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AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY<br />
<strong>AFHU</strong> NEWS VOL. 19 PAGE 21<br />
HUMANITARIAN<br />
TORCH OF LEARNING<br />
AWARD<br />
HEBREW<br />
UNIVERSITY<br />
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS<br />
Medicine/Health<br />
--<br />
Comprehensive study shows a<br />
significant ongoing decline in<br />
sperm counts of Western men<br />
Renae Jacobs-Anson (2nd from left) and Helen Jacobs-Lepor (4th from left)<br />
--<br />
Hebrew University launches<br />
Multidisciplinary Center on<br />
Cannabinoid Research<br />
A<br />
FHU conferred the Humanitarian<br />
Torch of Learning Award upon<br />
dedicated civic and Jewish communal<br />
leaders Renae Jacobs-Anson and Helen<br />
Jacobs-Lepor at the Bel Air Affaire<br />
in Los Angeles on September 16, 2017.<br />
The gala was held at the home of Mrs.<br />
Brindell Gottlieb, a Hebrew University<br />
Benefactor and former President of<br />
the Western Region.<br />
Renae Jacobs-Anson and<br />
Helen Jacobs-Lepor are longstanding<br />
supporters of Israel<br />
and members of <strong>AFHU</strong>’s National<br />
and Western Region<br />
boards. Over nine years,<br />
their efforts to organize the<br />
annual fundraising gala have<br />
helped to raise more than<br />
$7 million for student scholarships<br />
at HU.<br />
Science/Tech<br />
--<br />
Glowing bacteria detect buried<br />
landmines<br />
--<br />
LIGO confirms 1989 Hebrew<br />
University prediction about<br />
neutron star mergers
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