Academic World

'These boycotts are demoralizing us, silencing us,' Israeli academic tells 'Post' - interview

Riemer called the exclusion of Israeli scholars a "silent boycott," where many experience "invitations not being extended, talks being canceled, allegedly for some kind of bureaucratic reason."

 Dr. Ofek Riemer.
Graduation ceremony at Reichman University, 2026

Reichman University awards diplomas to 2,600 graduates amid ongoing war

Prof. Eduard Yakubov, President of HIT

Israeli academia must adapt to fast-changing security and tech challenges, HIT president says

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021

The boycott of Israeli academia - opinion


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.

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.’