Evening In Honor of Dov Lautman

Summer 2012

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Violent Digital Games: Are They Just a Game?
Video Screening for ADD
The Sun's Cycles

STUDENTS & GRADUATES
Blind Date with the Open University
"The Open University: A Superior Training Ground for Professional Success"
From Tractor Driver to Master's Degree
A Family Affair

TECHNOLOGY
Digital University: Mobile Digital Books Project
Is Technology Tromping the ABC's?

INITIATIVES - LANGUAGE
Arabic-Speaking Students Study in Arabic
Sao Paulo University Students Learn About Israeli Society in Spanish

EVENTS
Graduation Ceremonies
The 7th Chais Conference
Evening in Honor of Dov Lautman
Visit by NASA Astronaut, William S. McArthur, Jr.
Exhibition: "Fireworks Blossoming in the Winter"
"Psychic Numbing of Genocide"

INTERNATIONAL
Conference at Cambridge University
Cambridge in Ra'anana
American Friends: The Open University Foundation

HIGHLIGHTS
Dr. Milly Perry
Prof. Yoav Yair
Prof. Yoram Eshet
Aviel Atias
Laurence Berry
Edna Tal
SuperBrands Israel
Prof. Judith Gal-Ezer
Co-editors: Elissa Allerhand, Ilene Bloch-Levy Photographer: Gideon Markowitz Graphic Designer: Laura Grinberg Web Manager: Batsheva Engelberg-Behr Web Master: Sonia Pechersky

EVENTS
Evening In Honor of Dov Lautman (Left) Zeev Abeles, Chairman of the Open University Executive Committee, and (right) Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, President of the Open University, confer an Honorary Fellowship upon Dov Lautman (center). Dov Lautman, Honorary President of the Israeli Friends, was recently honored at a special event which took place at the Open University of Israel. Friends, colleagues and family members came to pay tribute to Dov Lautman and congratulate him on the publication of his new biography, "Don't Give Up". The Open University conferred an Honorary Fellowship upon Dov Lautman for his important contribution to advancing the Israeli economy, as a leading industrialist, and for his dedicated work on behalf of countless organizations promoting quality education and helping the disadvantaged. A member of the Who's Who of Israel's business world, in the past few years, Mr. Lautman has devoted much of his efforts, resources and time to advancing education and ensuring "to give an opportunity to each and every one" in Israel. In describing Dov Lautman, Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, President of the Open University referred to him as "great man…and his connection with the Open University " as completely natural." Dov Lautman, who has been suffering from ALS for the past few years, referred to the Open University as "an educational focal point on the highest possible level in the State of Israel."

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Evening In Honor of Dov Lautman

(Left) Zeev Abeles, Chairman of the Open University Executive Committee, and (right) Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, President of the Open University, confer an Honorary Fellowship upon Dov Lautman (center).

Dov Lautman, Honorary President of the Israeli Friends, was recently honored at a special event which took place at the Open University of Israel. Friends, colleagues and family members came to pay tribute to Dov Lautman and congratulate him on the publication of his new biography, "Don't Give Up".

The Open University conferred an Honorary Fellowship upon Dov Lautman for his important contribution to advancing the Israeli economy, as a leading industrialist, and for his dedicated work on behalf of countless organizations promoting quality education and helping the disadvantaged.

A member of the Who's Who of Israel's business world, in the past few years, Mr. Lautman has devoted much of his efforts, resources and time to advancing education and ensuring "to give an opportunity to each and every one" in Israel. In describing Dov Lautman, Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, President of the Open University referred to him as "great man…and his connection with the Open University " as completely natural." Dov Lautman, who has been suffering from ALS for the past few years, referred to the Open University as "an educational focal point on the highest possible level in the State of Israel."