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Northwestern and Israel

Northwestern and Israel

In Israel, Northwestern offers its students and faculty innovative educational and research opportunities across many scholarly fields through collaborative partnerships and creative ventures.

Partnerships

Partner InstitutionPartner Type & Sponsor
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University: Coller School of Management
Tel Aviv University: Sackler Faculty of Medicine
Tel Aviv University: The Buchmann Faculty of Law

Units and Groups

Moroccan Wall

Middle East and North African Studies Program (MENA)

The Middle East and North African Studies Program (MENA) offers the Northwestern community an in-depth understanding of the region that stretches from Morocco to the Gulf States and Iran, and from the Mediterranean into the Sahara and beyond.
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Students Gathered

Student Groups

  • Fiedler Hillel
  • J Street U Northwestern
  • Save a Child’s Heart
  • Students for Justice in Palestine
  • TAMID Group
  • Wildcats for Israel
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Crown Family Gathering Snapshot

Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies

The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies offers a program in Israel Studies that promotes the academic study of the modern state of Israel through rigorous and interdisciplinary teaching, scholarship, and research. Its aim is to study all facets of the modern state of Israel, focusing on the history, politics, culture, and economics of contemporary Israeli society, as well as Israeli technological and scientific scholarship.
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Jewish Studies Graduate Cluster

Jewish Studies Graduate Cluster

The Jewish Studies Graduate Cluster provides students with rigorous training in Jewish history, culture, and thought. It is comprised of faculty and students from across the humanities and social sciences, and provides opportunities for inter-disciplinary engagement, collaboration, and community building.

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Alumni

~1,350
Northwestern alumni are based in Israel.
One-third are located in Tel Aviv.

The Kellogg Alumni Club of Israel offers social and networking opportunities to keep alumni connected to Northwestern and fellow alumni in Israel. Other ways to get and stay connected can be found here.

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This page features data and information from the 2021-2022 academic year and gets updated annually. The last update was made in October 2022. For questions or comments about the information listed here, please contact Janka Pieper, Senior Director of Communications and Intercultural Learning.