Ethnic food tasting in the colorful Machane Yehuda market

In Machane Yehuda

The group raises their shot glasses at one stop in the heart of Machane Yehuda. Pictured is Dr. Merav Galili (center), Vice President for Development

Also toasting are BIU Deputy President Prof. Moshe Lewenstein (front right), ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Executive Director Ron Solomon (far right), and BIU CEO Zohar Yinon (third from right)

The Israeli Knesset

The group is treated to a VIP Knesset tour with BIU alumna, MK Aliza Lavie (center)

Showcasing BIU alumni members of Knesset, an academic panel focuses on the hot-button topic, “Preventing Terror and Safeguarding Liberal Democratic Values”

Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee MK Avi Dichter (center), who formerly served as the Minister of Public Security, the Minister of Home Front Defense, and as Director of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), shares his insights. Also pictured are MK Anat Berko (right), Chairperson of the Cyber Security Subcommittee, and moderator BIU Prof. Jonathan Rynhold of the Department of Political Studies

The Farewell Dinner at the “Muse on the Mountain” Restaurant in Shoresh

Making good vibrations, the group keeps up the beat with a variety of drums, under the “tutelage” of Dr. Avi Gilboa, Chairman of BIU’s Department of Music

Dr. Avi Gilboa (left), together with Vera Muravitz, Chairman of the International Friends (right), drum up some excitement as Esther Tager (center back), wife of BFBIU Chairman Romi Tager, looks on

Concluding words as the sun sets in the mountain: BIU President Prof. Arie Zaban bids farewell to overseas guests, expressing his hope to see them at next year’s BOT meetings that are scheduled for May 31 – June 5, 2019