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Oct. 24, 2013
 
 

BGU and Die Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg signed an agreement this week to launch the first ever joint Israel-Germany academic program. The Israel Studies program with a specialization in Modern Jewish Life and Culture will be held on the Sede Boqer campus and in Heidelberg and is open to Israeli and German students. 

Prof. Johannes Heil signed the cooperation agreement on behalf of Die Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg while Rector Prof. Zvi HaCohen signed on behalf of BGU.  Deputy Rector Prof. Steven Rosen and Dr. Paula Kabalo, director of the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism and director of the Israel Studies Program and the Israel Studies International MA Program (ISIP) were also present. 

The program will be launched in time for the academic year of 2014-2015 and is a result of the collaboration between the Hoschschule and BGU established by Prof. Birgit Klein from Heidelberg.  

“Next year, we will mark 50 years since the resumption of diplomatic relations between Israel and Germany. There is a lot of symbolism in the fact that the university which bears David Ben-Gurion’s name is establishing the first bilateral degree program between Israel and Germany,” Kabalo declared.

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Above Left to Right: Dr. Paula Kabalo, Prof. Johannes Heil, Prof. Zvi HaCohen, Prof. Steven Rosen