D O C U M E N T 2 1 5 J U N E 1 9 2 8 3 4 9 Ich hoffe und wünsche, dass Ihre Gesundheit wieder bald ganz hergestellt sein wird und bleibe mit den allerherzlichsten Grüssen[14] Ihr sehr treuer Ch Weizmann TLS. Weizmann 1978, pp. 460–462. [33 394]. On letterhead: “The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Board of Governors. Office of the President. 77, Great Russell Street, London, W.C.1.” [1] A meeting of the Hebrew University’s Academic Council and the fourth meeting of the BOGHU had just taken place in London (see “Resolutions Adopted by the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University at Its 4th Conference in London on June 3rd, 4th and 5th, 1928” [IL-JeHUCA]). [2] Docs. 202, 201, and 203. Felix M. Warburg. [3] Docs. 207 and 209. [4] For Einstein’s stance on these two issues as presented to the BOGHU, see Doc. 201. [5] Einstein had expressed his opposition to the introduction of teaching courses in the humanities and his support for such courses in the sciences (see Doc. 201). At the BOGHU’s meeting, it was decided to begin the establishment “of a Faculty of Arts or Humanities by constituting the Institute of Jewish Studies and the School of Oriental Studies Departments of the Faculty, and by instituting courses in philosophy, history, and letters.” In contrast, in regard to the sciences, the following was decided: “Degree Teaching in Science shall not be undertaken and degrees shall not be granted until the departments of Mathematics and Physics are established with reasonably complete equipment and permanent staff, and the Department of Chemistry is strengthened with another Professor and its staff reorganised and supplemented on the basis of a researching and a teaching department” (see “Reso- lutions Adopted by the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University at Its 4th Conference in London on June 3rd, 4th and 5th, 1928” [IL-JeHUCA]). [6] Edmund Landau. [7] For Brodetsky’s report, see “Report on Teaching and Research in and Publications by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,” 1 September 1927 [IL-RWW]). For Einstein’s letter, see Doc. 201. [8] Einstein had expressed his concern about this in Doc. 201. [9] For Einstein’s definition of the functions for the proposed academic head and his support for the position being a long-term one, see Doc. 201. [10] Leonard Ornstein. Josef Horovitz (1874–1931) was a German-Jewish orientalist, founder of the School of Oriental Studies at the Hebrew University, and a member of the BOGHU. Otto Warburg (1859–1938) was a German-Jewish botanist, head of the Hebrew University’s Institute of Palestine Natural History, and a member of the BOGHU. [11] This decision was formulated as follows: “It was resolved that the Board appoint a special Com- mittee to consider the Academic Administration of the Hebrew University and submit its recommen- dations in good time for the next meeting of the Board of Governors” (see “Resolutions Adopted by the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University at Its 4th Conference in London on June 3rd, 4th and 5th, 1928” [IL-JeHUCA]). [12] Cyrus Adler (1863–1940) was president of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learn- ing and Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Abraham Adolf Buechler (1867– 1939) was a Hungarian-born Talmudist, historian, and theologian, and principal of Jews’ College in London. Both of them were members of the BOGHU. [13] Weizmann planned to visit Berlin to attend the next meeting of the Zionist Actions Committee, the political body to which the Zionist Executive was accountable, to discuss the enlargement of the Jewish Agency (see Chaim Weizmann to Vera Weizmann, 17 July 1928, in Weizmann 1978, p. 470). [14] This sentence is written in Weizmann’s hand.