Moshe Kaveh

Moshe Kaveh (משה קוה; born 1943) is an Israeli physicist and former President of Bar-Ilan University.[1][2]

Moshe Kaveh
Born
משה קוה

1943
NationalityIsraeli
Occupationphysicist
Known forPresident of Bar-Ilan University

Biography

Kaveh was born in Tashkent in Uzbekistan, where his parents sought safety after fleeing from Poland.[2][3]

All ten siblings of his father, Rabbi David Kaveh, did not survive the Holocaust.[2] The Kaveh family made aliyah to Israel in 1950.[2]

He is a Professor in the Department of Physics at Bar-Ilan University. He has published over 300 articles on physics.[1] Kaveh was Chairman of the Department, Dean of the school's Faculty of Natural Sciences, and Rector of Bar-Ilan.[2]

Kaveh was President of Bar-Ilan University from 1996 to 2013, succeeding Shlomo Eckstein and followed by Daniel Hershkowitz.[4][5] In 2013 he resigned.[6][7] Kaveh was chairman of Israel's Committee of University Presidents.[8]

In 2008 the Israel Council for Higher Education awarded Kaveh its Prize for Higher Education.[1]

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