Academic World

The boycott of Israeli academia - opinion

The Hamas massacre shattered Israeli society in ways that many outsiders struggle to grasp. Since then, another reality has taken shape: the quiet academic boycott of Israelis.

|BySHARON PARDO
European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021
Prof. Eduard Yakubov, president of the Holon Institute of Technology

Israel cannot afford to rely solely on theoretical doctorates

In an era driven by technology, artificial intelligence, and rapid innovation, Israel’s higher education system must expand beyond the traditional research PhD model.

|ByEDUARD YAKUBOV
Person, hands and writing with tablet for research (illustrative)

Study: Younger scientists produce more disruptive research

“You stick to a certain kind of idea or taste, and as time goes by you keep sticking to that," explained one of the researchers.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An event at Yazamut 360: "A mission bigger than academia itself.”

At Yazamut 360, students build ventures, take risks, and shape the future of Israel’s job market

Ben-Gurion University’s entrepreneurship center turns hands-on experience, failed prototypes, and student-led communities into career-changing skills.

|ByRONNIE ROSENMAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH BGU

Hebrew University launches new English-taught undergrad program

Jewish students are being encouraged to study in Israel in light of increasingly hostile academic environments in the West.

JULY 9, 2024ByZEV STUB/JTA
A new immigrant, an Israeli and an international student strolling together at Hebrew University's Safra campus at Givat Ram, in Jerusalem.

Bill to fire academics who 'incite to terror' is unconstitutional, attorney general says

The bill also gives a Knesset subcommittee the authority to slash funding from institutions who ignore the bill, as well as take "other enforcement measures."

JUNE 30, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Gali Baharav Miara

Belgium's Ghent University severs ties with all Israeli universities over Hamas war

The university will continue its research projects with six non-academic Israeli institutions, saying they could not find any links between them and human rights violations.

MAY 31, 2024ByREUTERS
The logo of "Universiteit Gent" is pictured on a building of Ghent University, Belgium, April 4, 2017.

Campus protests must be branded 'Academic Intifada' - opinion

Worldwide, small cells of well-organized, well-funded haters crying “Globalize the intifada” demean academia, reducing a complex conflict to hate-filled slogans.

MAY 29, 2024ByGIL TROY
A STUDENT wrapped in a keffiyeh stands and whistles while holding up his cap with the words, ‘End The Occupation,’ at the Harvard University Commencement Exercises, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last week.

Radicalized faculty are the greater danger lurking behind campus protests - opinion

Faculty who attack Israel in the classroom, disrupt Israeli lecturers, and boycott Israeli scholars are the greater danger by far.  

MAY 27, 2024ByEDWARD H. KAPLAN
A PRO-PALESTINIAN protest takes place across the entrance to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Israeli universities performance ranking drops 21% in 2024 - QS ranking

Israel's overall university performance decreased by 21% in 2024, per QS World University Rankings. The Hebrew University's theology department dropped, while the Technion's mathematics improved.

APRIL 10, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
Students seen at the campus of "Mount Scopus" at Hebrew University on the first day of the opening of the university year on October 23, 2022.

Grapevine, March 1 2024: Party pooper

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 1, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FROM LEFT: Galit Gal, Danny Hakim, Danna Azrieli, and Dekel Noy.

Academic ties are key to countering boycotts against Israel - opinion

“Universities are places of dialogue, discussion, and development of culture and knowledge, based on the reference value of peace and dialogue between peoples to achieve it.”

FEBRUARY 25, 2024ByEMANUELE G. DALLA TORRE
OMAR BARGHOUTI was invited to speak with students at the universities of Bologna, Padua, and Venice, but fortunately, the majority of Italian professors hold different views, the writer maintains.

Arab and Jewish students embrace diversity at University of Haifa

For more than 50 years, University of Haifa has been weaving a rich tapestry of diverse students who share the common goal of bettering themselves and Israel’s North.

FEBRUARY 24, 2024ByNOA AMOUYAL
University of Haifa faculty and students attend the first day of school, wearing orange wristbands, on a campus known for its diverse community of Jewish, Arab, and Druze students.

Technion opens 18 new nursing rooms for mothers in academics

“The welcome growth in the number of women studying at the Technion means that it is all the more important to provide the new mothers among them with suitable and respectful conditions for nursing."

FEBRUARY 22, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Doctoral student Keren Or Greenberg in the Ulman Building’s new nursing room