Israel should re-establish a Red Sea naval command
By Yaakov Lappin | April 19, 2023 Jewish News Syndicate The Israel Navy should consider re-establishing a dedicated force in the Red Sea arena, a senior former Israeli naval commander told JNS in recent days, as threats mount to civilian shipping that carries an important part of Israel’s trade. Professor Shaul Chorev, head of the […]
Israel’s Efforts to Expand Arab Relations Slow Over Recent Turmoil
By Dion Nissenbaum | April 9, 2023 The Wall Street Journal Middle East governments are lodging complaints over conflict with Palestinians and Netanyahu’s far-right coalition JERUSALEM—Israeli police raids on Jerusalem’s holiest mosque, army operations against West Bank militants and anti-Palestinian comments by officials have drawn condemnation from Arab leaders—putting a chill on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s effort […]
Why Israel’s Universities Stood Up for Democracy
By Ron Robin | March 31, 2023 Inside Higher Ed University of Haifa president Ron Robin explains why the country’s research universities went on strike to protest legislation that would overhaul the judiciary. Imagine, for a moment, if America’s thousands of accredited colleges and universities mustered the willpower and coordination to simultaneously go on strike. […]
Israel crisis: university presidents ‘ready to strike again or sue’
By Ben Upton | March 31, 2023 Times Higher Education Campus shutdowns paused, as Haifa president says fragmented education is partly to blame for constitutional crisis Israel’s university presidents are prepared to close campuses again over a judicial overhaul or bring legal action against the government to protect their independence, according to one leader. The presidents […]
Symposium unpacks young American Jewry’s attitudes towards Israel
By Ruderman Family Foundation | March 27, 2023 JNS Wire In its annual symposium at the University of Haifa, the Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies examined the relationship between young American Jews and their attitudes towards Israel. The symposium featured lectures on the prevailing challenges facing young Jews in the United States today, ranging […]
Bacow meets with university presidents, students, Harvard alumni in Middle East
By Harvard Staff Writer | March 24, 2023 The Harvard Gazette Discussions focus on need for collaboration, role of higher education in meeting societal, global challenges Harvard President Larry Bacow and his counterparts at six universities in Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank discussed the importance of international collaboration among higher education institutions and […]
‘POV’: A meaningful Arabic version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth – review
By HAGAY HACOHEN | March 20, 2023 The Jerusalem Post The role of theater is also to offer people basic familiarity with high culture. In that context, Shakespeare had been performed in Arabic since the beginning of the 20th century. A lanky Egyptian theater scholar (Ahmad Nizam Ayoub) claimed the witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth are the inner reality […]
In This Together With Israel
By Rabbi Marc Baker | March 17, 2023 Jewish Boston Our visit was out of love and deep concern for Israel that stems from our care for the Jewish people. I’ve just returned from a sobering visit to Israel. I traveled with 30 Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) colleagues for 24 hours of high-level meetings […]
Harvard President Bacow Visits Israel’s University of Haifa
By Kate Levi | March 15, 2023 Patch President Lawrence Bacow says universities should “be engaged in the great issues of our time.” Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow visited Israel’s University of Haifa on Tuesday and held meetings with University President Prof. Ron Robin and Rector Prof. Gur Alroey as well as doctoral students from […]
High court will strike down judicial reform law – former AG Mandelbit
By Michael Starr | March 12, 2023 The Jerusalem Post The High Court of Justice will issue an injunction against an impending judicial reform bill, former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit told senior economic leaders at the University of Haifa on Sunday. He said that if the government ignored the ruling, the country would be ostracized in […]
