Academic World

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This week in Jerusalem: Red or Green?

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

16/12/2023

Israeli woman scientist is nominated to the National Academy of Inventors

Prof. Shulamit Levenberg from the Haifa Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is among the few Israeli women scientists who have invented the most innovative technologies and registered patents.

Academia in Italy is targeting Israel - opinion

Sergio Mattarella, the Italian president, recently emphasized the importance of keeping scientific research insulated from international tensions, highlighting its role as an “instrument of peace."

By EMANUELLE DALLA TORRE
30/11/2023

Israel-Hamas war: How dare US university students back Hamas over Israel - opinion

To my fellow students who are choosing this moment to call for an intifada, who are once again demanding to know how I “could possibly support Israel,” I can only respond: How dare you?

By KEREN BINYAMIN
26/11/2023

This week in Jerusalem: Get on board

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

25/11/2023

Russian spy chief: West causes brain drain by luring foreign students

Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service director Sergey Naryshkin said Western universities used neocolonial tactics to lure talented youth from Asia and Africa.

AAA's boycott of Israel is discriminatory, academic association charges

“The decision constitutes an infringement of the freedom of students and scholars to interact, study, and conduct research about Israel,” the statement argues.

Separate Zionism from academic Jewish studies, says NGO

The ICSZ's unfolding narrative hints at seismic shifts in the landscape of Zionist discourse, ethnic studies, and the ideological battles that underscore them.

15/08/2023
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Grapevine: Academics at Hadassah

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

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