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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is one of Israel 's oldest, largest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. The Hebrew University is one of the Eight Universities In Israel . HISTORY One of the Zionist movement's dreams was to establish a Hebrew university in the land of Israel . The establishment of the university was proposed as far back as 1884 in the Kattowitz conference. A major supporter of the idea was Albert Einstein , a Jew ish Physicist , who later bequeathed all his property and writings to the University. The cornerstone for the university was laid in 1918 , and, seven years later, on April 1, 1925 , the Hebrew University campus on Mount Scopus of Jerusalem was opened at a gala ceremony attended, among others, by leaders of world Jewry including the University's chairman of the board, Chaim Weizmann , distinguished academic and communal figures, and British dignitaries including Lord Arthur James Balfour , Viscount Allenby and Sir Herbert Samuel . The university's first Chancellor was Dr Judah Magnes . By 1947, the University had grown to become a large, well-established research and teaching institution. It comprised faculties or other units in humanities, science, medicine, education and agriculture, (the last at a campus in Rehovot ); the Jewish National Library (later becoming the National Library Of Israel ), a University press; and an adult education center. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , the Arabs repeatedly attacked the University, located to the north east of Jerusalem, and convoys moving between the Israeli controlled section of Jerusalem and the University. After the Attack On The Hadassah Medical Convoy in 1948, the Mount Scopus campus was cut off from the Jewish part of Jerusalem. When the Jordan ian government reneged on the 1949 Armistice Agreements and refused Israeli access to the Mount Scopus campus, the University was forced to relocate to a new campus in Givat Ram in western Jerusalem which was completed in 1953. A few years later, together with the Hadassah Medical Organization, a medical science campus was built in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ein Kerem in southwest Jerusalem. By the beginning of 1967, the students numbered 12,500, spread among the two campuses in Jerusalem and the agricultural faculty in Rehovot. After the reunification of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War of June 1967, the University was able to go back to its original campus in Mount Scopus, which had to be reconstructed. In 1981, the construction work was completed, and the Mount Scopus campus again became the main campus of the University. The university was again touched by conflict on July 31, 2002 when a Palestinian construction worker (a resident of East Jerusalem) exploded a bomb in the crowded " Frank Sinatra " cafeteria during lunch hour. Nine people were killed by the deadly explosion and many more injured. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. World leaders including Kofi Annan, President Bush, and the President of the European Union issued statements of condemnation. {Link without Title} {Link without Title} CAMPUSES As of 2003, the University has four functioning campuses - three in Jerusalem municipal boundaries and one in Rehovot - and nearly 23,000 students. It is considered by many as one of the world's leading universities. Mount Scopus Mount Scopus (Hebrew: Har HaTzofim), in the eastern part of Jerusalem, is the primary campus for humanities and social studies. Givat Ram (Edmund J. Safra) Givat Ram campus contains the scientific departments, as well as The Jewish National And University Library . Ein Kerem The Ein Kerem campus is located in the same complex as the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital . Although the primary focus of the campus is the medical and dental departments of the university, the molecular biology department also finds its home here. Rehovot The Faculty of Agriculture and the Veterinary School are located in the city of Rehovot . DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
ALUMNI In 2004, three graduates of the University received the Nobel Prize ( David Gross in physics; Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko in chemistry).
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