IDC Herzliya Student Guide
IDC Herzliya Student Guide
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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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Community Service Projects<br />
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Legal Aid Clinics<br />
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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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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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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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Activities<br />
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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Programs
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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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Programs
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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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Institutions<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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Institutions
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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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Conferences
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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 />
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Campus<br />
Map<br />
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≤ 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 />
≤∞ Faculty Offices 1<br />
≤± Faculty Offices 3<br />
≤≤ Office of the Provost, Office of the Academic Secretary,<br />
Research Authority, Faculty Offices 4<br />
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