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“It’s not enough to be up to date, you have to be up to tomorrow.”
– David Ben-Gurion
BGU was inspired by the vision of Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, who believed that the future of Israel lay in Negev region.
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read moreRobotics is only the beginning for BGU and the high-tech industry in Beer-Sheva.
read moreMedical research at BGU covers the spectrum of human health, with emphasis on neurosciences, diabetes, cardio metabolic health, and cancer.
read moreDavid Ben-Gurion dreamed of creating a Hebrew Oxford in the Negev as a modern Hebrew Yavneh.
read moreBGU is developing technologies that address Israel’s security challenges and those of its allies.
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Dr. Eli Papo, of BGU’s Department of Hebrew Literature, examines how humor is used in the Bible and how Ashkenazi and Sephardi societies use humor differently in the Diaspora. He provides provocative thought-material on God as a writer and a character in His own book.