Albert Einstein

Hebrew University marks centennial with official new commemorative stamp

University officials said the centennial marks both a reflection on past achievements, including ten Nobel Prizes and two Turing Awards, and a framework for future growth.

The commemorative stamp, with a face value of 9 shekels, was designed by Studio Mench and is available for purchase through the Israel Post Philatelic Service website.
Albert Einstein's letter, discovered by Tel Aviv’s Gnazim Institute, the world’s largest archive of Hebrew literature, November 2025.

Newly-discovered Einstein letter surfaces in Tel Aviv, reveals praise for Jewish assistant

 Professor Hanoch Gutfruend is a physics professor, former Hebrew University president, and Academic Head of the Einstein Archive. He showed The Jerusalem Post around the archives to mark 100 years of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Hebrew University's centennial: Einstein's legacy and the guardian of a scientific icon

 An aerial view of Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Mount Scopus campus.

100 years of innovation: Hebrew University of Jerusalem celebrates centennial


Preventing murder

Excuses won’t bring the slain back to life. Vigilance beforehand can prevent murder.

Man in handcuffs - illustrative

Tender to be issued for 50-megawatt photovoltaic park in Timna

The project will be administered by the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Initiative.

50-megawatt photovoltaic park in Timna

Defending judo world champion Gerbi comes up short, brings home silver

Gerbi couldn't contain her French rival suffering an ippon after just one-and-a-half minutes.

Top Judo prospect Yarden Gerbi 370

Schabas is the perfect choice for Goldstone 2

He has expressed no hesitation in exploiting international mechanisms to achieve political goals.

William Schabas

My word: Cementing the ties

The Palestinian leadership in Gaza used tons and tons of cement to try to bring Israel down, rather than build up their own quasi state. They failed.

A Palestinian tunnel in Gaza.

iEngage: Against the racism of fear

To ensure that such voices do not dominate Israel’s public sphere, everyone who rejects the racism of fear must speak out and act against its manifestations.

Funeral for the three kidnapped Israeli teens, July 1, 2014.

Parshat Chukat: Who can write the Torah?

Behind it are deep and elusive ideas relating to the mitzvot that seem logical to you, and even more so in regard to the ones that do not.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.

Washington watch: It’s more than a kidnapping

Netanyahu will be a victor if the unity agreement is scrapped, Hamas is weakened, and – it’s a big if – if he can be gracious in his victory and resist the temptation to gloat and overplay his hand.

IDF soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade search for the missing teens near Hebron.

Silence comes as no shock

Five days after three Israeli teenagers were abducted by Islamic terrorists, there was still silence from EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Gaza 311 (R)

Who’s afraid of transparency and accountability?

I ask, who is afraid of transparency and accountability? The answer is not peace and human rights organizations.

Human Rights Council