the Order of Arts and Letters by French
Minister of Culture and Communication
Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, who told
him, “You have dedicated your life to
stimulating and rewarding the men and
women who contribute, through their
research and thinking, toward progress
in knowledge and the human spirit.”
Also participating was Francis Wahl of
Geneva, a close
family friend
and associate
of Dan David
and member of
the Dan David
Prize Board of
Directors.
Opera Garnier, Paris
book launch
Book Launch Addresses Challenges Facing American Jewry
Prominent Jewish-American community leader, financier and philanthropist Scott A. Shay was guest of
honor at TAU at an event marking the launch of his book, Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American
Jewry. The event was hosted by President Itamar Rabinovich at TAU’s Cymbalista Jewish Heritage Center and
sponsored by Bank Hapoalim. The book outlines Shay’s concerns for the future of American Jewry and proposes practical solutions for revitalizing the shrinking American Jewish population. Cymbalista Center Head
Prof. Aron Dotan stressed the connection between the educational initiatives proposed in Shay’s books and
those taken by the Cymbalista Center to strengthen Jewish consciousness in Israel. Participating in the event
were Shlomo Nehama, then Chairman of Bank Hapoalim, and leading Israeli and Jewish-American figures.
From Left: Scott Shay, Shlomo Nehama, Prof. Itamar Rabinovich
and Prof. Aron Dotan
Chair in German Literature Inaugurated
From left: US Senator Bob Kerry, Bernard Schwartz, Rector Dany Leviatan and Prof. Yosi
Shacham-Diamand
The Marcel Reich-Ranicki Chair in German Literature at TAU’s Entin Faculty
of Humanities was dedicated in honor of Prof. Marcel Reich-Ranicki, a celebrated
German literary critic and TAU honorary doctor. The chair was donated by ReichRanicki, private citizens of Frankfurt and foundations in Frankfurt, Germany.
The ceremony took place in Frankfurt in the presence of Federal Minister Ronald
Koch, Mayor of Frankfurt and TAU honorary doctor Petra Roth, President Itamar
Rabinovich and Vice President Yehiel Ben-Zvi. “Germany has an overriding interest
in being understood in Israel,” said Minister Koch at the ceremony.
Reich-Ranicki, 86, is one of Germany’s most influential men of letters and media
personalities. A staunch promoter of high culture and reading among the German
public, he is the author of numerous prize-winning publications and the holder of
nine honorary doctorates. “I hope that despite the painful past of the German-Jewish
relationship this chair will make it possible to introduce young Israelis to German
literature," said Reich-Ranicki, who lives in Frankfurt. "In no other country have the
Jews played such an important role in literature as in Germany," he added.
Bernard Schwartz Initiative Boosts
Nanotechnology at TAU
The Bernard L. Schwartz Chair and Program in Nanoscale Information
Technology was established at TAU's Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
by Bernard L. Schwartz of the United States. The project recognizes the immense
potential of the field of nano-scale information technology for creating new applications in electronics, communications, healthcare and biomedicine, environmental
monitoring, and more. "I am proud to be part of this leading technology that could
hold the key to encouraging peace and democracy in the region," said Schwartz at
the inaugural ceremony for the chair and program.
The chair's incumbent is Prof. Yosi Shacham-Diamand of the Fleischman Faculty
of Engineering, a specialist in interconnect technologies in the nanometric range for
electronic circuits and nano-bio interfacing. He heads the group at TAU funded by
the Nano2Life Network of Excellence, a project that promotes activity in the field of
nano-bio-micro technologies in Europe.
Schwartz serves as Chairman and CEO of BLS Investments and is the former
Chairman of the Board and CEO of Loral Space & Communications. An engaged
civic and cultural leader, Schwartz is the supporter of numerous philanthropic
projects including a chair in international political economy at Johns Hopkins
University held by Prof. Francis Fukuyama. At TAU he is the founder of a program
in the political economy of free markets and a chair for the study of global competitive markets. Attending the event was US Senator Bob Kerry.
The Edouard
Seroussi Chair
From left: Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Prof. Itamar
Rabinovich and Moshe Teomim
Chair Honors Leading Israeli Media Advisor
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres were guests
of honor at the inauguration of the Moshe Teomim Chair in Communications
at TAU's Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences. The chair was established by friends
of leading media consultant Moshe Teomim, in honor of his 60th birthday and in
recognition of his contribution to shaping the media sphere in Israel.
Teomim, who holds a master's degree in communications from TAU and a master's degree in psychology from Pepperdine University in California, is founder of
the Gitam BBDO and Porter Novelli public relations firms. He is a consultant and
media advisor to numerous Israeli public figures and also a joint owner of the Hapoel
Tel Aviv soccer team.
The chair supports the research of various types of media and addresses the impact
of technology on mass communications and the reciprocal relations between media
and politics. Teomim will lecture in the framework of the chair.
The Edouard Seroussi Chair for
Protein
Nanobiotechnology
was
launched as part of an extensive program to raise $40 million for research
in nanoscience and nanotechnology at
TAU. The chair was established by Swiss
businessman Edouard Seroussi, founder
of the Jacqueline Seroussi Memorial
Foundation for Cancer Research in
memory of his late wife.
Edouard Seroussi was born in
Khartoum, Sudan. At the age of 13 he took
on the responsibility of providing for his
entire family and quickly built up a large
business empire. “Edouard understands
the importance of giving to the needy as
well as to the scientific community,” said
Prof. Yoel Kloog, Dean of the Wise Faculty
of Life Sciences at the inauguration ceremony. TAU President Itamar Rabinovich
praised the Faculty, which he said has 570
“handpicked” graduate students.
Edouard Seroussi (left) with Prof. Amihay
Freeman
The chair’s incumbent is Prof. Amihay
Freeman of the Department of Molecular
Microbiology and Biotechnology at the
Wise Faculty, an expert in applied biocatalysis and nano-biotechnological applications in the areas of medicine and
complex materials.
canada
Toronto
Martin
Peskin
(pictured) a senior
executive in the
Canadian hospitality industry and longVictoria
time supporter of Israel, has been named
President of the Toronto Chapter of the
Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University.
A former executive vice president of
Cara Corporation, he sits
on the board of a number of
companies. He has a strong
background in volunteerism,
and has been involved in
Israel with Beth Halochem
and the Friends of the Israel
Defense Forces. Mr. Peskin
has been on the Executive
of the Canadian Friends for
several years and chairs the
Overseas Students Program
committee. Together with
From left: Ronald Krongold, President of the Victoria Chapter of the Australian Friends of TAU, his wife Joan, he supports
and Susan Krongold; and Barbara and Judge Michael Rozenes.
needy students at TAU who
have served in IDF combat
The 2007 Oration of the Victoria Chapter of the Australian Friends units.
Association, dedicated to the late Pola Vaver, a Friends member, included a lecture by Judge Michael Rozenes, Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria, who
TAU Vice President Yehiel Benspoke on “Targeting Terrorists and Pedophiles – A Response to the Concerns about Zvi was guest of honor at a reception
Safety.”
held at the home of Martin and Joan
Peskin. The reception also included a
Prof. Karen B. Avraham of the Department of Human Genetics, Sackler presentation by TAU’s Dr. Ron Zucker
Faculty of Medicine, spoke on “The Future of Genetics: Lessons from the Study of and Dr. Benny Melik who participated
Deafness,” at an event organized by the Victoria Chapter.
in the exchange program between the
university’s Sackler School of Medicine
TAU Vice President Yehiel Ben-Zvi attended the Annual General Meeting and the Toronto Hospital for Sick
of the Victoria Chapter, which was followed by a lecture by Prof. Tammie Ronen, Children.
Head of TAU’s Bob Shapell School of Social Work. She spoke on “How to Control
Your Life Rather Than Have It Control You.” At other Friends events, Joshua
Several hundred people heard
Frydenberg, Director of Global Banking at Deutsche Bank and former senior ad- Prof. Gil Troy of McGill University
visor to Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, discuss his highly acclaimed book Why
and Ari Suss, Manager of Government and Corporate Affairs at Linfox and former I Am a Zionist at the Jewish Book Fair
senior advisor to the Victorian Premier Steve Bracks, spoke on “Looking over the event sponsored by the Toronto Friends.
Political Horizon – An Insider’s Perspective.”
Prof. Troy is a member of the Board of
Governors of the Montreal Chapter of
New South Wales
the Canadian Friends Association.
australia
argentina
The TAU Friends in Argentina
held their traditional annual symposium on “Israel: Risks and Challenges,”
in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Guest of
honor was Ambassador Alon Pinkas,
former Israeli Consul General in New
York. More than 1,500 guests attended
the symposium including Yoel Barnea
and Rafael Eldad, the Ambassadors of
Israel to Uruguay and Argentina, respectively. Opening greetings were deGerry Harvey, founder and chairman of Harvey Norman, discussed “The
livered by Mrs. Polly Deutsch, President Secrets of My Success – From Retailing to Horses and Beyond,” at a business
of the Argentinean Friends Association. lunch held by the Australian Friends together with the Australia-Israel Chamber of
Dr. Henry Cohen, President of the Commerce.
Uruguayan Friends, screened video
greetings sent by Shimon Peres, Israeli
Vice Prime Minister. The panel included
Dr. Marcos Aguinis, writer and TAU
honorary doctor.
Receptions were given by Enrique
and Vivian Manhard and TAU
Governors Miriam and Adolfo Smolarz
and Albert and Elba Cuenca.
Montreal
Prof. Asher Susser, Director of
TAU’s Moshe Dayan Center for Middle
Eastern Studies, spoke to the young
Montreal leadership at an event organized by the Montreal Chapter of the
Canadian Friends. He was also guest of
honor at a reception for friends and donors hosted by TAU Honorary Doctor
Marcel Adams, member of TAU’s Board
of Governors.
france
The students together with
François Heilbronn, Vice
President of the French
Friends.
With the support of Friends members François and Ariane Heilbronn, Woolf
and Helene Marmot, Odile and Michel Cohen, Dominique and Mylene Romano
and Lyne Gelrubin, the French Friends Association organized a trip to Paris for
seven TAU students of Ethiopian origin, who were hosted at the homes of Friends
members. The students met donors, journalists and senior executives of the L’Oréal
Group and attended a fundraising dinner hosted by the Romanos.
From left: Donald Seal, Tina Smart, Guy
Mannheim, Maxwell Smart, Judge Barbara
Seal, TAU Honorary Doctor and National
President of the Canadian Friends Association;
Sharon Azrieli and Paula Weitzman, Executive
Director of the Montreal Chapter.
Members and supporters of the
Canadian Friends were guests at an event
held at a new art gallery owned by Tina
and Maxwell Smart. Guest performer
was TAU arts graduate Guy Mannheim
joined by Montreal’s own Sharon Azrieli.
The concert was followed by a reception
hosted by Tina and Maxwell Smart and
catered by TAU graduate Yaphat Wang.
israel
The English Speaking Friends of
Tel Aviv University together with the
Buchmann Faculty of Law are offering a
seminar on public law, with a focus on
public policy and social issues, organized
by Dr. Neta Ziv. Faculty specialists will
give a series of introductory lectures on
the country’s legal system, and address
current issues in international, constitutional, administrative and local government law. Proceeds from these lectures
will benefit the university’s legal clinics,
which provide free legal assistance to
low-income individuals and groups.
Israel’s Permanent Representative
to the UN, Ambassador Dan Gillerman,
lectured on the status of Israel in the
world at the opening session of the
Ambassador Dan Gillerman
Business-Academic Club of the Israeli
Friends of TAU. The club, consisting of
representatives of Israel’s leading firms,
promotes synergy between the business
community and TAU. The president of
the Friends and TAU Executive Council
member Alfred Akirov welcomed the
200 guests and emphasized the importance of Israeli companies’ involvement
in advancing research and supporting
students at TAU.
The Business-Academic Club
also hosted Governor of the Bank of
Israel Prof. Stanley Fischer, as well as
the Deputy Governor Prof. Leonardo
Leiderman of TAU’s Eitan Berglas
School of Economics. Greetings were delivered by Mr. Arnon Tiberg, Chairman
of the club, and Dov Lautman,
Chairman of TAU’s Executive Council.
Within the framework of the
Friday Morning Lecture Series of the
English Speaking Friends the follow-
ing lectures were delivered: Dr. Martin
Sherman, Gordon Faculty of Social
Sciences – “Assessing Israel’s Strategic
Alternatives: What Would Sherlock
Holmes Have Said?”; Prof. Yoel
Rak, Sackler Faculty of Medicine – “
Investigation of Human Evolution: A
Personal Account”; Prof. Asher Susser,
Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for
Middle Eastern and African Studies –
“So What’s ‘New’ in the Middle East?”;
Prof. Daniel Chamovitz, Wise Faculty
of Life Sciences – “Genetic Engineering
and the Food We Eat”; and Dr. David
Kazzaz MD, Research Associate at the
Institute for the Study of Israel in the
Middle East, University of Denver
(Colorado), USA – “The Mother of the
Pound: A Story of the Jews of Baghdad.”
The following guest lecturers were hosted by the International
Forum: Alvaro de Soto, UN Special
Coordinator for the Middle East Process
– “The UN-Israel Relationship”; Jon
Allen, Ambassador of Canada – “The
Maple Leaf and the Magen David:
Strengthening the Ties That Bind”;
Noemi Baruch, Ambassador of Costa
Rica – “Latin America: A Changing
Continent”; Felistas V. Khayumbi,
Ambassador of Kenya – “Africa and
the Middle East”; and James Larsen,
Ambassador of Australia – “Australia
and the Middle East.”
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Pianist Yaron Kohlberg and soprano Daniella Lugassy, students at
TAU’s Buchmann-Mehta School of
Music, performed at the annual Scottish
Friends of Tel Aviv University’s supper and recital evening at the home
of Deidre and Stanley Bernard. The
evening was dedicated to the memory of
Neil and Lisa Morris, with several of the
Morris family present. Proceeds from
the event will support the university.
Yaron Kohlberg and Daniella
Lugassy also performed at a function
organized by the TAU Trust and held in
London at the home of TAU Governor
Nick Tarsh and his wife Helen.
Prof. Itamar Rabinovich (left) presents the
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke
switzerland
usa
Northeast Region
Former US Ambassador to the
UN Richard C. Holbrooke was guest
of honor at an event hosted by the TAU
American Council in New York. TAU
President Itamar Rabinovich presented
Ambassador
Holbrooke
with
the
university’s
George S. Wise Medal for
International Cooperation,
describing him as “a great
statesman and one of the
most successful diplomats
produced by the US.”
Prof. Rabinovich engaged
Ambassador Holbrooke in a
dialogue on affairs ranging
from the former Yugoslavia
(where Holbrooke served
certificate to as peace negotiator) to
Israel’s position vis-à-vis
the Arab world and the
Palestinians, to the implications of Iran’s
quest for power. Closing remarks were
given by Chairman of the TAU Board of
Governors Robert Goldberg.
guest speaker at a cocktail reception held
Prof. Menashri was also guest at
at the law firm Morrison and Foerster. a private dinner hosted by Jacqueline
He was hosted by Oz Benamram, a TAU Simkin and Mark Tanenbaum, members
alumnus and a partner at the firm.
of the TAU Board of Governors.
Dr. Neta Ziv of the Buchmann
Faculty of Law addressed the issues of
Western Region
economic justice and gender equality at
an event jointly sponsored by TAU and
Prof. Shmuel Einav, incumbent
Hadassah.
of TAU’s Herbert J. Berman Chair in
Vascular Bioengineering, was a guest
at two events organized by the TAU
Southeast Region
American Council where he gave presentations on “The Covenant between
Prof. David Menashri, Director Medicine and Engineering.” He was
of the Center for Iranian Studies at TAU hosted by Dr. Gary and Mrs. Lisa
and Dean of Special Programs was the Gershony and by Evelyn and Nathan
guest speaker at Florida International Krems.
University for the opening lecture series of the Ruth K. and Shepard Broad
The TAU American Council
Educational Series, sponsored by the hosted Prof. Hanoch Dagan, Dean of the
Shepard Broad Foundation, Inc. Prof. Buchmann Faculty of Law. He met with
Menashri spoke on “In the Aftermath of members of the community and members
the War in Lebanon: Is There a Middle of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, led by Mel
East?” The event was organized by the Levine, to whom he gave a short presentaTAU American Council.
tion on TAU’s Center for Advanced Legal
Prof. Asher Susser, Director of
Studies, the Young Faculty Recruitment
TAU’s Moshe Dayan Center for Middle
Chair in Law and the Cegla Clinical Legal
Eastern and African Studies, was the
Education Program.
Los Angeles community leader
Rita Spiegel hosted a briefing by Prof.
Asher Susser, Director of TAU’s Moshe
Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and
African Studies, at the Four Seasons
Hotel in Beverly Hills. Prof. Susser
spoke on the challenges for Israel in
Prof. David Menashri, Director
of the Center for Iranian Studies at TAU
and Dean of Special Programs, and Dr.
Meir Litvak, also of the center, were
guests at a reception hosted by Diane
and Guilford Glazer at the Four Seasons
Hotel in Beverly Hills. Prof. Menashri
discussed his reflections on the important issues presented by Iran and Islamic
radicalism to Israel and the West.
Anette E. Bollag-Rothschild
(pictured below) has been appointed
President of the Swiss Friends of Tel
Aviv University, replacing Dr. Andre
Kuy. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Ms.
Bollag received a law degree from the
University of Stockholm, and after
working in the legal department of a
Swedish insurance company, she became
a member of the board and underwriter
of a Scandanavian reinsurance company in London. She later relocated to
Zurich, where she has studied English
literature and philosophy and has been
involved in philanthropic work. She has
of TAUAC, and new TAU Friends at an a deep commitment to Israel and her inevent organized by Glenn Golenberg, terests include the arts and politics.
Vice Chairman of the International
Advisory Board of the Recanati School.
Prof. Benninga also addressed a group
of TAU alumni and other friends on
the topic, “The MBA in a Flat World:
Where Is Business Education Headed?”
Prof. Simon Benninga, Dean
of the Faculty of Management­—Leon
Recanati Graduate School of Business
Management, met with Jona Goldrich,
former Chairman of the Western Region
Rita Spiegel and Prof. Asher Susser
light of the recent war in Lebanon to an
audience of Western Region members
and leaders, including County of Los
Angeles Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and
his wife Barbara, and California State
Assembly member Michael Feuer.
From left: Dr. Meir
Litvak, Guilford
and Diane Glazer,
and Prof. David
Menashri
roundup
The Anda and Henri Zimand Film
Archive was inaugurated at TAU’s
Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the
Arts by Henri Zimand. The donation
commemorates the special relationship
of Henri Zimand and his late wife Anda,
who died of breast cancer at the age of
49. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony,
TAU Vice President Yehiel Ben-Zvi said,
"Henri and Anda's was a perfect union,
one of mutual admiration, warmth and
love. Henri is a citizen of the world and
a man who gives of himself generously
to society and community." Housed in
the Mexico Building of the Katz Faculty
of the Arts, the archive is a key resource
for the study and research of film in
Israel comprising over 15,000 titles in
fiction, documentary, animation, experi-
Benjamin Zucker
and Margot
Mindick Zucker
(right) with scholarship recipient
mental and student genres. The archive
plays a central role in the activities of
students at the Department of Film and
Television.
Vivien Zimmet
and Dean of
Medicine Prof.
Yoseph Mekori
All in the Family
Yehiel Ben-Zvi (left) and Henri Zimand
Members of the extended Gutwirth family attended scholarship awarding ceremonies on campus honoring their relatives. Marguerite Stolz Research Fellowships
for Junior Faculty in Medicine and Health Professions were conferred by Mrs. Stolz's son Dr. Andrew Stolz of Los Angeles, Trustee of the Aaron Gutwirth Fund;
Lottie and Charles Zucker Scholarships were awarded by Benjamin Zucker and Margot Mindick Zucker of New York in honor of their parents; the Bernice Schaffer
Bessin Poetry Prize was presented to Ron Ben Tovim by Barbara Zucker in honor of her mother; and Hendrik and Irene Gutwirth Scholarships in Diabetes Mellitus
Research for medical students were awarded by Vivien Zimmet of Melbourne, Australia, in memory of her parents.
Heather Sarkin of the United States (pictured right) presented scholarships to
deaf and hearing impaired students at the university. The scholarships were awarded from two funds established by Sarkin to honor her parents and grandchildren
respectively: the Dave and Julia Busansky Scholarship Fund and the Lee and
Ben Gvili Fund. The students receive assistance and tutoring through the Student
Welfare Unit of the Ruth and Allen Ziegler Student Services Division.
AVBA Laboratory
Dedicated
The AVBA Student Laboratory for
E-Beam Lithography was dedicated
at TAU’s Center for Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology by AVBA High Tech
Services, a company that provides
engineering services and equipment
to the semiconductor industry. The
laboratory, which contains a scanning
electron microscope operated by an
electron beam, is used to characterize and produce nanometric devices
(1 nanometer = one-millionth of a
millimeter) and enables students to
acquire skills for microelectronics and
nanotechnology applications.
The donation was initiated by Avi
Farber, Vice President of Technology
at AVBA and a TAU alumnus,
who has served as advisor to other
projects at TAU’s Fleischman Faculty
of Engineering. AVBA has previously donated equipment to TAU’s
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Center.
Participating in the ceremony were
Victor Orland, CEO of AVBA, and
Farber.
TAU governor Mark Tanenbaum
of Miami, Florida, is pictured here
with the dedication certificate for a
course in jazz improvisation he established at TAU's Buchmann-Mehta
School of Music. Tanenbaum, who is a
TAU alumnus in Middle Eastern politics, serves on the Board of Directors
of TAU's Moshe Dayan Center for
Middle Eastern and African Studies
and the Board of Directors of the
TAU American Council.
Vice
Provost
of
New
York
University (NYU)
Yaw Nyarko visited
TAU as the head of
a delegation from
NYU. They were
hosted by Prof.
Itamar Rabinovich, TAU President,
and they met with senior researchers
from a wide spectrum of departments
and laboratories across the campus.
Erratum: The Max Perlman Award
for Excellence in Global Business
Management was not awarded in the
year 2006 as was published in the Fall
2006 issue. Insider regrets the error.
profile Josef Buchmann
A deep belief in
education, the
arts, and the State
of Israel drives
Dr. (h.c.) Josef
Buchmann, Vice
Chairman of the
Board of Governors
Josef and Bareket Buchmann
When Josef Buchmann decided to link Supporting research
Surviving the Holocaust
his name and that of renowned maestro and scholarship
Josef Buchmann was born in Lodz,
Zubin Mehta with musical education at
Buchmann’s involvement with TAU Poland, the fourth child of Eliezer and
TAU, it represented the latest in a string began in 1983, when he endowed the Josef Haya Sara Buchmann. Most of his famof generous, visionary and influential do- Buchmann Doctoral Fellowship Fund at ily was killed by the Nazis, but he surnations to the University.
TAU and the Johann Wolfgang Goethe vived the concentration camps and was
The Buchmann-Mehta School of University in Frankfurt, Germany. liberated from Bergen-Belsen in 1945 at
Music, which he founded in 2004, is Behind the project was a goal close to the age of 15.
now Israel’s leadToday, Buchmann is a
ing institution in
successful businessman in
“I am very honored to take part in teaching at the
the field, due in
Germany. He has made it
music school of Tel Aviv University. I never thought
part to its landhis life’s work to give to
mark partnership
there would be a home of musical learning in Israel
others in areas that he
with the Israel
that I would be so involved in, with all my heart.”
missed out on as a child,
Philharmonic
and has been a generMaestro Zubin Mehta
Orchestra (IPO).
ous supporter of numerJosef Buchmann
ous educational, welfare,
is a longstanding
cultural, historical and
Buchmann’s heart: to promote deeper
benefactor of the IPO and a close friend mutual understanding between Jews and religious organizations in Frankfurt and
of Zubin Mehta, the IPO musical direc- non-Jews, Israelis and Germans. To date, Israel for decades. For his exceptional
tor. The school is preparing new gen- the Fund has supported 140 doctoral contributions to the University and Israel,
erations of exceptional young musicians candidates from the two institutions.
Josef Buchmann was awarded a TAU
– orchestral performers, conductors and
Another of his prominent contribu- honorary doctorate in 2002. Among his
others – for professional careers and en- tions is the TAU Buchmann Faculty many other awards and accolades, he
suring the future of Israel’s orchestras.
of Law, dedicated in 1994 in remem- has been recognized by President Ezer
Since the school’s creation, over 50 brance of his parents, Eliezer and Haya Weizman in the framework of Israel’s
students have performed with the IPO, Sara Buchmann, who perished in the 50th anniversary celebrations, and by
and 40 of the world’s leading musicians Holocaust. The Buchmann Faculty is Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Ariel
have visited to give master classes. In the Israel’s most prestigious and influential Sharon for his contributions to the State
summer of 2006 alone, seven students of law school, internationally recognized of Israel. Tel Aviv University is proud to
the school won prizes in prestigious inter- for its high quality research, clinical call him a friend.
national competitions, while the school’s training and broad social outreach. The
Symphony Orchestra performed in some Faculty’s impact on national and interof Europe’s most prestigious venues, in- national legal scholarship is substantial:
cluding the Konzerthaus in Berlin, and faculty members publish in the world’s
The Buchmann-Mehta School of
received glowing reviews.
leading law reviews and are cited in law Music Symphony Orchestra and the
The music school ties in seamlessly courts around the world, while they
with Mr. Buchmann’s other major initia- and alumni hold some of the high- Israel Philharmonic Orchestra held
tives at the University, all of which follow est advisory and leadership positions the third annual gala concert in the
his desire “to invest not in mortar and in Israel. The Faculty’s Prof. Daniel Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, conducted by Zubin Mehta, the school’s
stones alone, but in people.”
Friedmann today serves as Israel’s Justice honorary president.
Minister, and former dean Prof. Ariel
Porat was a Buchmann Doctoral Fellow.
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