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


UPenn professors embark on high-level faculty solidarity mission to Israel

‘We sought to bear comfort to our brothers and sisters in Israel and to more fully absorb the depth of this trauma’

 UPenn professors tour Israel's south, January 2024

Amid campus antisemitism, Jewish students are welcome in Israeli academia - opinion

Jewish individuals with basic Zionist values seeking a welcoming and supportive environment should strongly consider studying here.

 ‘WE CAN proudly present academic excellence and the opportunity to study in Israel, with numerous undergraduate and graduate programs available in English,’ says the writer

This week in Jerusalem: Red or Green?

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 LIGHT RAIL’S Red Line extension: Delayed.

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.

 Photo of Prof. Shulamit Levenberg

The Lowy International School: International Admissions 2024/25 Now Open

Start Your Academic Journey at Tel Aviv University.

 Open Application 2024-2025

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."

ITALY'S PRESIDENT Sergio Mattarela speaks at the March of the Living during a visit to Poland in April.

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?

 A CHALKING at a Students for Justice in Palestine event at the University of Maryland includes a Palestinian flag along with ‘From the river to the sea.’

This week in Jerusalem: Get on board

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 HEBREW UNIVERSITY opens for 2022. The current academic year continues to be delayed across Israel.

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.

 Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s foreign intelligence agency, delivers a speech during the annual Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) in Moscow, Russia April 4, 2018.

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.

 WE MUST stand together against BDS and all forms of antisemitism.