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  Haifa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
One of the many jewels of Israel is the city of Haifa, a clean and green city that stretches from the shores of the Mediterranean up the slope of Mt. Carmel and is topped off by the high-rise University of Haifa.
Haifa is the third largest city in Israel, with a population of approximately 250,000, and perhaps its most progressive.
Haifa is a blue-collar town -- it is the place where the Histadrut was founded in 1920 -- that also has a reputation for having a more pluralist approach to Judaism.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vie/viehaifa.html   (1162 words)

  
 University of Haifa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel.
Beyond the objective of a first-rate higher education, the University of Haifa aims to provide equal educational opportunities to all sectors of the society, and in particular to encourage mutual understanding and cooperation between the Jewish and Arab populations on and off campus.
The University of Haifa was founded in 1963 by the mayor of the city of Haifa Abba Hushi, under the academic auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_Haifa   (471 words)

  
 University of Haifa - Definition, explanation
The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel.
Beyond the objective of a first-rate higher education, the University of Haifa aims to provide equal educational opportunities to all sectors of the society, and in particular to encourage mutual understanding and cooperation between the Jewish and Arab populations on and off campus.
The University of Haifa is home to a vibrant archeology and art museum: the Hecht museum, several very active research centers and institutions, such as the Evolution Institute, Center for the Study of the Information Society, Center for the Study of National Security, Tourism Research Center, and more.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/u/un/university_of_haifa.php   (373 words)

  
 Is There 'A Different Israel'?
Her stress on the Arab-Jewish nature of the campus is particularly annoying, as Haifa University has been singled out in the past two years for its harsh and oppressive treatment of Arab students.
Haifa University nowadays is an institution that tried to expel me in May because of my claims that Israel committed an ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in the 1948 war--a claim that contradicts the Zionist narrative of that year.
The university has reacted with great patience to his curious and unethical behavior as the issue of academic freedom and freedom of speech is of great concern to us.
www.thenation.com /doc/20020930/letter   (1660 words)

  
 Haifa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haifa is first mentioned in Talmudic literature around the 3rd century CE, as a small town near Shikmona, the main Jewish town in the area at that time and a center for making the traditional techelet dye used for Jewish Priests temple cloth, the Techelet thread.
Haifa is now the home of a large Jewish population and a small Arab population (about 10%), as well as some members of the Bahai community who come and worship at their shrine located in Haifa.
Haifa was a primary initial target of Hezbollah rockets fired from Lebanon during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haifa   (1735 words)

  
 OpinionJournal - Extra
On the basis of this ruling, the University of Haifa decided to reverse the impressive "97" grade already awarded to the thesis, and, in a mood of appeasement, asked Mr.
He was, indeed, challenged by a colleague to an internal university disciplinary hearing, not for his connection to the Katz affair but for his enduring efforts to sabotage the institution for which he worked.
No one in the AUT has acknowledged the plain fact that Haifa University's classrooms, dozens of its approved and published theses, and long shelves in its library, display a broad array of historical and sociological research of modern Israel--work that is often as critical as Mr.
www.opinionjournal.com /extra/?id=110006664   (1525 words)

  
 Why Haifa University Cancelled My Conference
Pappe is professor of political science at Haifa University and academic head of the Institute for Peace Research, Givat Haviva.
In the corridor stood the chief of security forces in the university and ten of his henchmen, all armed with pistols and walki-talkies.
The university spokesperson responded: the conference was not up to academic standards of Haifa university (indeed it was not).
hnn.us /articles/1482.html   (1372 words)

  
 Haifa University Legal Representation in RE the AUT Boycott of Israeli Universities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Indeed the university, the resolution insists, persecutes those of its members who dare to dissent from those policies even when their dissent is founded in unimpeachable research.
The university thereupon established an academic committee of enquiry composed of faculty members unconnected with the preparation of the thesis.
The University of Haifa is committed to the principles of equality, due process and freedom of expression.
www.zionismontheweb.org /AUT/haifalegal.htm   (1253 words)

  
 austin indymedia: SUPRESSION OF ARAB STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA
university informing her that she was banned from entering the campus.
university authorities, the students met at a location on campus and walked to its gate.
university of Haifa authorities to clamp down on the political activity of its Arab students.
austin.indymedia.org /newswire/display/9022/index.php   (1261 words)

  
 Haifa travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Haifa [1] is the third largest city in Israel, with a population close to 300,000.
Haifa is well connected to Tel Aviv, Akko (Acre), Beer Sheva and the Ben Gurion International Airport by a train line.
University - located at the top of Carmel, the campus was originally designed by the architect of Brasilia and UN building in New York, Oscar Niemeyer.
wikitravel.org /en/Haifa   (1517 words)

  
 All About Jewish Theatre - University of Haifa Set to Dedicate Modern Arts Center
The edifice is the new University of Haifa $12 million arts center building, to be dedicated as the Dr. Hecht Arts Center on January 26.
Ati Citron, chairman of the University's Dept. of Theater, one of three departments occupying the building, described the structure almost in awe.
The University also hoped to expand the various fields taught in the new center, he continued, naming cinema and design as examples.
www.jewish-theatre.com /visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=1696   (577 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The University of Haifa (Hebrew: אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel.
About 16,500 undergraduate and graduate students study in the university a wide variety of topics, specializing in social sciences, humanities, law and education.
The University moved to Merkaz Hakarmel, and was housed in the building that now serves the Fifth Municipal High School.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Haifa_University   (442 words)

  
 Haifa 30th Anniversary Celebration Expo | Anniversary Event
On May 25 - 28, the IBM Haifa Labs celebrated 30 years of hi-tech leadership and officially inaugurated their new building on the University of Haifa campus.
The festivities were launched Saturday night, May 25, in a joint dinner with the University of Haifa Board of Governors, which by coincidence also marked the opening of its 30th meeting.
Members of the University of Haifa's Board of Governors joined the Lab for an American-style Bar-B-Q lunch in the courtyard, followed by Prof.
www.haifa.il.ibm.com /events/anniversary/anniversary.html   (743 words)

  
 IBM Research | IBM Haifa Labs | Haifa Facility Visitor Information
See this Haifa University map of the city for general driving instructions.
There are a number of Optional Scenic Route, for reaching the Haifa facility on the University of Haifa campus.
The Haifa facility is located at the edge of the University of Haifa campus, to the left of the Eshkol Tower on the campus map.
www.haifa.il.ibm.com /haifa_info.html   (1093 words)

  
 American Society of The University of Haifa: Events Archive
Professor Ami Pedahzur of the University of Haifa (on sabbatical this year and recently completed a year of teaching at the University of Texas in Austin as a Donald D. Harrington Fellow) lectured at Congregation Beth Shalom in The Woodlands.
The symposium was held at the new Hillel building on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
The concert was dedicated to the memory of the 17 Israelis killed in a terrorist attack in Haifa on March 5, 2003.
www.asuh.org /events_archive.html   (927 words)

  
 University of Haifa – Faculty of Law
According to this law, the cumulative prerequisites for obtaining a permit for practicing law are: completion of legal studies in one of the law faculties of the four universities in Israel; legal training supervised by a lawyer or a judge for one year; and passing the Israel Bar, both oral and written examinations.
This is largely due to the fact that Haifa is a city where Arabs and Jews have peacefully co-existed for decades and also because minority students feel “at home” in the Faculty.
The Faculty of Law at the University of Haifa was a pioneer in decreasing the number of mandatory courses while increasing, at the same time, the number of electives offered.
www.aals.org /2000international/english/israel.htm   (2184 words)

  
 Letter, Claiborne Clark to Leaders of the University of Haifa
Pappe has also criticized the University's academic disqualification of a grad student (Katz) whose thesis research reported findings concerning the massacre of Palestinians committed by Israeli forces at Tantura, a suburb of Haifa.
As academics, though, I urge you to separate your politics from your university administration, for the sake of professionalism.
Your careers, your university's reputation, and the state of Israel will be better served, in the long run, for your having done so.
www.peace-with-justice.org /letters/020514cc.html   (827 words)

  
 LS-741: "ISRAEL'S ECONOMY IN THE INFORMATION AGE"
TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY STUART E. EIZENSTAT
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As a university whose student body is close to 20 percent Arab, it also serves as a symbol of diversity and cooperation to the rest of the country-a mission the University takes seriously by pioneering such institutions as its Jewish-Arab Center.
At the turn of the century, Haifa was dubbed the "city of the future"- the main Mediterranean station for the Hijaz Railway was inaugurated here; a modern pier opened here; large cargoes began to be unloaded here; and warehouses and large shops were built here.
Nearly a hundred years later, Haifa remains a "city of the future." For just as Haifa led Israel's industrial revolution, so too is it today leading its Information Revolution, as home to a growing high-tech industry.
www.ustreas.gov /press/releases/ls741.htm   (4802 words)

  
 Newswise
The small boat, which was well preserved and found with much of its contents intact, was involved in local commerce and sailed along the Lavant coast between the ports on the Mediterranean Sea.
Newswise — An 8th century shipwreck was discovered off Dor Beach and excavated by researchers from the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies of the University of Haifa.
The wreck itself was found almost a decade ago during a joint survey of the area conducted by an expedition of the Institute for Maritime Archaeology from the University of Texas A and M and the Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies at the University of Haifa.
www.newswise.com /articles/view/526733   (408 words)

  
 The Society for Historical Archaeology | Higher Education, University of Haifa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Individuals from abroad who do not know Hebrew may apply for admission; however, during their first year they will be expected to enroll in the university's accelerated Hebrew course and take directed reading courses with members of the faculty in order to join the regular program during their second year.
The department has a research arm, the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies at the University of Haifa, through which research is conducted.
Ongoing research projects at the institute include: Caesarea land and sea excavations; the Tel Nami land and sea regional project; the Tel Akko project; study of the Jewish contribution to seafaring throughout history; Islamic maritime law and trade; and various studies focusing on marine resources, geology, and geomorphology.
www.sha.org /futures/higher/haifa.htm   (520 words)

  
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University of Haifa gives honorary degree to Czech president - Israel News, Ynetnews
University of Haifa gives honorary degree to Czech president
Vaclav Havel, former prime minister of the Czech Republic, received an honorary degree in philosophy from the University of Haifa.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3253548,00.html   (93 words)

  
 Newswise
The results of a new University of Haifa study found a connection between artificial lighting and breast cancer.
Newswise — The results of a new University of Haifa study found a connection between artificial lighting and breast cancer.
The University of Haifa researcher doesn't suggest we walk around only with candles at night.
www.newswise.com /articles/view/521734   (364 words)

  
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ISSN: 0792-9803 Copyright 1996 by the Department of Theatre, University of Haifa JTD, Journal of Theatre and Drama, is published annually by Haifa University Press.
It will be published annually (on the month of November) by the Department of Theatre of the University of Haifa (which he initiated as well).
JTD takes as its premise that the vocabulary of text and performance may be developed and enhanced by the scrutiny of theatrical analysis; likewise, that theatrical analysis needs to expand its discourse to include the expressive, gestural and dynamic language which governs the principles of live performance.
research.haifa.ac.il /~theatre/jtd.html   (440 words)

  
 Middle East, Search by Continent, Programs, Study Abroad, Northwestern University
No Northwestern University students should begin participation in a program or go on a sponsored trip to any country for which the U. Department of State has posted a "Travel Warning." Currently, a warning is posted for Israel.
University of Haifa - Department of Overseas Studies
Special note from Northwestern University regarding study abroad in Israel: In view of the current political situation in Israel and the longstanding U.S. Government warning to U.S. citizens to defer travel to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Northwestern University strongly discourages students from studying abroad there at this time.
www.northwestern.edu /studyabroad/programs/region/middle-east/haifa.html   (333 words)

  
 globeandmail.com : globeinvestor.com : The University of Haifa to confer honourary degrees on Elizabeth and Tony Comper
globeandmail.com : globeinvestor.com : The University of Haifa to confer honourary degrees on Elizabeth and Tony Comper
The University of Haifa to confer honourary degrees on Elizabeth and Tony Comper
Aaron Ben-Ze'ev Vice President of the University of Haifa Prof.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/story/CNW.20061117.C4499/GIStory   (499 words)

  
 Marquette University | About | News
Lorand obtained a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and Hebrew literature and language in 1972 from the University of Haifa.
She received a master’s of philosophy in 1978 from the University of Haifa, and earned her doctorate degree in philosophy in 1986 from Tel Aviv University.
Lorand has served as an external teacher, instructor and lecturer at the University of Haifa, and was the chair of the philosophy department from 1998 to 2003.
www.marquette.edu /about/news/stories/lorand082905.shtml   (338 words)

  
 IBM Research | IBM Haifa Labs | Haifa Facility Visitor Information
The airport is 12 miles (20 km) southeast of Tel Aviv, 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Jerusalem, and 55 miles (95 km) south of Haifa.
To find out more about the buses that serve the University of Haifa campus, go to the main Egged Web site.
Ties at IBM Haifa Labs would be rather unusual, and jeans and T-shirts are common.
www.haifa.ibm.com /haifa_info.html#accomm   (1093 words)

  
 Israel And China Working To Provide Care To Elderly - Good News - Israel News - Arutz Sheva
Following a signed agreement between Beijing's Tsinghua University and the University of Haifa, a cadre of Chinese physicians and nurses will come to Haifa to receive training at the Israeli university's Laboratory for Geriatrics and Gerontology.
The university won a tender to deal with the Chinese on the subject of Geriatric welfare, according to the University of Haifa's Focus Magazine, Summer, 2004 Edition.
Haifa's professors have worldwide reputations in the field of geriatrics, including Dr. Jacob Gindin, who was instrumental in leading the agreement between the two countries.
www.israelnationalnews.com /News/News.aspx/70717   (361 words)

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