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Parents Angry At Israeli Tablet Teaching Program

By Tibbi Singer

Published at Jewish Business News. It began last year with an announcement by Israel’s Ministry of Education, of a pilot study using digitally converted books and other teaching materials, which students would access with their tablets. Legally, teaching with tablets in Israeli schools is contingent on parental consent, especially since it’s the parents who were […]

UK / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

UK Jewish Schools Could Face Closure for Not Promoting Homosexuality

By Tibbi Singer

UK schools that are found to be ‘indoctrinating pupils about gay people’ will face closing under new rules designed to promote ‘British values,’ the British Government confirmed Monday.

US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Religion

OU Advocacy Center Asks New Yorkers to Vote 'Yes'

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Get out the Vote in NY: Vote YES for the Smart Schools Bonds Act on Nov. 4"

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Huge Increase Reported in Anti-Israel Activity on US Campuses

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

ADL reports big jump in anti-Israel campus activity, other experts say it's far greater than the report states.

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

ADL Report: US Campus Anti-Israel Events Have More Than Doubled This Fall

By JTA

Student groups hosted at least 374 anti-Israel events during the 2013-2014 academic year, with about 40 percent of them focused on how to initiate Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns on campus.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Belgium University Demands Students Cancel Anti-Semitic Event

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Freedom of speech does not protect "falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater.” – U.S. Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1919.

Jewish / UK / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

UK School Inspectors Bully Orthodox Students with Sexual and Inappropriate Questions

By Tibbi Singer

Jewish schoolgirls were traumatized by official UK school inspectors who asked very inappropriate sex-related questions which you don't ask 9 year old religious girls.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Penn State Students Sentenced for Vandalizing Jewish Frat

By JTA

Two Penn State students who pleaded guilty to spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti on a mostly Jewish fraternity house were sentenced to community service and probation. Eric Hyland, 20, was sentenced last week in Centre County Court to 200 hours of community service and two years’ probation, and was ordered to pay $6,000 restitution. Last month, Hayden […]

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Video Exposes Massive and Violent Anti-Semitism on US Campuses

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

American Jewish students are providing anti-Semites with their best weapon – fear.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Non-Jewish Groups Join Protest against Campus Anti-Semitism

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Letter of protest charges SJP with “harassing and intimidating Jewish students.”

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Loyola U. 'Suspends' and Reinstates Students for Justice in Palestine

By Jewish Press Staff

The soft-glove approach to campus anti-Zionists is more like a pat on the back.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education

8-year-old Struck and Killed by School Bus

By Jewish Press News Desk

An eight year old boy was struck and killed in a parking lot by a school bus Tuesday at Kibbutz Kfar Menachem.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

CUNY BDS Vote Shelved After Heated Debate - #BDSFail

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Despite the vote's difficult timing for observant Jews, a number of pro-Israel groups also turned out to support CUNY students and faculty who opposed the resolution.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Ohio U. Students Arrested in Protest of ‘Blood Bucket’ Video

By JTA

Free speech on on the Ohio U. campus is restricted to anti-Zionists.

US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Local

US School Bars Military Dad - Army Uniform ‘Might Offend’ Students

By Jewish Press Staff

A Michigan high school stopped a military dad from entering the building because his uniform "might offend" some students.

News Briefs / Europe / On Campus / Education / Israel

Israeli Journalist Amira Hass Bashes Israel at Government-Funded 'Peace Forum' in Finland

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A govt-funded "peace forum" at Helsinki U featured Israel-hating Amira Hass and Jamal Zakhala.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Ohio University Student's Epic BDS/Bucket Challenge Fail

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Ohio University student creates tasteless video insulting people dying of incurable disease and promoting BDS.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Anti- Anti-Israel Group Lists Anti-Israel Professors on N.American Campuses

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

College students have been given a gift by the AMCHA Initiative: a tool to see if a certain professor is biased against Israel.

Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Israeli Children, Parents On Gaza Border Start New School Year with Mixed Feelings

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

“I know that you spent your vacation doing things not according to what you planned," the prime minister told students in southern Israel.

Israel / US / Gaza / Hamas / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Yale Chaplain Blames Anti-Semitism on Israel

By JTA

If Israel would just not exists, and if Jews would stop being Jewish, there would be no anti-Semitism in the world.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Apple Co-Founder Lands in Israel between the Rockets

By Jewish Press Staff

Neither, rain, nor sleet, snow nor Hamas can keep Apple co-founder Wozniak from biting into Israel.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Pro-'Palestine' Students at Temple U Blame Victim for Altercation

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Temple University's SJP claims the pro-Israel Jewish student harassed and provoked them into assaulting him.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education

New Project to Revive Zionism as a Source of Pride in Diaspora Youth

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

"My Zionism" is a project to energize American youth about Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish people.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Few US Colleges Canceling Israel Study Abroad Programs

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Most US study abroad in Israel programs are going forward despite the summer's violence.

Book Reviews / Interviews and Profiles / Anti-Israel NGOs / On Campus / Education / Settlements / Judaism / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

An Israel Love Story With a Twist

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

"Fields of Exile" provides a glimpse into the horrors of academic anti-Israelism, experienced by one firmly rooted in the left.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Swastikas at Oregon Frat House

By JTA

Wave of anti-Semitic graffiti, physical attacks spreads, this time to University of Oregon

Sponsored Posts / Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Gedolei Yisroel Launch Emergency Transportation Fund Campaign For Chinuch Atzmai

By Jewish Press Staff

With 20,000 children living in Eretz Yisroel’s periphery, where regular school bus service is non-existent and private transportation impossible due to economic short-comings within almost all of the children’s families, Chinuch Atzmai has been providing regular school bus and mini-bus services to 269 communities across the country.

Israel / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Campus Eviction Notices Fake, but Anti-Semitism is Real

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Group behind offensive flyers, Students for Justice in Palestine, has already been suspended by several universities

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Adelsons to Donate $25M to Ariel University

By JTA

“We also wanted to strengthen the settlers in Judea and Samaria, and express appreciation and gratitude for their pioneering spirit, their everyday Zionism.”

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Islamists / On Campus / Education

Fouad Ajami, 'Genuine Arab Hero,' Dead at 68

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

'The problem with Middle East scholarship? Edward Said is treated like a guru and hero and Fouad Ajami isn't.'

US / Qatar / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Anti-Israel NGOs / Saudi Arabia / On Campus / Education / Gulf States / UAE / Settlements / Assimilation

Arab Media Salivate Over Jewish Squabbles About Israel

By Rachel Levy

Arab media are salivating over Jewish squabbles about internal Israeli divisions on policy reported by wire services.

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

California Taxpayer Money Hijacked for Faculty Terrorist Meetings?

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Someone scammed California taxpayers, using their money for faculty meet-ups with terrorists.

Jewish / NY / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Montefiore Health Systems and YU Join to Run Einstein

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The financially troubled Einstein College of Medicine will have Montefiore as its key financial manager; YU will continue granting the degrees.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Religion

Latest Jr High Rage: “Jew Incinerator.”

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Middle school students taunt Jewish classmate; goal is to put Jews into army camp 'until disposed of

On Campus / Education

DePaul University Students Approve Israel Boycott

By JTA

DePaul University’s student body voted in a referendum to approve a divestment resolution targeting Israel. The vote followed a Jewish Press report indicating that Jewish students at the university have felt unsafe on campus since the anti-Semitic Students for a Just Peace in Palestine group introduced the boycott issue to campus discourse. The student government ballot […]

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Jewish DePaul Student: 'I No Longer Felt Safe on this Campus'

By Paul Miller

A Jewish DePaul student said, 'I have to defend myself, my Judaism, my pride in Israel every day; it’s exhausting.'

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Anti-democratic Effort to Bar Pro-Israel Voices in UCLA Govt Fails

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The UCLA judicial board handed Students for Justice in Palestine the latest in a string of defeats.

Op-Eds / US / News Briefs / Islamists / On Campus / Education

Brandeis Unbecoming: Chloé Speaks In Defense of Ayaan Hirsi Ali

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Allow Chloé to help you and those you know how to stop punishing truth and rewarding intimidation.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education

UCLA Chancellor: Palestinian Supporters Trying to Censor Campus Discussion

By JTA

The heads of UCLA and the University of California system criticized a student-led pledge that urged candidates for student government to refuse trips to Israel sponsored by certain pro-Israel groups. In a statement emailed Friday to students, staff and faculty, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said the pledge was protected speech under the First Amendment, but added that “just because […]

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

UCLA SJP 'Violated Principles of Civility, Respect and Inclusion'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Just because speech is constitutionally protected doesn’t mean that it is wise, fair or productive.

Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs / Media / On Campus / Education

Brandeis Honorary Degree Recipients Disappearing Fast

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Neither of the two women who were to receive honorary degrees from Brandeis on Sunday will be there.

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Pro-Israel Groups Blast SJP for Racism and UCLA for Fecklessness

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The SJP is emboldened while the grown-ups cower in the corner, avoiding the wrath of the troublemakers.

US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Hillel Forces Pro-Israel Speaker Off Campus at UC Irvine

By Avi Tuchmayer

Orange County campus has been hotbed of Jewish-Muslim tension for years, since Muslim students prevented Israel's ambassador from speaking

US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

San Francisco Jews to Ramp Down Yom HaAtzma'ut Celebration

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Community officials say Yom HaAtzma'ut celebration will be 'non-political', but Bay Area remains hub of pro-Palestinian activity

Jewish / NY / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Civil Rights Groups Urge NYU to Discipline 'Mock Eviction' Leafletters

By Jewish Press Staff

The NYU mock eviction notices raised serious questions about sensitivity for the reasonable concerns of Jewish students.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Lecturer: Universities Don't Protect Jewish Students

By Avi Tuchmayer

A university lecturer has called on administrators to protect Jewish students on campus

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

U. Of New Mexico Graduate Students Pass Divestment Resolution

By JTA

The Graduate and Professional Student Association at the University of New Mexico passed a non-binding resolution on Saturday calling for the university to divest from companies that operate in Judea and Samaria. The resolution calls on the university to divest from companies that “directly profit from the ongoing violations of international law and human rights, […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Religion

NYU Latest Site of Anti-Israel Mock Eviction Notices

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

NYU SJP students crept into a primarily Jewish dorm and shoved propaganda under the doors of the sleeping students.

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Northeastern U. Reinstates Students for Justice in Palestine Group

By JTA

Northeastern University has provisionally reinstated the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter on campus. The SJP chapter will remain on probation through January 2015, according to a notification letter from Dr. Laura A. Wankel, the university’s vice president for student affairs. Students for Justice in Palestine was suspended from campus on March 7 for at […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Suffolk University Defends Honoring Foxman as Commencement Speaker

By JTA

Closed-minded liberal sophomoics think that anyone against Ground One Mosque and for profiling possible terrorists is a racist.

Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: They Want Me Silenced. Brandeis Complied.

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Hirsi Ali's critics wanted her silenced; Brandeis granted their wish.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / On Campus / Education

Brandeis Caves to Pressure, Withdraws Honor to Ayaan Hirsi Ali

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Brandeis buckled to those who embrace diversity and tolerance only of their own views.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Ryerson U. Student Union Passes Symbolic Vote to Join BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The student union of Ryerson University in Toronto voted to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement aimed at Israel, but the university said it will ignore the non-binding decision. “The student union is a corporation independent of the university, we have to be clear there,” said Michael Forbes, a spokesperson for Ryerson and quoted […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Pro-Israel Event on New Orleans Campus

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

These students are happy, proud Zionists celebrating the civil rights movement of the Jewish people.

Israel / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

'Future Leaders for Israel' Hold Conferences on Campuses

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

FLI: smorgasbord of Israeli programming from many organizations for students from different campuses

NY / Politics / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Religion

Muslims Want Halal Food in NYC Schools - Kosher Not Option

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

NYC council members proposed legislation requiring NYC public schools offer Islamic-compliant food.

US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Yeshiva University May Run Out of Money in 2015

By JTA

It is too easy to blame Bernard Madoff for Yeshiva University’s financial problems.

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Divestment Resolution Passes Again at Loyola, Falls at Michigan

By JTA

The student government at Chicago’s Loyola University passed an Israel divestment resolution for a second time, while a similar resolution was defeated at the University of Michigan. On Tuesday, the Loyola United Student Government Association in a revote from a week ago passed the measure by a vote of 12-10 with nine abstentions. The resolution, […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Jewish Advocacy Group: California Must Address Campus Anti-Semitism

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

According to the AMCHA Initiative, anti-Semitism on U.S. campuses is "growing at an alarming rate."

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / On Campus / Education

Jewish Donors Funded Harvard Students' Trip to Arafat's Grave

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A Jewish trip to learn about Israeli history, culture and politics, ended up paying a visit to arch-terrorist Arafat's grave.

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Northeastern U Suspends Aggressive Anti-Israel Group

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Northeastern U's Students for Justice in Palestine Suspended following mock evictions

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / NY / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

B'klyn College Pro-Israel Students Deserve More than Late Apology

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Brooklyn College has finally apologized to the four Jewish Pro-Israel students it ejected from a BDS forum last year.

US / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Convictions Upheld of Muslim Students Who Harrassed Oren at Irvine

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Free speech rights of UC Irvine Muslim students did not trump Amb. Michael Oren's right to speak.

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

College Senior's Challenge Defeats Israel Apartheid Week Leaders

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

college senior: others need to stand tall against the intimidation of anti-Israel forces on campuses

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / On Campus / Education

Harvard Students Match MBA Interns with Israeli Companies

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The two Harvard MBA students are the perfect matchmakers for quality MBA students and Israeli companies

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / On Campus / Education

Arab Students Launch Anti-Israel Photo Exhibit at Hebrew U.

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Watan, a Palestinian student group at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, launched a new exhibit featuring photos whose captions are hostile to Israel, referring to Jerusalem as a “sewer of the Israeli settlements” and to Israeli soldiers as “the occupation army” and “the hunters of liberty.” In the “Pictures From Across Palestine” exhibit, which was […]

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Ben-Gurion University Start-Up Wins $1 Million ‘Cybertition’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel's largest early-stage cyber-security investor, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), announced in San Francisco on Tuesday that a Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) startup won the first “Cybertition” competition. Thirty-five cyber-security companies competed. The winning company, Titanium Core, works to repel cyber attacks on mission-critical systems and prevent attacks in real time. It will receive […]

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

UCLA Student Council Rejects Divestment Resolution

By JTA

The flood of anti-Israel hatred on campuses seems to be losing some of its strength.

Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Venture Capital Fund Awards Israeli Start-Up $ 1 million

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jerusalem Ventures Partners (JVP). Israel's leading VC firm and the largest early-stage cyber-security investor in Israel, announced Wednesday that Titanium Core, an innovative startup that protects mission-critical infrastructure, has won JVP's first ever “Cybertition” cyber-security startup competition. JVP will reward Titanium with an instant $1 million Investment and a spot in JVP Cyber Labs incubator […]

Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Shalhevet Sophomore at Math Ulpaniada

By Jewish Press News Desk

Avital Weinberg, a 10th grade Honors student at Midreshet Shalhevet, has made it to the final round of the international math competition, Ulpaniada. Avital is one of twenty students worldwide to reach this final stage of the competition. The Ulpaniada is a problem solving competition based on math skills and logical reasoning for Orthodox high […]

NY / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs / On Campus / Education

NYU American Studies Confab Has Pro-Boycott Focus

By JTA

The flyer notes the American Studies Association’s decision in December to boycott Israeli educational institutions.

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Brandeis Senior Makes $5k Challenge to Apartheid Week Promoters

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

College senior falsely inserted in anti-Israel promo, offers $5000 for removal and public debate.

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

'Safe Hillel' Wants the Jewish Campus Group to be Safe for All

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Students have been asking, "why do people feel the need to ruin Hillel?"

Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Coach Jonathan Halpert Ends Long Yeshiva U. Career with Victory

By JTA

Jonathan Halpert, whose contract as the men’s basketball coach at Yeshiva University was not renewed, closed out more than four decades on the Maccabees’ bench with a victory. Y.U. edged Maritime College, 60-57, before a nearly full house at the New York school’s Max Stern Athletic Center on Saturday night, according to the Yeshiva website, […]

Israel / Jewish / US / On Campus / Education

Hillel Explains When 'Open Hillel' Will Result in Disaffiliation

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

If an "Open Hillel" hosts an event that contravenes the Guidelines, that will trigger disaffiliation.

Israel / Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Religion

Open Hillel at Vassar Because 'Israel Haters Are People Too'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Vassar's Jewish Union couldn't bear to bar Israel-haters from its "open and welcoming space!"

Israel / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / China

Mandela Grandson at Brandeis Disses US, Israel, Insults China

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Mandela's grandsons are heirs to a lofty legacy, but ignorance about other cultures is problematic.

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / US / Police and Crime / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

SFSU Student Continued Posting Violent Threats Against IDF, Jews

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Knife-wielding and loving former SFSU student still wants to kill Jews, and is presumably still in Bay area

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Israeli Schools Thank US Academics for Solidarity Against Boycott

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Israeli academics thanked the American academic leaders who condemned the ASA anti-Israel boycott.

Terrorism / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Disgruntled Employee Planned to Bomb U. of Washington Hillel

By JTA

Hillel director Rabbi Oren Hayon told the Los Angeles Times that he did not believe the attack was anti-Semitic.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Yeshiva Student Admits to Writing Antisemitic Graffiti

By JTA

A Long Island yeshiva student was charged with repeatedly scrawling antisemitic graffiti inside a commuter train station. Jonathan Schuster, 18, a senior at Priority-1: Torah Academy of Lawrence-Cedarhurst, in Cedarhurst, N.Y.,was charged with the crimes on Thursday He admitted to using black marker to write anti-Semitic statements, often including expletives, on eight occasions since December […]

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

House Bill to Slap Financial Penalties on anti-Israel Boycotts

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Academic boycotts of Israel are Anti-Semitic; American taxpayers must not be forced to be complicit.

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Trust Fund of US ‘Queen of Mean’ Gives $25 Million to Haifa U

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Helmsley Charitable trust, which was bankrolled by the late hotel tycoon “Queen of Mean” Leona Helmsley, has donated $25 million to Haifa University, which will use the funds for undersea robots and automated vehicles and undersea laboratories for its new Mediterranean Sea Research Center. Her name became more widely known for her including her […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Jewish Harvard Law Prof Recipient of Prize for Disability Rights

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The Ruderman Foundation Prize went to a global leader in extending rights to those with disabilities

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / On Campus / Education

Lockheed Martin to Help Launch Cyber Security Program in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Lockheed Martin and EMC Corp. announced on Sunday an agreement to invest in cyber security and other technology projects based in the new Advanced Technologies Park at Ben Gurion University . The official launch ceremony for the agreement will take place tomorrow in Tel Aviv on Monday at the CyberTech 2014 International Exhibition and Conference. […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Brandeis Paid Former President Reinharz $811,000 for Unused Sabbatical

By JTA

Brandeis University disclosed that it paid former university president Jehuda Reinharz $811,000 for accumulated sabbatical leave that he never took during his 17-year presidency. The payment was part of a $4.9 million lump sum payment Reinharz received Jan. 2 as deferred compensation, according to a statement issued by Brandeis. The amounts paid were set aside […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

J Street, Marginalized in D.C., Leeching into the Hillels

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

J Street brazenly brazenly ignored a firm commitment to Philadelphia's Hillels. There were no consequences.

NY / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Judaism

NYC Orthodox High School Lets Girls Put On Tefillin

By Jewish Press News Desk

SAR High School in Riverdale, New York, is now allowing girls to wrap tefillin during Shacharit-morning prayer, probably the first Modern Orthodox high school in the U.S. to do so, reports The Boiling Point, the online student newspaper of Shalhevet High School in LA. Two girls were granted permission to wrap tefillin and wear a […]

News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Settlements / European Union

Czech Ambassador Slammed for Ariel University Visit

By JTA

A Palestinian official accused the Czech Republic of violating European Union directives after its ambassador to Israel visited an Israeli university in Samaria. The visit last week by Ambassador Tomas Pojar to the University of Ariel, located in the largest Israeli settlement in Samaria, was a first for an EU ambassador, according to the Jerusalem […]

Op-Eds / Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Pro-Israel: 'Intellectual Peaceniks' v. 'Rejectionist Idiots'?

By Daniel Mael

J Street and Open Hillel claim they want openness and honesty in the discussion about Israel, but that's only for those who agree with them.

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