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Visitors at the National Library of Israel for Epilogue on June 21, 2023, an event to bid goodbye to the library's Hebrew University Givat Ram campus prior to its move to a new building near the Knesset (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 22, 2023, 6:04 am
Closing chapter, National Library holds last hurrah in Hebrew U jewel it called home
Epilogue event sees tours, talks, concerts, and more fill stacks and reading rooms throughout building that marked major architectural milestone when it opened in 1960
By Jessica Steinberg
Prof. Mona Khoury, Vice President for Strategy and Diversity, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Sharon Gabay)
June 16, 2023, 5:40 am
What Matters Now to Prof. Mona Khoury: The cycle of violence in Arab communities
With over 100 Arab Israelis dead through violence in the first half of 2023, this academic says it’s time to stop the blame game and start coming up with a comprehensive plan
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative image: neurons inside the human brain (onimate via iStock by Getty Images)
June 10, 2023, 2:30 pm
New Israeli study shows link between autism and nitric oxide levels in brain neurons
Peer-reviewed research at Hebrew University’s Pharmacy School could lead to drug treatments for people with autism and other neurological conditions
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Animation: Alzheimer's disease brain shrinkage. (National Institute on Aging, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
May 11, 2023, 11:00 am
Israeli study reveals molecular basis for female Alzheimer’s patients’ rapid decline
Research done at Hebrew University could lead to better understanding of genetic origins of the disease, as well as treatments to prevent or slow cognitive deterioration
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image: cancer cells against a backdrop of DNA (Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen via iStock by Getty Images)
March 27, 2023, 1:38 pm
Hebrew University researchers discover how pancreatic cancer spreads through body
Study published in Nature holds out hope for patients by pointing to an existing drug that could undergo trials for use in fighting metastases
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An architectural rendering of the new National Library of Israel building, set to open in 2023. The building was designed by the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron. (Herzog & de Meuron 2022)
March 5, 2023, 11:45 pm
Treasury said to block bill to assert government control over National Library
Legal counsel rules matter will be kept out of budget voting, noting ‘odd and irregular’ manner in which it was approved by cabinet
By ToI Staff
File: View of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, September 7, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 25, 2023, 11:24 pm
Hebrew U threatens to pull content if National Library politicized
University, which owns a third of the library’s contents, issues warning over education minister’s bill that aims to curb institution’s independence
By ToI Staff
18-year-old Jewish Orthodox students take a break in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. May 18, 2011. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 13, 2022, 3:44 pm
Philip Morris targeting Haredi society to grow next generation of smokers – study
Tobacco behemoth spent 87%, nearly NIS 3 million, of its local advertising budget on ultra-Orthodox, despite community having the lowest smoking rates in the country
By Ash Obel
The Ayalon Highway on October 01, 2022 after a large sinkhole opened on the main highway in Tel Aviv on September 17, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 2, 2022, 6:41 am
Tel Aviv highway exit reopens partially after 2-week closure due to sinkhole
Lanes open to drivers headed south to Hashalom Interchange as of Sunday morning under authority supervision
By ToI Staff
A sinkhole on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2022. (Ayalon Highway)
September 20, 2022, 5:08 pm
Tel Aviv highway exit stays closed amid groundwater concerns near sinkhole
Off-ramp and surrounding areas will remain shut until at least Wednesday to allow for additional testing; motorists continue to face delays
By ToI Staff
A bird's eye view of Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus (Nati Shohat/ Flash 90)
August 15, 2022, 10:04 am
Three Israeli universities rise in prestigious global rankings
Hebrew U takes 77th spot in Shanghai Ranking, its best score in years, coming in 17th in math and communication; Technion and Weizmann Institute climb to a shared 83rd spot
By Michael Horovitz
The Tel Aviv municipality building lit up with the word "peace" in Arabic, which alternated with Hebrew and English, September 15, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 19, 2022, 6:03 am
Reformers want schools to stop churning out Arabic students who can’t speak Arabic
With a focus on formal rather than conversational Arabic, Israel’s high schools are ‘teaching a living language as if it were dead,’ says one critic pushing for changes
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to Hebrew University students by video, June 23, 2022. (Screenshot)
June 23, 2022, 3:07 pm
Stressing historical ties between peoples, Zelensky laments lack of Israeli support
Speaking by video to Hebrew University students a day before war’s 4-month mark, Ukrainian leader says he can’t fathom Jerusalem’s stance, lauds solidarity from public
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: Olives being harvested in the Jordan Valley, November 05, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)
June 16, 2022, 6:01 am
Study: World’s first cultivated fruit trees planted 7,000 years ago in Jordan Valley
Analysis of charcoal from Tel Tsaf dig reveals olive and fig tree wood, indicating first examples of orchards in an advanced, wealthy society
By Sue Surkes
A view of Earth from the ISS. (Elen11 via iStock by Getty Images)
March 8, 2022, 6:52 pm
Israel’s first ‘space medicine’ university course gets underway in Jerusalem
Professor Sara Eyal, clinical pharmacist who studies effects of microgravity on human biology, leads first-of-its-kind lecture series
By Ricky Ben-David
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