Academic World

Finally, it's happening: A first-of-its-kind academic degree for contractors

For the first time in Israel, the Contractors Association “Bonei Ha’aretz” received approval from the Contractors Council to create a bachelor’s degree for contractors after two years of fieldwork.

Construction.
A PERSON holds a flag of Qatar and money, as protesters march to Jerusalem during an anti-government demonstration on March 19, 2025.

Fake Western morality is fueled by Qatari money - opinion

Alisa Rubin Peled (2nd row, C) in blue dress, with Argov class of 2025.

Aliyah: Navigating the contours of academia

TAU President Prof. Ariel Porat and H.E. Mr. J.P. Singh, Ambassador of India to Israel.

ICCR India Chair MoU signed at Tel Aviv University


Grapevine May 31, 2023: A triple-digit age

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MORDECHAI SPIEGLER of Israel gets entangled with Vietnam's goalkeeper in an international match at the National Stadium, Ramat Gan in 1964.

UFOs becoming increasingly attractive to US academics - study

A new study shows that interest in studying UFOs/UAPs as reached mainstream academia and many are pushing for further academic research on the subject.

 UFO (illustrative).

Tel Aviv University: Meeting challenges of equity, diversity, community

TAU’s Equity and Diversity Commission deals with all aspects of equity and diversity on the TAU campus, including gender, Arabs, people with disabilities, the LGBT community and haredim.

 The Haredi student club on TAU campus

Two-thirds of Israeli universities drop in global academic rankings

Institutions of higher learning in the West are being overshadowed by those in China, which is investing huge sums in teaching and research.

 Israelis walking in front of the entrance to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem highlights May 12 –18

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 GET YOUR wheels in gear for Studio in Motion at the Yitzhak Navon train station (pictured).

The famed Dershowitz family and a story of aliyah to Israel

Rabbi Prof. Zecharia Dor-Shav (Dershowitz) is a retired professor from Bar-Ilan University, an author and speaker, uncle to renowned US lawyer Alan Dershowitz.

 Zecharia Dor-Shav (Dershowitz) From New York to Jerusalem, 1969

Israel will overcome judicial reform crisis - Gabriela Shalev

She spends as much time as she can with her children, six grandchildren and her little great-grandson, and is now talking at demonstrations against the government’s judicial overhaul.

 GABRIELA SHALEV

Passover, Exodus: How did the Jews go from Egypt to Israel?

How the Israelites made their way from Egypt to the Promised Land is open to various archaeological interpretations.

 ARTIST EDWARD Poynter’s depiction of the Israelites fleeing Egypt. Below, the Children of Israel on their 40-year journey in the desert.

Israeli judicial reform could spark damaging brain drain - survey

Young university faculty members have the highest likelihood of leaving Israel due to the Netanyahu government's judicial reforms.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2023.

Ex-US amb. to Israel David Friedman to chair Ariel University Foundation

In addition to Friedman serving as chairman, the position of vice chairman will go to Arnold Schlesinger, who supports Israel's only university particle accelerator center.

David Friedman