Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Medical students who spend a year with seniors rethink aging, Jerusalem study finds
Ageism is prejudice directed toward someone based on their age, particularly older people, and it persists among clinicians and medical students, undermining empathy and care quality.
Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says
Why making better decisions Is harder than we think
New study points to genetic ‘Achilles’ Heel’ in cancer cells
Did Neanderthals have 'family recipes'? Study suggests butchery practices in ancient groups
Their meticulous examination of cut-marks on the remains of animal prey revealed patterns that cannot be explained by differences in skill, resources, or available tools at each site.
Israeli cow breaks milk yield record as climate change cuts dairy output
A new Israeli study has discovered that extreme heat reduces milk production by up to 10% and that adding cooling technologies offsets only about half of the loss.
Grapevine: Israel-Iran: Days of yore
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
‘It’s amazing to see what education can do’
The Morris and Rosalind Goodman Family Foundation has opened new vistas for Israeli students of Ethiopian descent at the Hebrew University.
Poor housing conditions linked to national health issues, Hebrew U. study reveals
The study links effects on both mental and physical health with the financial strain that housing represents for the majority of Israelis and its nationwide implications.
'It’s amazing to see what education can do'
In the fourth episode of the 2025 season of ‘The Philanthropists,’ Maxyne Finkelstein, President of the Morris & Rosalind Goodman Family Foundation, speaks to Israeli writer and director Maor Zaguri.
New Jerusalem research reveals why acute and chronic pain are so different
In acute pain, IA increases – acting like a natural sedative for the pain pathways – but in chronic pain, this current doesn’t cause them to rise, and the neurons become hyperactive.
Why paracetamol – one of the world’s most common painkillers – works
A new Israeli study reveals that paracetamol doesn’t function only in the brain; it also blocks pain at its source by acting on nerve endings in the body.
June 22, 2025: Crisis response
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Understanding the mind of Albert Einstein
Taran Davies’s upcoming IMAX film about Einstein will attempt to capture the imagination of one of the world’s greatest scientists and one of the founders of the Hebrew University.
