Ze’ev Lev

Ze’ev Lev was born in 1922 in Vienna

Ze'ev Lev was born William Low in Vienna on 25 April 1922 to a Hasidic family descended from rabbis. In 1934 the family moved to Berlin. He left for England to study at the Gateshead Yeshiva, and his parents and sister were killed in the Holocaust.

During the war he was interned in a camp in British Columbia, Canada, and was released in 1942. He earned a physics degree with honors at Queen's University in Ontario. He then completed a master's degree and a doctorate at Columbia University in New York.

In 1950 he moved to Israel with his wife Dvora and became a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He specialized in paramagnetic resonance, and his work contributed to the development of MRI and microwave devices. He became a full professor in 1962.

In 1969 he led the group that founded the Jerusalem College of Technology, which combines Torah study with science. He headed it for 10 years and later continued his research. He also served on public committees and advised rabbis on technology.

He had 5 children with Dvora, and after her death he married Sarah Katzburg. He died in Jerusalem on 3 October 2004 and was buried at Har HaMenuchot. In 2011 a street in Jerusalem was named after him.