Tel Aviv University
Millie Phillips.
March 5, 2018, 5:29 pm
President strengthens ties
LAST November, Australian businesswoman and philanthropist Millie Phillips made a $20 million donation to Tel Aviv University (TAU) to expand scholarship offerings and bolster faculty programs and facilities.
By Shane Desiatnik
Millie Phillips.
December 7, 2017, 12:00 am
$20 millie-on donation
LONG-TIME communal philanthropist Millie Phillips has been hailed by Israeli educators after donating almost $20 million to the Tel Aviv University (TAU) to help it attract leading researchers from across the globe, house international students and reward those who display Jewish pride.
By Joshua Levi
Professor Dina Porat is visiting Australia.
October 15, 2017, 12:00 am
Tackling today’s anti-Semitism
YAD Vashem's traditional role does not directly relate to combating contemporary anti-Semitism, but Israel's Shoah museum is widening its scope, now bringing the lessons of a horrific past into today's world, according to Professor Dina Porat, its chief historian.
By Peter Kohn
Leading performers at Tel Aviv's International Opera Workshop include Israeli mezzo-soprano Zlata Khershber.
July 13, 2017, 9:00 am
Sound of opera in Tel Aviv
Tony Abbott (centre) with Tel Aviv University president Professor Joseph Klafter (left) and Professor Yaron Oz.
May 26, 2017, 12:01 am
Abbott honoured in Israel
FORMER Australian prime minister Tony Abbott told The AJN that support for Israel is a “no brainer".
Julia Gillard (right) receives an honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University. Photo: Dani Machlis/BGU
May 18, 2017, 12:00 am
Former Aus PMs honoured in Israel
FORMER Australian prime ministers Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are both in Israel this week receiving honorary doctorates from universities.
By Joshua Levi
Professor Paul Zimmet (centre) celebrates at the University of Adelaide with (from left) his son Dr Marcel Zimmet, siblings Dr Leon Zimmet and Dr Rea Zimmet, and son Dr Hendrik Zimmet.
May 15, 2017, 12:01 am
An honorary doctorate
PROFESSOR Paul Zimmet received an honorary doctorate from the University of Adelaide last week, almost exactly 75 years to the day that his father graduated in medicine from the same university.
Alon Moss at the winner’s presentation.
April 14, 2017, 12:01 am
Gap-year student wins start-up competition
“AMAZING and surreal” is how 19-year-old Sydneysider Alon Moss describes winning a two million shekel ($A700,000) start-up competition in Israel last month with British teenager Ilan Lewis.
Naftali Bennett responding to John Kerry's speech last week. Photo: EPA/Jim Hollander
January 5, 2017, 12:01 am
Bennett bolstered by UN resolution
Naftali Bennett, champion of the settler cause and leader of the rightist Jewish Home party is positioning himself as the man who has answers to international criticism.
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