The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is one of Israel's leading universities, conceived by Zionist thinkers in the late nineteenth century and given its foundation stone in 1918, in the closing months of the First World War. Early supporters included Chaim Weizmann, who became the first president of Israel, and Albert Einstein, who left his papers to the university. The first campus opened on Mount Scopus, but after the 1948 war it was cut off from Jewish West Jerusalem, and a new campus was built at Givat Ram. Mount Scopus was reunited with the rest of the city in 1967 and again became a main campus. The university houses the National Library of Israel and is known for research in the sciences and humanities.
Before and after
- 21 December 1917Birth of Heinrich Böll
- from 1918 to 1920Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–1920)
- 1918Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia
- 1918Publication of Mer Hayrenik
- 1918Founding of Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- from January 1918 to December 19201918–1920 flu pandemic
- from 1918 to 1922Japanese intervention in Siberia
- 8 January 1918Fourteen Points
- 15 January 1918Birth of Gamal Abdel Nasser
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- from 1919 to 1946Founding of League of Nations
- 11 December 1931Founding of Commonwealth of Nations
- 18 June 1932Founding of International Basketball Federation
- 1938Founding of Samsung Group
- 22 July 1944Founding of International Monetary Fund
The era
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