| fsdfsdf |  | from the Editorial Board | Editorial Board Moshe Levy, Weizmann Institute of science | | Arnon Shani, Ben-Gurion University | | Shammai Speiser (President of the Scoiety), Technion | |  | Invited Contributions: 70 years to the Israel Chemical Society Shalom Sarel, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem F2 - from backstage to central stage Shlomo Rosen, School of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University On fast protons and slow water molecules Ehud Pines, Chemistry department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev' Beer-Sheva Ambiphilic Zinc Carbenoid as a new Tool for Multicomponenet Condensation reactions Ilan Marek, Faculty of Chemistry, Technion, Haifa |  | News and Report The 70th Annual Meeting of the Society, will be held in Tel-Aviv on February 15-16, 2005 Symposium celebrating the Wolf Prize Award in Chemistry to Prof. Harry Gray At the Weizmann Institute A Symposium in honor of Prof. Zvi Rappoport was held at the Hebrew University A Symposium in honor of Prof. Marion Bachi was held at the Weizmann Institute Haim Levanon elected President of the Humboldt Secion in Israel Eliezer Giladi received the Herzberg Award and Fellowship |  | From the Archives Moshe Novomensky - Founder of the Dead sea Industries Bob weintraub, Director of the Libraries, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer-Sheva and Ashdod |  | Obituary Prof. Yehuda Mazur, Weizmann Institute of Science |  | Abstracts in English | | |