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Government / Elections / Left vs. Right / On Campus / Education

Noam Party Leader Condemns Lapid-Led Campaign as ‘Sedition’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Avi Maoz pointed out that teachers hide what they are teaching from the parents, and he plans to make sure parents know what their kids are being exposed to.

In Print / US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

After BDS Endorsement, Harvard Crimson Notified Their Office Is On ‘Stolen’ Land

By Eve Glover

Or Hikry, project manager of Shurat Hadin, and one of the students who signed and assisted with drafting the SJA letter, explained, People are always forgetting that the Jewish people are the indigenous people of the land of Israel. It’s really not the same example...

US / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Israel ‘Apartheid’ Event Sponsored by Law Firm that Exonerated Morningstar of Anti-Israel Bias

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

White & Case is advertised as sponsoring University of Chicago Law School’s “Apartheid: International Law in the Israel-Palestine Conflict,” where calls were made to prosecute Israel in international bodies.

US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Report: More than 350 Antisemitic Incidents Occurred on US College Campuses Last School Year

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The ADL’s Campus Report documented and categorized incidents such as protests and events, BDS resolutions, vandalism, harassment and physical assault

Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

CUNY Pulls Former CAIR Staffer from Anti-Zionism Investigation

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

Prof. Jeffrey Lax says choosing a former employee of the Council on American–Islamic Relations to conduct the probe showed “at best, extremely poor judgment.”

US / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Yeshiva University Cybersecurity Program Rockets Up in National Rankings

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

It’s also drawing applicants outside the school’s traditional base, including more women and students from outside the country.

Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education / Settlements

Yeshivat Har Etzion Opens New High School in Gush Etzion

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rabbi Moshe Lichtenstein opened the event thanking God for the momentous occasion.

Europe / Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Vienna & Hebrew Universities Develop Perfect Trap for Light

By Jewish Press News Desk

A beam of light prevents itself from escaping, allowing light to be absorbed perfectly.

Middle East / Levant / The Environment / Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Study: Desert Regions Best Predictors of Climate Change in Wet Areas

By Jewish Press News Desk

These results can be incorporated into models to simulate how nature will function under drier or hotter conditions.

Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

CUNY Kingsborough ‘Diversity Officer’ Search Committee Omits Jews, Includes BDS Supporter

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

Already embroiled in controversy for accusations of anti-Semitism, the Brooklyn college had included a vocal supporter of BDS in its search committee for an assistant dean for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Learning Method Improves Visual Perception of People with Autism

By Jewish Press News Desk

Based on memory flashes lasting seconds, the new method significantly improves the achievements of people with autism.

Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education

Gush Etzion Warns of Impending Massive Arab Bagrut Shootings Over Shabbat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab students will be celebrating the results of their Bagrut examinations with massive shooting.

US / On Campus / Education / Holocaust

Georgia School District Pulls New Logo After Nazi Eagle Comparisons

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Cobb County’s history with anti-Semitism should have prevented something like this,” said the Jewish Federation of Atlanta.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Study Introduces Effective Oxygen Treatment for Millions of Long-Covid Sufferers

By Jewish Press News Desk

The treatments involve MRI imaging of patients' brains, identifying COVID-19 damage, and correlating the images with clinical findings.

Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Study: Men Get Hungrier in the Sun

By Jewish Press News Desk

Sun exposure activates a protein that triggers an appetite stimulating hormone in males.

Jerusalem / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Develops New Method to Diagnose Early-Stage Parkinson's

By Jewish Press News Desk

The new information will facilitate early diagnosis of the disease and provide "markers" for monitoring the efficacy of future drug therapies.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Study: 4th COVID-19 Vaccine Reduces Risk of Elderly Death by 72%

By Jewish Press News Desk

The subjects’ average age was 80, and all were residents of nursing homes participating in Israel’s “Senior Shield” program.

Featured / Business and Economy / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Startup’s Viroblock Effective Against Covid Variants, Influenza, Zika, West Nile, Hepatitis

By Jewish Press News Desk

ViroBlock’s new technology platform demonstrated the potential to rapidly provide solutions for treating current and emerging viral threats.

Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Hearing Gets Intense Over Accusations of Growing Antisemitism at CUNY Schools

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

New York City Council members grow frustrated with the lack of answers, action—and absence—by the administration and its representatives.

Featured / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education / Settlements / Judaism

Gush Etzion 19-Year-Old Completes Shas for Second Time

By Jewish Press News Desk

Nadav intends to continue setting aside time for Torah every single day, despite the demanding upcoming military service.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

TAU Study Discovers Where COVID-19 Variants Come From

By Jewish Press News Desk

Immunocompromised patients tend to develop chronic coronavirus infections, leading to highly mutated variants that bear multiple antibody-resistant mutations.

Jewish / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / On Campus / Education

Tzohar Center for Jewish Ethics’ Head Rabbi Yuval Cherlow Awarded Rothberg Prize

By Jewish Press News Desk

In March of 2018, Rabbi Cherlow ruled that a genetically cloned pig or any other animal would be Kosher.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Researchers Offer Future 1-Shot AIDS Treatment

By Jewish Press News Desk

The scientists, for the first time ever, engineered type B white blood cells in the patient's body to secrete HIV antibodies.

Israel / The Environment / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Haifa U Installs Innovative Radar to Gauge Number of Insects in Hula Lake

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prof. Sapir expects insect migration in Israel to be on an even larger scale than in the UK.

Featured / Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Researchers Solve Age Old First Date Conundrum

By Jewish Press News Desk

"We still don’t know whether synchrony raises attraction or does the feeling of attraction generate the motivation to synchronize."

Jewish / NY / On Campus / Education

Jewish Leaders, Parents Criticize New York Board of Ed Meetings on Shabbat

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Four town hall meetings, in addition to Zoom interviews for two people vying for a seat on a mayoral advisory board, took place on the Friday night before Memorial Day weekend.

Featured / NY / Politics / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Brandeis Center Urging Feds to Tighten Grip on NYU following Latest Antisemitic Scandal

By Jewish Press News Desk

In 2020, NYU signed an agreement to resolve “without further investigation” a complaint filed with DOE over “a hostile environment” for Jewish students on campus.

Israel / Left vs. Right / Palestinian Authority / On Campus / Education

Law to Ban PLO Flags on Israeli University Campuses Moves Forward

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The bill banning the hoisting of an enemy flag, including that of the PLO, in places budgeted or supported by the state,

NY / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Holocaust

New York State Lawmakers Pass Holocaust Education Bill

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The bill, which unanimously passed the State Assembly earlier this week, will now be sent to Gov. Kathy Hochul for consideration.

Israel / On Campus / Education / Judaism

Rabbanit Malke Bina Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Bar Ilan University

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rabbanit Bina founded Matan just over 30 years ago after she began teaching a group of women around her dining room table.

Featured / Jewish / Politics / Government / Left vs. Right / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / On Campus / Education

Bennett Admits to Seminary Women Regretting Promises He Broke in Forging Government

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bennett stressed repeatedly that social divides within Israel and the Jewish people were more dangerous to the country’s future than even external security threats.

Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Bar-Ilan U Researchers Discover Mechanism for Communication bet. Different Brain Regions

By Jewish Press News Desk

New finding may contribute to the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

The Knesset / On Campus / Education

‘Raising PLO Flag Has Become Routine’: Knesset Hears Accounts of Pro-Palestinian Events at Israeli Universities

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israeli universities have recently seen a series of events lamenting Israel’s existence by marking the Nakba, attacks on Israelis waving Israelis flag, marches with PLO flags, calls for terrorism during student protests, calls for revenge, and calls for another Intifada.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Researchers Find Common Gene Mutation Mechanism in Autism, Schizophrenia

By Jewish Press News Desk

An experimental drug developed at a TAU lab may be suitable for treating a range of rare syndromes that impair brain functions.

NY / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Yeshiva University gets $1 Million in Federal Funding to Renovate Campus Commons

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Weissburg Commons has been used for educational, political, public health and religious programming for the school and its neighbors.

Israel / Ukraine / On Campus / Education

Ten Ukrainian Math Geniuses to Study in Bar-Ilan U.

By Jewish Press News Desk

Some are in their early teens, and away from home for the first time.

US / Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Pro-Israel Editor of ‘Harvard Crimson’ Blasts Editorial Supporting BDS

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Does the editorial board believe Israel even has a right to exist? Because, if so, that line is coincidentally missing,” says Natalie Kahn, a student journalist and the president of Harvard’s Hillel.

US / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education / Social Media

Security Guard at Columbus Jewish School Arrested for Making Online Antisemitic Threats

By Faygie Levy Holt

According to media reports, Thomas Develin posted a photo of himself holding a gun with the message, “I’m at a Jewish school and about to make it everyone’s problem.”

US / Politics / Left vs. Right / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

2,000 Petition University of California to Reject ‘Politically Motivated, Academically Vacuous, Harmful Proposal’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Such a curriculum would “marginalize Jewish students and fuel hatred and discrimination against the Jewish community.”

Israel / On Campus / Education

Survey Finds Delinquency, Behavioral Issues, Down in Israeli Children Who Get School Lunches

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Investing in children now with a simple and healthy sandwich saves the government millions of dollars down the road.”

The Knesset / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

22% of Arab Teachers in Israeli Education System Not Trained in Country, Many Hostile

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A number of the recent Islamic terrorists worked as teachers and were educated in the Palestinian Authority system.

Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Scientists: 1/1000 of a Hair-Thin Lenses Coming Soon to Cellphones, Eyeglasses & Drones

By Jewish Press News Desk

The new flat lenses are incredibly thin and as the name suggests – they are flat rather than curved.

Featured / Israel / Police and Crime / The Courts / On Campus / Education

Haifa U Conference: Steep Decline in Public Trust in Courts, Police

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I don’t want to think about where we would end up if we continue down this slippery slope.”

Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Study Shows Pro-BDS Faculty Members Contribute to Campus Antisemitism

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Titled “Faculty Academic Boycotters: Ground Zero for Campus Antisemitism,” it explored anti-Semitic activity at universities starting from the onset of the 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza last May through the end of the 2020-21 academic year.

US / Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

New Study Shows Faculty-Driven BDS Is Fueling Campus Antisemitism

By Jewish Press News Desk

The study provides evidence that MESA’s likely adoption of academic BDS would be disastrous.

Featured / Israel / On Campus / Education / Social Media

TAU Researchers: If You Wish to be Taken Seriously Stop Using Emojis

By Jewish Press News Desk

Employees who use pictures and emojis in emails, Zoom profiles, or even company logos on t-shirts are perceived as less powerful than employees who use words.

On Campus / Education

Mike Pence and David Friedman Receive Honorary Doctorates at Ariel University

By Josh Hasten

Former U.S. VP Pence and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman were honored for their roles in leading American efforts on behalf of the Jewish state.

Israel / Ukraine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Social Media / Russia

Haifa U Expert: Both Russia & Ukraine Disseminate Misinformation, 'Recycle' Old Videos

By Jewish Press News Desk

"There were videos ‘borrowed’ from other armies and even Star Wars movies,” says psychological and information warfare expert Dr. Yaniv Levitan.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

BGU Research: Green Mediterranean Diet Mediates Weight Loss, Reduces Cardiac Risk

By Jewish Press News Desk

The health-promoting effects, previously attributed to the green MED diet, are in fact mediated by the changes in the gut microbiome.

Israel / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

TAU Study Unravels Prehistoric Humans' Recycling Practices

By Jewish Press News Desk

Collectors in the prehistoric world recycled old stone tools to preserve the memory of their ancestors.

Featured / Jewish / US / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

Jewish Eighth Graders’ Basketball Hoop for Disabled Wins $1,000 Grand Prize

By Jewish Press News Desk

ADI cares for and empowers hundreds of Israel’s most vulnerable citizens – children, adolescents, and adults with severe disabilities.

Israel / On Campus / Education

Israeli Students Abandoning 'Land of Israel Studies'

By Hanan Greenwood / Israel Hayom

"Land of Israel studies are disappearing from the academic map in Israel," says Ashkelon Academic College president.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Bar Ilan U Researchers Develop Recovery Process to Transform Failed Networks

By Jewish Press News Desk

Due to damaged connections, lost nodes, or links, systems may transition from a thriving, active state into a collapsed, inactive state.

Antisemitism / On Campus / Education / Canada

Toronto Schools Confront Wave of Antisemitism

By Faygie Levy Holt

At Valley Park Middle School, a student in an 8th-grade class shouted “Heil Hitler” from his desk as two other students stood on a filing cabinet and performed a Nazi salute.

Featured / Israel / The Environment / On Campus / Education / United Nations (UN)

Haifa U Researcher: Wherever There Are Trees, There Will Be Wildfires

By Jewish Press News Desk

The report shows that even the Arctic regions will not be immune, and even there a significant increase in the number of forest fires is expected.

Featured / Israel / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Shipwrecked Cargo Dating Back 3,200 Years Proves Bronze Age Mediterranean Basin Trade

By Jewish Press News Desk

Lead ingots found along Israel’s coast highlight contacts between Cyprus and Sardinia in the Late Bronze Age.

Israel / The Environment / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

TAU Study: Microplastics Cause Severe Damage to the Digestive System

By Jewish Press News Desk

Microplastics increase the toxicity of organic pollutants in the environment by a factor of 10.

Israel / Travel / On Campus / Education

Birthright Israel Trips from North America Resume After COVID Interruption

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"We expect to bring about 3,000 young adults from around the world in the next two months, and during the summer we expect about 15,000 from North America and nearly 20,000 worldwide"

Featured / Israel / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Number of Women Reporting Side-Effects after Pfizer Vaccination Almost Double that of Men

By Jewish Press News Desk

The highest frequencies of side-effects reported among all the participants were those following the second vaccination.

Featured / Israel / The Environment / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Researchers Discovered Possible Reason Why Locusts Form Destructive Swarms

By Jewish Press News Desk

What causes solitary, harmless insects to radically change their behavior and form huge migrating swarms?

Media / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

350,000 People from 50 Countries Say: Musical Preferences Unite Personalities Worldwide

By Jewish Press News Desk

“We were surprised at just how much these patterns between music and personality replicated around the globe."

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

First: TAU Spinal Cord Implants May Help Paralyzed People Walk Again

By Jewish Press News Desk

The technology behind the breakthrough uses patient tissue samples, transforming it into a functioning spinal cord implant via a process that mimics the development of the spinal cord in human embryos.

Headline / US / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

US to Investigate Antisemitism in Brooklyn College

By Jewish Press News Desk

Professors maligned Jews as white, privileged oppressors, and advanced age-old tropes concerning Jewish power.

NY / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Federal Civil-Rights Officials Open Investigation into Antisemitism at Brooklyn College

By Sean Savage

“Fighting bigotry should not be a competition between minority groups; it’s not a zero-sum game,” said Denise Katz-Prober, director of legal initiatives at the Brandeis Center.

Featured / Israel / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Stress, Smoking Rates Up among All Hospital Workers, Hebrew U. Study Finds

By Jewish Press News Desk

Working on Covid-19 frontline—even as hospital janitor or admin—negatively impacts mental health.

Israel / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

TAU Archaeologists Show Early Humans Understood Space Heating, Smoke Control

By Jewish Press News Desk

Findings indicate that early humans controlled fire and placed their hearth at the optimal location in the cave.

Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Bar-Ilan U Study Shows two Vaccine Doses May Protect Against Long COVID

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Bar-Ilan University-led study is the first in an ongoing series examining the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Featured / Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

DNA as Text: BGU Researchers Apply Linguistics to the Study of DNA Replication

By Jewish Press News Desk

DNA-protein interactions underpin living cells and understanding them could lead to the ability to control their replication.

Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

TAU Study: Ketogenic Diet Reduces Damage from Traumatic Brain Injuries

By Jewish Press News Desk

The diet improves spatial memory and visual memory, lowers indices of brain inflammation, causes less neuronal death and slows down the rate of cellular aging.

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

SpaceX Launches into Orbit 8 Satellites Built by Israeli High School Students

By Israel Hayom

The teams, who spent three years on the project, gathered with officials in Florida to watch the live launch via video from NASA.

Israel / Global / The Environment / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU: Fight Against Marine Plastic Pollution Mired in Disorganization

By Jewish Press News Desk

Plastic pollution is extremely harmful to marine life: organisms swallow particles and toxins and become entangled in larger products and nets.

US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Federal Commissioner Calls Allegations of Antisemitism at Stanford 'Deeply Troubling'

By Jewish Press News Desk

To date, Stanford has refused to recognize the problem or take appropriate corrective action to address it.

Hamas / Palestinian Authority / On Campus / Education

Universities in PA: Center for Opposition to Mahmoud Abbas

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

It's suspected that Hamas is behind some of the violence Palestinian Authority universities.

Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Haifa U Study: Male Songbirds Set Fashion Trends at Females' Expense

By Jewish Press News Desk

The more extensively the birds replace their plain feathers with new colorful ones, the more exposed they will be to aggression from other birds.

Jerusalem / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Study: Jerusalem Nobility Suffered from Infectious Diseases due to Poor Sanitary Conditions

By Jewish Press News Desk

The 2,700-year-old remains of intestinal parasite eggs were discovered in a cesspit beneath the toilet in the garden of a luxury estate uncovered at the Armon Hanatziv Promenade in Jerusalem.

Israel / Turkey / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Israeli & Turkish Scientists Discover Victim Remains from Bronze Age Tsunami 3,500 Years Ago

By Jewish Press News Desk

International research collaboration co-led with University of Haifa’s Dr. Beverly Goodman-Tchernov unearths remarkable discovery within tsunami debris.

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