Moshe Kaveh

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

Moshe Kaveh
משה קוה
Born	1943 Tashkent, Soviet Union
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	physicist
Known for	President of Bar-Ilan University

Biography

Kaveh was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union where his parents sought safety after fleeing from Poland.^[2][3] All of his father (Rabbi David Kaveh)'s ten siblings perished in the Holocaust. 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] He completed his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees at Bar-Ilan University.

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]