{"id":247771,"date":"2026-08-13T15:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/247771\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:50:25","slug":"tau-alumni-association-launch-aurion-initiative-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/247771\/","title":{"rendered":"TAU Alumni Association launch Aurion Initiative for Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A leadership initiative launched by <a href=\"https:\/\/en-alumni.tau.ac.il\/TAU-Aurion-EN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TAU Aurion<\/a> \u2013 A world changing community, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/culture\/article-905046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tel Aviv University<\/a>&#8216;s global community of young leaders, <a href=\"https:\/\/en-alumni.tau.ac.il\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tel Aviv University Alumni Organization<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/english.tau.ac.il\/tel_aviv_youth_university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tel Aviv Youth University<\/a>, is giving outstanding high school students from across Israel the opportunity to combine academic excellence with leadership development.<\/p>\n<p>Devised by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en-alumni.tau.ac.il\/TAU-Aurion-EN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TAU Aurion<\/a> Young Leadership Working Group, which is chaired by TAU alumnus Ran Fhurer, the initiative is delivered through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/culture\/article-905046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tel Aviv University<\/a>&#8216;s Youth University, with the generous support of Bezeq, Israel&#8217;s largest telecommunications group, where Fhurer is a member of the Board of Directors, representing the Israeli controlling shareholder, brings together talented students from diverse social, cultural, and geographic backgrounds, encouraging them to explore leadership not only as a theory, but as a responsibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">This year, about 90 students took part in the initiative through Tel Aviv Youth University for high school students. Participants came from communities across Israel, including Be&#8217;er Sheva, Sderot, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Netivot, Lod, Ramla, Tiberias, Nahariya, Karmiel, Dabburiya, Yanuh-Jat, Migdal HaEmek, Kiryat Malakhi and the Tel Aviv area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Throughout the year, students studied university-level social science courses, including Political Philosophy, exploring questions of leadership, democracy, responsibility and decision-making. Just as importantly, the program fostered dialogue among students from different communities, encouraging critical thinking, collaboration and a deeper understanding of the diverse realities that shape Israeli society.<\/p>\n<p>The academic year culminated in a joint leadership event bringing together participants from both programs. Students attended a lecture by Prof. Udi Sommer of TAU&#8217;s School of Political Science, titled &#8220;Leadership in the Trump Era,&#8221; before taking part in interactive workshops led by Hazanek La&#8217;Atid (The Future Initiative). Working in teams, they developed practical social initiatives addressing challenges facing young people while strengthening skills in teamwork, creative thinking and public speaking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Opening the event, Ran Fhurer who is also the VP of Business Development at Neopharm Group, encouraged students to see leadership as an opportunity to create opportunities for others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;True leadership is not only about personal achievement; it is about investing in others, opening doors, and passing on knowledge, experience, and opportunities. Don&#8217;t wait for someone to give you permission to lead. Stay curious, keep learning, and believe that you have the ability to make an impact today, not someday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For many participants, the experience offered not only academic enrichment but also the opportunity to meet peers from communities they might never otherwise have encountered. As one student reflected, &#8220;The course exposed me to fields of knowledge I was unfamiliar with and made me think deeply about things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">The initiative reflects TAU Aurion&#8217;s vision of investing in the young generation by connecting academic excellence with leadership, civic responsibility and meaningful.<\/p>\n<p>Written in collaboration with Tel Aviv University.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A leadership initiative launched by TAU Aurion \u2013 A world changing community, Tel Aviv University&#8216;s global community of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[948,37,9204,35790,14204,68842,3616],"class_list":["post-247771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-education","tag-israel","tag-students","tag-teenagers","tag-tel-aviv-university","tag-tel-aviv-university-alumni-organization","tag-youth"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117088998035037464","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}