University of Haifa

Professor reveals decades of bias in israel's media coverage

In From David to Goliath, Professor Eli Avraham explores the media’s portrayal of Israel, shedding light on its biased coverage and the effects on international opinion.

Why Israel keeps losing the media war | Prof. Eli Avraham
 The Mediterranean Sea.

Discovery off Israel’s coast reveals earliest known 2,600-year-old shipment of raw iron

A depressed woman

Sexual minority Israelis report higher depression, anxiety, suicide ideation, study finds

 This stress will eventually cost you your health

Loneliness surged while suicidal thoughts declined after October 7, new study finds


'Disastrous initiatives': Ex-Supreme Court chief Esther Hayut slams gov't calls for judicial reform

These are Hayut's first public remarks since retiring from the bench in October 2023, after serving on the Supreme Court since 2003 and as chief justice since 2017.

 Former Supreme court president Esther Hayut (C) at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024.

At Israel’s universities, students grapple with an uncertain future

“If our studies are in-person, I’m prepared to carefully map out where the closest bomb shelters are to each of my classes. But school must continue. Life must go on.”

 Galit Shohat-Ophir walks among researchers in a laboratory at the Bar-Ilan University, in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Haifa museums rally to save Templar artifacts

The damaged building was Beit Keller, on the city’s Keller Street, that houses the university’s Schumacher Institute.

The damage caused to vehicles and buildings from a missile fired from Lebanon, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, November 17, 2024

Israeli animation film won first place at International Film Festival

The Israeli short film, directed by Dovi Keich, won Best Animation for Children at the Girona International Film Festival.

 Alone in the Corner

Haifa sees sharp decline in wild boar encounters under new mayor's leadership

A University of Haifa survey shows wild boar encounters have dropped sharply since Yona Yahav became mayor, thanks to culling and other measures.

 A young boar walks through Las Planas neighborhood in the Collserola Natural Park in Barcelona, Spain, August 11, 2022.

Haifa School of Design has launched its 2023 graduates’ exhibition

An award is to go to their classmate, Inbar Hyman, who was murdered while in Hamas captivity. 

Haifa School of Design

Space travel could improve Huntington's disease? High school students contribute to study

High school students' space experiment on nematodes offers new insights into Huntington's disease and the effects of space travel.

 STUDENT Yair Barak explains the team’s experiment to some professionals.

When words can no longer express feelings: A glimpse at Batia Shani's new exhibit

Artist Batia Shani, whose current exhibition focuses on language, felt that words could no longer express her feelings and thoughts.

 Batia Shani

New study into identical twins suggests a possible treatment for people with schizophrenia disorder

Research led by Prof. Shani Stern at the University of Haifa unveils genetic discrepancies in schizophrenia discordant monozygotic twins, offering insights for treatment.

Image of two identical twins Ava and Leah, 25 May 2018. Uploaded on 8/5/2024

BDS activists say they successfully pressured a college to end its Israel study-abroad program

Despite the college’s stated reasoning for rescinding pre-approval of the Haifa program, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel celebrated the decision.

Boycott Israel sign