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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.

PROF. NAAMA CONSTANTINI
 Life beyond Earth may exist in far stranger places than scientists once thought, a new study suggests. January, 22.

Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says

Prof. Choshen-Hillel (L) with Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Aumann and Prof. Maya Bar-Hilel at the  Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality at Hebrew University

Why making better decisions Is harder than we think

3d illustration of cancer cells on background of DNA strands.

New study points to genetic ‘Achilles’ Heel’ in cancer cells


'We’re going to actually live and be Einstein'

In the third episode of the 2025 season of ‘The Philanthropists,’ Taran Davies, a visionary producer and distributor of IMAX and Giant Screen films, speaks to Israeli writer and director Maor Zaguri

 Taran Davies, a visionary producer and distributor of IMAX and Giant Screen films

The gatekeeping custodian: Why Stanley Fischer was Netanyahu's best-ever appointment - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Stanley Fischer became the gatekeeping custodian of governance that Netanyahu’s current government dreads.

 THEN-BANK of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer appears at a press conference in Jerusalem in 2013.

A century of vision: Renewing Israel’s commitment to higher education - opinion

Our predecessors built universities before there was a state. We, who have a state, must now ensure that we continue to deserve those universities.

 It should surprise no one that our most talented researchers are being recruited abroad, and that many of our best young scholars are reluctant to return home.’

A Christian student’s life-changing year at Hebrew U - opinion

Boycotting Israeli universities doesn’t just harm Israel; it deprives students worldwide of the opportunity to study at an outstanding institution in a beautiful, historic, diverse, and fair country

 THE WRITER pays one of his daily visits to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Hebrew U., IDF researchers discover how to triple survival rates after severe blood loss

The Medical Corps previously discovered that giving whole blood is beneficial to soldiers who hemorrhaged significantly and couldn’t be evacuated immediately.

 PREVENTING SEVERE blood hemorrhaging.

'Trying to intimidate us': Hebrew U, TAU hit back at Kisch's call for funding cuts over Nakba event

Both the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University condemned Kisch's call to cut funding to their institutions.

 Demonstrators protest calling to end the war in Gaza while others demonstrate in favor of continuing the fighting, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on May 12, 2025.

What’s in a name? Diving into the ancient names of biblical Israel

Ancient name data reveals Israel was more diverse than Judah, offering new insight into biblical-era societies through a modern statistical lens.

 Ancient seals and seal impressions.

Grapevine, May 11, 2025: It’s all academic

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: Sam Halabi, Liora Ofer, and Yona Yahav.

Most Israelis believe peace agreement with Palestinians would improve security and economy - survey

Many respondents believed a political solution would enhance safety, strengthen the economy, and increase stability, despite doubts about its feasibility.

 Israelis stand with an Israeli flag opposite to Palestinians with Palestinian flag next to Damascus gate to Jerusalem's Old City, on Jerusalem Day, May 29, 2022.

‘Philanthropy is not only about giving money. It’s about giving time’

Montreal’s Danielle Pollack speaks of her long association with Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University and why philanthropy of all kinds is so important to day.

 DANIELLE POLLACK, her granddaughter Lily and daughter Dalia