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Perpetrators of an elaborate hoax against academic journals (from left) mathematics Ph.D. James Lindsay, UK academic Helen Pluckrose and philosophy professor Peter Boghossian. (courtesy)
October 5, 2018, 5:08 pm
Duped academic journal publishes rewrite of ‘Mein Kampf’ as feminist manifesto
To highlight alleged intellectual bias in university ‘grievance studies’ programs, three scholars write 20 absurd papers; seven are accepted to top publications
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler during a parade celebrating their alliance (public domain)
September 5, 2018, 5:20 pm
Italian universities to apologize for expelling Jewish staff, students in WWII
Eight decades after a widespread Fascist purge of Jews from academic institutions, universities to hold memorial ceremony on September 20
By Rossella Tercatin
Illustrative: People hold up placards and Union flags as they gather for a demonstration organized by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism outside the head office of the British opposition Labour Party in central London on April 8, 2018. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)
August 23, 2018, 3:25 am
What’s in a hyphen? Why writing anti-Semitism with a dash distorts its meaning
Regularly spelled with a hyphen in American English but without in academia, some experts claim the punctuation mark slashes the word’s potency
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative photo of the Tel Aviv University campus. (Andrew Tobin/JTA)
From the WebAugust 2, 2018, 2:05 pm
Israeli students ditch humanities, enroll in STEM degrees
Calcalist: New data released by the Council for Higher Education shows that in 2013-2017 the number of students signing up for computer science and math degrees has risen 28%
Daniel Markind
November 8, 2017, 3:15 pm
Daniel Markind
Just say no!
When Jewish professors face anti-Zionism or anti-Semitism and are silent, they leave their campuses vulnerable to radical propaganda
A Dead Sea Scrolls fragment from the book of Genesis, part of Museum of the Bible's Scholars Initiative research project published by Brill in 2016. Of the museum's 13 published scrolls, at least six are of dubious authenticity. (Image by Bruce and Kenneth Zuckerman and Marilyn J. Lundberg, West Semitic Research, courtesy of Museum of the Bible)
October 3, 2017, 6:21 pm
Dead Sea Scrolls scam: Dozens of recently sold fragments are fakes, experts warn
Since 2002, collectors have paid millions for portions of ancient text. As DC’s Museum of the Bible prepares to open with several such pieces, evidence of fraud emerges
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A view of the Dartmouth campus (YouTube screenshot)
June 20, 2017, 5:42 am
Jewish scholars defend Dartmouth professor who signed pro-BDS statement
Academics say treatment of N. Bruce Duthu was unfair, negatively impacted academic freedoms
By JTA
Naftali Bennett speaking at a business conference in Jerusalem, June 19 2017. (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
June 19, 2017, 1:56 pm
Education minister backpedals on academic ethics code
Bennett says new academic ethics code banning politics from lectures is only a basis for dialogue toward consensus
By Shoshanna Solomon
Yael Shahar
June 13, 2017, 2:58 pm
Yael Shahar
Of false prophets and free speech
Jewish law imposes limits on what can be said in public, but it also takes issue with the policing of speech
Yeshiva University's Department of Communications and Public Affairs, New York (Scaligera/Wikimedia Commons)
May 12, 2017, 4:47 pm
No solution to the gender wage gap at flagship Orthodox university
A Yeshiva University faculty report finds women still earn between 12%-17% less than men and are outnumbered two-to-one
By Yaakov Schwartz
Illustrative: Newborn babies in a Jerusalem hospital. (Flash90)
April 13, 2017, 4:08 am
Numbers game: Do Jewish leaders manipulate existential fears with statistics?
Eclectic essays explore Ben-Gurion’s experimentation with demographic eugenics, and the Jewish ardor — and abhorrence — for taking stock
By Matt Lebovic
Michael Shinagel, former dean, was the longest-serving person in the position in Harvard's history. Here he is pictured in his office. (Rich Tenorio/Times of Israel)
January 26, 2017, 11:47 am
How an escape from the Nazis colored the career of Harvard’s longest-serving dean
Now retired, Michael Shinagel reflects on his family’s flight from Vienna and how he, a boy who didn’t know English until age 7, earned a PhD in literature
By Rich Tenorio
Jeff Robbins
January 10, 2017, 2:29 pm
Jeff Robbins
How refreshing! MLA rebukes BDS crowd
The pro-Israel camp shouldn’t revel too much in the refusal to boycott Israel, for society there is in a shambles
Naomi Chazan
December 19, 2016, 12:24 pm
Naomi Chazan
The closing of the Israeli mind
Even senior faculty will feel the stifling fear factor of Naftali Bennett’s thought-controlling academic conduct code
IDC speed-dates students with startups (Courtesy: Adi Cohen Zedek)
December 15, 2016, 12:27 pm
In nod to Startup Nation, ivory towers foster entrepreneurs
As Israel boasts the greatest number of startups per capita globally, academic institutions open their doors to offer hands-on help
By Shoshanna Solomon
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