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Meet the group head

Physics World has written a nice popular article about our Stern-Gerlach Interferometry, and the connection to quantum gravity

BGU now article about Ron (Hebrew)

New animated movie about our work (English) (Hebrew)

Radio interview with Ron in a Bar

TV interview with Ron (Hebrew)

ראיון עם רון בטלויזיה

Newspaper article about Ron (Hebrew)

מאמר שכתבו על רון בעיתון

Popular talk about the 2012 Nobel prizes (Hebrew)

הרצאה פופולארית של רון על פרסי הנובל של 2012

An article about Ron's Tattoo

מאמר על המספר שיש לרון על היד

A US public radio interview about Ron's Tattoo

ראיון ברדיו האמריקאי על המספר

A Physics award received in the US

פרס שקיבל רון בארה"ב

Interview about one of the science projects

ראיון על אחד הפרויקטים המדעיים

Popular articles about Ron's work (Hebrew/English)

An interview with Ron in Chinese

Ron’s ‘Are We Alive?’ In a longer article (Hebrew)

One clock in two places simultaneously: Ron’s  article about the group's recent work (click here for the Jerusalem Post article)

Ron’s speech (Hebrew) to students receiving excellence awards from the Rector (2015)

An article about Ron (2015, Hebrew)

A detailed interview in English about Ron’s Tattoo

Ron inaugurates a new quantum technology lab

Aside from the AtomChip laboratory, Ron is the founder and first director of:

The BGU nano-fabrication center

The BGU center for science and technology in quantum information

Ron is now working on establishing a university center for the future of humanity. (Fixing humanity is an ancient Jewish concept called Tikun Olam)

Ron and Judaism

Although Ron identifies himself as an Atheist, he also sees himself as part of the Jewish people.

He is well rehearsed in the Jewish ancient scripts and prayers, and keeps many of the traditions.

On high holidays you will find him in the synagogue.

Every Friday evening you will find him lighting the Shabbat candles with his mother.

In the following two very short videos, you see him singing two old Jewish tunes.

The first, just the music of an ancient prayer, at a Shabbat dinner in the middle of the Sahara desert where he and his daughter Sara joined a group crossing the desert on jeeps.

In the second, an old Jewish song, the words taken from Psalms, with his family around him, he is singing:

Who is the person who wants to really live,
who cherishes life, who wants to see far.
Stop your tongue from speaking ill of others,
Stop your lips from telling lies.
Stay away from evil, and do good deeds,
Seek peace and never tire from pursuing it.

Activism(press for some examples)

Finally, some more details about Ron:

For more on Ron’s hobbies and personal life visit

http://www.bgu.ac.il/atomchip/Beyond_Physics/Fun.htm

http://www.bgu.ac.il/atomchip/People/Ron_Folman/Ron_Folman_Personal.htm