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Also Known As	ha-Universita ha-ʿIvrit bi-Yerushalayim
Date	1925 - present
Areas Of Involvement	public education
Notable Alumni	Daniel Kahneman • Avigdor Liberman • Ehud Barak • Bernardo Arévalo • Naftali Bennett • Ehud Olmert • Joel Mokyr • Yair Netanyahu • Michal Schwartz • Ada Yonath • Meir Lahav • Amos Oz • David Gross • Jerry Rubin • Amalia Kahana-Carmon
Related People	Judah Leon Magnes

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