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/// STUDENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS IN ECONOMICS VISIT THE BANK OF ISRAEL VISITORS CENTER
Third-year students of the International Programs in Economics participated in a unique seminar of Applied Economics in which they heard guest lectures from senior economists in the public sector, private sector, and academia.
Guest lecturers included: Prof. Zvi Eckstein (former Dean and Head of the Aaron Institute); Itzik Devash (founder of Atudot L’Israel, the biggest leadership program for Israel’s public service employees); Prof. Joseph Zeira from the Hebrew University; Ms. Nurit Felter Eitan and Vered Yefet from the management of the Bank of Israel; Dr. Yigal Menashe, a senior economist from the Bank of Israel; Yaron Malka, Director of the Bank of Israel’s Visitor’s Center who led a tour; Dr. Hila Axelrad and Dr. Idit Kalisher from the Aaron Institute; Ronen Nir (Managing Director of PSG’s venture fund and a board member for the Aaron Institute); Dana Erell, Partner at EY Global Consulting who presented with two of her team, Noam Zetouni and Zeina Ighbareh, both alums of the Economics program.
One of the highlights of the seminar was the visit to the Bank of Israel Visitors Center in Tel-Aviv, in which they not only heard the lecture given by Dr. Yigal Menashe but also took a guided tour of the exhibition of the history of the bank of Israel and banknotes. The tour was guided by Yaron Malka, director of the Center,
As the number of students in the international economics program keeps growing, this year, Dr. Yael Hadass co-led the seminar with Dr. Boaz Zik, TA Yoav Hochberg, and Academic Literacy lecturer Dr. Esther Lopatin
