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Topic: Bar-Ilan University

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December 28, 2012
6:16 am

Students affiliated with the Labor Party try to recruit supporters at The Hebrew University (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)

Election frenzy hits Israeli university campuses

Politicians and activists — from the left, right and center — look at students as future leaders and potential political power shifters

By Aaron Kalman

December 24, 2012
6:46 pm

Hatnuah party leader Tzipi Livni speaks at a conference on December 18. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Livni castigates Netanyahu for abandoning two-state solution

In speech at Bar Ilan University, where PM in 2009 pledged support for Palestinian state, rival Hatnua leader says he was only paying lip service to idea he never intended to implement

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 16, 2012
11:39 pm

Palestinian supporters of Hamas attend a rally marking the 25th anniversary of the Islamist movement's foundation in the West bank town of Ramallah, December 14, 2012 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

88 percent of Palestinians believe armed struggle is the best way to achieve independence

For first time since 2006, more West Bank Palestinians favor Hamas’s political strategy over Fatah’s, poll finds

By Elhanan Miller

December 16, 2012
5:13 pm

More young Israeli teens are delaying sex, compared to their counterparts around the world. (photo credit: Chen Leopold/Flash90)

For pre-15s, sex can wait

Israel ranks 32nd out of 35 Western countries surveyed in terms of sexual activity under age 15

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 16, 2012
2:58 pm

Bar-Ilan University (photo credit: CC-BY Avishai Teicher/Wikimedia Commons)

Oversight body pans Bar-Ilan U. for penalizing bare-headed student

Universities and academic institutes are meant for ‘all of society’ and should avoid punishment over religious matters

By Aaron Kalman

December 15, 2012
9:14 pm

A Google representative meets with a student at a networking event organized by TrainE-TraidE in April. (Daniel Morris Photography via JTA)

Looking for a job? These Haredim can help

Defying stereotypes, an ultra-Orthodox London employment agency assists less-observant Jews as they hunt for work

By Miriam Shaviv

December 13, 2012
5:01 pm

Kindling the lights of diversity

To those who want to coerce us into unity, we say let our creativity shine

By William Kolbrener and Elie Jesner

December 12, 2012
12:04 pm

Blowing our tops over wearing a kippa

Ejecting a student for not covering his head is in line with Bar Ilan’s core curriculum

By Jeffrey Woolf

December 11, 2012
6:40 pm

A Jewish man wears a kippa at an academic gathering (illustrative image: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Bar-Ilan student booted from class for refusing to wear a kippa

University slammed for regulation requiring males enrolled in mandatory Jewish studies courses to don a head-covering

By Aaron Kalman

November 12, 2012
1:42 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz observe a military exercise in the Golan Heights in November. (Photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

In Syrian spillover, experts see more chaos than chess

The latest cross-border fire in the Golan is a preview of the lawlessness to come and not a calculated move to draw Israel into the conflict

By Mitch Ginsburg

October 21, 2012
11:28 pm

Historian Ariel Toaff prepares to taste a goose roasted in the style of medieval Italian Jews in Bevagna, Italy. (Ruth Ellen Gruber/JTA)

Medieval Italian banquet resurrects forgotten Jewish delicacies

Goose — known to some as ‘the Jewish pig’ — among the ancient recipes back on the menu in small Umbria town

By Ruth Ellen Gruber

October 2, 2012
9:08 am

A painted panel of a sukkah in Efrat (photo credit: Gershon Ellinson/Flash 90)

Easy living in the sacred space of the sukkah

A look at the architectural aspects of hut life, as it changed down the ages and in different climate zones

By Jessica Steinberg

August 15, 2012
3:30 pm

Mount Scopus campus of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Three Israeli universities in world’s top 100

Hebrew U, Technion and Weizmann Institute make the cut

By Aaron Kalman

August 2, 2012
7:43 pm

Hillel and Racheli cheek to cheek (photo credit: courtesy)

Love at second sight

For tech guru Hillel Fuld, it was a good thing he went to the source

By Hillel Fuld

July 23, 2012
5:25 pm

Workers at the ancient Philistine city of Gath, this month (photo credit: Courtesy of the Tel es-Safi/Gath excavation)

In Goliath’s hometown, the drama is in the details

The summer dig at the Philistine metropolis of Gath shows the unglamorous reality of archaeology — days of painstaking work bring the past to life, shard by shard

By Matti Friedman

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Bar-Ilan University

Election frenzy hits Israeli university campuses

Politicians and activists — from the left, right and center — look at students as future leaders and potential political power shifters

Livni castigates Netanyahu for abandoning two-state solution

In speech at Bar Ilan University, where PM in 2009 pledged support for Palestinian state, rival Hatnua leader says he was only paying lip service to idea he never intended to implement

88 percent of Palestinians believe armed struggle is the best way to achieve independence

For first time since 2006, more West Bank Palestinians favor Hamas’s political strategy over Fatah’s, poll finds

For pre-15s, sex can wait

Israel ranks 32nd out of 35 Western countries surveyed in terms of sexual activity under age 15

Oversight body pans Bar-Ilan U. for penalizing bare-headed student

Universities and academic institutes are meant for ‘all of society’ and should avoid punishment over religious matters

Looking for a job? These Haredim can help

Defying stereotypes, an ultra-Orthodox London employment agency assists less-observant Jews as they hunt for work

Kindling the lights of diversity

To those who want to coerce us into unity, we say let our creativity shine

Blowing our tops over wearing a kippa

Ejecting a student for not covering his head is in line with Bar Ilan’s core curriculum

Bar-Ilan student booted from class for refusing to wear a kippa

University slammed for regulation requiring males enrolled in mandatory Jewish studies courses to don a head-covering

In Syrian spillover, experts see more chaos than chess

The latest cross-border fire in the Golan is a preview of the lawlessness to come and not a calculated move to draw Israel into the conflict

Medieval Italian banquet resurrects forgotten Jewish delicacies

Goose — known to some as ‘the Jewish pig’ — among the ancient recipes back on the menu in small Umbria town

Easy living in the sacred space of the sukkah

A look at the architectural aspects of hut life, as it changed down the ages and in different climate zones

Three Israeli universities in world’s top 100

Hebrew U, Technion and Weizmann Institute make the cut

Love at second sight

For tech guru Hillel Fuld, it was a good thing he went to the source

In Goliath’s hometown, the drama is in the details

The summer dig at the Philistine metropolis of Gath shows the unglamorous reality of archaeology — days of painstaking work bring the past to life, shard by shard

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