Humanities

Israel haters have too much faith in humanity - opinion

In their worldview, it cannot be that human beings are capable of such atrocities on their own; it must be a reaction to even graver crimes committed by others.

 RADICAL HUMANISTS believe so deeply in man’s inherent goodness that they struggle to acknowledge the existence of evil. Pictured: A child.
 Blavatnik awards for young scientists in Israel announces 2024 laureates. March 26, 2024.

Prestigious Blavatnik Awards granted to Israeli scientists, all from the Weizmann Institute

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Meet the mysterious 'ostrich people' of Zimbabwe

 A man receives a COVID-19 vaccination at a health clinic in Jerusalem

Beyond treatment: Reframing health in our ill-health systems


Can humans be frozen and brought back to life?

Can we envision a future where we freeze ourselves in labs and resurrect at will?

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Tribe of cannibals eats robbers as punishment - except their genitals

An American adventurer encounters the Korowai tribe that practices cannibalism as a form of punishment.

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Cohn Program for Israeli-Arab Inclusion in the Humanities at Tel Aviv University is inaugurated

The new program aims to centralize and expand the existing efforts to attract Arab students to enroll in the Humanities at TAU.  

 Left to right: Prof Neta Ziv, Dan Cohn, Prof Ariel Porat & Prof Gali Cinamon

When can cell tissue be called human? – study

A human, which is referred to as a natural person, is someone born of a womb under the law. Will this soon change?

 AN ULTRASOUND examination for a pregnant woman at a gynecology clinic in Tel Aviv.

Yael Eckstein, JPOST’s Humanitarian Award recipient, is a hero of the Jewish people - Opinion

An example of one person making a big difference.

Rabbi Shlomi Peles

Tel Aviv University advances holistic program for boosting the Humanities

'The community of the Faculty of Humanities is committed to continuing its in-depth research and scholarship and works to instill humanistic values in various target audiences'.

 Prof. Rachel Gali Cinamon, Dean of TAU's Faculty of Humanities

What are you afraid of? Understanding the history of fears and phobias

The range of phobias is extensive. From acrophobia (fear of heights) to zoophobia (fear of animals), it might be safe to say “You name it, someone is afraid of it.”

 The whole world is a very narrow bridge, but the main thing is to have no fear at all. – Reb Nachman of Breslov.  breslov.com

Tel Aviv University launches International graduate School of Social Sciences

New school will boost the impact of Tel Aviv University, the social sciences, and the state of Israel in a range of areas critical to human welfare.

 International Graduate School of Social Sciences

Meet the winners of Israel's 2022 EMET Prize

Six EMET Prize winners – Profs. Amnon Rubinstein, Ruth Lapidoth, Hermona Soreq, Rafael Malach, Oded Lipschits and Gideon Shelach-Lavi – received the ‘Israeli Nobel’ for their academic achievements.

THE EMET PRIZE was envisioned as being the Israeli equivalent of the Nobel and, in fact, most Israeli Nobel winners first received the Emet

Making history: the achievements of Zionism studied in the UAE

 Book by Israeli Islam researchers published in Abu Dhabi.

 Zionism in Arab Discourse by Prof. Uriya Shavit

Educators awarded NIS 120,000 in new prize for humanities teachers

Nechama Weingarten Mintz, Dr. Gadi Prodowski and Ziv Shaham are the first recipients of the new award for distinguished teachers in the field of humanities.

 (L to R) Distinguished Teaching Award winners Dr. Gadi Prodovsky, Ziv Shaham, Nechama Weingarten Mintz