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AFHU 2025 CENTENNIAL MISSION TO GERMANY AND ISRAEL
JUNE 8-12, 2025 BERLIN
JUNE 13-19, 2025 JERUSALEM

MISSION CHAIR
Pamela Nadler Emmerich
AFHU President

Led by
Professor Menahem Ben-Sasson
Hebrew University Chancellor

GERMANY HIGHLIGHTS*
SUNDAY, JUNE 8 – THURSDAY, JUNE 12

  • Experience a curated and exclusive tour of the Jewish Museum with architect Daniel Libeskind.
  • Explore the Max Liebermann House, the Brandenburg Gate, and the Botanical Gardens of Freie.
  • Participate in an exclusive after-hours private tour of the Neues Museum and the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.
  • Meet with 101-year-old Holocaust survivor and author Margot Friedlander.
  • Explore the Neue Synagogue and its Jewish neighborhood in an exclusive guided walking tour.
  • Enjoy VIP visits to Berlin’s famous private art collections.
  • Meet with Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor at the Israeli Embassy.
  • Participate in an exclusive meeting with the President of Germany, Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
  • Enjoy home hospitality with German Friends of the Hebrew University.
  • Participate in an exclusive visit to the German Academy of Sciences.

JERUSALEM HIGHLIGHTS*
FRIDAY, JUNE 13 – THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2025

  • Celebrate Hebrew University’s 100 years of academic achievements at the 2025 Board of Governors.
  • Welcome Shabbat Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria’s Hotel rooftop.
  • Opening night celebrating the inauguration of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
  • High-Tech Park with special guest: Moshe Lion, Mayor of Jerusalem.
  • Special concert with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hebrew University’s Rothberg Amphitheatre.
  • Exclusive event at Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s residence.
  • Gala event at the Tower of David.
  • Inauguration Ceremony of the Saul and Joyce Brandman Residence Park.
  • Walking tours in Jerusalem marking 100 years of Hebrew University.
  • Ceremony recreating the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s 1925 opening.

*Please note that due to dynamic global circumstances, this itinerary is subject to change based on conditions on the ground and clearance from relevant authorities.

For more information, please contact Monica Loebl, National Director of Development, at 561.948.3342 or [email protected].

Professor Menahem Ben-Sasson, Chancellor and past President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, served as Chairman of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, and headed the Knesset lobby for Higher Education. From 2012-2015, Professor Ben-Sasson represented the Hebrew University as Chairman of the Council of University Presidents in Israel. Professor Ben-Sasson is a scholar in the Department of the History of the Jewish People in the Faculty of Humanities.  He is an expert on Maimonides, the rise of local Jewish communities in Muslim lands, the relationship between religion and economics, and law and spirituality as sources of authority in Medieval Oriental society. Professor Ben-Sasson is past editor and editorial board member of a range of publications and has published over forty books and articles. Professor Ben-Sasson’s honors include an honorary doctoral degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Prize for Jewish History, and the Feher Prize for the Study of Jewish Heritage. Professor Ben-Sasson has been a visiting lecturer at leading institutions in the United States and Europe, including Brandeis University, Yeshiva University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Cambridge, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Einstein Center Chronoi at Freie University of Berlin.