Haifa researchers: Autism linked to neuron development in embryos
PESACH BENSON By JNS Published: July 31, 2023 Accelerated growth of neurons associated with children on the spectrum. University of Haifa researchers have discovered a significant association between autism and accelerated development of neurons in embryos. The findings shed new light on the possible origins of autism and open up possibilities for new treatments. An estimated […]
University of Haifa launches online platform for sharing stories about chronic pain
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: JUNE 27, 2023 12:42 Updated: JUNE 27, 2023 18:29 A new digital platform created at the University of Haifa aims to enable people to share their experiences with chronic pain and, as a result, aid development of better, more effective treatments. Researchers at the University of Haifa have launched an innovative collaborative project called PainStory, […]
American Jewry at a moment of Israeli political and social crisis: Choosing action over despair
By Barry Shrage Published: JUN 26, 2023, 10:45 AM Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik said, “Man’s task in the world, according to Judaism, is to transform fate into destiny; a passive existence into an active existence; an existence of compulsion, perplexity and muteness into an existence replete with a powerful will, with resourcefulness, daring and imagination.” […]
Israeli students visit NY, Boston to strengthen ties with American Jews
By Jewish News Syndicate Published: June 23, 2023 The trip is a key component in a master’s degree program from the University of Haifa. Graduate students at the University of Haifa’s Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies recently returned from a trip to New York and Boston, in which they met with Jewish leaders, diplomats […]
Ancient Tel Shikmona factory probably supplied the First Temple with dye
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: JUNE 20, 2023 19:43 Updated: JUNE 21, 2023 10:21 A new study by the University of Haifa claims to completely change the story of the biblical Shikmona. Tel Shikmona, which was under the control of the Kingdom of Israel between the middle of the ninth century and the middle of the eighth century BCE, was […]
Israeli Education Ministry Promotes Plan to Integrate Foreign Children in north Tel Aviv
By Shira Kadari-Ovadia and Bar Peleg Published: JUN 26, 2023, 10:45 AM The plan, being promoted by Israel’s education minister Yoav Kisch will reduce the number of students in non-segregated schools in the city’s south, sending a small number to the north and others to schools with foreign students only The Israeli Education Ministry is […]
University of Haifa rises in global sustainability ranking
By RENEE GHERT-ZAND 5 June 2023, 2:46 pm The University of Haifa ranks high — in the 101-200 cluster — in the most recent edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Report, which assessed 1,600 universities around the world against the United Nations’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Israeli university’s ranking rose by over 100 places […]
New findings on deep sea whales, dolphins prompt call to stop Israel’s search for gas
By SUE SURKES 29 May 2023, 8:14 pm First extensive exploration of Israel’s deep-sea economic waters by Israeli-UK team identifies two species of threatened whales that are sensitive to underwater noise The first extensive exploration of Israel’s deep-sea economic waters, or exclusive economic zone (EEZ), has yielded evidence of endangered sperm whales, vulnerable Cuvier’s beaked whales, […]
Faith leaders unite in Haifa to champion religious diversity amid tensions
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: MAY 21, 2023 22:17 The timing of the event is particularly significant, as political strife and surging violence dominate headlines in Israel, while the Middle East conflict continues to present complex challenges. The University of Haifa hosted an event on Wednesday that brought together influential faith leaders to shed light on the significance of […]
ALUMNI SERIES: A Druze restauranteur in New York does things ‘the Israeli way’
University of Haifa alumna Gazala Halabi, who opened Gazala’s Place on the Upper West Side, dishes on her recipe for success. It’s not often that a chef hailing from a village of 18,000 people finds success in the culinary capital of the world. But that’s exactly what Gazala Halabi from Israel’s Daliat el-Carmel did when […]
