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Rothschild Prize | The Robert H. Smith

Rothschild Prize

Info for Visitors

Bus: Many bus lines stop in front of the Faculty, including lines 26, 164, 201, 274, 301, 367, 371

Train: The faculty is located a short walk south of the Rehovot train station. The train schedule is available here.

Car: Entrance for private cars must be arranged before visiting.

Accommodations:  The Reisfeld Residence is an affordable, quiet and comfortable on-campus housing facility for international and Israeli visitors.
To reserve a room, contact

Ms. Gili Avidor Gafni
reisfeld.residence@mail.huji.ac.il

Tel: ++972-8-9489658
Fax: ++972-8-9463894

yad-hanadiv-logo.pngrothschild-prize-logo.png   In 1959, Yad Hanadiv established the Rothschild Prizes Organization to support, encourage and advance the Sciences and Humanities in Israel. Prizes are awarded in recognition of original and outstanding published work in the following disciplines: Mathematics/Computer Sciences and Engineering, Chemical Sciences and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Jewish Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences. Nominations for Prizes may be submitted by Presidents, Rectors and Deans of Faculties of Israeli universities, Chairs of relevant university departments, members of the Israel National Academy of Sciences and Humanities and previous recipients of a Rothschild Prize in the academic discipline in which they received the Prize.
     
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Prof. Yehudit Birk

In Memoriam
Biochemistry, Food Science And Nutrition

IN MEMORY OF

Prof. Yehudit Birk

1926 - 2013

Israel Prize for Agriculture 1988

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Established School Of Nutritional Sciences at HUJI
First woman dean at HUJI
Studied operating mechanism of protease inhibitors, which prevent viral replication.
Discovered the β-Lipotropin hormone, which is metabolized into endorphins that affect mood and behavior

 

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Prof. Aron (Alfred) Bondi

In Memoriam
Animal Nutrition & Biochemistry

IN MEMORY OF

Prof. Aron (Alfred) Bondi

1906 - 1997

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Israel Prize 1984. Studied the influence of chemical treatment on the feeding value of agricultural by-products and on the composition of structural carbohydrates contained in these feedstuffs. The influence of the concentrate: roughage ratio of the diets for high-producing dairy cows on feed efficiency and digestibility of the diets. Feed utilization in high-producing milk cows.

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Yair Mundlak

Prof. Yair Mundlak

In Memoriam
Environmental Economics and Management

IN MEMORY OF
Yair Mundlak
1927 - 2015

Agricultural economics, growth and development, econometrics.

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Prof. Isaac Wahl

In Memoriam
Plant Pathology

IN MEMORY OF

Prof. Isaac Wahl

1915 - 2004

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 Wahl started to teach at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot, where he developed Plant Pathology as one of the important disciplines. He later moved to Tel Aviv University where he established the Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement. He looked at  host-pathogen interaction in its wider ecological concept, including the weed progenitors of the cultivated crop species.  Wahl's research on the cultivated and wild progenitors of barley, oats and wheat, and on their pathogens led not only to new sources of resistance but also to a better understanding of the wild ecosystem.  Prof. Wahl and his students found many new sources of disease resistance, which they characterized and made available freely to crop improvement teams worldwide. Wahl was honored with the prestigious Rothschild Prize (1964) and the Harvey Prize (1978), and with the Bruno Kreisky Award for Service to Humanity (Vienna, Austria, 1985). The President of Israel presented him in 1992 with the prestigious Israel Prize in the Life Sciences for his work in pathology and mycology.

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