Fall 2011
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IN CELEBRATION
30,000 GRADUATES
GRADUATES
Ahmad Mahagna: Bank Manager in Umm-El-Fahm
Gal Dor: University Student since Grade School
Universities Vied for Karen Lavi
From High School 'Failure' to Medical Student: Dor Bar Oz
From a Street Kid to a Role Model: Golan Biton
Ultra-Orthodox Students at OU
Rivka Ravitz, Mother of 10
A Journey of Self-Discovery: Dr. Rivka Nagar
FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK
Maximizing Potential at the Open University
RESEARCH
Cyber-Bullying: A Virtual Plague
Novel Methods for Genetic Testing
Isolating the TOR Gene to Effectively Treat Cancer
Forced Labor During the Holocaust
Research Day: 26 Research Topics
TECHNOLOGY
Virtual Learning: Lectures that Don't Evaporate When the Lecturer Finishes
Mobile Applications that Put the OU in Your Pocket
Tablets In? Kindles Out?
INTERNATIONAL
Entrepreneur's Club Goes International
Moscow in Ra'anana
Open University Foundation: New York Gala
CONFERENCES
Genocide Conference
Google @ 6th Chais Conference
ON THE BOOKSHELF
"Israel's First Ladies"
"The Holocaust and Genocide as Wrought By Human Beings"
"A Man Walks Home"

 

 

INTERNATIONAL

Open University Foundation

New York Gala


Ira Rennert (L) and Police Commissioner
Ray Kelly (R)




Open University Foundation honored Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Ronnie Heyman and David Witt in a New York gala event.

Over 270 guests attended a glitzy gala at the Pierre hotel benefiting Israel’s Open University Foundation, hosted by Foundation President Ingeborg Rennert and Baron Robert de Rothschild. Guests in attendance included Police Comissioner Ray Kelly and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. University President Hagit Messer Yaron was also in attendance. Other notable gala attendees included Mitchell & Nina Rennert Davidson, Merryl & James Tisch, Darryl Roth, Nina Rosenwald, Michael Lynne, Ann & Ken Bialkin, Prof. Joel Fleishman, Lynn & Jules Kroll, and Sondra & David Mack.

Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, one of the three honorees, addressed the gathering, in which he spoke of the distinguished Jewish record of academic achievement and early historic pioneering in the fields of education and literacy.

Following dinner, a presentation and awards ceremony was emceed by Foundation Chairman Malcolm Thomson and Mimi Perlman who distributed awards to honorees Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Ronnie Heyman and David Witt.





Foundation President Ingeborg Rennert (L) and Dr. Patricia Cayne (R)

Michael Gruss, Larry Leeds, Michael Jesselson and Open University Foundation Chairman Malcolm Thomson

Edward (L) and Rebecca Sugar (M) with Open University President Hagit Messer-Yaron (R). Photo: Lyn Hughes Photography

Nira Abramowitz (L) and Nina Rosenwald (R), Board Members of the Open University Foundation. Photo: Lyn Hughes Photography