יום רביעי, 24 יוני 2026Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Follow Us
יום רביעי, ט׳ תמוז תשפ״וWednesday, June 24, 2026
Follow Us

Sections

Hebrew University

News Briefs / Science and Tech

Names May Shape Facial Appearance Over Time, Israeli Study Suggests

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The research showed that adults’ faces can be matched to their names more accurately than chance, whereas this effect is not observed in children’s faces.

Israel / Archaeology

New Israeli 3-D Software Sheds Light on Ancient Engraving Techniques

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The team hopes their findings will lead to further research and inspire interdisciplinary collaborations to unravel the mysteries surrounding these ancient artworks.

News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Israeli Discovery Opens Doors to New Treatments for Autism

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“This is the first step in developing a drug that might address autism,” said Amal.

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.

Headline / Terrorism / Palestinian Authority

PA Doubles Salaries to Terrorists Who Murdered 12 People in Hebrew U and Halamish

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

One of the terror cells blew up the Frank Sinatra cafeteria of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and murdered nine people, including five American citizens, and injured over 80 others.

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.

Left vs. Right / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Student Group Threatens IDF Soldiers, Attacks University

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Hebrew University said it enables “freedom of expression for a variety of opinions and views, provided that this is not an activity that is a violation of the law. In this video distributed on social networks, false statements were made about the university.”

Israel / Coronavirus

Israeli Team Modifies Old Drug to Confront COVID-19 Related Secondary Infections

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

According to some studies, close to 50% of COVID-19 deaths involved secondary bacterial infections.

Interviews and Profiles

‘It’s All for the Jewish People:’ Four Decades of the Jeff Seidel Story

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Shabbat meals he’s arranged over the years while meeting wandering Jews in Jerusalem have given countless young adults their first taste of a traditional Shabbat, and often, an enduring appreciation of Judaism.

Politics / The Courts / Boycott / BDS / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education

Im Tirtzu Urging Donors to Challenge Hebrew U. Support for BDS Student

By JNi.Media

Alqasem's supported Rasmea Odeh, a convicted terrorist who murdered two Hebrew University students in 1969.

Featured / Israel / US / Global / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Two Israeli High Tech Pioneers Partner on First Auto-Grow Device for Medical Cannabis

By JNi.Media

Through their new partnership, Cannabics and Seedo will develop the first controlled device for growing medical cannabis at home.

Headline / Druze / Politics / Government / The Knesset / Boycott / BDS / Anti-Israel NGOs / United Nations (UN) / European Union

Report: NIF, EU, UN Drive Ferocious Campaign to Quash Israel's Nationality Law

By JNi.Media

The Struggle Headquarters propaganda maliciously misrepresents the law, using a false comparison between two Border Guard officers, one a Jew, the other a Druze.

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

Congrats, Mediterranean, You're 100 Million Years Younger than We Thought

By JNi.Media

A new joint study by the Geological Survey, the Hebrew University, and the University of Haifa completely changes the basic conceptions by which large energy companies are looking for gas and oil in the eastern Mediterranean basin.

Politics / Government / Boycott / BDS / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education

Shaked Suspends Committee Deliberations Over Ariel University Disagreement

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Critics warned the measure would detract from the status of Israel’s more established universities and "would turn the entire Israeli academia into an active partner in the 'occupation.'"

Featured / Jewish / History / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Amazing New Discoveries in Western Wall Tunnels, Including Ancient Theater

By JNi.Media

Excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered large portions of courses of the Western Wall that have been hidden for 1,700 years, including an ancient Roman theater.

Featured / Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / China

China Buys Israel’s Lab Meat Technology for $300 Million

By JNi.Media

Cows are considered the most dangerous source of methane on the planet.

Featured / Israel / Jewish / Arts and Entertainment / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Launches World’s Largest Jewish Art Index

By JNi.Media

The online Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art preserves the rich artistic heritage of the Jewish people throughout time and across the globe.

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

Hebrew U Isolates 'Haploid' Human Stem Cells, Changing Future of Medicine

By JNi.Media

Potential for regenerative medicine and cancer research earns doctoral student Ido Sagi a Kaye Innovation Award.

Featured / Politics / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Statement of the Hebrew University Regarding Playing the Anthem at Academic Ceremonies

By JNi.Media

At every State ceremony held at the Hebrew University, the national anthem of Israel is played as is customary.

Headline / Politics / Anti-Israel NGOs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / On Campus / Education / Religion

Hebrew U Graduation Ceremony Scraps Hatikvah to Spare Arabs' Feelings

By JNi.Media

As is typical in such instances, the institute of high learning chose to be right rather than smart.

Featured / Terrorism / UK / News Briefs / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education

Birmingham University: British Student Killed in Mysterious, Tragic Circumstances

By Jewish Press News Desk

British media and Birmingham University have made a point of avoiding mention of the terrorism aspect of the murder.

Israel / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

High Iodine Deficiency Found in Israel’s First National Survey

By JNi.Media

High risk of impaired neurological development of fetuses; 62% of school-age children and 85% of pregnant women have low iodine intakes.

Featured / Headline / Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Biggest Deal in Israeli Hi-Tech History: Intel Buys Mobileye for $15 Billion

By JNi.Media

In January 2017, Mobileye, BMW and Intel announced they were developing a test fleet of autonomous vehicles that would be on the road in the second half of 2017.

Israel / Archaeology

4,000 Years Old Mysterious Tomb with Rock Art Exposed in Upper Galilee

By JNi.Media

What makes this dolmen so unique is its huge dimensions, the structure surrounding it and, most importantly, the artistic decorations engraved in its ceiling.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / Archaeology

Ancient Jars Found in Judea Reveal Earth's Magnetic Field is Fluctuating, Not Diminishing

By JNi.Media

Tel Aviv University, Hebrew U., UC San Diego researchers: New evidence says geomagnetic force 'spiked' in 8th century BCE

Politics / Police and Crime / History / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

Anonymous Tip Helps Jewish Dealer's Estate Recover Two Dutch Masters from German Auction

By JNi.Media

In both cases, the sellers agreed to return the works in 'amicable discussions,' according to the Max Stern Foundation.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Palestinian Authority / Media / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education / Judaism

Breaking the Silence: Teaching Hebron's Real Jewish History to Young Israelis

By JNi.Media

If students on the tour encounter foreign journalists, European MPs, or anti-Israel propaganda tours led by radical Left NGOs, they will be permitted to educate them, politely, about the hypocrisy of the delegitimization campaign against Israel.

Jewish / US / Politics / Government / History / News Briefs / Media / Science and Tech / Religion / Archaeology

American, Israeli Archaeologists Attack Authenticity of 'Jerusalem Papyrus'

By JNi.Media

"The money that modern forgers and dealers can make on modern forgeries is astronomical, consistently in the five and six figure range. The motivation is strong."

History / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Archaeology

Archaeological Evidence of the Kingdom of David

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israeli archaeologists will present to the public the new evidence recently uncovered of the truth of the Biblical kingdom of David.

Politics / Global / Government / News Briefs

President Rivlin Receives New Ambassadors from India, Chile, Myanmar, Estonia, Lesotho

By Jewish Press Staff

President Rivlin said, "The Indian and Israeli people have a lot in common, we know how to respect tradition and to be ready to learn and bring innovation to our lives for the benefit of our people and the whole world."

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

Study of Israeli Jews and Arabs Causing Rethinking of Heart Disease

By JNi.Media

Small and medium sized HDL particles were more closely associated than HDL-C with protection against coronary atherosclerosis in a Jerusalem study.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Hebrew U’s Dr. Yosef Buganim Honored for Stem Cell Research Breakthroughs

By JNi.Media

A top Israeli medical scientist receives an award for work that may help women with placenta problems give birth to healthy children.

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

Hebrew U's Dr. Yosef Buganim Awarded for Work in Stem Cells

By JNi.Media

A potential future use of iPSCs is the creation of whole organs (such as heart, liver or kidney) in a suitable animal model using cells taken from the patient.

Politics / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Helen Mirren Meets Arab and Jewish Students Seeking Peace through the Performing Arts

By JNi.Media

The Billy Crystal Program for Peace through the Performing Arts is dedicated to promoting a humanistic society based on dialogic relations and peaceful coexistence between Jews and Arabs in Israel.

Politics / Jerusalem / The Knesset / News Briefs / Government / Global

Is Jerusalem Truly Israel's Capital?

By JNi.Media

Since the international community relies on the 1947 UN partition plan regarding the legal status of Jerusalem, it refuses to recognize Israeli sovereignty over any part of the city.

Jewish / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / Archaeology

IAA Plans to Excavate Judean Desert Caves, Save Scrolls from Robbers

By JNi.Media

The plan’s first excavation is currently underway in the Cave of the Skulls in Nahal Tse'elim, with the assistance of numerous volunteers.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

Bennett Seeks to Calm Tensions Amid Leftwing Professor's Comparison of Ayelet Shaked to "Neo-Nazi"

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Rather than assigning blame exclusively to the left or right of the political spectrum, Bennett sought to unify the political fractures which have become increasingly conspicuous in recent weeks.

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Egypt

Israeli Dentist Mends Peacekeeping Canine

By Jewish Press Staff

"Dano" was wounded in action. The Multinational Force turned to a Hebrew University veterinarian.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Religious Student Blocked From Temple Mount as Class Goes Up

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police realized the University student was a religious Jew and didn't let him join his class's field trip.

Bedouin / News Briefs / Jerusalem / European Union

Israel Demolishes EU-Funded Illegal Buildings near Hebrew University

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The EU used European's tax money to fund construction on land zoned for a national park.

News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / On Campus / Education

Hebrew University to Close for Christmas

By JTA

Hebrew University will give its students the day off on Christmas for the first time ever. There will be no classes on Thursday, Dec. 25, a new vacation day on the university calendar. The students also had off on Sunday for Hanukkah. The university also has declared a vacation day for and placed on its […]

The Muqata

Israel's Deepest Tunnel Found near Lebanon

By Jameel@Muqata

The UN expressed "shock" when their inspectors discovered ancient explosives and primitive Hamas rockets hidden inside the cave.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Firebombs Thrown at Dance Club near Hebrew U.

By JTA

Jerusalem Arabs hurled several firebombs were thrown at a dance club next to Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus in French Hill , injuring one person. Three Arab youths from the adjoining neighborhood of Isawiya were arrested.

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 […]

Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Olmert Plays Dumb: ‘Foolish Prime Minister Wouldn’t Make Peace’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Perhaps the most remarkable things about Olmert’s speech Monday night were that people still pay him to speak and anyone listens to him.

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Iran Unveils Drone that Can Reach Israel – or Is It Photoshop?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Never underestimate Iran’s technology. Never underestimate Iran’s capability to lie. It claims it has a drone that can reach Israel. And if is true, an expert suggests to The Jewish Press, “So what?

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

Two Jews Win Nobel Prize in Medicine

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two more Jews, both from the United States, and a German non-Jew won the Nobel Prize in medicine in Monday, while two Israel contenders lost out. The newest Jewish Nobel Prize winners are James Rothman of Yale University and Randy Schekman of the University of California. The Israeli hopefuls  were Hebrew University professors Howard Cedar […]

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Fertility Problems? Join the ‘Breakfast Club,’ Researchers Say

By Jewish Press Staff

Why go through complicated procedures to help fertility when a Breakfast of Champions might solve the problem, says Israeli researchers. Eat well in the morning and multiply the earth.

Israel / Holocaust

Holocaust Researcher Yisrael Gutman Dies at 90 in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Warsaw Ghetto survivor and researcher Israel Gutman has died in Jerusalem at the age of 90. He was born in Warsaw, where he was wounded in the Jewish uprising against the Nazis in 1943. He is survived by two daughters and three grandchildren. Gutman survived three concentration and death camps, including Auschwitz, but his parents […]

United with Israel

Israel Hosts Global Conference to Promote Women’s Rights

By Rachel Avraham

Attendees learned about Israel’s success promoting women’s rights.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Religion / Archaeology

Oldest Alphabetical Written Text Found near Temple Mount

By Jewish Press Staff

The oldest known Hebrew writing from ancient Jerusalem dates back to the 8th century. Archaeologists now have found an older alphabetical text, not in Hebrew, from the time of Kings David or Solomon

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Terrorist Receives Doctorate from Hebrew University

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

When Hidmi was released from prison after serving three years for his terror activities, he requested to complete his doctorate at Hebrew University.

Haredim & Hassidim / US / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Streisand Spouts Off on Women ‘In Foreign Land of Israel’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Streisand loves Israel – she even visits the country once in a while. She gives lots of money. And she can’t resist a chance to preach about women’s rights in Israel but admits it is a "foreign land.”

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

‘Extinct’ Frog in Israel Becomes a Unique ‘Living Fossil’

By Jewish Press Staff

An ancient frog can now be added to Israel’s history. The “painted frog,” though to be extinct, turns out to be a descendant of a one million-old frog.

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / On Campus / Education

Barbra Streisand to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew U

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Barbra Streisand is a great singer. She also played the part of a young woman disguised as a male yeshiva student in ‘Yentl.” Soon, Hebrew U. will grant her an honorary degree in philosophy.

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education

Saudi Arabia Warns Students of Hebrew U. 'Suspicious’ Website

By Jewish Press News Desk

Saudi Arabia’s Education Ministry has warned students to steer clear of what it called “suspicious websites,” an apparent reference to the Hebrew University site that has attracted Saudi students. The ministry’s spokesman, Dr. Muhammad Al-Hayzan, said the certificates from such institutions will not be accredited by the ministry. “Students have other alternatives. One of them […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Obituaries

Fred Lafer, Longtime Jewish Leader, Dies

By JTA

Fred Lafer, a longtime leader of several Jewish institutions, died Tuesday in New Jersey after suffering from leukemia. Lafer served as president and chairman of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy beginning in 2000. He also was chairman of the executive committee of the Shalom Hartman Institute of Jerusalem's board of directors. He also […]

News Briefs / Europe / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Holocaust Victims’ Violins to be Used in Monaco Concert

By JTA

The Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte-Carlo will perform a “Violins of Hope” concert in Monaco featuring Several violins of Jewish Holocaust victims murdered by the Nazis The concert will be held May 5 at Monaco’s Grimaldi Forum, and the stories of their owners will be told, according to a report in the Nice, France Matain daily. The […]

US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Science and Tech

Hebrew U Professor Chosen for American Cancer Research Award

By Jewish Press News Desk

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has chosen Prof. Alexander Levitzki of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as the winner of its 2013 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research. The AACR is currently holding its annual meeting through Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Levitzki, professor of biological chemistry at the Alexander Silberman […]

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

Palestinians Shout Down Visiting Pro-Israel Egyptian Blogger

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egyptian blogger, Maikel Nabil Sanad, was shouted down today during his visit to Israel... by Arab students studying at Hebrew University.

News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

Arab and Lefty HU Students to Demonstrate for Hamas

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab and Leftwing Students from Hebrew University in Jerusalem will be demonstrating for solidarity with Hamas tomorrow at 12:00 PM at the Mount Scopus campus.

News Briefs

Two American Economists, One Jewish, Win Nobel Prize

By JTA

Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley, American economists with ties to Israeli universities, won the Nobel Prize for Economics. The professors won the prize, called the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, for their research in how to make economic markets work better by more precisely matching supply with demand. Shapley used game theory to study […]

Israel / News Briefs

Hebrew University Classes Go Online - Free

By Malkah Fleisher

People interested in getting educated at the Hebrew University can now do so – for free.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Living

Butter Lovers, Rejoice - Hebrew U Study Shows High-Fat Could Lower Weight

By Malkah Fleisher

Lovers of butter, rejoice – eating a high fat diet on a schedule may keep you svelter than eating a low-fat diet at random intervals, according to a researcher at Hebrew University.

Jewish / US / Global / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Study: Jewish Population Shrinking Outside Israel

By Malkah Fleisher

The global Jewish population grew by more than 88,000 people over the past year, and now stands at 13.75 million, according to a new study published y Professor Sergio DellaPergola of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Israel

Israeli Scientists Find Way to Delay Cell Death

By Jewish Press Staff

Israeli Researchers have discovered a protein that is central to delaying cell death, which “could lead to new approaches to treating cancer.” Programmed cell death, or Apoptosis, is a critical defense mechanism against the development of abnormal cells like cancer.

Front Page

Behind The Left’s Betrayal Of Israel

By Prof. Robert S. Wistrich

The main title of my new book, From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel, may raise a few eyebrows. To what “betrayal” am I referring? Surely neither anti-Semitism nor hostility to Israel can be seen as prerogatives of leftism; and if they do exist in some quarters of the Left, is that not an example of “legitimate criticism” of Israel, a country regularly pilloried in international forums as one of the last remaining bastions of Western colonialism?

News Briefs / SciTech

Intel and Israeli Universities Team Up To Create "Human Brain" Applications

By Malkah Fleisher

The IntelCollaborative Research Institute for Computational Intelligence, the Technion Institute in Haifa and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem will team up to research technology that “learns” about the user, imitating the human brain.

Op-Eds

Threatening Shadows Over Egypt

By Prof. Robert S. Wistrich

The Muslim Brotherhood did not initiate the current upheavals in the Middle East, but the Islamist parties in Egypt, as in Tunisia and Libya, have been the chief beneficiaries of the collapse of longstanding authoritarian repressive regimes across North Africa.

News Briefs

Israel Responds Sharply to French Claims of 'Water Apartheid'

By Jewish Press Staff

Government Press Office presents recent findings of Hebrew University professor.

Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

View all
cross