The Criminal Justice System
[RG #58] The Criminal Justice System
October 1993 - August 1994
Organizers:
Eliahu Harnon (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Mordechai Kremnitzer (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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Research Groups
East European Jewry between Tradition and Renewal
[RG #57] East European Jewry between Tradition and Renewal
September 1993 - August 1994
Organizer:
Immanuel Etkes (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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Hebrew Linguistic Literature & Theory
[RG #62] Hebrew Linguistic Literature & Theory
September 1, 1994 - August 31, 1995
Organizer:
David Tene (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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Saadia Gaon: Continuity and Change among the Jews of Islamic Lands
[RG #61] Saadia Gaon: Continuity and Change among the Jews of Islamic Lands
February - July 1995
Organizer:
Menahem Ben Sasson (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Robert Brody (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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Leibniz the Polemicist
[RG #60] Leibniz the Polemicist
October 1, 1994 - September 30, 1995
Organizer:
Marcelo Dascal (Tel Aviv University)
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The Beginnings of Jewish Prayer
[RG #68] The Beginnings of Jewish Prayer
October 1996 - September 1997
Organizer:
Israel Ta-Shma (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Randomness and Dynamical Systems
[RG #67] Randomness and Dynamical Systems
September 1996 - August 1997
Organizers:
Hillel Furstenberg (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Yuri Kifer (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Benjamin Weiss (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Signal Transduction in Health and Disease
[RG #66] Signal Transduction in Health and Disease
February - May 1997
Organizer:
Alex Levitzki (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Chirality of Drugs and Chiral Recognition
[RG #65] Chirality of Drugs and Chiral Recognition
November 1995 - August 1996
Organizer:
Israel Agranat (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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The notion of chirality has emerged as a major theme in drug design and discovery. Many of the new chiral drugs are being developed as single enantiomers. Chiral recognition is one of the most significant topics of contemporary stereochemical studies and is an essential component of pharmacological events.
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Visual Culture and Modern Jewish Society
[RG #64] Visual Culture and Modern Jewish Society
February - August 1996
Organizers:
Richard Cohen (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Ezra Mendelsohn (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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This Research Group is composed of scholars in a number of disciplines: art history, Jewish history, theatre, sociology and anthropology. All are interested in the ways in which the study of modern Jewish society can be advanced through a study of visual images, ranging from high art to caricatures, exhibitions in museums and world fairs and the stage. Another principle concern in to examine how certain images can be better understood by placing them in their proper Jewish context.
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Meeting of Cultures in the Hellenistic Roman World
[RG #63] Meeting of Cultures in the Hellenistic Roman World
September 1995 - August 1996
Organizers:
Uriel Rappaport (University of Haifa)
Israel Shatzman (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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The Research Group will explore a wide range of historical and cultural themes relating to the Mediterranean world in Hellenistic and Roman times. The disciplines of history, palaeography, archaeology, numismatics, legal history, Talmudic studies and classical philology will all play a key role in deepening the group's research.
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Formation of Structure in the Universe
[RG #93] Formation of Structure in the Universe
June 2003 - September 2003
Organizer:
Avishai Dekel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
The Russian Context of Modern Jewish Culture: A Case Study of Multiculturalism
[RG #92] The Russian Context of Modern Jewish Culture: A Case Study of Multiculturalism
March 2, 2003 - August 31, 2003
Israel Bartal (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Hamutal Bar-Yosef (Ben-Gurion University of Jerusalem)
Greeks, Romans, Jews and Others in the Near East from Alexander to Muhammad: A Civilization of Epigraphy
[RG #91] Greeks, Romans, Jews and Others in the Near East from Alexander to Muhammad: A Civilization of Epigraphy
September 1, 2002 - August 31, 2003
Organizers:
Hannah Cotton (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Jonathan Price (Tel Aviv University)
David Wasserstein (Tel Aviv University)
Exclusivity and Universality in Shi'ite Islam
[RG #90] Exclusivity and Universality in Shi'ite Islam
September 1, 2002 - February 28, 2003
Organizer:
Meir Bar-Asher (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Etan Kohlberg (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)