University Community Mobilization in the Iron Sword War

 

We are all going though especially difficult times. With the outbreak of the Iron Swords War, Reichman University has mobilized to join the war effort and established the following Situation Rooms:

 

  • Public Diplomacy (“Hasbara”) Situation Room — Reichman University’s civilian Public Diplomacy Situation Room operates in approximately 30 different languages, in cooperation with the organization Act-IL. and with the involvement of Reichman students from all over the world. The Situation Room disseminates reliable information in different languages, driving home the message that “Hamas=ISIS.” The team’s efforts are concentrated on a number of areas: Designing graphic content for distribution, enhancing the pro-Israel presence in “talkbacks” throughout social media, countering hostile activity from external parties, gathering pertinent information for various stakeholders, translating relevant information in order to reach a large number of audiences around the globe, and managing the distribution of information to key individuals and officials worldwide. All of these efforts are voluntary and based on the understanding that the power to make an impact is in our hands, and that indifference is not an option. Students receive daily guidance from Reichman University’s top experts, including Col. Miri Eisin, Prof. Yishai Beer, Prof. Boaz Ganor, and others.
    The Situation Room was activated in the past, during Operation Protective Edge as well as during Operation Pillar of Defense, and succeeded in reach millions of people, in 62 countries and 31 languages.
    To volunteer for the Public Diplomacy Situation Room
    Click here>>

 

  • Equipment Collection Operations Room — The Student Union, in collaboration with the Dean of Student Affairs and the Dean of the Harry Radzyner Law School, Prof. Lior Zemer, has organized an operation to collect and distribute equipment to students, alumni, and faculty members who have been drafted into the reserves and are on the front lines.
    The Operations Room is open from Sunday-Thursday between the hours of 10:00 and 17:00.
    For details about volunteering at the Equipment Collection Operations Room, click here >>
    For questions and updates, please contact Dr. Adi Koll, dean of Student Affairs: 054-4959973; Atalia Toronto, deputy chair of the Student Union: 050-4712178; or Anat Rodonia, Reichman University alumna and former deputy chair of the Student Union: 054-9464010

 

  • War Victims Situation Room — The War Victims Situation Room, operated by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, is working with the help of volunteers to coordinate and streamline assistance to victims who are students and faculty members of Reichman University, and to centralize information about members of the university community (students, faculty, alumni, and their families) who are missing or have been injured, murdered, or kidnapped. The Situation Room operates Sunday-Thursday, between 10 AM and 5 PM.
    To contact the War Victims Situation Room: Dr. Adi Koll:0544959973 | Shir Peer: speer@runi.ac.il

 

  • Legal-Clinical Information Center for the Exercising of Rights — Run in the framework of the legal clinics, the center was established by Dr. Neta Nadiv, Adv. Sharon Tsionov, and Prof. Lior Zemer. The information center provides legal information to the families affected by the terrorist attacks and those have been evacuated from their homes. The center’s team offers guidance and assistance in the following matters: labor laws, grants, housing, health rights, contracts, debts, guardianships, and wills. The center is operated by student volunteers from the Harry Radzyner Law School, and is managed by lawyers from the school’s community clinics — Shiran Hason, Yotam Kaizman, and Efrat Geller Nitzan.
    For more details, please contact Dr. Neta Nadiv: 054-4624369


  • Career and professional employment assistance project — The Arison School of Business has launched an initiative to help those affected by the war by offering career and employment advice, both during the war and in preparation for the day after. The project offers guidance in a variety of areas, including business advisory services for the self-employed, professional training for employees, skill enhancement, job search assistance, and career development. This effort is spearheaded by Dr. Moshik Miller, a lecturer and researcher at the school.

 

 

  • The agricultural volunteering program — Hundreds of Reichman University students, led by Prof. Lior Zemer, dean of the Harry Radzyner Law School and Dr. Adi Koll, dean of Student Affairs, are currently volunteering to help agricultural communities. Hundreds of students from all of the university’s schools are volunteering on farms in the Sharon region and Emek Hefer. Among the farms benefiting from this initiative are Ahituv, Mishmeret, Petahya, Gan Yoshia Kfar Vitkin, and Sde Yitzhak. Every week, approximately 50-60 students are assigned to work in the various farms for about four and a half hours.

 

  • Opening of the campus to middle school students from the city of Herzliya — In cooperation with the Herzliya municipality, the university is allocating a number of classrooms for the use of middle school students. This initiative will take place in adherence to the directives of the Home Front Command and capacity restrictions.