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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


Coronavirus: Oxford U. to test COVID vaccine response on children

The new mid-stage trial will determine whether the vaccine is effective on people between the ages of 6 and 17, according to an emailed statement from the university.

A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021

Oxford student officials condemn invitation of anti-Israel filmmaker

Van der Zyl called the decision to invite the filmmaker "entirely unacceptable," and called for the event to be cancelled.

Director Ken Loach, Palme d'Or award winner for his film "I, Daniel Blake", poses during a photocall after the closing ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 22, 2016.

Oxford kept COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteers in dark about dosing error

The dosing mishap was presented to the trial participants in a letter dated June 8 as an opportunity for University of Oxford researchers to learn how well the vaccine works at different doses.

A test tube labelled vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020.

Major donation secures Oxford University's famous Hebrew collections

Beyond the aforementioned works, the library holds a collection of Hebrew texts from all over the world, ranging from Western, Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and China.

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Two young Israelis win the prestigious Rhodes scholarship for 2021

Eli Zuzovsky, 25, and Eden Amare Yitbarek, 23, were chosen by the Rhodes selection committee following "a rigorous national selection process."

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Where Do MENA Countries Stand in Securing COVID-19 Vaccines?

The latest COVID-19 information and statistics for the Middle East and North Africa

Hadassah-University Medical Center's Prof. Yossi Karko (left) and Hannah Drori, chief of the hospital’s clinical research center, administer Brilife vaccine to a volunteer

COVID-19 reinfection unlikely for at least 6 months, study finds

Isolated cases of re-infection with COVID-19 has raised concern that that immunity might be short-lived, but study results suggest reinfection cases remain rare.

The single-use test, made by Lucira Health, has been given emergency use authorization for home use with self-collected nasal swab samples in individuals age 14 and older who are suspected of COVID-19

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in elderly, trial results by Christmas

Results of late-stage trials of University of Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine candidate should definitely be known by Christmas.

A test tube labelled vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020.

Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trials produce robust immune response in elderly

Details of the finding are expected to be published shortly in a clinical journal, the FT said, without naming the publication.

Scientists develop a vaccine against the coronavirus disease in Saint Petersburg

Oxford scientists develop 5-minute COVID-19 antigen test

The device is able to detect the coronavirus and distinguish it from other viruses with high accuracy, the researchers said in a pre-print study.

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