Tel-Hai Magazine 2022

of the traditional Mediterranean food products, and was se lected to be granted up to 2 M€ (out of 114 submitted pro posals, alongside 3 other projects). The consortium includes 20 academic and industrial entities from 8 European countries and is coordinated by the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Spain. It was established to work on developing innovative plant-based, added-value food products through the promotion of LO CAL Mediterranean NUT and LEGUME crops, named the "LOCALNUTLEG" consortium project.

A new research program, conducted by Tamir Hod PhD, from Tel-Hai College, funded by the Alfred Landecker Foundation, Germany A new research program led by Dr. Tamir Hod, historian of Israeli society and the Holocaust, and lecturer at Tel-Hai Col lege, investigates and reveals the story behind the exclusive Israeli Police Unit for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes, ‘Ho locaust Survivors’ Legal Vengeance’, most members of which were Holocaust survivors. The research is being conducted at the Research Center for Holocaust Studies that was founded this year at Tel-Hai with a generous donation from the Alfred Landecker Foundation, Germany. Dr. Hod, accompanied by students from diverse backgrounds (Jews, Druze, Muslims and Christians), began an important research and educational program that incorporates commu nity activities and promotes values of tolerance and accep tance of others. The students engage in various activities, such as meeting regularly with Holocaust survivors in the Upper Galilee, recording their stories, and conducting educational activities in schools across the region. A particularly important part of the program is the international conference on Holo caust and Genocide, which took place for the first time, during May 2022. At the conference, prominent researchers and ex perts presented and discussed new studies of the Holocaust. This unique combination of research with proactive engage ment strives to make a significant contribution towards creat ing a tolerant and democratic society, and overcoming racism in all its forms. We are very grateful to the Alfred Landecker Foundation for supporting this important initiative.

PRIMA is a program supported by Horizon 2020, the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

From left to right Dr. Yoni Vort man, Dr. Roee Gutman and Dr. Itai Opatovsky

Congratulations to our 7 (!) Tel-Hai recipients of the prestigious Israel Science Foundation (ISF) research grants for 2021: Prof. Mustafa Abbasi, Prof. Sharon Snir, Dr. Yoni Vortman, Dr. Itai Opatovsky, Dr. Itai Sharon, Dr. Roee Gutman, and Dr. Yael Kedar. The Israel Science Foundation is Israel's main national body supporting breakthrough science in the country, in various scientific disciplines. This program of funding is the largest and most comprehensive of all the ISF's core activities. Re search grants are awarded on a competitive basis to individ ual researchers according to the highest standards of scientif ic excellence.

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