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Featured / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Bar-Ilan U. Technology to Be Tested in Israeli Astronaut's 2022 Space Trip

By Jewish Press News Desk

In early 2022, the second Israeli astronaut, Eytan Stibbe, will cross the atmosphere on his way to the International Space Station.

Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Launching Multidisciplinary Center to Research Practical Climate Change Solutions

By Jewish Press News Desk

The unique center will utilize the knowledge, resources and capabilities of all the departments in collaboration with industry, academia, and government.

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

Gulf of Eilat Discovery: Animal that Regenerate All its Organs

By Jewish Press News Desk

This animal, can regenerate all of its organs so that each piece knows exactly how to regain functioning of all its missing body systems within a short period of time.

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

Groups Ask California Appropriations Committee Not to Waste Millions on Dangerous Ethnic Studies Requirement

By Jewish Press News Desk

A comprehensive analysis of the support of more than 100 university scholars and academics found the claims are wholly unsubstantiated.

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

Hebrew U Professor in Large-Scale Study Showing Corona's Link to Strokes in Younger Patients

By Jewish Press News Desk

The researchers found a definite increase in stroke incidence among younger patients as compared to a similar age group before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Featured / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Hebrew U. Appoints Arab Woman as Vice President

By Jewish Press News Desk

Khoury-Kassabri will be charged with implementing the university’s strategic priorities, among them raising the social, economic, and environmental impact of the university.

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

On Earth Day, Hebrew U. Launches Academic Center for Green Sustainability

By Jewish Press News Desk

The center will promote research initiatives alongside the university’s “Green Campus” sustainability programs.

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

TAU Study: British Variant 45% More Contagious than Original Coronavirus

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The study proves that active monitoring of at-risk populations and prioritized vaccination programs can prevent hundreds of deaths."

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

TAU Innovation to Generate Immediate Melanoma Diagnosis Saving Many Patients' Lives

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Melanoma is a life-threatening cancer, so it is very important to diagnose it early on when it is still superficial."

Terrorism / US / On Campus / Education

Lawfare Project Urges Zoom, UC Merced to Cancel Event Featuring PFLP Terrorist

By Sean Savage

In letters to Zoom and UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz, the organization notes that the event featuring Leila Khaled could violate federal law by providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization.

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

Amazon, Hebrew U, in Joint Development of Quantum Technologies

By Jewish Press News Desk

First agreement between Amazon Web Services and an Israeli academic institution on quantum computing research.

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

TAU Breakthrough: Activating Brain's Immune System Against Deadly Cancer Glioblastoma Prevents Spreading

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Glioblastoma is the deadliest type of cancer in the central nervous system, accounting for most malignant brain tumors."

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

TAU: COVID-19 Vaccine Much Less Effective Against South African Variant

By Jewish Press News Desk

The South African variant is significantly more likely to break through the protective effect of two doses of the vaccine compared to the British COVID-19 variant.

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

AMCHA Director Testifies Against California's Ethnic Studies Bill

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum in stark contrast to what legislators intended when they approved the bill.

Featured / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education / Holocaust

Hebrew U Researchers Find Holocaust Survivors Suffer Higher Death Rates from Heart Disease, Cancer

By Jewish Press News Desk

Decades-long study provides basis for close monitoring of people who have experienced trauma early in life and the impact it can have on long-term health.

Featured / US / Police and Crime / History / Antisemitism / Europe / Islamists / On Campus / Education / Social Media / Holocaust

Anti-Semitism in the 2020 Pandemic: Less Violence, More Desecration, Intense Online Jew Hatred

By Jewish Press News Desk

The advent of the vaccines, coupled with Israel's vast vaccination campaign, assisted by Israelis and Jews who hold prominent positions in vaccine-making companies, reinforced the anti-Semitic responses.

Featured / Government / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Jerusalem College of Technology Graduates Win Government Contract to Use Drones in Deliveries

By Jewish Press News Desk

FlyTech was founded three years ago by former IDF officers from air force UAV squadrons who became Torah-observant during their military service.

Featured / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Arabic for Beginners the Most Popular Course at Tel Aviv University

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The huge demand is a pleasant surprise indicating a welcomed and in-depth change in the attitude to the language."

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

Jewish Group Denounces California's Capitulation to Hate-Driven Ethnic Studies Curriculum

By Jewish Press News Desk

Most profoundly concerning for the Jewish community is the portrayal of Jews, filtered through the lens of Critical Ethnic Studies, as ‘white’ and ‘privileged’.

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

California Won't Remove Misleading, Unethical Claims in Ethnic Studies Curriculum Despite Scholars’ Criticism

By Jewish Press News Desk

Several members of the original ESMC advisory committee have been using false claims about the benefits of ethnic studies to ensure that Critical Ethnic Studies is taught in classrooms throughout the state.

Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Tel Aviv U in International Study of New Model Predicting Snakebites to Save Lives

By Jewish Press News Desk

"We built a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary model which includes the behavior patterns of both sides – snakes and humans."

US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

San Diego State University Reacts to Swastikas Found on Student Housing

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Acts of hate like this are disgraceful and cowardly; that swastikas vandalized a home of Jewish students is especially reprehensible,” university leaders wrote in a joint statement.

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

Hebrew U Researchers Say Understanding Constipation Would Help Diagnose Parkinson’s Disease

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hebrew University researchers unveil a chain of physiological events that may help provide new methods for disease diagnosis.

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

Believe It or Not: Israeli Researchers Find Aspirin Reduces Likelihood of COVID-19

By Jewish Press News Desk

Studies showed that aspirin, in addition to its well-known anti-inflammatory effects, could modulate the innate and adaptive immune responses helping the human immune system battle some viral infections.

Headline / Government / On Campus / Education

Israel's 10th University to be Established in Tzfat (Safed)

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Tzfat currently has more than 2,000 students in the Faculty of Medicine, the Tzfat Academic College and the School of Nursing.

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

Hebrew U Bionic Chips Replace Animal Testing in Developing Cancer-Fighting Drugs

By Jewish Press News Desk

This application represented the first time that the bionic chip was used to develop a drug protocol while avoiding the traditional dependence on animal testing. 

Business and Economy / Chessed and Tzedaka / On Campus / Education

Tel Aviv University Appoints Social Investor to Head Board of Governors

By Jewish Press News Desk

This new appointment follows eleven women who have been appointed to leading positions at TAU over the past year.

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

Tel Aviv U Researchers: Our Brain Grew after Large Animals Became Extinct and We Had to Hunt Smaller Prey

By Jewish Press News Desk

"We correlate the increase in human brain volume with the need to become smarter hunters," explains Dr. Ben-Dor.

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

Anti-Zionist Group Withdraws Impeachment Complaint Against Tuft Jewish Student

By Jewish Press News Desk

"They tried to intimidate the Jewish community into silence, to force Jews to renounce their shared heritage, to exclude Jews from leadership."

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

Into the Future: Tel Aviv University Launches New Artificial-Intelligence Center

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The AI revolution is expected to impact our way of life in every aspect,” from drug development to security systems, robotics and even social issues,” said Professor Meir Feder, who will head the center.

Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Researchers Observe First Evidence of Delayed Radio Flares from Tidal Disruption Event by a Black Hole

By Jewish Press News Desk

Flares are believed to be caused by a huge velocity jet launched when the star is destroyed and sucked into the black hole or as a result of the outward explosion of debris from the explosion.

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

Tel Aviv U First: Biological Therapy Proven a Suitable Alternative to Antibiotics

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a biological substitute for the treatment of tuberculosis, which in the future could serve as an alternative for the traditional "chemical" antibiotic therapy.

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

TAU-SAT1 – First Miniature Satellite Built on Tel Aviv U Campus – Orbiting Earth

By Jewish Press News Desk

At an altitude of 400 km above sea level, the nanosatellite will orbit the earth at a dizzying speed of 27,600 km per hour, or 7.6 km per second, completing a cycle around Earth every 90 minutes.

Government / The Knesset / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Opposition Scorns Education Minister Galant for Corona-Related Failures

By Jewish Press News Desk

Education Minister Yoav Galant (Likud) had been summoned by 25 MKs to discuss the “state of the education system in Israel."

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Israeli Flag Gets Pelted with Eggs at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“We are not the type of people to be scared. We’re not the type of people that would be silenced. We’re not the type of people to back down from what we believe in,” says student Jeremy Zelner.

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

University of Haifa Researchers Say 45% of Israelis Admit to Polluting Natural Treasures

By Jewish Press News Desk

When the average Israeli is asked why they pollute they reply: "Because there was no trash can." When asked why others pollute they say: "because they enjoy it."

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

Hebrew U Researchers Invented Inexpensive Blood Test to End Invasive Biopsies

By Jewish Press News Desk

A new blood test has the potential to diagnose cancers, liver diseases, immune disorders, without need for invasive and painful biopsies.

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

Hebrew U. Researchers Find Minuscule Worm May Hold Secret to Reversing Brain Damage

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hebrew University research successfully produces genetically engineered synapses circumventing neural damage.

Featured / Israel / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Oldest Evidence of Growing Olives for Food Discovered under Haifa's Sea

By Jewish Press News Desk

Olives are a key component of the human diet, culinary culture, and economy of the Mediterranean region.

Featured / Israel / Politics / History / On Campus / Education / Social Media / Holocaust

University of Haifa Works with TikTok to Address Holocaust Awareness

By Jewish Press News Desk

Unawareness about Holocaust history poses a challenge for TikTok, as 41 percent of the video-sharing network’s users are between ages 16 and 24.

Politics / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

TAU: Number of Arabs Studying Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Doubled in Five Years

By Jewish Press News Desk

TAU stressed that this growth took place without any affirmative action regarding admission requirements.

US / Politics / Antisemitism / Diaspora / On Campus / Education

Club Z Urges US Education Authorities to Adopt Jewish Students' Bill of Rights

By Jewish Press News Desk

Free expression of their Jewish identity, a fair education, a safe learning environment, a comprehensive definition of antisemitism, and a fair protections.

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

Bar-Ilan U. Study: Neonatal Antibiotic Use Associated with Reduced Growth in Boys

By Jewish Press News Desk

Antibiotic exposure during the first days of life was found to be associated with disturbances in the gut microbiome up until the age of two.

History / Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Hebrew U. Study Analyzes How Corona Changed the Way We Remember

By Jewish Press News Desk

“This global crisis created a far more accepting culture for the role digital media must play in remembrance.”

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

California High Schools to Embrace 'Critical Ethnic Studies' that Say Jews Are ‘Privileged’

By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin

The third draft curriculum is now being reviewed by the State Board of Education and is likely to be approved in March with few changes.

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

TAU Researchers Show Early Humans Used Chopping Tools in Breaking Animal Bones to Consume the Marrow

By Jewish Press News Desk

The researchers analyzed a sample of 53 chopping tools from Revadim, looking for use-wear traces and organic residues.

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

Hebrew U Research Offering Hope for Future Anti-Autism Drugs

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hebrew University identifies genetic mutation associated with autism, offering hope for effective therapeutics.

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

As Global Bee Populations Disappear, Israel Discovers New Bee Species

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israeli study focused on the impact of restoration activities of a threatened sand ecosystem along Israel’s coastal plains.

Israel / On Campus / Education

12 Israeli Researchers from Tel Aviv U Among Top 50 in Their Fields in the World

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The list includes 160,000 researchers from 149 countries in 22 scientific disciplines and 176 subdisciplines.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Cuomo Orders State Officials to Assist Jewish Day School After Anti-Semitic Hacking

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Division of Human Rights is expected to hold a virtual forum for families discuss the incident and learn about resources to combat hate.

Jewish / Global / Diaspora / On Campus / Education / Social Media

Bar-Ilan U Launches Online Professional Development Series for Jewish Day Schools

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Lookstein Center offers a broad range of teacher training opportunities to reach as many teachers as possible.

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

Tel Aviv U Researchers Develop Blur-Free Photography of Moving Objects

By Jewish Press News Desk

Elmalem encoded motion information cues in the raw optical image which are decoded by an image processing algorithm which utilizes them for motion deblurring.

Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / European Union

EU Awards 2 Bar-Ilan Professors $4.84 Million for Future Research

By Jewish Press News Desk

The ERC received 2,506 research grant proposals in 2020, out of which about 13% will be funded for 327 grant laureates.

Israel / History / Holidays & Observances / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Menorah Engraved on Tomb Façade May Date Back to Hasmonean Era

By Jewish Press News Desk

It has been suggested that the menorah may have been a motif related to the Temple and the priesthood that served in it during this time.

Israel / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

Jerusalem College of Technology Announces New Name for Nursing School

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The Selma Jelinek School of Nursing” is being named after a Jewish Holocaust survivor who served as a nurse in the Russian Army.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

High School Students Back in Class as Covid Infection Rate Rises

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

According to the Ministry of Education’s outline, the students will learn in half classes for at least two days a week, and the rest of their schooling will continue online.

Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Tel Aviv U Research: Development of Inner Ear in Embryos Similar to Crystal Formation

By Jewish Press News Desk

"We identified a new developmental mechanism that is driven by mechanical forces: the organization of hair cells in the inner ear resembles the way atoms are organized into a crystal."

Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Israeli Education System Will Fully Open in Yellow and Green Cities

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The move will be accompanied by an increase in the number of (Covid) tests among teaching staff and students.

US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

DOE Launches Federal Investigation of Anti-Semitic Environment at Illinois U

By Jewish Press News Desk

The complaint makes clear that UIUC can protect the victims of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on its campus without violating the First Amendment.

US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Illinois U, Jewish Groups, Issue Joint Statement on Combating Anti-Semitism

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Anti-Semitic acts and expressions are all too common in our country and in our world, and examples of that intolerance have occurred at this university as well."

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Germany / European Union

‎€10 Million to Israeli-German Development of Drugs Against Lethal Fungal Infections

By Jewish Press News Desk

Invasive fungal infections of the internal organs or bloodstream can have a high level of mortality (up to 50%), are often difficult to treat, and cause at least 1.6 million deaths per year.

Politics / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Haifa U. Study: 2 Prerequisites for Surviving COVID-19: Female Leaders and Tolerance of Uncertainty

By Jewish Press News Desk

“The study findings underscore the complexity of the connection between gender, leadership, and culture."

On Campus / Education / Coronavirus / Sheba Medical Center

Israeli Hospital Creates Unique Program to Keep Schools Open Amid COVID-19

By Sharon Gelbach

The pilot is intended to keep schools open by making them into COVID-free “protective bubbles,”

Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Bar Ilan Study Shows Declining Gene Coordination Threatens Longevity

By Jewish Press News Desk

This study conclusively demonstrates the long-speculated relationship between aging, gene regulation, and somatic damage.

US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Illinois Jewish Students File Complaint with Feds on Anti-Semitic Hostile Environment

By Jewish Press Staff

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in educational institutions that receive federal funding.

Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Haifa U's Prof. Fahima Celebrated for Global Impact on Food Insecurity

By Jewish Press News Desk

The study developed a way to yield more protein and mineral-rich wheat grains which will help to improve its nutrition value.

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

Bar Ilan Researchers Use Gold Nanorod Scattering to Identify the Immune System's 'Killer and Savior'

By Jewish Press Staff

Further development of this technique will lead to novel methods to predict stages of manifestation of diseases like cancer from simple tissue fluids or blood samples.

Israel / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

Haifa U Study: Cognitive Function Same in Elderly Patients With & Without Cannabis

By Jewish Press News Desk

“A growing number of elderly people have been using cannabis in recent years to treat pain."

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

AJC Welcomes Governor Newsom's Veto of Ethnic Studies Bill

By Jewish Press News Desk

The veto enables the Department of Education to reconsider its ill-conceived plan to produce a divisive program of ethnic studies.

Terrorism / US / On Campus / Education / Social Media

After Zoom Deplatforms Terrorist Leila Khaled Event, Facebook and YouTube Follow Suit

By Jackson Richman / JNS

In response, San Francisco State University Professor Rabab Abdulhadi posted on social media: “We are not accepting Zoom’s caving in to Zionist and racist pressures. SFSU has an obligation to protect our classes.”

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Arizona State Student Government Aadopts Universal Definition of Anti-Semitism

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Koral Zaarur said the measure was in response to posters of Adolf Hitler and swastikas on campus, though it “turned into so much more.”

Israel / US / Diaspora / On Campus / Education

Billboards in New York’s Times Square Display Send-Off of Masa Israel Fellows

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Thousands of young adults from around the world have arrived in or are preparing to travel to Israel for a gap year, internship, study abroad, volunteer or professional training program.

Israel / On Campus / Education / Gulf States / UAE

Emirati University, Israel’s Weizmann Institute to Collaborate on Artificial Intelligence Research

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Dr. Al Jaber stated that welcomed the opportunity to “collaborate with such a renowned establishment as the Weizmann Institute of Science.”

Featured / History / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Haifa U: Flourishing Canaanite Palatial Site Suddenly Abandoned 3,700 Years Ago – Now We Know Why

By Jewish Press News Desk

Recognizing past earthquakes can be extremely challenging in the archaeological record, especially at sites where there isn’t much stone masonry and degradable construction materials.

Featured / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education / Germany / Holocaust

German Fund Gives $13 Million of Nazi War Profits to Hebrew U to Research Protection of Minorities

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Alfred Landecker Foundation was established by the Reimann family in June 2019 to atone for their father and grandfather's war crimes.

US / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Preventing Firearm Suicide During Covid-19, Social Unrest, as Firearm Purchases Hit the Roof

By Jewish Press News Desk

Since March, America has seen a surge in firearm purchases and increased difficulty in access to mental health care, especially in communities most affected by the virus.

Israel / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

Bar Ilan's Social Incubator Brings Improved Healthcare to Disadvantaged Populations in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The Raphael Project has demonstrated that the concept of a 'social incubator' can be successful in bringing about health benefits to disadvantaged communities."

Terrorism / US / On Campus / Education

San Francisco State’s Ethnicities Department to Host Documented Terrorist

By Jackson Richman / JNS

A university spokesperson told JNS that “an invitation to a public figure to speak to a class should not be construed as an endorsement of point of view.”

Israel / Photo of the Day / On Campus / Education

Tel Aviv Mayor Inaugurated the New School Year

By Jewish Press News Desk

The students who arrived in more than 70 elementary and middle schools were greeted by some 200 street performers at the school gates.

US / Politics / On Campus / Education / Russia

Russian Scientists Predicted Increased Unrest in the United States Back in 2010

By Jewish Press News Desk

It turned out that in full accordance with the forecasts for 2010-2012 in the United States over the past 10 years, the number of anti-government demonstrations and street riots has increased significantly.

Europe / On Campus / Education

Bar-Ilan U. Joins Prestigious Network of French-Speaking Higher-Education Institutions

By Jewish Press News Desk

AUF is one of the largest associations of higher education and research institutions in the world.

US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

California Bill to Require High School Students to Take Ethnic Studies Passes Committee

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

It will now go before the full Senate and then the State Assembly, and must pass before the Aug. 31 deadline.

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