The Anna Sobol Levy Foundation

Welcome to Reichman University — The Home of the Anna Sobol Levy Fellowship Experience

Professor Uriel Reichman founded the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in 1994 as Israel’s first private university. The institution changed its name to Reichman University (RU) in 2021. It is modeled on Ivy League institutions in the U.S. It is a non-profit corporate entity and does not receive subsidies from the State of Israel. RU is the home of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) and the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS).

The Raphael Recanati International School (RRIS) was established to allow students from around the world to benefit from the excellent academic programs at RU by offering several of those programs in English. The RRIS, in collaboration with the ICT, offers a one-year MA program in government with a specialization in counter-terrorism and intelligence studies. Among its other programs, the RRIS also offers a one-year MA program in government with a specialization in diplomacy and conflict studies and a two-year MSc in machine learning and data science.

Various faculty and staff of RU and the RRIS have served as field-grade officers or general officers in the Israel Defense Forces. They understand and supports the Foundation’s goals and are committed to making the Fellowship program a success.

ISRAELI AIR POWER

Israel’s air force flies primarily U.S.-manufactured fighter jets. The F-16 is the backbone of the country’s fighter fleet, with roughly 175 units in the inventory. The IAF also fields more than a hundred of the more powerful F-15 fighter, including more than 25 units of the highly effective F-15E “Strike Eagle” model. The IAF is phasing in the newer F-35 fighter jet.

FIERCLY INDEPENDENT

Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948 upon the expiration of the British Mandate, which had been carved out of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. According to a United Nation’s plan, the area of the British Mandate was to have been divided into a Jewish State and an Arab State. However, the day after Israel declared independence, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq attacked, sparking Israel’s War of Independence. At the conclusion of hostilities, Israel retained its original territory and a portion of the territory that would have become an Arab state. The neighboring countries absorbed the remaining territory. Jordan absorbed the West Bank and Egypt absorbed the Gaza strip. Those areas remained part of Jordan and Egypt until Israel captured them in the 1967 Six Day War.

An outlook rooted in the concepts of “freedom and responsibility”

Reichman University is a dream realized: an academic institution that changed the face of higher education in Israel and became a successful, pioneering model and a source of inspiration. Founded by renowned Israeli Professor Uriel Reichman in 1994, RU is a non-profit organization modeled after Ivy League universities in the U.S. In the twenty years since its establishment, the university’s success has drawn both international recognition and some of the finest lecturers and researchers from around the world.