The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/yale-university/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:11:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Yale University | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/yale-university/ 32 32 ‘Alarming’ survey: US college students prefer Palestinians as an ally over Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/alarming-survey-us-college-students-prefer-palestinians-as-an-ally-over-israel/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:29:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3652522 Poll by Yale University's Buckley Institute also finds nearly half of students think it's okay to shout down speakers, and that Cuba's economic model is better than the US's

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]]> An elite Jewish society at Yale fractures over its director’s embrace of Itamar Ben Gvir https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-elite-jewish-society-at-yale-fractures-over-its-directors-embrace-of-itamar-ben-gvir/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:21:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3533896 As Shabtai, which says it promotes free speech, welcomes the far-right Israeli minister at off-campus events, critics in and outside of the group protest his extremist rhetoric

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]]> Anti-Israel protesters hurl bottles, block car as Ben Gvir visits Yale group https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-israel-protesters-hurl-bottles-block-car-as-ben-gvir-visits-yale-group/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:28:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3533884&preview=true&preview_id=3533884 Hundreds gather outside off-campus building as Jewish group hosts far-right minister, hours after university sanctions Yalies4Palestine over encampment; none hurt

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]]> Yale strips recognition from anti-Israel group after Ben Gvir protest encampment https://www.timesofisrael.com/yale-strips-recognition-from-anti-israel-group-after-ben-gvir-protest-encampment/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:42:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3533781 Yalies4Palestine 'flagrantly violated' rules, Ivy League school says after protesters filmed blocking Jewish student who tried to walk through demonstration against far-right minister

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]]> On 1st US visit as minister; Ben Gvir to speak at Yale, NYC fundraiser for Chabad of Hebron https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gvir-set-to-speak-at-yale-nyc-fundraiser-for-chabad-of-hebron-during-us-visit/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 02:48:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3529529 No meetings set with US officials or major Jewish groups; head of Yale-based Jewish society that extended invite says he admires far-right minister, who some groups plan to protest

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]]> Yale sacks legal scholar amid probe into ties to Palestinian terror fundraiser https://www.timesofisrael.com/yale-sacks-legal-scholar-amid-probe-into-ties-to-palestinian-terror-fundraiser/ Fri, 04 Apr 2025 06:37:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3517986 Iranian national Helyeh Doutaghi believes she was fired due to criticism of Israel and war in Gaza, says university has not given evidence of link to Samidoun

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]]> Prominent rabbi asks anti-Israel activists to stop singing his song at protests https://www.timesofisrael.com/prominent-rabbi-asks-anti-israel-activists-to-stop-singing-his-song-at-protests/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 19:56:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3278453 Rabbi Menachem Creditor says 'Olam Chesed Yibaneh' has been misappropriated, after it was sung by members of the anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace at Yale

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]]> In Israel on a solidarity tour, Yale academic premieres October 7 art song cycle https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-israel-on-a-solidarity-tour-yale-academic-premieres-october-7-art-song-cycle/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 08:17:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3257808 Psychiatrist Dr. David Sasso's 'Zakhor: A Requiem for October 7,' has a world debut performance in Tel Aviv as the final event in a Yale faculty trip in support of Israeli academics

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]]> 20 Jewish college basketball players to watch in 2023-24 https://www.timesofisrael.com/20-jewish-mens-and-womens-college-basketball-players-to-watch-in-2023-24/ Sun, 05 Nov 2023 22:52:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3144845 New crop of Israelis also gaining attention, as they struggle with war; USF's Levy says it has been hard to stay on top of school and basketball with 'everything going on at home'

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]]> Top brain specialist says he left Israel because ‘it is becoming undemocratic’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-brain-specialist-says-he-left-israel-because-it-is-becoming-undemocratic/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:50:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3063059 Zion Zibly says more senior medical staff have contacted him about moving abroad amid societal chasm over government's judicial overhaul; health minister 'deeply troubled' by trend

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]]> US study flags possible war crime as Russia holds thousands of Ukrainian children https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-study-flags-possible-war-crime-as-russia-holds-thousands-of-ukrainian-children/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:20:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2951732 In possible violation of Geneva Convention, at least 6,000 children as young as 4 months said taken to 43 camps across Russia to receive 'patriotic and military-related education'

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]]> Author boldly goes against her dead father’s wishes to uncover his true identity https://www.timesofisrael.com/author-boldly-goes-against-her-dead-fathers-wishes-to-uncover-his-true-identity/ Sat, 09 Oct 2021 23:02:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2613561 In her new memoir, Judy Bolton-Fasman investigates lifelong questions on the strange union between her assimilated American dad and her much-younger mom, a volatile Cuban refugee

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]]> Donald Kagan, leading neo-conservative historian, dead at 89 https://www.timesofisrael.com/donald-kagan-leading-neo-conservative-historian-dead-at-89/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 16:32:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2598094 Jewish scholar who focused on ancient Greece said he was inspired by the 'remarkable assumption that the human being is not trivial'

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]]> Yale student council approves statement accusing Israel of ‘genocide’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/yale-student-council-approves-statement-accusing-israel-of-genocide/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:24:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2573759 Two campus Jewish groups condemn resolution as having 'antisemitic overtones'

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]]> How Jewish mobster Bugsy Siegel’s gamble on Vegas paid off after his murder https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-jewish-mobster-bugsy-siegels-gamble-on-vegas-paid-off-after-his-murder/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 01:33:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2524026 The movie star-handsome member of the infamous Murder, Inc. envisioned a gambling oasis in the desert, says a new book in Yale's Jewish Lives series

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