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The Interdisciplinary Center (<strong>IDC</strong>) <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

strives to train the state of Israel's future<br />

leaders both professionally and socially at the<br />

highest possible level.<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> Campus<br />

Invitation to a unique academic experience<br />

As an educational institution wich places<br />

great emphasis on the avlues of liberty an<br />

social responsibility, initative and excellence,<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> encourages studants to take on<br />

a broad range of activity in addition to their<br />

studies.


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Artistic Activities<br />

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Activities of the Raphael Recanati International School<br />

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Programs for Outstanding <strong>Student</strong>s<br />

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<strong>Student</strong>s Exchange Programs<br />

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Research Institutions<br />

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<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> Departments and Officials<br />

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<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> Magazine<br />

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The Interdisciplinary<br />

Center (<strong>IDC</strong>)<br />

<strong>Herzliya</strong>


Dear students,<br />

Welcome to the Interdisciplinary Center (<strong>IDC</strong>) <strong>Herzliya</strong>.<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> is in the midst of its second decade of activity. Our path has not<br />

been an easy one – we led an academic revolution in Israel. In doing so, we<br />

did not seek government funding so that we would not be bound by the<br />

limitations imposed by “national planning” and be able to act freely on behalf<br />

of our students. At the same time, we created a non-profit organization that<br />

contributes to the public welfare. Over the years we have encountered<br />

hostility from the establishment more than once due to our innovative<br />

approach and our departure from accepted norms. Our motto of liberty and<br />

responsibility highlights our belief in the importance of taking responsibility<br />

for one’s own personal advancement, as well as for the weak and for society<br />

as a whole.<br />

The leadership demonstrated by our students is the reward for our efforts.<br />

Dozens of students’ initiatives have become <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> treasures: the<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> Entrepreneurship Club; Kol Kore (A Voice is Calling); the <strong>IDC</strong><br />

Berman-Lippa Family Foundation Debating Club; the sports teams; the<br />

community service activities, the Ensamble project; in <strong>Herzliya</strong>’s Yad<br />

Hatisha neighborhood; the Community Legal Assistance Program; the <strong>IDC</strong><br />

Kav Hatohar; the Keren Or project; the students’ newspaper; the performing<br />

arts troupes; and more. The <strong>Student</strong> Union has been a training ground for<br />

excellent leadership; as an apolitical organization it has contributed greatly<br />

in recent years both in the area of mutual assistance and by improving<br />

various aspects of campus life in cooperation with the <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

administration. Another initiative that demonstrates the spirit of <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

is the summer camp our psychology students organized in the Galilee for<br />

children from the area within firing range of the Gaza Strip, including<br />

volunteering to serve as counselors and obtaining all the resources needed.<br />

That same spirit of contribution and initiative is alive and well today among<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>’s thousands of alumni. The student body hails from all parts of<br />

Israel as well as from 60 countries around the globe and includes many<br />

alumni of elite Israeli security units, members of the Israeli-Ethiopian<br />

community, social activists from developing towns and underprivileged<br />

areas, youths from abroad and many other sectors.<br />

As the following pages demonstrate, in addition to the educational activities<br />

offered by <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>’s excellent schools, you can enjoy many programs<br />

designed for your enrichment and pleasure, which at the same time aim to<br />

benefit society.<br />

I wish you a successful and enjoyable academic year.<br />

Yours,<br />

Prof. Uriel Reichman<br />

President<br />

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Dear students,<br />

You are now a part of the <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> family. During your studies here, you<br />

will meet people from all strata of society, people who are endowed with<br />

leadership ability and who demonstrate personal excellence and an<br />

abundance of consideration as part of their worldview.<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> students are called on to demonstrate national responsibility<br />

and social involvement that begins, first and foremost, with helping the<br />

other. Therefore, alongside academic studies of the highest level, we<br />

present you with a variety of opportunities, as detailed in this brochure, to<br />

become involved in different community service projects, both within our<br />

vibrant, active campus and beyond it, that will enrich your student<br />

experience.<br />

Since its establishment, <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> has been characterized by an<br />

approach that relates to you, our students, as partners who are at the heart<br />

of our academic activities. We place a special emphasis on providing you<br />

with personal attention from faculty members and on maintaining a direct<br />

relationship with you and your representatives from the <strong>Student</strong> Union. Your<br />

satisfaction is important to us and we will do everything we can to provide<br />

you with the best services possible.<br />

Our efforts are focused on preparing you for the professional and social<br />

challenges that await you in the future. The tools that you will acquire during<br />

your studies will play a significant role in shaping your character and will<br />

serve you well on your journey through life.<br />

I wish you all a productive and successful academic year.<br />

Sincerely,<br />

Dr. Ayelet Ben-Ezer<br />

Vice President for <strong>Student</strong> Affairs<br />

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<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

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Campus Life<br />

As an educational institution which emphasizes the values of freedom of<br />

action and taking responsibility for the community, as well as initiative and<br />

excellence, <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> encourages students to be active in a wide range<br />

of areas in addition to their studies, and offers a variety of community<br />

service projects for students to participate in. It is our belief that promoting<br />

assistance to others and personal involvement in the community<br />

will lead our students to make community service and contributing to<br />

society part of their lives in the future. In addition, and similarly to most<br />

leading universities around the world, <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> offers a variety of<br />

social activities to enrich student life, always striving to focus on the<br />

wellbeing of the individual student.<br />

Community<br />

Service Projects<br />

*Activities for which students earn academic credit for an elective course.<br />

<strong>Student</strong>s who fulfill all of the requirements will earn a passing grade/a numerical grade.<br />

<strong>Student</strong>s Serving the Community*<br />

The project consists of four community service programs for students,<br />

including: teaching basic study skills and leading a variety of enrichment<br />

activities for preschool children from underprivileged neighborhoods in<br />

<strong>Herzliya</strong>, in order to help their transition into first grade successfully and<br />

thus help reduce socioeconomic gaps in Israel; tutoring middle-school and<br />

high-school pupils of limited financial means in <strong>Herzliya</strong> who are struggling<br />

academically in order to prepare them for the matriculation exams, which<br />

are the gateway to obtaining a higher education; and initiating, planning and<br />

implementing social activities for various target populations in <strong>Herzliya</strong>,<br />

particularly children, youth and senior citizens, as well as mentoring new<br />

drivers and their families in order to reduce traffic accidents.<br />

For additional information contact attorney Iris Illotovitch-segal at segali@idc.ac.il<br />

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Community<br />

Service Projects


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In this unique program, law students volunteer<br />

at the Neve Hadassah youth village in<br />

cooperation with the Massu’ah Institute for<br />

the Study of the Holocaust. The program<br />

provides law students with the opportunity<br />

to participate actively in preparations for<br />

a moot court on a legal issue related to the<br />

Holocaust and its implications today. The<br />

students will prepare groups of Neve Hadassah<br />

pupils for a moot court before a panel of<br />

judges at the <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> campus. Law<br />

students, Neve Hadassah pupils and senior<br />

lawyers will participate in the moot court.<br />

For additional information contact attorney Iris<br />

Illotovitch-segal at segali@idc.ac.il<br />

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Community<br />

Service Projects<br />

"Massu'ah"-<br />

A moot court on the Holocaust*<br />

"Halev Bamishpat"*<br />

This project brings together law students<br />

and individuals whose rights were violated in<br />

some way but who do not have the means to<br />

turn to a lawyer for assistance in defending<br />

their rights. The project operates in cooperation<br />

with the movement for the fight against<br />

poverty in Israel.<br />

For additional information contact Ben Gal at<br />

bgal.tech@gmail.com<br />

"Ensemble", <strong>Student</strong>s for Musical<br />

Education*<br />

This distinctive project provides talented pupils<br />

with free music lessons. As part of the project,<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> students who are knowledgeable<br />

about music provide weekly classes to<br />

individual pupils and to groups of pupils at<br />

the conservatory in <strong>Herzliya</strong>’s Yad Hatisha<br />

neighborhood.<br />

<strong>Student</strong>s interested in participating should<br />

email their resume, including their music<br />

education (instruments studied, years they<br />

studied, where they studied, etc.) to<br />

ensemble@idc.ac.il. Admissions tests for<br />

the program will take place during the first<br />

two weeks of the first semester. For<br />

additional information, contact Yehonathan<br />

Yanay at jon.yanay@gmail.com<br />

or tel. 050-6412618.<br />

"Ziv Ne'urim"*<br />

"Ziv Ne'urim" is a nonprofit organization<br />

established in 2000 by soldiers from Israel’s<br />

naval commando force in memory of their<br />

comrade in arms, Ziv Levy, who fell in the line<br />

of duty. The program’s goal is to improve the<br />

positive presence of youth both in the<br />

classroom and beyond by creating a<br />

supportive social environment and<br />

providing personalized guidance and<br />

challenging experiences, the majority of<br />

which involve the sea. For additional<br />

information, contact Gady Shemer at<br />

gady@zivneurim.org<br />

or see www.zivneurim.org


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"Chinuch L'psagot"*<br />

A nonprofit organization that focuses on education, nurtures pupils from underprivileged areas<br />

who demonstrate potential. It operates a comprehensive enrichment program that accompanies<br />

the pupils from second grade through the end of high school and prepares them for higher<br />

education. For additional information contact Rami Meklada at rami@college4all.org<br />

"Tzeva"*<br />

Is a nonprofit social and educational organization whose volunteers operate 35 enrichment<br />

centers all over Israel. The centers provide educational, social and emotional support to third<br />

grade to sixth grade pupils of limited financial means. <strong>Student</strong>s mentor the pupils by forging a<br />

strong personal relationship with them and helping them in the educational, social and<br />

emotional spheres. Activities are based on a combination of personal attention to each pupil and<br />

group activities in which the entire group provides support for each member. For information,<br />

contact the project’s coordinator, Liran Rubin at tel. 054-2232214, www.tzeva.org.il<br />

"Tsemach"*<br />

"Tsemach" is a movement founded by students in order to encourage dialogue on values<br />

between college students and high-school pupils in order to strengthen the pupils’ sense of<br />

identity in particular and identification with the values of Israeli society among Israeli citizens in<br />

general. The activities encourage the pupils to perform military service, national service or some<br />

other volunteer service. For additional information contact sendana4@gmail.com<br />

"Derech Ha'Galim"*<br />

"Derech Ha'Galim" is an educational and water sports center, that is located in <strong>Herzliya</strong>, which<br />

is dedicated to at-risk youth, with the goal of fulfilling their needs. One of the main objectives is<br />

to help the youths close the large gaps in their education that were developed over the years<br />

and help them succeed academically. <strong>Student</strong>s participate in the educational aspect of the<br />

program, helping eighth- and ninth-grade boys from various <strong>Herzliya</strong> schools to complete their<br />

homework and prepare for tests. For additional information contact Irit at tel. 052-3251793,<br />

etgar.n@gmail.com, or telefax. 077-3200496.<br />

Law <strong>Student</strong>s Serving the Community*<br />

In this project, volunteer work is accompanied by theoretical studies and discussions on<br />

the role of the lawyer and of the individual in society. <strong>Student</strong>s in the project will<br />

volunteer in courts and the executioner’s office, providing assistance to petitioners<br />

without legal representation, as well as teach law to eighth-grade pupils of limited means<br />

at the Neve Hadassah youth village on law. A district court judge will supervise the program.<br />

For additional information contact attorney Iris Illotovitch-segal at segali@idc.ac.il<br />

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Service Projects


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"Zohar"*<br />

The students in this project teach law to eighth-grade pupils at the Neve Hadassah youth village.<br />

The majority of the pupils are new immigrants whose families have limited financial means.<br />

Throughout the school year, the students teach the pupils legal concepts, Israeli law, values<br />

related to the significance of democratic society, what it means to be a society that respects the<br />

right of the other, and how each individual acquires rights and has responsibilities to society. All<br />

this is done while introducing pupils to the legal world and through the analysis of real cases. The<br />

activities create a special academic experience for the pupils, helping them forge a connection to<br />

the society in which they live and see the world from a different viewpoint. In addition, the pupils<br />

visit a district court and the Supreme Court. The project concludes with a moot court, which the<br />

pupils organize. For additional information contact the program’s director, attorney Iris<br />

Illotovitch-Segal at segali@idc.ac.il<br />

PUSH*<br />

Is a nonprofit organization that has been operating for six years. Its activities focus on recruiting<br />

educated, high-quality and highly motivated volunteers, who are willing to contribute to the<br />

community by tutoring - in all disciplines and at all levels (elementary, middle and high school) -<br />

youth from families whose limited financial means does not allow them to hire tutors. Most of the<br />

pupils who receive assistance from PUSH make impressive progress and form a significant bond<br />

with the volunteers who assist them. For additional information, contact Dvora Ben-Itzhak at<br />

dvora.benitzhak@gmail.com or tel. 054-4629968.<br />

"Young Entrepreneurs" Business Guidance Project<br />

Starting in their second year of studies, <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> students guide high-school pupils through<br />

the process of launching ventures and thus taking part in the process establishing a company.<br />

The activities are conducted as part of a distinctive nationwide program that <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

operates in conjunction with "Young Entrepreneurs", an organization that teaches business<br />

entrepreneurship to high-school pupils. Taking part in the program is good preparation for students<br />

interested in applying to the Zell Entrepreneurship Program, which is for outstanding <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

students. For additional information contact Shay Cohen, 052-8974451, www.yazamim.org.il<br />

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Service Projects


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"Derech Ha'etgar" Project*<br />

The program reaches out to at-risk youth. It<br />

attempts to reduce the gaps in their education<br />

and guides them towards academic success.<br />

Tutoring activities are conducted under the<br />

auspices of "Derech Ha'etgar" Center, which<br />

teaches extreme sports to at-risk youth.<br />

For additional information contact Ethan,<br />

052-3051877, etgar.n@gmail.com<br />

Volunteering in the Community<br />

<strong>Student</strong>s at the Raphael Recanati International<br />

School and the Lauder School of Government,<br />

Diplomacy and Strategy, volunteer during their<br />

studies in projects such as forest rehabilitation<br />

in northern Israel, shelters for animals, families<br />

with autistic children, collecting un-harvested<br />

agricultural produce for the needy and more.<br />

For additional information contact Ron glanz,<br />

09-9602794, rglanz@idc.ac.il<br />

"Bursting the Bubble"<br />

Bursting the Bubble is a project that <strong>IDC</strong><br />

<strong>Herzliya</strong> students initiated to raise awareness<br />

to the difficulties that residents of Sderot and<br />

the areas within firing range of Gaza face,<br />

while living under the ongoing threat of Qassam<br />

rocket attacks, and to help them. As part of<br />

the project, which is coordinated by student<br />

volunteers, students encourage and promote<br />

initiatives in which <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>’s different<br />

research institutes and schools cooperate<br />

with residents of Sderot and the western Negev<br />

efficiently and productively. The project’s initial<br />

activities included a three-day fair to raise<br />

awareness, that was held in April 2008. The<br />

fair’s impressive achievements included<br />

recruiting additional students to participate in<br />

the project. The project provides students<br />

with a platform to use the knowledge and<br />

skills they obtain in their studies at <strong>IDC</strong><br />

<strong>Herzliya</strong> to provide assistance that will truly<br />

fill the needs of western Negev residents, who<br />

have sustained physical and emotional injuries<br />

from the Qassam rockets’ reign of terror.<br />

For additional information and to join, contact<br />

Jonathan Braverman at tel. 054-4531677, Dana<br />

Alman at tel. 054-3303370, bubble@idc.ac.il<br />

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Community<br />

Service Projects


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Legal Aid<br />

Clinics<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

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Legal Aid Clinics<br />

The Community Legal Assistance Program*<br />

This legal assistance program, which combines academic and practical activities, is designed<br />

to create social, legal and community awareness among students while they obtain hands-on<br />

legal experience and acquire practical and ethical skills. The course consists of weekly theoretical<br />

sessions, which are led by the academic advisor, the lawyer advising the course and guest<br />

lecturers (judges, lawyers and academics), as well as practical sessions and a preparatory<br />

workshop. The program cooperates with the Israeli bar association’s pro bono program through<br />

which <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> alumni and students in the program, together provide legal assistance. The<br />

program is designed for third and fourth-year students at the Radzyner School of Law.<br />

For additional information contact attorney Iris Illotovitch-Segal at segali@idc.ac.il<br />

"Kav Hatohar"*<br />

The <strong>IDC</strong> Kav Hatohar, is a year-long elective course that involves hands-on legal work. The<br />

idea behind the course is to involve law students in community service activities that allow them<br />

to apply the material learned in their required courses. Kav Hatohar is designed to accept calls<br />

from citizens who would like to protest and act against corruption and improper management in<br />

government agencies. <strong>Student</strong>s receive complaints from the public, examine the facts and legal<br />

issues involved, and decide if there is a legal basis for responding to the complaint.<br />

For additional information: www.mqg.org.il.<br />

Assisting Child Victims of Crime*<br />

The program involves assisting children who are crime victims during the legal proceedings<br />

against those charged with violating their rights. This means that the assistance is to crime<br />

victims and aims to provide them with information about legal procedures in general and about<br />

the progress of their case in particular; to mediate between the children and the authorities<br />

involved in prosecuting their cases; to help them fulfill their responsibilities to provide evidence<br />

for the cases; and to ease their path through the world of criminal prosecution, which even at its<br />

best can appear threatening (especially to children). The program combines practical activities<br />

with academic studies. In the practical component, which is guided and supervised by attorney<br />

Noa Bodsky-Levy of the National Council for the Child, students provide assistance to children<br />

participating in the legal process as victims of a crime or as witnesses. The academic component<br />

consists of sessions led by the academic director, Dr. Ruth Zafran, in cooperation with attorney<br />

Vered Vindman, the legal advisor of the National Council for the Child.<br />

For additional information contact attorney Iris Illotovitch-Segal at segali@idc.ac.il<br />

Assisting Youth and Children At-Risk *<br />

This program involves helping children and youth who are at risk or in distress. Activities in the<br />

program center include three projects: Information and guidance centers, to which youth<br />

suffering from issues such as violence, neglect, domestic abuse or a conflict with the authorities<br />

turn for assistance and advice; "Migdalor" centers, which help high-risk youth from a variety of<br />

backgrounds who have trouble integrating into formal frameworks; and a center for the<br />

prevention and treatment of sexual violence among children and youth, which specializes in<br />

treating children who have been sexually abused. In addition to providing practical assistance,<br />

which is done as part of the activities of the ELEM nonprofit organization, students participating<br />

in the program learn related academic material in a series of lectures. Among other issues,<br />

students will learn about dilemmas relating to children’s rights, alternatives to the parent-child<br />

relationship with regard to the status and responsibility of the state, the principle of the child’s<br />

best interest in making decisions that will impact a child, abuse and corporal<br />

punishment of children, responsibility to report suspicions, children’s rights in the school<br />

system, and therapeutic and legal responses to sexual abuse.<br />

For additional information contact attorney Iris Illotovitch-Segal at segali@idc.ac.il


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<strong>Student</strong><br />

Enrichment<br />

Activities<br />

*Activities for which students earn academic credit for an<br />

elective course. <strong>Student</strong>s who fulfill all of the requirements<br />

will earn a passing grade/a numerical grade.<br />

Language Courses*<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> offers students in all of its schools<br />

the opportunity to study foreign languages,<br />

which are considered as general elective<br />

courses. <strong>Student</strong>s can choose from Italian,<br />

German, Spanish, Arabic, French and Chinese.<br />

The courses, which are designed for students<br />

who have no previous knowledge of the<br />

language being studied, focus on reading<br />

comprehension and speaking and aim to bring<br />

students to as high a level as possible by the<br />

end of the academic year. The courses are<br />

intensive and class sizes are small.<br />

The Entrepreneurship Club<br />

at <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

Prof. Ronen Israel and four <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

students founded the club in order to realize<br />

the entrepreneurial potential of <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

students while building connections within the<br />

student community as well as between<br />

students, businesspeople and academics. The<br />

club’s activities consist mainly of meetings with<br />

key figures in the Israeli economy such as:<br />

Yossi Vardi, an internet entrepreneur and<br />

founder of Mirabilis (ICQ); Efi Arazi, one of the<br />

first high-tech entrepreneurs in Israel and a<br />

founder of Scitex; Ilan Biran, the former CEO<br />

of Bezeq; Eyal Desheh, of Check Point; Stef<br />

Wertheimer, the founder and CEO of Iscar and<br />

the father of the industrial park at Tefen; and<br />

more. The meetings are held every two weeks<br />

and are open to all students. For additional<br />

information, see www.idc.ac.il/iec<br />

The Berman-Lippa Family<br />

Foundation Debate Club<br />

Similarly to elite universities around the world,<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> has a debate club, which has<br />

won prizes in Israel and abroad. The club<br />

enables students to improve their debating<br />

and speaking skills. Debating is a competitive<br />

sport, whose aim is to champion a position<br />

through the use of rhetoric, logically building<br />

an argument and critical thinking. Club members<br />

are selected each year from hundreds of<br />

applicants. The club’s achievements are<br />

impressive - including winning the Israeli<br />

championship several years in a row, winning<br />

the European championship and reaching the<br />

finals of the world championship. Each year,<br />

the debate club trains talented, eloquent<br />

speakers who represent <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> at<br />

competitions abroad and provides speakers<br />

with a unique social experience.<br />

Standing before an audience, quick critical<br />

thinking, and the ability to build a successful<br />

and persuasive argument in a short time<br />

are only a few of the challenges that<br />

frequently confront a successful individual<br />

in the legal, political and business arenas.<br />

The debating club helps its members develop<br />

these skills. For additional information,<br />

see www.debate.ntt.co.il<br />

The Ambassadors Club<br />

The Raphael Recanati International School<br />

established the club in cooperation together<br />

with the "Stand With Us" organization and the<br />

Asper Institute for New Media Diplomacy and<br />

with the support of the Israeli Ministry of<br />

Foreign Affairs. The club’s goal is to help<br />

students broaden their knowledge of public<br />

diplomacy issues and acquire tools to represent<br />

Israel both at home and abroad. In the club,<br />

international students and Israeli students<br />

meet on campus with leading speakers in the<br />

field in order to enrich their knowledge of<br />

public diplomacy and enhance practical skills<br />

such as speaking before an audience, working<br />

with the international media and activism on<br />

university campuses abroad.<br />

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"Ofek" Forum for Involvement<br />

and Influence in Security and<br />

Society Issues<br />

This small forum is composed of students in<br />

the Ofek program and personnel from<br />

the security forces who explore and promote<br />

ideas related to Israeli security and<br />

discuss security and social dilemmas in order<br />

to develop high-quality leadership among the<br />

security forces. The forum is directed by <strong>IDC</strong><br />

<strong>Herzliya</strong>'s Provost, Prof. Rafi Melnick. For<br />

additional information, email ofek@idc.ac.il<br />

Government Related Internships<br />

Internship opportunities for second and<br />

third-year students in the Lauder School of<br />

Government, Diplomacy and Strategy are<br />

available at a variety of government offices<br />

and at organizations active in relevant<br />

fields. The internships offered by the school<br />

provide students with the opportunity to<br />

obtain practical experience in the public<br />

sector, opening the door for them to<br />

pursue a career in this field in the<br />

future. For additional information, see<br />

www.idc.ac.il/gov/internships<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>'s Sports Devpartment*<br />

The students at <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> have the<br />

opportunity to participate in a wide variety of<br />

athletic activities through the 30 sports teams<br />

which <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> fields. The highly ranked<br />

teams compete within the Academic Sport<br />

Association (ASA) Games and tournaments<br />

in a variety of sports take place at the <strong>IDC</strong><br />

<strong>Herzliya</strong> campus throughout the academic<br />

year. <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>’s membership in ASA also<br />

allows student athletes to enjoy additional team<br />

sports, such as mini-soccer, basketball,<br />

volleyball and handball, and individual sports,<br />

such as windsurfing, tennis, swimming,<br />

judo, fencing, karate, chess, track and field,<br />

gymnastics and dance. For additional<br />

information, contact kowalsky@idc.ac.il<br />

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The ''Law and Business'' Journal*<br />

Outstanding third and fourth year law students<br />

can join the editorial staff of <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>'s<br />

law journal, Law and Business, which is<br />

published by the Radzyner School of Law.<br />

Most of the editorial work involves adapting,<br />

editing and preparing articles for publication in<br />

cooperation with their authors. For additional<br />

information, or to read the articles in the journal<br />

see www.idclawreview.org<br />

Developing Marketing strategies<br />

for Leading Companies through<br />

Practical Seminars*<br />

The seminars are for outstanding marketing<br />

students at the Arison School of Business. They<br />

are applied marketing seminars that are<br />

offered in cooperation with leading companies<br />

such as L’Oreal and Mercedes-Benz. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />

develop marketing and creative strategies for<br />

the companies, and conduct market analysis.<br />

In addition, students present the projects<br />

that they develop to the companies’<br />

management in a contest and the winning<br />

teams visit their companies’ international<br />

headquarters. The winning team in the<br />

L’Oreal seminar travels abroad to represent<br />

L’Oreal Israel in the international L’Oreal<br />

Brandstorm contest. For additional information,<br />

contact Arison School of Business deputy<br />

dean and head of the marketing program Dr.<br />

Talia Rymon at rymont@idc.ac.il<br />

"Atid Meshutaf"<br />

Is a project provides outstanding finance students<br />

in their last year of studies with the opportunity<br />

to obtain practical experience managing<br />

investment portfolios. The project is part of a<br />

year-long course in managing investment<br />

portfolios that is taught by Prof. Rafi Eldor<br />

and leading investment advisors from the<br />

capital market. In the project, a scholarship fund<br />

is established with donations from <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

students, alumni and faculty as well as private<br />

donors and companies. The funds yielded<br />

by the investment fund will be used to provide<br />

scholarships to students of limited financial<br />

means. In addition, the "Kav Mancheh" group<br />

and the financial website Bizportal provide<br />

financial tools and information to help the<br />

students perform technical analysis and<br />

evaluate securities and currency investments.<br />

Moot Court*<br />

This special course offers selected third and<br />

fourth-year students at the Radzyner School<br />

of Law an initial taste of what a lawyer does.<br />

The course is a unique academic experience<br />

that culminates with a moot court that is held<br />

on campus at the end of the year before a panel<br />

of judges that usually includes a member of<br />

the Israeli Supreme Court. For additional<br />

information, see www.idc.ac.il/mootcourt<br />

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Artistictic<br />

Activities<br />

*Activities for which students earn academic credit for an<br />

elective course. <strong>Student</strong>s who fulfill all of the requirements<br />

will earn a passing grade/a numerical grade.<br />

Just like in leading universities around<br />

the world, where art enrichment<br />

programs are an integral part of the<br />

curriculum offered, <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> offers<br />

students a variety of cultural activities:<br />

The <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> Musical Group<br />

The Musical Group is a young, energetic group<br />

composed of student, musicians and singers,<br />

which incorporates elements from the worlds<br />

of rock and pop as well as from classical music.<br />

The <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> Dance Group*<br />

The <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> dance group creates original<br />

works that incorporate a variety of styles, from<br />

modern dance to folkdance. The group performs<br />

at <strong>Student</strong> Union's and <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>'s events.<br />

Choreography: Aya Mor. Try-outs will take place<br />

on Monday, November 3, 2008, at 8 p.m. at the<br />

<strong>Herzliya</strong> country club. For additional information,<br />

contact Shiran Bodniak at tel.<br />

050-8447077 or shiran206@walla.com or Maya<br />

Cohen at tel. 054-7232748 or maiki.cn@gmail.com<br />

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The <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> Choir*<br />

The choir, which has been operating for the<br />

past three years, thanks to the generosity of<br />

the Zimmerman family, focuses on classical<br />

music. Its members include <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

students, alumni and faculty. The choir’s<br />

conductor is Mr. Michael Shani.


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The Film Club – Pre-Release Screenings<br />

Israeli films are screened at the <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> campus prior to their<br />

release in cooperation with United King Films. The screening is<br />

followed by a discussion with the film’s director, producer and<br />

actors. Next film - “5 hours from paris” - January 2009.<br />

Dr. Rafi Rabinovititz, photograph exhibition at <strong>IDC</strong><br />

<strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

The Sculpture Garden at <strong>IDC</strong> - A School of art<br />

The <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> campus has a sculpture garden featuring the<br />

works of sculptor Bernard Reder. The sculptures were donated by<br />

his estate, which is managed by Dvora Schocken, the <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

curator. Sculptures of important Israeli artists are located<br />

throughout the campus. In addition, paintings by Israeli and<br />

international artists decorate the buildings on campus. The<br />

paintings are donations and loans that were given by Dvora<br />

Schocken and other <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> supporters.<br />

The campus also has an archaeology exhibit featuring items that<br />

are on long-term loan from the Israel Antiquities Authority.<br />

Furthermore, exhibits are held in the lobby of the Arazi-Ofer<br />

building in order to expose students and visitors to art. Last year,<br />

the work of painter Uri Lifshitz and sculptor and painter Dorit<br />

Feldman were displayed. Exhibits of Dr. Rafi Rabinovitz<br />

photographs and of Reder’s sketches and monotypes are planned<br />

for the 2008-09 academic year.<br />

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Activities ties of the<br />

Raphael Recanati<br />

International School<br />

At Home Together – Adopting<br />

Families Project<br />

This special Jewish Agency for Israel<br />

project brings together Israeli families<br />

and new immigrants. The school’s staff<br />

introduces students to Israeli families.<br />

Getting to know the Land of<br />

Israel<br />

The school organizes a number of trips<br />

for students during the academic year<br />

to destinations all over Israel such as<br />

the Judean Desert, the Golan Heights<br />

and the northern Galilee, as well<br />

as archaeology sites, in order to<br />

strengthen their connection to the<br />

State of Israel. The President’s Touring<br />

Club also organizes a number of hikes<br />

during the academic year, in some of<br />

which <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>'s President, Prof.<br />

Uriel Reichman takes part.<br />

Cooking Workshop<br />

A fun, friendly cooking workshop is offered to the school’s<br />

students in order to teach them basic cooking terminology<br />

in Hebrew.<br />

Bicycle Trip<br />

During the academic year, a bicycle trip is held for students,<br />

faculty and administrative staff in the Jerusalem Mountains.<br />

For additional details, see the<br />

school’s website: www.rris.idc.ac.il.<br />

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Programs for<br />

Outstanding<br />

<strong>Student</strong>s<br />

The Zell Entrepreneurship Program<br />

The Zell Entrepreneurship Program is designed for outstanding students with<br />

proven business and leadership abilities in their final year of studies. The program,<br />

which is taught in English, provides students with practical tools and theoretical<br />

knowledge to establish and operate an entrepreneurial venture, from the inception<br />

of an idea to fruition of a company producing value. This year-long academic<br />

program begins in the summer and continues through the academic year. In addition<br />

to establishing a venture, students will participate in courses and workshops in<br />

various areas that are particularly relevant to business entrepreneurs. The<br />

studant will also participate in an entrepreneurship workshop that consists of<br />

lectures and meetings with entrepreneurs, investors and professionals involved<br />

in various stages of establishing a venture. The program also includes a 10-day<br />

study tour abroad. The program’s admissions requirements include an<br />

outstanding academic record and familiarity with business entrepreneurship.<br />

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The Argov Program for Diplomacy<br />

The program prepares exceptional students at the Lauder School of Government to<br />

represent the interests of Israel and the Jewish people in the international arena. The<br />

program provides knowledge, communications skills, and the language and tools<br />

necessary to turn students into unofficial representatives of Israel with the goal of<br />

improving Israel’s standing in the international community. The students selected to<br />

participate in the program meet with senior diplomats and communications experts,<br />

take courses and participate in workshops on different strategic areas of the world.<br />

The program culminates in a study tour of government institutions, business centers,<br />

international organizations and universities in Europe and the U.S. The program is<br />

for outstanding students in their final year of the undergraduate program in<br />

government. The program is taught in English. For additional information, contact<br />

argov@idc.ac.il.<br />

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<strong>Student</strong>s<br />

Exchange<br />

Programs<br />

The Radzyner School of Law offers its students a<br />

growing number of exchange programs at law<br />

schools in leading universities in North America,<br />

Europe and Southeast Asia. The different programs<br />

provide students with the distinctive experience<br />

of spending a semester studying at a university<br />

abroad, during which they are introduced to the<br />

best of the academic content and local culture and<br />

have the opportunity to make connections with<br />

lecturers and students. The universities that have<br />

cooperation agreements and exchange student<br />

programs with the Radzyner School of Law include<br />

University of Hong Kong, the Ottawa<br />

University in Canada, Singapore Management<br />

University (SMU), NALSAR University of Law<br />

Hyderabad in India, The International University<br />

College of Turin (IUC) in Italy and Tsinghua<br />

University in China.<br />

In addition, outstanding undergraduates at the<br />

Radzyner school can deepen their knowledge of<br />

international law by participating in a study trip to<br />

Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany.<br />

The study trip, which is the same one the school's<br />

graduate student take part in, is part of the<br />

Heinrich Heine University. For additional<br />

information, see: www.idc.ac.il/law/international<br />

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The Arison School of Business offers several exchange programs for its students:<br />

Singapore Management University SMU<br />

This program is for Business Administration and Government students in their final year of their<br />

undergraduate studies. <strong>Student</strong>s selected to participate will spend the entire fall semester of their<br />

third year at SMU. SMU offers courses in business administration, economics, government,<br />

information systems and more. There is no additional tuition fee for participating in the program.<br />

University of Pennsylvania<br />

Selected outstanding students in their third year of studies at the Arison School of Business will<br />

spend a full semester at the Wharton School in the University of Pennsylvania, whose<br />

programs have been ranked amongst the world’s best Business education programs for the<br />

past decade. The program was made possible by the academic cooperation agreement<br />

reached between the two schools. There is no additional tuition fee for participating in the program.<br />

The Efi Arazi School of Computer Science has been offering a student exchange program<br />

with the University of Pennsylvania. Each year, outstanding second-year students spend a<br />

full semester in Philadelphia, during which they take a series of courses at the School of<br />

Engineering and Applied Science and the Wharton School of Business, both of which are<br />

internationally renowned. There is no additional tuition fee for participating in the program.<br />

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The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy offers several exchange<br />

programs for its studants:<br />

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University has developed a<br />

joint study and research program in counter-terrorism policy, homeland security and American<br />

domestic and foreign policy. The academic cooperation between the schools includes student<br />

exchange programs in which about 20 students from <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> travel to Syracuse for a<br />

mini-semester. The studies include visiting U.S. government institutions in Washington,<br />

international institutions and the UN Headquarters in New York, and meeting with the local<br />

Jewish community and students on the campus. For additional information: syracuse@idc.ac.il.<br />

Singapore Management University SMU- The program is for second-year students, and<br />

gives 10 students from each school the opportunity to spend a semester at the other<br />

participating institution. Participants are selected by a special admissions committee.<br />

Participants select their courses on their own and submit them to the school for academic<br />

approval. The host institution assists students with finding accommodation. In addition, there<br />

are connections with the Israeli Embassy and other Israeli organizations in Singapore.<br />

Summer Semester in Crete, Greece- Georgetown University in the U.S., invites students from<br />

over 20 countries and over 65 academic institutions to a meeting of cultures and exchange of<br />

opinions on political, cultural and economic issues in Crete, Greece. Every year a number of<br />

students who have completed their second year of studies at the Lauder School of Government<br />

are selected to participate in the program. For additional information: www.iipes.org.<br />

Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia<br />

This exchange program is for second-year students. Two students from each institution spend<br />

a semester at the other institution. The participants are selected by a special admissions committee.<br />

Participants select their courses on their own and submit them to their school for academic<br />

approval. The host institution assists students with finding accommodation.<br />

For additional information about the programs at SMU and Charles University, and for information<br />

about new developments, contact the office of the academic secretary,<br />

Dr. Eric Zimmerman, at research@idc.ac.il<br />

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Research<br />

Institutionstutions<br />

*Activities for which students earn academic credit<br />

for an elective course. <strong>Student</strong>s who fulfill all of the<br />

requirements will earn a passing grade/a numerical grade.<br />

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Research<br />

Institutions<br />

The International Institute for Counter-<br />

Terrorism (ICT) at the Lauder School<br />

of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy<br />

ICT is working to develop innovative public<br />

policy on global terror through applied research<br />

on the phenomenon of terror and methods of<br />

coping with it. ICT aims to research the<br />

psychological aspects of counter-terrorism and<br />

to formulate recommendations which will on<br />

one hand reduce the efficacy of the strategy of<br />

terror and on the other hand improve the<br />

public’s ability to endure this phenomenon.<br />

ICT’s uniqueness is expressed, among other<br />

ways, in the research methodology it has<br />

adopted: special think tanks composed of<br />

people from different disciplines and from both<br />

the academic and security world. Since its<br />

establishment, ICT’s activities have focused on<br />

several areas: academic-applied research;<br />

conferences and seminars; consulting services<br />

for decision makers; public diplomacy and<br />

educational activities; discussion and<br />

brainstorming forums; and building and<br />

maintaining Æ<br />

databases.<br />

Volunteering at ICT*<br />

ICT offers students at the Lauder School of<br />

Government the opportunity to contribute to<br />

the research performed by one of the world’s<br />

leading research institutes on counter-terrorism<br />

under the supervision of an ICT researcher.<br />

<strong>Student</strong>s interested in applying should send<br />

their resume by fax to 09-9513073.<br />

The Institute for Policy and Strategy<br />

(IPS) at the Lauder School of Government,<br />

Diplomacy and Strategy<br />

The goal of IPS is to formulate policy<br />

recommendations on key national security<br />

issues, with an emphasis on strategy, foreign<br />

police and international relations, regional<br />

processes and diplomatic agreements,<br />

intelligence and government, and trends in the<br />

Jewish world. As a policy-oriented institute,<br />

IPS provides a home to a wide variety of<br />

opinions and ideas. It usually adopts a<br />

multidisciplinary approach with an eye towards<br />

the future, and considers issues from all angles<br />

as well as how they fit into the big picture. IPS<br />

depends on the professional network of<br />

academics and government officials that it has<br />

developed in Israel and abroad. In addition to<br />

the annual <strong>Herzliya</strong> Conference, IPS convenes<br />

policy teams, organizes meetings of experts<br />

and hosts seminars and debates.<br />

Volunteering at IPS*<br />

IPS offers <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> students - mainly<br />

third-year students in the Lauder School of<br />

Government, Diplomacy and Strategy - the<br />

opportunity to volunteer to be on the<br />

administrative staff of its annual <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

Conference and gain exposure to content<br />

and events that are a significant part of their<br />

studies. <strong>Student</strong>s interested in applying<br />

should send their resume by fax to 09-9527310.


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The Institute for Alternative Energy Policy (IAEP) at the Lauder School of Government,<br />

Diplomacy and Strategy<br />

IAEP was established with the goal of positioning Israel as a world leader in this field. In order<br />

to achieve this goal, IAEP helps formulate policy based on in-depth interdisciplinary research.<br />

The technological, economic, environmental and regulatory aspects of Israeli developments in<br />

the field of alternative energy are examined by leading experts on behalf of IAEP. IAEP has an<br />

international think tank composed of analysts and experts in a variety of fields such as energy<br />

economy, alternative energy policy, environment, project financing, industry and strategic<br />

research. IAEP cooperates with the U.S. National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). IAEP<br />

provides policymakers with analytic tools based on its research in order to formulate progressive<br />

policy that will help promising Israeli technologies in the field of alternative energy enter the<br />

international marketplace and take on a leading role.<br />

Volunteering at IAEP*<br />

IAEP provides students the opportunity to volunteer to perform research under the personal<br />

supervision of IAEP’s staff of experts. The project is open to students at the Lauder School of<br />

Government. <strong>Student</strong>s interested in applying should email their resume to Dr. Isaac Berzin at<br />

iberzin@idc.ac.il<br />

Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Center for Capital Markets and Risk<br />

Management at the Arison school of business<br />

The Caesarea Center was established in order to advance and promote the efficiency of the<br />

Israeli capital market, to provide a source of cutting-edge knowledge on the capital market, and<br />

to serve as a platform for discussions and meetings that promote productive interaction<br />

between the business and academic worlds. The Caesarea Center brings together the best<br />

lecturers, researchers and businesspeople from Israel and abroad to participate in its executive<br />

workshops, study programs, seminars and public discussions. The Caesarea Center offers<br />

undergraduate students the opportunity to minor in financial risk management. The courses and<br />

entrance requirements are outlined in the <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> <strong>Student</strong> Handbook.<br />

Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center at the Lauder School<br />

of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy<br />

The GLORIA Center conducts analysis and research on topics concerning the Middle East<br />

arena in particular and international relations in general. It operates many projects including:<br />

MERIA, the leading online academic journal on Middle East research; COVENANT, an online<br />

academic journal on issues relevant to the Jewish people; the Turkish Studies Institute; and the<br />

Project for the Research of Islamist Movements (PRISM). These projects are useful resources<br />

for students. The GLORIA Center publishes articles in leading newspapers around the world<br />

and is involved in the publication of dozens of books in cooperation with major international<br />

publishing houses. In addition, the GLORIA Center is involved in many research initiatives and<br />

cooperates with various government agencies. For additional information or to subscribe to the<br />

journals, see www.gloriacenter.org<br />

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Advanced Virtuality Lab (AVL) at the<br />

Sammy Ofer School of<br />

Communications<br />

Today, at the start of the twenty-first<br />

century, people spend an increasing<br />

amount of time in digital negotiations on<br />

the cybernetic field. Where is society<br />

headed? In the future, will people spend<br />

large parts of their lives being represented<br />

by avatars in three-dimensional virtual<br />

worlds, together with masses of people<br />

from all over the real world? The AVL<br />

handles a variety of multidisciplinary<br />

projects that try to understand virtuality on<br />

the technological, scientific, societal and<br />

cultural levels. It builds virtual worlds and<br />

the interfaces that will be used in the<br />

future, investigates human behavior and<br />

the human mind in a virtual reality setting,<br />

and tries to understand the mutual<br />

relations between the virtual and the real<br />

in human lives. For additional information,<br />

see www.idc.ac.il/communications/avl.<br />

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Laboratory for Digital Media Research<br />

and Innovation at the Sammy Ofer<br />

School of Communications<br />

The lab focuses on the field of digital and<br />

interactive media, with an emphasis on analyzing<br />

media consumers’ motives for participating and<br />

being involved in a multiplatform media<br />

experience. The lab combines empirical research<br />

and the development and production of new<br />

media experiences in cooperation with media<br />

and technology entities from the industry.<br />

The Center for Internet Psychology<br />

(CIP) at the Sammy Ofer School of<br />

Communications<br />

In a world in which the internet influences every<br />

aspect of our lives, understanding its<br />

psychological implications makes it possible to<br />

highlight the internet’s positive aspects and create<br />

a friendlier environment for internet users. CIP<br />

was established in order to research the factors<br />

that influence the psychological wellbeing of the<br />

internet user and possibilities for personal and<br />

group empowerment via the internet. CIP<br />

focuses on creating a trilateral dialogue between<br />

the academic community, the large community<br />

of internet users and the business community.<br />

In addition to academic publications, CIP also<br />

publishes material for the general public and<br />

hosts international seminars that provide a<br />

platform for dialogue between Israel and<br />

foreign experts. For additional information, see<br />

www.idc.ac.il/communications/cip.<br />

Asper Institute for New Media Diplomacy<br />

at the Sammy Ofer School of<br />

Communications<br />

The institute’s researchers and students work<br />

to broadcast audiovisual information via new<br />

media such as social networks, blogs and<br />

viral marketing campaigns. In addition, the<br />

institute conducts academic research on<br />

changing public opinion in virtual arenas. In<br />

2008, the institute launched the Asper Fellows<br />

Program, through which <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

students participate in an intensive training<br />

program on creating and disseminating<br />

internet content. At the end of the training<br />

period, students create content that presents<br />

various aspects of Israel and disseminate it<br />

via new media channels. The institute is<br />

headed by the Sammy Ofer School of<br />

Communications’ Dean Dr. Noam Lemelshtrich<br />

Latar. For additional information, see<br />

www.idc.ac.il/communications/asper


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The Center for European Studies at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy<br />

and Strategy<br />

The center coordinates European studies and organizes events and public forums on the European<br />

Union and its relations with Israel and the Middle East. In recent years, the center has hosted senior<br />

European government officials, including the prime minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and the<br />

chancellor of Austria. From this year onward, the center is offering <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> students a certificate<br />

program that will allow them to specialize in the European Union, with an emphasis on economic<br />

affairs, politics, history and law. The program is taught in English. In addition, students who meet the<br />

criteria Æ will be able to extend their studies by spending a year at the Heinrich Heine University in<br />

Düsseldorf, Germany, in a program which will lead to a master’s degree from the host university.<br />

Many generous scholarships are available for this program.<br />

For additional information, call 09-9527300.<br />

The Project for New Governance in Israel at the Lauder School of Government,<br />

Diplomacy and Strategy<br />

This project focuses on analyzing the main problems of government and public policy in Israel and<br />

formulating recommendations on how to improve governance in Israel. The project includes<br />

convening seminars and workshops. In addition, it publishes policy papers by senior officials in the<br />

public and private sector, elected officials and academics in which the main problems are mapped<br />

out on a structural and procedural level and analyzed methodically, in order to develop feasible<br />

alternatives to improve governance in Israel. The project supports the <strong>Herzliya</strong> Workshops to<br />

Improving Governance in Israel, in which experts and decision makers participate in workshops<br />

about issues on the public agenda. The program is directed by Prof. David Nachmias of the Lauder<br />

School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy.<br />

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<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

Departments<br />

and Officials<br />

Dean of <strong>Student</strong> Affairs<br />

Dr. Yitzhak Oron, The dean of student affairs deals with a<br />

wide spectrum of general and personal problems that<br />

students might encounter and takes every action within<br />

his power to resolve them. The following matters, among<br />

others, fall under the dean’s jurisdiction: <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

scholarships that are based on financial need; and<br />

assistance for students with learning disabilities and other<br />

special-needs groups such as new immigrants and<br />

students with physical disabilities. The dean also handles<br />

issues related to reserve duty (e.g. requests to shorten or<br />

postpone reserve duty) and oversees the department that<br />

assists students who perform reserve duty, the<br />

Psychological Counseling Service and the Study Skills<br />

Center. He also helps students deal with personal<br />

(non-academic) problems. In addition, he serves as a<br />

commissioner of student complaints, receiving and<br />

addressing any complaints students may want to make<br />

regarding any aspect of <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>. You can contact by<br />

tel. 09-9527257<br />

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Psychological Counseling Service<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>’s Psychological Counseling Service is<br />

designed to promote the health and wellbeing of its<br />

students. It provides professional individual counseling<br />

services for academic and personal dilemmas, anxieties<br />

and distress. The service is provided free of charge.<br />

To make an appointment, students should contact<br />

Ruth Riesel and Sharon Doui-Arev by tel.<br />

09-9608272.


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Career Development Center<br />

The Career Development Center (CDC) at <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> aims to prepare students and alumni for<br />

the job market and provide them with the tools to find suitable employment both before and<br />

after they graduate. The CDC provides a variety of counseling, placement and informational<br />

services and organizes lectures, workshops and meetings with representatives of leading<br />

companies. Employment opportunities are advertised on the center’s website at<br />

www.idc.ac.il/career.<br />

The Study Skills Center<br />

The Study Skills Center strives to help students with learning disabilities and/or attention<br />

disorders to identify the specific characteristics of their disability and learn how to use their<br />

innate skills to strengthen their ability to learn. The center helps students acquire efficient study<br />

skills, which will improve their academic performance. These study skills include: reading<br />

efficiently; writing academic essays; coping with exams; time management; organizing<br />

academic assignments, and more. The center’s activities include personal sessions, lectures<br />

for students and faculty members on learning disabilities and attention disorders, and tutoring<br />

supervision for students with learning disabilities and attention disorders. To make an<br />

appointment, call tel. 09-9602872.<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> Hillel House<br />

The Hillel House serves as a hub for Jewish cultural activities for Israeli and international<br />

students. It organizes cultural activities, concerts, excursions, holiday events and informal<br />

Jewish studies. The Hillel House at <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> is a branch of Hillel – the Foundation for<br />

Jewish Campus Life, a large international organization that operates on university campuses<br />

and enables Jewish students to strengthen and celebrate their Jewish identity. For additional<br />

information, see www.hillelidc.org.il<br />

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and Officials<br />

The <strong>Student</strong> Union<br />

The <strong>Student</strong> Union is the organization that represents students at <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>. It is<br />

an apolitical organization. Each academic program elects representatives to the<br />

<strong>Student</strong> Union annually in secret-ballot elections. The <strong>Student</strong> Union chairperson is<br />

chosen by the entire student body in a direct secret-ballot election each year. It is a<br />

registered non-profit organization whose budget comes from the annual dues paid by<br />

member students.<br />

The <strong>Student</strong> Union’s goal is to improve the status of Israeli students in general and of<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> students in particular.<br />

The <strong>Student</strong> Union acts on students’ behalf in a number of areas:<br />

Academic Advancement:<br />

The <strong>Student</strong> Union cooperates on an ongoing basis with campus institutions handling<br />

student affairs and strives for continual development and improvement in this arena.<br />

The <strong>Student</strong> Union offers enrichment courses and tutorials and operates a student library.<br />

<strong>Student</strong>s’ Welfare:<br />

With the aim of improving the lot of students in all areas connected directly and<br />

indirectly to their studies, the <strong>Student</strong> Union provides services such as monitoring<br />

cafeteria prices, raising scholarship funds, organizing reductions in municipal taxes,<br />

finding jobs, improving public transportation, and continually searching for discounts<br />

and benefits for students. The <strong>Student</strong> Union’s office also provides office services,<br />

such as binding, faxing and scanning, to students at a reduced rate.<br />

Culture:<br />

The <strong>Student</strong> Union seeks to enrich the cultural life of the campus by organizing social<br />

activities such as parties, fairs and discounted trips for students and their friends;<br />

organizing hiking trips and sports events; selling discounted tickets to concerts, plays<br />

and cultural events; organizing an annual trip to Eilat and producing the <strong>Student</strong> Day<br />

festival. The <strong>Student</strong> Union also publishes Fusion, the students’ magazine of <strong>IDC</strong><br />

<strong>Herzliya</strong>.<br />

Community Service:<br />

Among the <strong>Student</strong> Union’s main goals is contributing to the community and society<br />

at large by organizing, initiating and encouraging various volunteer activities and<br />

organizations such as legal assistance to those in financial distress, blood donation<br />

drives, collecting of food, clothing and other necessities for the needy, and promoting<br />

environmental awareness on campus, by for instance encouraging recycling, among<br />

other activities.<br />

External Relations and Ties with the International School:<br />

The <strong>Student</strong> Union organizes a number of delegations abroad, such as the March of<br />

the Living to Poland, student exchange delegations to China, delegations to the<br />

European Union and more. The <strong>Student</strong> Union works to strengthen ties between<br />

international students studying at the Raphael Recanati International School and<br />

Israeli students.<br />

The <strong>Student</strong> Union contributes to various student<br />

initiatives such as the Model United Nations, the<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> Dance Group, the <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

Musical Group, Bursting the Bubble and more.<br />

The <strong>Student</strong> Union’s website features information<br />

about its goals and activities, as well as information<br />

about various benefits for students. In addition, the<br />

website includes comprehensive study material<br />

from previous years, a database of exams and<br />

answers, and announcements about its activities<br />

and enrichment courses, among other information.<br />

For additional information, see www.studentnet.co.il.


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Events and<br />

Academic<br />

Conferences<br />

<strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> hosts academic conferences and professional seminars, which are<br />

open to students, throughout the academic year. Below are some of the annual<br />

events. A full listing of the events can be found on <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>’s website at<br />

www.idc.ac.il/events.<br />

The Annual <strong>Herzliya</strong> Conference on the Balance of Israel's National Security<br />

At this conference, which is convened by IPS, senior government officials from Israel and<br />

abroad gather to discuss key issues on Israel’s national agenda. The Israeli prime minister uses<br />

the conference as a platform to deliver the annual “<strong>Herzliya</strong> Address”. The <strong>Herzliya</strong> Conference<br />

has become an important event on the diplomatic calendar. The recommendations presented at<br />

the conference influence decision makers and some are adopted by government ministries.<br />

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The Annual Conference of the International Institute for Counter-<br />

Terrorism (ICT)<br />

The conference has become one of the most important events in the world, in the field of<br />

research on terrorism and counter-terrorism. The conference traditionally begins around<br />

September 11 and continues for four days, during which leading experts from academia,<br />

senior security officials and decision makers from around the world deliver lectures. For<br />

additional information, see www.ict.org.il.<br />

The Radzyner School of Law<br />

The school’s activities include convening the annual conference of the <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> law<br />

journal, “Law and Business”. In addition, the school organizes a moot court which is heard<br />

by a panel of judges usually chaired by a member of the Israeli Supreme Court.<br />

The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy<br />

The schools’ activities include the <strong>Herzliya</strong> Workshops for Improving Governance in<br />

Israel, which aims to discuss fundamental problems in Israeli government and public<br />

policy, to draw conclusions and to propose solutions to decision makers. In addition, it<br />

organizes the Democracy Day, which is dedicated to an issue at the center of the public<br />

debate and which features panels composed of professionals, academics and government<br />

officials and a Hyde Park-like fair of student’s ideas.<br />

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Conferences


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The Efi Arazi School of Computer Science<br />

The school organizes events and activities including a lecture series called “Computer<br />

Science for Real (CS4Real)” featuring developers, scientists and entrepreneurs from leading<br />

companies in various fields of the high-tech industry; Vision Day, the annual Israeli conference<br />

for computerized vision during which research by leading researchers in the field from Israel<br />

and abroad are presented to academics and professionals interested in hearing about<br />

cutting-edge research on computer vision; the Siggraph Israel conference of the Siggraph<br />

organization, in which many academics and professionals are active and which aims to<br />

promote research and cooperation in computer graphics in Israel; conferences related to the<br />

specialization in information and networks security organized in cooperation with OWASP, an<br />

international organization of volunteers that promotes the issue of applied internet security;<br />

and meetings of ILPMA, the leading Israeli organization of product managers, with an<br />

emphasis on knowledge industries and high-tech companies.<br />

The Sammy Ofer School of Communications<br />

The school’s activities include an annual conference on Communications across Borders in<br />

cooperation with Michigan State University. The conference provides a meeting point for<br />

leading researchers from Israel and abroad who conduct research in different fields and who<br />

represent a variety of theoretical approaches and methodologies. It aims to examine the role<br />

that innovative communications systems and technologies can play in increasing cooperation<br />

across geographic, social and cultural borders.<br />

The New School of Psychology<br />

The school convenes the annual <strong>Herzliya</strong> Symposium on Personality and Social<br />

Psychology, in which social psychologists from leading universities abroad present their work<br />

on a specific topic in the field (e.g. pro-social behavior, aggression and violence). In addition,<br />

starting this year, the school will convene the <strong>Herzliya</strong> Symposium on Developmental<br />

Psychopathology, at which developmental psychologists from leading universities abroad will<br />

present their work on a specific developmental disorder (this year the conference will be<br />

dedicated to understanding and treating anxiety disorder in preschoolers). In addition, the<br />

school organizes a series of evening seminars on psychology and law in cooperation with<br />

the Radzyner School of Law.<br />

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Conferences


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Avantgarde-<br />

the <strong>IDC</strong><br />

<strong>Herzliya</strong><br />

Magazine<br />

Avantgarde is a weekly, online magazine that is e-mailed to <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong> students, faculty, and alumni<br />

as well as potential students. The magazine includes interviews and articles about the many different<br />

academic and social activities on campus. The editorial operations are coordinated by a student and<br />

the articles are written by the magazine’s editorial team, which is composed of students from all of <strong>IDC</strong><br />

<strong>Herzliya</strong>’s schools. The coordinator’s work is supervised by <strong>IDC</strong> <strong>Herzliya</strong>’s Media, Marketing and<br />

Events Division, which edits, produces, and distributes the magazine. The magazine's team invites<br />

students to join its staff as reporters and photographers during the 2008-09 academic year. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />

are paid for their work. For additional information and to join the magazine staff, contact the Media,<br />

Marketing and Events Division at tel. 09-952-7388 (Yael), tel. 09-960-2824 (Shlomit), or e-mail<br />

magazine@idc.ac.il<br />

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Office of the President ≤≥<br />

Office of Vice President for <strong>Student</strong> Affairs<br />

Office of Vice President for External Relations<br />

Alumni Organization<br />

Faculty Offices 6 ≤¥<br />

Faculty Club ≤μ<br />

Law <strong>Student</strong>s Administration<br />

Marc Rich Library ≤∑<br />

Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Center for ≤∏<br />

Capital ,Markets and Risk Managment<br />

Entrepreneurship Center, Faculty Offices 5<br />

Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy ≤π<br />

Dean's Office, Government <strong>Student</strong> Administration<br />

Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)<br />

Institute for Policy and Strategy<br />

Arison School of Business ≥∞<br />

Dean's Office, Business <strong>Student</strong>s Administration, Exams Dept.<br />

Raphael Recanati International School Offices ≥±<br />

Dept. of Media, Marketing & Events ≥≤<br />

Executive Education Unit ≥≥<br />

Ofer Lecture Halls ≥¥<br />

Finance Depatment, Office of Vice President for Finance,<br />

≥μ<br />

Head CPA, Salary Dept., Finance Dept<br />

Tuition Dept. ≥∂<br />

<strong>Student</strong>s Union ≥∑<br />

Center for European Studies, ≥∏<br />

GLORIA - Global Research Center in International Affairs<br />

≤∂<br />

Campus<br />

Map<br />

± Parking for Faculty and Permit Holders<br />

≤ Tal Itzhaki Sports Court<br />

≥ Admissions Office<br />

¥ Admissions Office for 2nd Degree, Study Skills Center. Sports Dept.<br />

μ <strong>Student</strong>s Project and Assignments Office, Career Development Center<br />

∂ Faculty Offices<br />

∂ ‡ Faculty Offices<br />

∑ Ivchar Auditorium<br />

∏ ''Hillel'' House, Synagogue, Social Activity Office<br />

π Efi Arazi School of Computer Science<br />

Dean's Office, Faculty Offices, Computer Science <strong>Student</strong>s Admin.<br />

±∞ Sammy Ofer School of Communications<br />

Dean's Office, Faculty Offices, Communications <strong>Student</strong>s Administration<br />

Research Institutes: Aspar Institute for New Media Diplomacy<br />

The Center for Internet Psychology (CIP)<br />

Advanced Virtuality Lab (AVL)<br />

Chais Auditorium<br />

±± Radzyner School of Law<br />

Computer & Information Systems Dept., Faculty Administration<br />

±≤ New School of Psychology:<br />

Dean's Office, Faculty Offices, Pschology Labs<br />

Office of Vice President for Administration, Human Resources Dept.,<br />

Faculty Administration, Maintenance & Security Dept.<br />

±≥ Gadi Baranovich <strong>Student</strong>s Club<br />

±¥ Elpern Auditorium<br />

±μ Office Depot<br />

±∂ Cafeteria<br />

±∑ Radzyner School of Law Dean's Office, Faculty Offices 8<br />

±∏ Faculty Offices 7, Dean of <strong>Student</strong>s Affairs Offices<br />

±π Faculty Offices 2<br />

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≤± Faculty Offices 3<br />

≤≤ Office of the Provost, Office of the Academic Secretary,<br />

Research Authority, Faculty Offices 4<br />

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