Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, based in Jerusalem, was established in 1961 by the State of Israel to foster contact between Israeli scholars in the sciences and humanities and create a think tank for advising the government on research projects of national importance. Its members include many of Israel's most distinguished scholars.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with the current and the former presidents of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Entrance to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Council for Higher Education in Israel.
The garden of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Statue of Albert Einstein in the academy garden, replica of the 1979 monument located at the US National Academy of Sciences.
Shlomo Avineri
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Shlomo Avineri was an Israeli political scientist. He was a professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He also served as a recurring visiting professor at the Central European University in Budapest and a fellow at Munich-based academic think tank Centrum für angewandte Politikforschung, offering advice to politicians. Avineri died on 1 December 2023 at the age of 90.
