It Took 12 Hours: Bar Ilan U Cancels US Trip of Professor Who Claimed...
Kedar claimed that a senior politician who wanted to sabotage the Oslo Accords was likely behind the murder.
Dean, Counselor, Charged with Manslaughter in Flash-Flood Disaster that Killed 10 Students
Dean Cahan sent reassuring messages saying: "At worst, they'll get to see a flash flood, which would be great."
After Years of Struggle, Ariel University’s Medical School Begins Teaching New Doctors
During the ceremony, Ambassador Friedman said the Shecheyanu blessing.
Maryland Bolsters Holocaust Education in Response to Rising Hate Crimes
“We thought that the state education standards, which drive curriculum across all of our local school systems, ought to be much more specific, much more explicit."
President Rivlin Opens New Academic Year at Bar-Ilan University
This year 17,300 students are studying for BA, MA and PhD degrees on the Bar-Ilan University campus in Ramat Gan.
Cyber Tuition Payment Pilot Project Begins in Israel
"This is a significant breakthrough that introduces a new form of payment into the world of higher education."
SJP-Sponsored Resolution Passes University of Illinois Student Government, Hundreds Protest
Accuses Chancellor Robert Jones of having “improperly characterized” SJP presentation as having anti-Semitic content • Jewish campus community not consulted • Strong display of Jewish unity.
Bar-Ilan University Records 12% Increase in Students for 2019-20
Sixty percent of the new students are women; 40% men.
Bar-Ilan Honors Previous Nobel Chemistry Recipient with Science Award
"He is a Nobel Prize winner, but what is of greatest importance to him is his ongoing research."
Swastika Found at Yale Law School Ahead of Yom Kippur
This is the first reported incident of a swastika appearing on the Yale campus since 2014.
Jewish Boy Forced to Kiss Feet of Muslim Classmate in Melbourne Park
The Education Department denied responsibility for the shocking incident, because it did not take place on school grounds.
Bar Ilan Researchers Discover Major Changes in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Coral reefs are highly sensitive to environmental change. Multiple stressors, in isolation or in combination, may lead to dramatic deterioration that can result in loss of reefs and their ecological services for many years.
Columbia U Catching Flak for Inviting Anti-Semitic PM Who Insists Jews Rule World by...
Mohamad wrote in his book “The Makay Dilemma” (1970): “The Jews are not merely hook-nosed, but understand money instinctively.”
4 Jewish, 1 Muslim Rhode Island Nonprofits Split Security Grant
The five institutions were selected out of 17 applicants. The next time for nonprofits to apply for the grant is spring 2020.
Hebrew U Researchers Unveil Long-Lost Human Relative
The researchers came to these conclusions after three years of intense work studying DNA methylation maps.
TAU Unprecedented Archaeological Study Shows Egyptians Made Edom a Copper Superpower
Copper, used in ancient times to produce tools and weapons, was the most valuable resource in the Ancient Near East.
Report: US On Campus Anti-Semitism Showing 70% Spike
Faculty took a much more active and prominent role in academic BDS promotion and implementation, and in the promulgation of anti-Semitic expression used to justify academic BDS.
Bar Ilan Signal Processing Combines Sound and Light Waves to Create New Silicon Chips
"Acoustics is a missing dimension in silicon chips because acoustics can complete specific tasks that are difficult to do with electronics and optics alone."
Center for Quantum Science & Technology Launched at Tel Aviv University
"Quantum theory, first developed more than a century ago, deals with phenomena at the level of tiny particles such as electrons and photons (particles of light)."
Hebrew U Hosting Conference on Harvesting Gene-Editing Technology to Feed Future Generations
New gene-editing technology circumvents natural selection to create new crops to feed growing populations and provide food security for future generations.
Jordan Changes Curriculum, Adopts Positive Sentiments Towards Peace and Openness to Non-Muslims
But as expected, the curriculum contains minimal recognition of Israel and the peace treaty is treated as a cause for concern.
New Tool Developed at Bar-Ilan May Aid Personalized Cancer Treatments
Understanding interactions between fusion proteins and other proteins can help improve personalized cancer treatment.
Hebrew U Study: Worms May Hold Key to Extending Fertility
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Genetic Department have discovered the switch that may do this – in worms.
A Dream Project Commemorates Two Loving Souls Cut Down in their Prime
More than two decades before Ari was killed, his close friend, Yehoshua Friedberg, an Israeli soldier, was kidnapped and killed by Palestinian terrorists on Purim 1993.
80 Groups: SFSU’s Prof. Abdulhadi Still Using School’s Name, Logo, to Spread Anti-Semitism
The groups initially learned that an image with the message “Zionism = Racism” and “Boycott! Divest! Sanction!” had been posted to the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diaspora’s Program (AMED) Facebook page.
Bar-Ilan Jewish Studies Workshop in Taiwan Commemorates Asian Righteous Among the Nations
Of the approximately 30 diplomats recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations, two were Asian: Chiune Sugihara of Japan, and Dr. Ho Feng-Shan, of China.
Bar-Ilan University Study Analyzes Preschoolers’ Speech
The Bar-Ilan study is the first to analyze reference to characters by bilingual children with Developmental Language Disorder in both their languages.
FOIL Data Offer Window Into Proposed NYSED Regulations
Requests submitted by The Jewish Press under the Freedom Of Information Law for clarifications of the proposed regulations produced conflicting answers.
Gaza Border Israeli Children Sing in Protest of Terror Threat
The clip is part of the Israeli Victory Project Campaign, which argues that Israel should move away from policies of appeasement toward Palestinian terror, and act to decisively defeat the terror organizations.
New York’s Jewish Students Eligible for Title I Assistance
Spearheading advocacy for day schools and yeshivahs was the Jewish Education Project, a partner agency of UJA-Federation of New York.