“We educate students in the spirit of our motto, ‘Liberty and Responsibility.’ This means to endow the alumnus with the tools to do all that he desires without surrendering to limitations or waiting for the authorities to do it for him – but to do so in a way that clearly demonstrates responsibility for his surroundings and the willingness to act within them.”
Reichman University / Herzliya Conference
The Herzliya Conference is devoted to deal with the balance of Israel’s National strength and security. Such an undertaking requires the assessment of complex data and a wide range of topics. The strength of a nation depends on the robustness of its economy, its technology, military might and international allies and relations. But those observations are only a part of the entire picture and perhaps not even the most important ones.
Read MoreWe are celebrating the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya’s 10th anniversary this year. IDC’s story is that of pioneers in Israeli academia. Ten years ago, we received the keys to a dilapidated army base and made a single request of the government: Do not give us any funding. We did not yet have any donors and, as a non-profit educational institution, we were not looking for investors. We did not have money, but we had faith in the idea that the time had come to forge a new model for academia.
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