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


Separate Zionism from academic Jewish studies, says NGO

The ICSZ's unfolding narrative hints at seismic shifts in the landscape of Zionist discourse, ethnic studies, and the ideological battles that underscore them.

New York University.

Grapevine: Academics at Hadassah

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

The site of the former President Hotel on Ahad Ha’am Street. In a comic twist, the derelict sign now reads ‘Resident Ho.’

Scholars must speak out against anti-Israel academic boycotts - opinion

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) announced last week that they have voted in favor of a “Resolution to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions.”

 PREVIEW A demonstrator waves a Palestine flag during a pro-Palestine rally in New York City, U.S., May 18, 2018

iPads, augmented reality, and bean bag chairs: Is this the future of classroom education?

Striving to be at the forefront of academic progress, the Gordon Academic College of Education has integrated constant innovation into its core values.

 iPads in the classroom

Iran, Israel in talks on deal to free abducted academic - report

Russian Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov is being held by pro-Iran militia in Iraq, Israel believes. Reports suggest the abduction was an attempt to pressure Israel to release detained Iranians.

 Kataib Hezbollah Iraqi militia gather ahead of the funeral of the Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 4, 2020.

Practice and follow-up are crucial in improving literacy in children - study

The results of methods in all three countries have revealed the most important part: Targeted practice and follow-up are key in learning how to read and thrive at doing so.

PARENTS AND pupils read together in a first grade class at Paula Ben-Gurion School in Jerusalem.

Tel Aviv University ranked first in Israel by QS World University Ranking

 Tel Aviv University

How many Israelis are graduating university, what are they studying?

Central Bureau of Statistics Report Highlights Academic Achievements and Emerging Trends in Higher Education

Students on campus at Tel Aviv University

Reuben Baron, Jewish co-author of most widely cited psychology paper dies at 86

His paper, “The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research,” remains the most cited paper in the history of psychology.

Yahrzeit candle

Israel must bring its scientists back home - opinion

Israel's economy loses out on NIS 2.4 billion every year by not having their scientists return home as opposed to working abroad.

 THE CHEMISTRY building at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba: The total GDP potential lost due to scientists who have left Israel is a market failure estimated at billions of shekels per year, says the writer.