On Campus / Education

A final decision on who will go to school when, is expected to be announced Friday (May 1).

Students in Israel can download the latest version of Microsoft Office free of charge on up to five devices.

The kindergartens and grades 1-3 will return to school and will learn in small groups and on alternating days.

The lockdown was unnecessary and could be stopped and replaced with a responsible policy of hygienic behavior in public places.

“A sustained campaign of harassment and intimidation has been waged against Jewish students and their allies on UCI’s campus with impunity,” read a March 12 resolution.

The history of the Holocaust and its impact and relevancy are an integral part of a conflict resolution course.

“This latest incident fits a pattern of offensive and inflammatory social-media posts that do nothing to advance peace and understanding between Israelis and Palestinians, but rather fuels more hate and divisiveness,” said Evan Bernstein, vice president of the ADL’s northeast division.

Israel is succeeding in “flattening the curve” and the health system is coping very well.

The donation will fund 60 research teams at HU that are working to find a vaccine, produce faster and cheaper testing methods, and develop targeted treatments.

The test uses materials commonly found in labs

Alternating lockdown strategy involves splitting the population into two groups that alternate between lockdown and routine activity in weekly succession.

The group, comprised of former postdoctoral, doctoral and master's students, wrote that they remember their studies at Bar-Ilan as a life-changing experience.

"We are proud to be at the forefront of research and technology in the field of autonomous travel and its adaptation to combat the coronavirus."

"The idea is that the new respirators should be based on relatively common products and parts, such as the Ambu."

“When everything changes, we want to keep some things constant, especially when we don’t have control over the situation.”

In South Korea, the model accurately predicted significant improvement on March 2, 2020.

The original Abel Prize award ceremony, scheduled for May 19, has been postponed due to the corona outbreak.

At Monsey's Yeshiva Ketana Ohr Reuven, four-year-old Tani Kahana has been davening together with his class on a video chat.

“We always have, and always will, prioritize the safety and well-being of our students,” said Joe Wolfson, AMHSI-JNF chairman of the board.

The Belzer Rebbe reportedly instructed his followers not to listen to the news broadcasts, and asked that girls come to school without their official school uniforms, to avoid criticism.

Jewish federations, denominations, day schools, Hebrew classes and synagogues are adapting to weeks and possibly months of social distancing and quarantines due to the pandemic.

Excluded from the closures are nursery schools and kindergartens, classes up to 3rd grade, special education, and at-risk schools.

The researchers report on a quicker and more cost-effective way to test a multitude of toxin-channel combinations in order to investigate how such toxins recognize various channels.

The Hebrew University said it is well prepared for crisis events and has – aside from the online courses – arranged for some staff to be able to work from home.

Because of the nature of the Bergen County Jewish community, families are often affiliated with more than one school, with significant interaction among the teachers and student populations. Several schools reported having a parent, staff member or student with symptoms of the virus.

According to the Polish authorities, most of the coronavirus cases in Poland were individuals returning from Germany.

Rabbi Dov Singer is the senior dean of Yeshivat Makor Chaim, which was established in 1985 under the visionary leadership of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.

“He has given us permission to share his name for purposes of helping identify those who have been contact with him.”

Dr. Deborah Toiber's previous research found that SIRT6 was linked to the prevention of dementia in the elderly.

The Boston-based Jewish Federation, Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), recently honored a local activist with ties to the anti-Israel group IfNotNow.