Jews and Words

By Fania Oz-Salzberger (Faculty of Law) and Amos Oz

Published by Yale University Press, November 2012

Why are words so important to so many Jews? Novelist Amos Oz and historian Fania Oz-Salzberger roam the gamut of Jewish history to explain the integral relationship of Jews and words. Through a blend of storytelling and scholarship, conversation and argument, father and daughter tell the tales behind Judaism’s most enduring names, adages, disputes, texts, and quips.

להמשך קריאהJews and Words

Winning Move

A one-of-a-kind initiative to establish a ‘Grandmaster Chess Research Project’ is taking shape at Israel’s University of Haifa in collaboration with vice world chess champion Grandmaster Boris Gelfand. The program is set to develop a novel academic approach to the skills and culture of chess-playing that can in turn contribute to social and scientific development.

להמשך קריאהWinning Move

Iranian Influence

Dr. Brenda Shaffer, a senior lecturer at the University of Haifa’s School of Political Sciences, and a world renowned expert in global energy politics, presented testimony before the U.S. Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs Oversight Hearing on “Iranian Influence in the South Caucasus and the Surrounding Region”.

להמשך קריאהIranian Influence

חוכמתה של יהודית להצלת העיר בתוליה-פרופ’ רנטה אגר-ונזל, אונ’ זלצבורג

הרצאת אורח ביה"ס להיסטוריהבין השעות 16:00-18:00באודיטוריום 146, הספריה

להמשך קריאהחוכמתה של יהודית להצלת העיר בתוליה-פרופ’ רנטה אגר-ונזל, אונ’ זלצבורג