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Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University

Murray, who is not Jewish, was appointed as the inaugural President’s Professor of Practice, a role the university billed as bringing “a leading public intellectual into the academic setting."

BRITISH AUTHOR and conservative political commentator Douglas Murray gestures as he speaks on stage during an evening against the rise of anti-semitism in Europe, at the Theatre Antoine, in Paris on June 3, 2024.
People attend an anti-Israeli protest after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, June 20, 2025

Drunk on Jew-hatred, Iran’s horrors go unmentioned - opinion

Samuel Williams, a student at Oxford University's Balliol College, was suspended by the university over the chant "put the Zios in the ground."

'Put the Zios in the ground’: Oxford University student charged for violent chant

Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his "American Comeback Tour" when he was shot in the neck and killed.

Former Oxford Union president-elect Abaraonye apologizes to Kirk family after celebrating shooting


Evidence of prehistoric hunting discovered by Oxford archaeologists in Arabian desert - study

The discovery has "important implications in terms of the paleoenvironment of the region, faunal dispersals and human cultural connections." 

Amir Balaban's Playmates, Mountain Gazelle, The Checkpoint herd, Jerusalem

Oxford malaria vaccine data bodes well for effort to fight disease

Oxford says its vaccine, called R21/Matrix-M, is likely more effective than Mosquirix in preventing the disease that kills about 600,000 a year.

 Worker Solomon Conteh dissects a mosquito at Sanaria Inc. facility in Rockville, Maryland, October 26, 2007.

Rare wild ancestors of pigeons could help prevent 'extinction by hybridization'

The species that occupied Darwin's studies could help further scientists' understanding of genetics in the modern day.

 A rock dove (Columba livia) with a juvenile in a cliffside crevice at Berry Head, Brixham.

They set out to produce an ‘accessible’ Mishnah. The price tag: $645

The authors suggested the target audience — at least for now — is specialists for whom an explicated Mishnah would be an essential tool.

 The Oxford Annotated Mishnah is the product of 10 years of rigorous academic scholarship.

Estrogen treatment associated with reduced COVID deaths - Oxford

Estrogen is a category of hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system – and it can be pointed to as protective against COVID-19.

 SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (illustrative).

Letters to the editor April 13, 2022: Still here, alive and thriving

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Reichman U. students compete at intellectual property contest in UK

Reichman law students Aseel Kasab and Shira Shturman were selected to take part and made it past the initial written phase of the competition.   

 Reichman law students, Aseel Kasab and Shira Shturman law students has been chosen to take part at the Oxford University International Intellectual property Law moot.

AI can help historians unravel ancient texts

The new algorithm will assist in solving historic mysteries, as its ability to date and locate has been proved to be very accurate.

Artificial intelligence

New highly virulent HIV variant highlights need for early detection

A new HIV variant impacts the immune system twice as quickly as other variants, making early detection and treatment key factors.

 Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte.

What did Oxford University do with money from a Nazi sympathizer?

The Alexander Mosley Charitable Trust donated over £12 million to Oxford. Sir Oswald Mosley was the leader of the British fascist movement of the 1930s.

 Sir Oswald Mosley with Benito Mussolini, 1936.