Bolstering the Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

The Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts are vital disciplines that promote critical thinking, spur social and cultural advances, and encourage freedom of expression and democratic values. Graduates of TAU’s Faculties of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts are in high demand for prestigious jobs in a range of industries, including high tech, cyber and more.

Naming Opportunities

• Israeli Arts Center and Building: Despite its large, vibrant, influential and often provocative arts scene, Israel does not have an academic arts center. Establishing such a Center will require the construction of a 6,000 square meter building for research, exhibition and educational space.

• Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Center for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences: These frameworks will further globalize studies in the humanities and the social sciences by supporting visiting scholars from leading overseas universities – for both long- and short-term visits – as well as awarding fellowships to doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, and organizing symposia and working groups.

• Sub-Units at the Azrieli Architecture Building: This beautiful new building is currently under construction at the high-traffic, high visibility main entrance to the TAU campus. It will offer a broad range of physical opportunities, ranging from a large auditorium and library, to student workshops, classrooms and patios.

• Center for the Applied Study of Risks to Democracy: A naming opportunity is available for this new hub for identifying the key risks facing democracy through a multidisciplinary lens, exploring effective social, political, technological and legal responses to them, and building transnational networks of young scholars, activists and engaged members of the public. Its overarching goal: To deepen and broaden the resilience of democratic forces, in Israel and worldwide.

• New Horizons: A program for training a new cadre of educators to shape Jewish pluralistic education in schools and diverse informal frameworks like community centers.

• Initiative for Advancing Holocaust Remembrance and Research: Supporting the
  restoration and preservation of key documents at TAU’s Weiner Library - one of the world’s leading archives on Nazism, antisemitism and Jewish life before and during the Holocaust. The Initiative will also promote vital research reinforcing the global fight against Holocaust denial and rising anti-semitism.

• Orchestral Training Program: The jewel in the crown of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music’s collaboration with the Israel Philharmonic, the Orchestral Training Program prepares the next generation of performers for the IPO and leading orchestras around the world. Donor opportunities include scholarships for music students, sponsoring an international concert, or naming the program itself.

• American Studies Initiative: This initiative will support TAU’s Center for the Study of
  the United States, the first and only academic center of its kind in Israel, which promotes the study of the US in Israel and deepens understanding among Israelis of all facets of American life, including a strong focus on bilateral relations and American Jewry.