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Anti-gov’t activist held on suspicion of incitement after social media post calling for ‘rebellion'

Dr. Yolanda Yavor was arrested on suspicion of incitement after a post urging “rebellion,” with police saying her language created a real risk amid heightened national tensions.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Dr. Yolanda Yavor, a 50-year-old lecturer and prominent anti-government protest figure, was arrested on Friday morning on suspicion of incitement following a social-media post calling for a “rebellion” and urging action against what she described as Israel’s “traitorous” leadership.
PROF. NADERA Shalhoub-Kevorkian, arrested on suspicion of incitement, arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court last year. If you thought she would be left without a job after her remarks, think again, says the writer.

Between hatred and antisemitism: Suspended Hebrew U prof. finds new job at Princeton - opinion

Professor Shalhoub-Kevorkian will be teaching a course titled "Gender, Reproduction and Genocide" at Princeton University.

|ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
MIT STUDENTS were among the first to cheer the Hamas pogrom, says the writer.

Two Jewish students sue MIT, tenured professor for antisemitic harassment, doxing

Two Jewish students have sued the MIT due to antisemitic discrimination they allegedly suffered at the hands of both the university itself as well as a tenured professor.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Aaron Koller teaches at Cambridge University during the 2022-23 school year.

For the first time since Henry VIII created the role, a Jew will helm Hebrew studies at Cambridge

Aaron Koller is packing up from New York City, where he has taught at Yeshiva University, specializing in Hebrew from biblical to medieval texts, since earning his doctorate there in 2009.

|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

Academics file class action suit for pollution of Negev’s Bokek stream

The suit documents massive contamination from Rotem Amfert Negev and Dead Sea Priclase Fused Products of the Havurat Yehudah aquifer.

MARCH 6, 2018ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
Tel Aviv University Prof. Alon Tal visiting the Boqeq Stream this week

Professor Yehuda Bauer receives Nahum Goldmann Medal

Acknowledging that the award was unexpected, Prof. Bauer said that he had known Goldmann “and he didn’t like me. I think he’s turning in his grave.”

FEBRUARY 26, 2018ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Prof. Yehuda Bauer speaks after being awarded the Nahum Goldmann Medal in Tel Aviv

Of 271 sexual harassment claims in higher ed, 5 percent reported to police

Only five percent of cases were reported to police.

NOVEMBER 13, 2017BySARAH LEVI
Tel Aviv University

Israeli academic named head of international philosophy body

Dr. Arie Kizel will serve as the president of the International Council for Philosophical Inquiry with Children for two years.

OCTOBER 31, 2017BySARAH LEVI
Prof. Arie Kizel