Who We Are

We are Harvard University faculty who share the goal of supporting academic, intellectual, scientific, and technical exchanges between Harvard and the people and academic institutions of Israel.

Like exchanges with other countries and peoples, there are enormous benefits of academic interchanges with Israel and Israelis.

We are here to support Israeli students and scholars at Harvard, during their time at Harvard and beyond.

We are here to encourage academic exchanges, including research collaborations, between Harvard and the universities and academic institutions of Israel.

We are here to promote exchange of students, scholars, and lecturers between Harvard and Israeli academic institutions.

If you want to join us, please add your name to our group.

What We Are Doing and What We Will Do

Our first activity is to hold weekly lunches, Wednesdays at Harvard Hillel in Cambridge and Thursdays at the Harvard School of Public Health on the Longwood campus, to bring together members of the Israeli and Jewish community and to provide support for students, scholars, and staff members.

We are also working to promote and support academic exchanges with Israel in a variety of Harvard settings.

More broadly, we aim to:

--Be a resource for Israeli students and scholars who are visiting or studying Harvard.

--Be a resource for Harvard students and scholars on academic visits to Israel.

--Serve as a clearinghouse for information about academic exchanges between Harvard and Israel.

--Work to overcome any barriers to academic exchange programs between Harvard and Israel.

Who can sign:

Any faculty at Harvard, defined as any Harvard community member that is teaching, advising, or directing research at Harvard. Please include your academic title and Harvard email address (or email address for Harvard-affiliated institution such as Boston Children’s Hospital).  We do not accept anonymous signatures.

What am I signing up for?

Your signature expresses your support for the mission of Harvard Faculty for Israel and your willingness to stand with over 400 Harvard faculty colleagues to achieve this mission.

All work of Harvard Faculty for Israel is voluntary. Members of the group need not make a specific time commitment. You can decide how and to what extent you wish to participate.

Your ideas and input and innovation are all welcome!

Who started this group?

This group was started by two professors at different schools of Harvard:

Jesse M. Fried, Harvard Law School
Matthew Meyerson, Harvard Medical School

Click here for the current list of signatories.