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University lecturer posts photo of man defecating on Israeli flag, questioned

A former lecturer at the Open University and Tel Aviv University was investigated with a warning on suspicion of desecrating the flag. He also posted disturbing content about female IDF soldiers.

|ByMAARIV ONLINE
AT THE Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, last week, an Israel supporter holds the Israeli flag and a sign that reads ‘I stand with Israel.’
Open University of Israel

Open University grants credit for women’s Torah studies

A request by a female student who studied for two years in a midrasha for advanced Torah study for women for her studies to be accredited, as men’s yeshivas studies are, was rejected twice.

|ByJEREMY SHARON
"Justice for the Victims", "A Rapist’s Place is in Prison", "Who is teaching you" and "#meTAU" were written on the signs posted at the entrance to the administration building, at the entrance to the Engineering Faculty Building and adjacent to the Faculty of Life Sciences buildings.

TAU students protest against lecturer who has been accused of rape

Signs around campus say: “a rapist’s place is prison.”

|ByTAMARA ZIEVE
An image of the human brain

Israeli discovery could lead to early Alzheimer’s disease detection

The study, published in the journal Translational Psychiatry, describe a gene that codes for a particular protein that researchers discovered.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Council for Higher Education approves proposal to lengthen maternity leave for students

amendment will enable students to be absent from classes due to pregnancy, childbirth, and fertility treatments for a period of six weeks.

APRIL 8, 2014
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