Hebrew U Researchers Created Embryo Stem Cells from Skin Cells

Recently, attempts have been made to develop an entire mouse embryo without using sperm or egg cells.

Soon: Bar-Ilan App Commemorating Greek Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust

"The witnesses are no longer with us, so we must revive their voices. We simply have no choice but to expand our long-term memory."

French University Cancels Event with Jewish Philosopher Attacked by Yellow Vests over Fear of...

Reminds you of the joke about the three French homeland security levels of alert: Flee, Surrender, Collaborate.

Bristol’s Students Union Anti-Racism Officer Tells Jewish Student: ‘Be Like Israel and Cease to...

"For people thinking this isn't a big deal: imagine if he had said to a Muslim student 'Be like Palestine and cease to exist.'"

Albany Judge Strikes Down SED Guidelines Hostile to Yeshivas

The guidelines also order the parents in these schools to send their children to an alternative institution or face charges of truancy.

Hebrew U, IDF, to Offer Academic Program for Intelligence Officers

"The Havatzalot program is one of the most complex and important academic tenders that the Ministry of Defense has offered in recent years."
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Open Anti-Semitism At UNC And Duke Gaza Conference

Ami Horowitz quickly discovers the thin veneer of anti-Israel sentiment hides an ocean of open anti-Semitism.

NYC Health Dept. Orders Yeshivas to Ban Unvaccinated Students

The facts: 21 hospitalized with measles including 5 in the ICU; 246 of the 285 cases were children and 39 were adults, since October 2018.

Liberal Orthodox Yeshiva Catching Flack for Refusing to Ordain Openly Gay Student

Our halacha is not more concerned with whether or not to ordain an "openly gay" man as rabbi than it is with an "openly thieving" man, or "openly driving on Shabbat" man, or "openly eating pork" man – you get the point.

Harvard Student Government Votes to Fund Israel Apartheid Week

“One of the speakers slated to come, Omar Barghouti, has said that he supports the euthanasia of Zionism,” said sophomore Gabriel Dardik. “It makes me feel unsafe that this kind of person could come here.”

Anti-Semitism Awareness Act Reintroduced by Senators

Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) reintroduced the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, which would require the Department of Education to adopt the State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism in evaluating incidents on college campuses.

Arab Students Slammed for Holding Moment of Silence for Gaza ‘Martyrs’ at Tel Aviv...

“It is disgraceful that Tel-Aviv University allows its students to hold demonstrations in solidarity with terrorists."
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German Salafist Muslim Kindergarten Loses Appeal to Remain Open

The court also suggested that efforts by the kindergarten to distance itself from Salafist philosophy were "not convincing."

Bar-Ilan Study Shows Children’s Ritalin Treatment Predicts Antidepressant Use in Adolescence

The study is the first of its kind to examine the connection between children diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed MPH between the ages of six and eight, and future dispensed prescriptions of antidepressants.

Choirs from 6 NY Schools Sing Arik Einstein Songs

The event featured the Kinneret Day School Choir, the HLA2 Choir Club, the Ramaz Lower School and Middle School Choirs, the Hebrew Language Academy Select Choir and the Harlem Hebrew Choir.

Israeli Schools Closed Today in the Following Hot Zones

The school cancellation list includes the major southern cities of Be'er Sheva, Ashdod and Ashkelon.

Pitzer College President Vetoes Move by University’s Council to Suspend Study Abroad in Israel

“Academic boycotts violate the rights of students and faculty on U.S. campuses, and this precedent-setting vote is frightening,” AMCHA Initiative co-founder and director, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, said in a statement.

Rashida Tlaib Pushing Academic Boycott of Israel

The small college's cooperation with the University of Haifa involves only 11 students who have participated since its start in 2007.

Israeli Scientists Create Biosensor to Isolate Leukemic Stem Cells

"A lack of tools to specifically isolate leukemic stem cells has precluded the comprehensive study and specific targeting of these stem cells until now."

Pro-BDS Motion Fails at Columbia U Due to Technicality

The anti-Israel voters had the majority, but not the two-thirds majority required.

‘Vegetation Fingers’ Could Help Reverse Desertification, Israeli Scientists Say

"We uncovered an instability by which straight desertification fronts develop vegetation fingers that grow backward into bare soil areas."

Diaspora Minister, Ruderman Foundation, Critical of Regev’s Vindictive Ban on World Jews’ Joining Torch...

Since Miri Regev is officially Minister of Culture and Sport, can we classify her most recent move as turning Culture into a contact Sport?

Hebrew U Reveals 110 New Einstein Manuscript Pages

Einstein’s cousin Karen Cortell Reisman flew in from Texas to attend the arrival of the new manuscripts. She shared personal experiences of growing up in a house imbibed by the famous cousin.

Financial Illiteracy, Irrational Thinking Prevents People from Saving for Retirement

Throughout the Western world, only a minority of people save enough during their working careers to avoid a drop in living standards after retirement.

Orange County Police Investigate Swastika Beer Pong in Local High School

"Now the holocaust is the new 'n' word and it’s sad but it’s the truth.”

Lakewood Hires First Orthodox Jewish Police Cadet

Lakewood is a hub of Orthodox Judaism and home to one of the largest Yeshivas in the world, the 6,500-student Beth Medrash Govoha.

Hillel International tells Wake Forest Jewish Students to ‘Lay Low’ During Anti-Israel Week

“I will not stay low-key when I see anti-Semitism. I will always be respectful, but I will not be quiet. If anyone sees it another way, I challenge you to question your ethics and truly ask yourself where you stand,” said WFU Hillel Israel chair Phillip Yurchenko.

Israeli Research: Coaches’ Emotions Win Games

"The coaches’ emotions can make the difference between winning and losing the game.”

Bar-Ilan University Renews Massive Open Online Bible Course

The course was produced as part of an innovative program of the Council for Higher Education (CHE) together with Digital Israel . . . to make Israeli academia accessible to the interested public around the world.

Number of Israeli-Arab PhD Candidates Has Doubled in Past Decade

The increase in the number of Arab graduate students joins the significant growth of Arab students who are studying for an undergraduate degree.

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