Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, based in Jerusalem, was established in 1961 by the State of Israel to foster contact between Israeli scholars in the sciences and humanities and create a think tank for advising the government on research projects of national importance. Its members include many of Israel's most distinguished scholars. The offices of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities are located next door to the official residence of the President of Israel and the Council for Higher Education in Israel in Albert Einstein Square in Jerusalem. In the sciences, the Academy funds projects on the geology, flora, and fauna of Israel, and facilitates the participation of Israeli scientists in research at international projects, such as high-energy physics at CERN and synchrotron radiation at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility. Israel has the highest concentration of scientists and engineers in the world. The academy funds a number of prestigious awards in the sciences including the Alon Prize. In the humanities, research is funded into the study of the Tanakh and Talmud, Jewish history, Jewish philosophy, Jewish art, and the Hebrew language, as well as Hebrew prose and poetry. The Academy administers the Einstein Fellowships fund, which fosters relations between scientists from around the world and the Israeli academic community, the Israel Science Fund, with an annual budget of $53 million, and a number of research funds based on grants from the Adler Fund for Space Research, the Wolf Foundation, and the Fulks Fund for Medical Research. The Academy also runs the Israel Academic Center in Cairo, which assists Israeli scholars with research into Egypt and Egyptian culture, and facilitates cooperation with Egyptian academics. The Academy has observer status at the European Science Foundation, and runs exchange programs with the British Royal Society, the British Academy, the Swedish Academy, and the National Research Council of Singapore.
Members
Present (partial)
Shraga Abramson, Talmud Saul Adler, Parasitology Shmuel Agmon, Mathematics Yakir Aharonov, Physics Shlomo Alexander, Physics Noga Alon, Mathematics Ruth Arnon, Immunology Shlomo Avineri, Political science Robert Aumann, Mathematics, Nobel Prize (2005) in Economics David Ayalon, History of Muslim People Meir Bar-Asher, Islamic Studies Aharon Barak, Law Yehuda Bauer, Holocaust Studies Malachi Beit-Arie, Palaeography Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Hebrew Studies Joseph Bernstein, Mathematics Yehudith Birk, Agricultural Biochemistry Joshua Blau, Arabic Language and Literature Haim (Howard) Cedar, Biochemistry, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics Ilan Chet, Agricultural Biotechnology Aaron Ciechanover, Biochemistry, Nobel Prize (2004) in Chemistry Nili Cohen, Law Solly Cohen, Experimental Physics Yadin Dudai, Neurobiology Itzhak Englard, Law Michael Feldman, Molecular Cell Biology Margalit Finkelberg, Classical Philology Israel Finkelstein, Archaeology Yohanan Friedmann, Islamic Studies Daniel Friedmann, Law Mordechai Akiva Friedman, Talmud Dov Frohman, Applied physics Hillel Furstenberg, Mathematics Gideaon Goldenberg, Linguistics and Semitic Languages Amiram Grinvald, Neurobiology Yoram Groner, Molecular biology Avraham Grossman, Jewish Studies Ruth HaCohen, Musicology Don Handelman, Anthropology, Sociology Menahem Haran, Bible Haim Harari, Natural sciences David Harel, Natural Sciences Ehud Hrushovski, Mathematics Elhanan Helpman, Economics Avram Hershko, Biochemistry, medicine, Nobel Prize (2005) in Chemistry Yoseph Imry, Physics Benjamin Isaac, History Joshua Jortner, Chemistry Yosef Kaplan, Jewish Studies, History Benjamin Kedar, History Eitan Kohlberg, Asian and African Studies Asher Koriat, Psychology Raphael Levine, Chemistry Alexander Levitzki, Biological chemistry Alexander Lubotzky, Mathematics Raphael Mechoulam, Chemistry David Milstein, Chemistry David Navon, Psychology Ruth Nevo, English Literature Abraham Nitzan, Chemistry Ariel Porat, Law Michael O. Rabin, Mathematics Ariel Rubinstein, Economics Leo Sachs, Biology Michael Sela, Immunology Uri Seligson, Hematology Shaul Shaked, Iranian Studies, Religious Studies Adi Shamir, Applied mathematics Dan Shechtman, Materials Engineering Saharon Shelah, Mathematics Uri Sivan, Yechezkel Stein, Medicine Izchak Steinberg, Physical Chemistry Zehev Tadmor, Chemical Engineering polymers Igal Talmi, Particle Physics Daniel Weihs, Meir Wilchek, Biophysics Itamar Willner, Chemistry Menahem Yaari, Economy Ada Yonath, Structural Biology, Nobel Prize (2009) in Chemistry
Past (partial) Hanoch Albeck, Talmud Shimshon Amitsur, Mathematics David Asheri, Classical Studies Haim Beinart, Jewish Studies Jacob Bekenstein, Physics Zvi Ben-Avraham, Geophysics Michael Confino, Russian and Eastern-European History Hillel Daleski, English Literature Amos de-Shalit, Physics Ben-Zion Dinur, Jewish Studies Israel Dostrovsky, Physical Chemistry Aryeh Dvoretzky, Mathematics Shmuel Eisenstadt, Sociology Ezra Fleischer, Hebrew Literature David Flusser, Religious Studies Abraham Fraenkel, Mathematics Gad Tedeschi, Civil Justice David Ginsburg, Chemistry Jonas Greenfield, Linguistics and Semitic Languages Louis Guttman, Sociology Georg Haas, Zoology Aaron Katzir, Physical Chemistry Ephraim Katzir, Biophysics Yehezkel Kaufman, Bible Abraham Kogan, Aeronautics Dorothea Krook-Gilead, American Literature, English Literature Jacob Licht, Bible Saul Lieberman, Talmud Shneior Lifson, Physical Chemistry Yoram Lindenstrauss, Mathematics Hans Lindner, Physiology Zvi Lipkin, Physics Benjamin Mazar, Archeology, Jewish Studies Isaac Michaelson, Ophthalmology Shlomo Morag, Hebrew Language Yosef Naveh, Epigraphy, Palaeography Yuval Ne'eman, Astrophysics, physics Henry Neufeld, Cardiology Franz Ollendorff, Electronics, Electrical Research Don Patinkin, Economics Chaim L. Pekeris, Applied Mathematics Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Mathematics Leo Picard, Geology Shlomo Pines, Philosophy Amir Pnueli, Applied mathematics Hans Jakob Polotsky, Linguistics Joshua Prawer, History Giulio Racah, Physics Markus Reiner, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (deceased 1976) Haiim B. Rosén, Linguistics Nathan Rosen, Physics Nathan Rotenstreich, Philosophy Dov Sadan, Yiddish Language and Literature Jefim Schirmann, Hebrew Literature Gershon Scholem, Jewish Mysticism Moshe Segal, Bible Gershon Shaked, Hebrew Literature Nathan Sharon, Molecular Biology Ariel Shisha-Halevy, Linguistics Chone Shmeruk, Yiddish Literature Shmuel Shtrikman, Applied Physics Menahem Stern, Jewish Studies Hayim Tadmor, Assyriology, History of the Ancient Near East Jacob Talmon, Modern History Yoram Tsafrir, Archeology Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai, Hebrew Language Efraim Urbach, Talmud Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Pathologic Physiology Chaim Wirzubski, Classical Studies Israel Yeivin, Hebrew Language Moshe Zakai, Electrical Engineering Jacob Ziv, Electrical Engineering Michael Zohary, Natural Sciences Botany Bernhard Zondek, Natural Sciences Obstetrics
References
External links Media related to Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities at Wikimedia Commons
Official website "Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities" Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 24, 1999 "About the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities" International Stem Cell Forum, retrieved August 16, 2005