About us

Background

The Entomological Society of Israel (ESI) was founded on 20 February 1962 after more than 20 years of ad hoc meetings and discussions of rious entomological issues. The founders included about 80 members, most prominent of them were Yehezkel Rivnay, Chanan Bitinsky-Zaltz, Rachel Galun, Yitzhak Harpaz, Meir Pener and Shoshana Yatom. The Society is active in promoting the various disciplines of arthropod research, ranging from the organism to molecular biology, organizing meetings and granting awards. Members of the ISE meet annually at a Congress for a day or two, where recent achievements both academic and applied are reported and discussed. In addition, during the year the society organizes meetings devoted to special topics. Abstracts of the 18th - 24th presentations were published in Phytoparasitica.

The ESI publishes the periodical (in English), Israel Journal of Entomology.
H. Bytinski-Salz served as its first Editor–in–Chief in 1962. Subsequent editors included: Y. Rivnay, I. Tahori, U. Gerson, Y. Ben Dov and A. Freiberg. This journal publishes peer-reviewed contributions of results of entomological research.

Membership in the Entomological Society of Israelis will be granted to professional and amateur entomologist on recommendation by two members and after payment of a yearly membership fee.

Aims

  • Encourage and Promote entomological research in Israel.
  • Organize and encourage collaborations between various entomological disciplines at meetings
  • Publish entomological publications. Phytoparasitica and Israel J. Entomol
  • Support and encourage young students in entomology

Current Governing Board of the Israeli Society of Entomology 2005-2008

Honorary president: Dr. Manes Wysoki (ARO, The Volcani Center) http://www.agri.gov.il/People/ManesWysoki.html
President: Prof. Ada Rafaeli (ARO, The Volcani Center) www.agri.gov.il/Depts/FoodSci/AdaRafaeli/personal.html
Secretary: Dr. Victoria Soroker (ARO, The Volcani Center) http://www.agri.gov.il/People/VictoriaSoroker.html
Treasurer: Dr. Moshe Coll (Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University), http://departments.agri.huji.ac.il/entomology/staff_pages/coll.html
Editors: Dr. Amnon Freidberg (Tel Aviv University), www.tau.ac.il/lifesci/departments/zoology/members/freidberg/freidberg.ht...
Dr. Yair Ben Dov (ARO, The Volcani Center) http://www.agri.gov.il/People/YairBenDov.html
Dr. Moshe Inbar (Haifa University) http://research.haifa.ac.il/~biology/inbar/inbar.html
Members: Mr. Yoel Drishpon (Shaham, Mimistry of Agriculture) yoeldr@shaham.moag.gov.il
Dr. Shai Morin (Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University) http://departments.agri.huji.ac.il/entomology/staff_pages/morin.html