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House...:-P by drmorf, 4 more photosLeave a Comment Address: Off of Herzel StreetDirections: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/homepage/pages/directions.shtmlWebsite: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/
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The Weizmann Institute of Science is Rehovot's famous university and research institute. What makes it unique is that it offers only graduate and post-graduate studies in the sciences. It is the place to be, if you enjoy and understand sciences and want to study them in depth.
It was founded in 1934 by Chaim Weizmann who later became Israel's first president. Weizmann pursued his research in organic chemistry at the institute's laboratories and he also used to live on campus (his lovely home is open to visitors). He and his wife were buried on campus as well after they had died.
For those who are still alive, the Weizman Institute offers degrees in mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biological chemistry and biology, as well as in several interdisciplinary programs. Unfortunately, these degrees are not for sale, instead you're required to study hard for all of them. Most graduate students only pursue one of those degrees.
If you don't have the time or energy for a degree, you can instead visit the open-air interactive science museum on campus, which may be more fun. In any case visiting the museum takes a lot less longer than going for a science degree. Leave a Comment Address: Downtown RehovotDirections: Not far from the Rehovot railway station, off Herzl Street. It's a large campus, so you can't miss it, but if you do, just ask anybody in Rehovot, they all know where it is located, unless the person is a first-time tourist.Website: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/
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 Orange cushions in the Minkoff
Orchard cafe by iblatt, 4 more photos
You enter through the old gate into a walled farmyard with the orchard owner's house, a water well, a trolley which used to carry the boxes of freshly-picked oranges to the packing house. An audiovisual display tells the story of orange growing in Israel: How it all started, how the work used to be done in the early days (water used to be pumped from the well by camel power, to be replaced later by a motor), how Jaffa oranges became the pride of the country and one of the more important export goods of Israel; the long route the oranges made from the tree to the picker's basket, then to the trolley, to the packing house, the sorting and the packaging, then to the port of Jaffa, where crates were transported by wooden row-boats to the ships which would take the oranges to the best European markets...
A young orchard of orange trees was planted again on the Minkoff Orchard site.
After your visit you can have a drink in the cafe, pleasantly set inside the farmyard, and relax on a cushion (ornage, of course!). Address: Near the Rehovot railway station.Phone: +972-8-9469197Directions: Enter the Science Park (Ha-Mada St.), turn right after the railway tracks.Website: www.shimur.org.il Other Contact: Fax: +972-8-9469223
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