AFHU News Spring 2023

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AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
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HU School of Medicine Head Dina Ben-Yehuda
Visits South Florida
Prof. Reuven Hazan Visits Southern California
During a recent visit to Southern California, HU Prof. Reuven Hazan
spoke at several AFHU-sponsored events. He is a professor in, and
former Chair of, the Hebrew University’s Department of Political
Science, where his research focuses on the interplay between
electoral systems, political structures, and legislative studies. On
February 6, 2023, Prof. Hazan spoke to nearly 100 attendees as
part of the Sinai Temple Speaker Series on the topic, “Navigating
the Labyrinth of Israeli Politics,” and on February 7, Prof. Hazan
joined 40 guests at a luncheon held at Glaser Weil, LLP, where he
spoke on “The New Israeli Government: Democracy and Judicial
Reform.” Later that evening, the Israel Consul General to Los
Angeles hosted 30 individuals at his private residence for a lecture
titled, “Five Elections in Three and a Half Years.”
On February 9, Prof. Hazan joined Professor Dov Waxman of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel
Studies and Nazarian research fellow, Dr. Tamar Hofnung, for a discussion titled, “Understanding
Israel’s Current Political and Constitutional Crisis: An Urgent Discussion.” This timely event, cohosted
by the UCLA Hillel chapter took place at the university’s Gindi Auditorium. Finally, on February
13, the Jewish Federation of the Desert in Rancho Mirage hosted Prof. Hazan at an intimate lecture
with 20 people in attendance.
American Friends Ellen and Sheldon Hechtman and Talia and Danny Bejarano hosted an introductory
event for forty guests on February 2, 2023 at Akoya at Boca West, a new community in Boca Raton,
FL. CEO Joshua Rednik opened with a brief overview of American Friends of the Hebrew University,
followed by Dean and Head of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Medicine, Prof. Dina
Ben-Yehuda, who gave a comprehensive update on HU’s Faculty of Medicine and its computational
medicine initiative. HU’s new Center for Computational Medicine will bridge the gap between data
science and patient care, replacing the “one size fits all” model of medical treatment with datadriven,
personalized healthcare.
The following day, recent UAE-Israel mission participants Hedy and Arnie Kanarick hosted Prof. Ben-
Yehuda for a morning discussion with a group of over twenty new AFHU event attendees. Later
that evening, Ellen Levine and Jane Feinstein hosted Professor Ben-Yehuda for a women’s wine
and cheese event. The event took place at the Levine’s home, where participants learned about the
Faculty of Medicine, computational medicine, and the power and importance of women in medicine.
The AFHU Southeast Region is pleased to continue its outreach to the Frenchman’s Creek community
and all South Florida as a part of AFHU’s mission to expand knowledge of, and support for, Israel’s
premier institution of higher learning, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Prof. Reuven Hazan at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles
Israeli Consul General welcomes AFHU to his private residence