Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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
Shaul 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
Aharon Barak, Law
Yehuda Bauer, Holocaust Studies
Malachi Beit-Arie, Palaeography
Zeev Ben-Hayyim, 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
Abraham Grossman, Jewish Studies
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 Wilner, 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 Fleisher, Hebrew Literature
David Flusser, Religious Studies
Abraham Fraenkel, Mathematics
Tedeschi Gaido, 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
Schneior 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
Haim Pekeris, Applied Mathematics
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Mathematics
Yehuda Picard, Geology
Shlomo Pines, Philosophy
Amir Pnueli, Applied mathematics
Hans Jakob Polotsky, Linguistics
Joshua Prawer, History
Gulio Racah, Physics
Markus Reiner, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (deceased 1976)
Haiim B. Rosén, Linguistics
Nathan Rosen, Physics
Nathan Rosenstreich, 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 Werthheimer, 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
"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
1961 establishments in Israel
Organizations established in 1961
Jewish Israeli culture
Education in Jerusalem
Organizations based in Jerusalem
National academies of sciences
National academies of arts and humanities
Israel
Scientific organizations established in 1961
Members of the International Council for Science
Members of the International Science Council