Education Minister Cancels Israeli Students’ Auschwitz Visit for Fear of Virus

The education minister intends to stop the upcoming visits, due to the spread of the virus, mainly because of its outbreak in Italy in recent days.

600 Schools Remember Gush Katif

In Efrat, students recreated the Gush Katif human chain protest.

Haifa, San Diego Universities Get $1.3 Million to Explore Man’s Adopting to Climate Change...

Over the past century, Scripps Oceanography has developed cutting-edge research tools to study environmental change involving marine geology and geophysics, coastal processes, paleomagnetism, paleobiology, and climate science.

Rivlin Leads Israeli Initiative Against Bullying on Social Media

“Social exclusion and bullying are nothing new, but in the digital age there are new ways to harm and abuse ... and verbal violence kills."
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Like Melania: President Rivlin Launches Initiative Against Bullying on Social Media

"Verbal violence kills. It kills children’s dreams and hopes every day and has already claimed the lives of children who did not find a way out of the suffering and ended their own lives."

Bar-Ilan U New Technology May Speed Up Coronavirus Diagnosis

Diagnosing coronavirus takes approximately one hour using current methods. A new technology can reduce diagnostic time to approximately 15 minutes.

How Did Dinosaur Parents Know When their Kids Had a Fever?

Either way, Mother of Dragons, if your baby is showing a fever of 41 degrees, it’s time to call the doctor.

Dark Day at Haaretz: Hebrew U to Award 2 Academic Points to Im Tirtzu...

The university told Haaretz that Im Tirtzu had no partisan or political affiliation,

Harvard, Yale, Investigated for Taking Unreported Billions from Chinese, Saudis, Iranians

The two university, and by extension all Ivy League schools, are accused of vigorously soliciting funds from foreign governments, companies and individuals who are openly hostile to the US.

Just in Time for Tu B’Shevat: Scientists Grow Six Date Palms from 2,000-Year-Old Seeds

An unplanted ancient date seed from Qumran was used as a control in the study.

Yeshiva University Hosts Campus Screening Week for Jewish Genetic Diseases

“We know that education and awareness are essential in the journey towards ensuring our health and the health of our families,” said Karen Arnovitz Grinzaid, executive director of JScreen.

‘Bears for Palestine’ Crash Berkeley’s Counter Anti-Semitism Vote then Complain about Intimidation

"It’s hard to feel completely safe as a Jewish person anymore. I find myself second-guessing attending the concerts of Israeli artists, and I never sit by the street window during Shabbat dinners at Chabad."

TAU Dig Outside Jerusalem Unearths a Rival to King Solomon’s Temple

The Moẓa temple's architectural plan and decorations that adorn the ritual vessels are similar to those attributed to Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem in the Book of Kings I chapter 6.

Yeshiva University Men’s Basketball Receives First US National Ranking

The Maccabees are ranked No. 24 in a listing on D3hoops.com, voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, sports-information directors and reporters.

Hebrew U Study Discovers: People Lie to Appear More Honest

Hebrew U. study finds lawyers, employees, bend truth to avoid appearing dishonest, even if it costs them money.

TAU Algorithm Shows Biblical Samaria Inscriptions Were Written by Just Two Palace Officials

"The two appear to have been working during the same years, received shipments from the same places and handled the same types of goods."

Haifa U Study: Brain Activity Just Before an Event Predicts Recall

Our daily lives are full of events and experiences. But what in our brain determines which events will be remembered and which forgotten?

New York Ed Department Offers Student Free Field Trips to Museum of Jewish Heritage

The museum visits are the second step in the new anti-hate crimes curriculum for New York City public schools introduced by city officials

York University Reinstates Both Pro-Israel, Anti-Israel Student Groups After Clash

The suspensions meant that the groups’ privileges were temporarily revoked, including reserving rooms, and putting up posters and tables around campus for other events.

A Day in the Life of a Naale Shaalvim Student

Packed days and hard work are staples for teenagers adapting to life in Israel.

New York Private School Fires Jewish Teacher for Anti-Israel Posts, Obscene Gesture at Rabbis

History teacher JB Brager, who is Jewish, accused Israel of exemplifying “ethno-nationalist settler colonialism” in response to the Fieldston school inviting two pro-Israel rabbis, Ammiel Hirsch and Joshua Davidson, to speak at an assembly on anti-Semitism.

Study Finds Clear Evidence Faculty in 40 Universities Use Classroom to Promote BDS

Academic BDS-supporting instructors had an average of 78% of their course readings authored by BDS supporters.

Hebrew U Study: Smoking Damages Your Mental Health

They surveyed more than 2,000 students enrolled at Serbian universities with differing socio-political and economic environments.

Rivlin Receives 2019 Democracy Index: 90% Trust the IDF, 51% the Supreme Court

The split between left and right has become deeper, with 37.5% of the Israeli public seeing this as the most significant tension in the country, a rise of 5.5% since the 2018 index

17-Year-Old Hila Schlakman of Efrat Completes Daf Yomi, Youngest Woman So Far

“With the fuel each page gave me to learn the next, I can truly say it’s an endeavor which brought me so much, and I look forward to starting the next cycle,” said the 17-year-old from Efrat.

Zionist Students Suing Professor Who Called Them ‘Nazi Dogs’

Hebrew U. president Prof. Asher Cohen condemned the chemistry professor's remarks but refused to initiate a disciplinary hearing.

Bar Ilan Physicists Forecast Another Devastating El Niño in 2020

The team is currently expanding the algorithm in order to be able to forecast the strength and length of the weather phenomenon in the future.

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