The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/university-of-chicago/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:23:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png University of Chicago | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/university-of-chicago/ 32 32 Chicago students walk out of graduation after diplomas withheld for anti-Israel camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/chicago-students-walk-out-of-graduation-after-diplomas-withheld-for-anti-israel-camp/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 23:09:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3302908 Shouts, boos, calls to 'Stop Genocide' briefly disrupt rainy two-hour outdoor ceremony; dozens of students walk out between speeches; demonstration follows official ceremony

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]]> Cops clear anti-Israel encampment, arrest 33 at DC campus as mayor’s hearing canceled https://www.timesofisrael.com/cops-clear-anti-israel-encampment-arrest-33-at-dc-campus-as-mayors-hearing-spiked/ Wed, 08 May 2024 17:16:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3285212 Officials made decision to clear tents after demonstrators 'gathered improvised weapons' and were 'casing' school buildings with possible intention of occupying them

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]]> U of Chicago Jewish student missing in Surfside, another killed by stray bullet https://www.timesofisrael.com/u-of-chicago-jewish-student-missing-in-surfside-another-killed-by-stray-bullet/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 11:17:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2577799 Jews at the school are left reeling as Ilan Naibryf is listed among the missing in the Florida condo collapse and Max Lewis is struck on his way home from an internship

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]]> A peak into the world’s largest private collection of antique Haggadahs https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-peak-into-worlds-largest-private-collection-of-antique-haggadahs/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:18:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2514103 Stephen Durchslag has gifted 4,500 versions of the book that leads Jews through the Passover seder to the University of Chicago

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]]> Norman Golb, pioneering Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish history scholar, dies at 92 https://www.timesofisrael.com/norman-golb-pioneering-dead-sea-scrolls-and-jewish-history-scholar-dies-at-92/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:41:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2473978 Academic, who taught at the University of Chicago, upended study of the scrolls with his thesis that they were authored by multiple sects

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]]> Digging at Armageddon: Tumultuous saga of doomed search for Solomon’s Lost City https://www.timesofisrael.com/listen-armageddon-excavations-a-juicy-pre-state-soap-opera-that-struck-gold/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:58:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2401640 LISTEN: Author Prof. Eric Cline excavates mounds of archives to paint colorful picture of cast of characters at 1920s-1930s Megiddo dig during field of archaeology's infancy

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]]> Tel Aviv University to partner in new Chicago innovation, entrepreneurship hub https://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-university-to-partner-in-new-chicago-innovation-entrepreneurship-hub/ Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:11:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1947905 Center will focus on cybersecurity, AI, big data, food security, among other fields of innovation

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]]> ​US Supreme Court blocks Hamas bomb victims’ claim to Iran artifacts https://www.timesofisrael.com/%e2%80%8bus-supreme-court-blocks-hamas-bomb-victims-claim-to-iran-artifacts/ Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:34:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1796688 Judges rule five US citizens maimed in 1997 Jerusalem bombing can't use Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to seize items from Chicago museum

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]]> Faculty, students protest Bannon speaking invite at University of Chicago https://www.timesofisrael.com/faculty-students-protest-bannon-speaking-invite-at-university-of-chicago/ Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:44:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1779809 School defends invitations to ex-Trump adviser and protesters, citing its 'commitment to free expression'

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]]> US justices cast doubt over Hamas bomb victims’ claim to Iran artifacts https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-justices-cast-doubt-over-hamas-bomb-victims-claim-to-iran-artifacts/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 03:15:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1743278 Judges express skepticism that five US citizens maimed in 1997 Jerusalem bombing can use act to seize items from Chicago museums

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]]> Die Hard for jihadists? IS recruits fresh blood with heroic tales https://www.timesofisrael.com/die-hard-for-jihadists-is-recruits-with-heroic-tales/ Sat, 25 Nov 2017 01:03:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1736945 Researchers say extremist group is targeting Westerners with videos that follow, nearly step-by-step, a screenwriter’s standard blueprint for storytelling

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]]> Orthodox woman is new dean of University of Chicago Divinity School https://www.timesofisrael.com/orthodox-woman-is-new-dean-of-university-of-chicago-divinity-school/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 03:29:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1684788 Laurie Zoloth, 67, is a bioethicist and a scholar of religion and Judaic studies

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]]> US court to decide if Israel terror victims can be paid with Iran artifacts https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-court-to-decide-if-israel-terror-victims-can-be-paid-with-iran-artifacts/ Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:35:51 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1648280 Supreme Court agrees to hear case over whether antiquities in Chicago can be used as compensation in civil case against Tehran for 1997 Hamas bombing in Jerusalem

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]]> Poll: Young Americans divided on immigration, border control https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-young-adults-divided-on-immigration-border-control/ Sat, 03 Sep 2016 09:43:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1455962 Minorities aged 18-30 say Clinton would better deal with illegal immigrants than Trump; more whites trust billionaire to secure border

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]]> Fighting political correctness, civilly https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/fighting-political-correctness-civilly/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:07:51 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1454639 On U of Chicago's policy: The freedom to disagree is what keeps a society — and a college campus — healthy

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