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Israel: Lack of strategy jeopardises AI location
Israel is considered a leader in research and entrepreneurial initiative in the field of artificial intelligence. However, the government is struggling to promote the necessary infrastructure.
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Minerva Scientific Director Ulman Lindenberger bids farewell after 5 intense years
Ulman Lindenberger bids farewell after five years as Scientific Director of the Minerva Foundation. In his farewell address he looks back on an intense time. His successor will be Christian Doeller.
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Award winners of the Simom Peres Prize 2025
he 2025 Shimon Peres Prize has been awarded to two civil society initiatives whose projects make a sustainable contribution to understanding, empathy and exchange.
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State Secretary Marcus Pleyer visits Israel
Marcus Pleyer, State Secretary in the Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), vitited Israel at the beginning of December to attend the 42nd meeting of the Board of Trustees of the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF). During his trip he also visited other key partners of the BMFTR.
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Strengths and weaknesses of the Israeli education system
The Israeli education system is an important foundation for the country’s identity and development. Israeli society was built by immigrants from dozens of countries and five continents, and includes a diverse Arab minority. This is also reflected in the four main branches of the school system.
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Oren Schuldiner honoured as TUM Ambassador
Every year, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) awards the honorary title of “TUM Ambassador” to selected top international researchers. Among those honoured in 2025 was leading Israeli brain researcher Oren Schuldinger.
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Weizmann Institute awards Angela Merkel honorary doctorate
On 10 November 2025, the Israeli Weizmann Institute awarded former German Chancellor Angela Merkel an honorary doctorate ‘in recognition of her unprecedented services to global diplomacy and international partnerships’.
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Germany to become Associate Member of SESAME
During a visit to the SESAME laboratory in Jordan on 15 November 2025, Dr Silke Launert, Parliamentary Secretary of State of the German Ministry for Research, Technology and Space, announced that Germany intends to become Associate Member of SESAME.
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Franz Rudolf Bienenfeld and the The Religion of the Non-Religious Jews
At an international research workshop organised by the Wiener Library and the Minerva Institute for German History, Anne Rethman presents the Austrian-Jewish legal scholar Franz Rudolf Bienenfeld.
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Preliminary Announcement: EP MerMed Joint Transnational Call 2026
CARMEN 2026, a joint call by the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) adressing cardiovascular, metabolic, and kidney diseases, will open on 25 November 2025. Funding organisations from both Israel and Germany are involved in this call.
