educated_at nitza ben-dov
The ___MASK55___ is a public research university on the top of Mount Carmel in Haifa , Israel . The university was founded in 1963 by the mayor of its host city , Abba Hushi , to operate under the academic auspices of the ___MASK68___ . A university (" a whole ", " a corporation ") is an institution of higher ( or tertiary ) education and research which grants academic degrees in various subjects . Universities typically provide ___MASK32___ and postgraduate education . Nitza Ben - Dov ( Hebrew :   -   , née Fruchtman , born 10 March 1950 ) is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the ___MASK55___ . Abba Hushi ( Also : Aba Khoushy born Abba Schneller ; 1898  24 March 1969 ) was an Israeli politician who served as mayor of Haifa for eighteen years between 1951 and 1969 . Hushi was one of the founders and activists of Hashomer Hatzair movement in Poland . In July 1920 , he immigrated to Mandate Palestine with a group of 130 Jewish pioneers . There he took the Hebrew surname " Hushi " [" speedy "], a translation of his original name , Schneller . He built roads and drained swamps , and helped to found kibbutz Beit Alfa . He was one of the founding members of the Histadrut labor federation . In 1927 , he settled in Haifa and joined the Ahdut HaAvoda party , which later merged with Mapai . He was secretary of the Haifa Workers Council from 1931 to 1951 . Hushi was elected to Israel ' s first Knesset in 1949 as a member of Mapai . Before the 1951 elections , he left the government to become mayor of Haifa . As mayor , he helped to found the ___MASK55___ , the Haifa Theatre , the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art , the Mane - Katz Museum and the Carmelit ( Haifa ' s funicular railway ). The ___MASK68___ (" Ha - Universita ha - Ivrit bi - Yerushalayim " " Al - Jami ' ah al - Ibriyyah fi al - Quds "; abbreviated HUJI ) is Israel ' s second oldest university established in 1918 , 30 years before the State of Israel . The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot . The world ' s largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J . Safra Givat Ram campus .