At the same time, the Central Bureau of Statistics announced that on the eve of the 64th Independence Day, the State of Israel has a population of approximately 7.881 million
The Landau Science and Research Lottery Prize for 2011 is awarded for the tenth year to Israeli scientists who have achieved meritorious achievements in their field and made a valuable contribution to the advancement of science and research. The award is considered one of the most significant and prestigious awards given in this field in Israel. As part of the award, prizes of NIS 350,000 will be awarded to 7 researchers and scientists in 4 fields of science and research. Each of the selected scientists receives a cash prize of NIS 50,000.
The creators were selected through professional judging committees consisting of senior academics.
These are the names of the winners by fields:
Humanities - Classical Studies - Winner: Dr. Aharon Shabtai, Tel Aviv University. Judges: Prof. Shmuel Shkolnikov, Department of Philosophy and School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Prof. Irad Malkin, Professor of Ancient History, Tel Aviv University; Dr. Aminadav Dikman, Head of Translation Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Humanities - Religious Sciences - Winner: Prof. Steven Kaplan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Judges: Prof. Vared Noam, Department of Hebrew Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University; Dr. Muhammad Al-Etauna, Islamic scholar and faculty member in the Department of Jewish Studies at Ben Gurion University in the Negev; Prof. Michal Biran, Institute for Asian and African Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Life Sciences - Ecology - Winner: Prof. Ametsia Ganin, Hebrew University. The judges: Prof. Noga Kornfeld, Tel Aviv University; Prof. Micha Ilan, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University; Prof. Uriel Spriel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Life Sciences - Evolution - Winner: Prof. Avitar Nebo, Haifa University
The judges: Dr. Uri Gofna, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University; Prof. Tamar Dayan, Director of the National Nature Collections, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University: Prof. Dan Mishmer, Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Natural Sciences - Water Desalination - Winner: Prof. David Hasson, Technion Haifa
The judges: Arnon Fishbein, CEO of Violia Environmental Quality Services Israel; Prof. Asher Brenner, Head of the Environmental Engineering Unit, Ben Gurion University of the Negev; Prof. Yoram Oren, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Natural Sciences - Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Winner: Gil Navon, Tel Aviv University. The judges: Prof. Shimon Vega, Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute; Prof. Moshe Gomari, head of the MRI and neuroradiography unit, Hadassah Ein Kerem University Hospital; Prof. Rashef Tana from the Weizmann Institute.
Social Sciences - Political Science and International Relations - Winner: Prof. Haim Ganz, Faculty of Law of Tel Aviv University, and the Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem. The judges: Prof. David Neuman, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev; Dr. Denis Sharvit, Head of Political Science, The Open University; Prof. Uri Bar Yosef, University of Haifa.
The prizes will be distributed on May 13.5.12, 2011 at the Lottery Awards Ceremony for Performing Arts and Science and Research for XNUMX. The ceremony will combine the winning artists and scientists on one stage.
The population of Israel on the eve of Independence Day 7.881 was approximately 806 million. With the establishment of the state, the population of Israel numbered 64 thousand inhabitants. This is according to data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics on the eve of the XNUMXth Independence Day.
The Jewish population numbers about 5.931 million inhabitants (75.3% of the total population), the Arab population about 1.623 million inhabitants (20.6%) and the "others" population, which are immigrants and their descendants who are not registered as Jews at the Ministry of the Interior, numbers about 327 thousand inhabitants (4.1% ).
Since Independence Day last year, 161 thousand babies were born in Israel and 39 thousand people died; 19 immigrants arrived in Israel, on the other hand, about 8 people were subtracted from the population as a result of the balance of Israeli immigration (exits and returns of Israelis who stayed abroad for more than a year consecutively). Another 4.5 thousand people were added to the population from family reunification. In total, Israel's population has grown since the 63rd Independence Day, by 137.5 thousand residents - an increase of 1.8%.
In 2010, over 70% of the Jewish population were "Zabrs" - born in Israel (more than half of them at least second generation in Israel), compared to only 35% in 1948.
In 1948 there was only one city in Israel with more than 100,000 inhabitants - Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Today, 14 cities have over 100,000 inhabitants, of which six have over 200,000 inhabitants: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Haifa, Rishon Lezion, Petah Tikva and Ashdod.
