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Head of the Mossad Tamir Pardo speaks during a ceremony marking 50 years since the death of Mossad agent Eli Cohen, at the President's residence on May 18, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO)
November 14, 2018, 9:50 pm
Harvard hoax site claims former Mossad chief called Liberman a Russian agent
Website designed to look like university department falsely claims Tamir Pardo, who actually did give a talk there last week, predicted Netanyahu would fire the defense minister
By Judah Ari Gross
A tour group walks through the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Word of an August 2017 Justice Department inquiry into how race factors into admissions at Harvard University has left top-tier colleges bracing for scrutiny of practices that have boosted diversity levels to new highs. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
October 14, 2018, 3:13 pm
Son of Russian-Jewish immigrants fights affirmative action on behalf of Asians
Cato Institute fellow Ilya Shapiro says race shouldn’t factor into college admissions — and if an October 15 case against Harvard fails, he’ll go all the way to the Supreme Court
By Julie Masis
Lawrence Bacow, the 29th Harvard University president, walks through Harvard Yard on his first day in office, July 2018. (Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer, via JTA)
September 10, 2018, 5:29 am
Harvard’s Jewish president wants to restore faith in higher education
Son of a Holocaust survivor and refugee, Lawrence Bacow sees his new position as way to disseminate the ‘enduring values of colleges as enablers of the American dream’
By Penny Schwartz
Jared Kushner speaking in New York City, Nov. 18, 2010 (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for FINCA via JTA)
May 24, 2018, 4:00 am
Kushner’s fellow Jewish Harvard alumni attack him ahead of their reunion
Member of liberal social action group shares some of the traditional notes sent by graduates ahead of event
By JTA and TOI staff
During the Israel Summit at Harvard, retired NBA All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire (left) is interviewed by HBO sports correspondent Jon Frankel, April 8, 2018 (courtesy: Max August)
April 9, 2018, 1:32 pm
Harvard students tout Israel’s global impact at high-profile summit
The brainchild of eight undergrads, Sunday’s event highlights the Jewish state’s ‘uplifting narratives’
By Matt Lebovic
Lawrence Bacow speaks as he is introduced as Harvard University's 29th president during a news conference on February 11, 2018 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Paul Marotta/Getty Images/AFP)
February 12, 2018, 1:12 am
Lawrence Bacow named next Harvard president
Environmental policy expert, son of Jewish refugee and Auschwitz survivor, to lead university after heading Tufts for a decade
By AP
Mila Kunis at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, California, October 20, 2017. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
January 25, 2018, 10:46 am
Mila Kunis to be honored with parade, roast at Harvard
Jewish Hollywood star declared woman of the year by university’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals group
By AP and TOI staff
Henry Rosovsky is flanked by David Sackstein, left, and Sackstein’s father, Robert. (Courtesy of David Sackstein)
November 2, 2017, 10:31 am
Harvard honors professor who helped its Jewish life flourish
Alumnus, professor, dean, acting president of the university Henry Rosovsky established the Center for Jewish Studies that bears his name
By Penny Schwartz
Alan Dershowitz speaks at an event at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv on December 11, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 7, 2017, 12:32 pm
Dershowitz: Harvard wrong to rescind student admissions over offensive online posts
University revoked places for at least 10 incoming students after they mocked Holocaust, sexual assault and terrorism in a private Facebook group
By JTA and TOI staff
Facebook CEO and chairman Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a session of the APEC CEO Summit, part of the broader Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima on November 19, 2016. (AFP/Rodrigo Buendia)
March 10, 2017, 4:42 pm
Dropout Zuckerberg tapped as Harvard commencement speaker
Years after quitting Ivy League university to launch Facebook, social media giant leader to speak there in May
By JTA
Nuseir Yassin, creator of the one-minute Nas Daily videos and a meetup he arranged in Tel Aviv (Courtesy Nuseir Yassin)
March 4, 2017, 6:26 pm
For Israeli Arab one-minute video blogger, time is of the essence
As he travels the world, Nuseir Yassin, a Harvard grad from Arraba in the Lower Galilee, finds a fulfilling outlet in his Daily Nas segments
By Jessica Steinberg
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
The Spoils of Jerusalem, Arch of Titus, circa 82 CE (Arch of Titus Project, Yeshiva University)
December 29, 2016, 1:05 pm
7 facts about menorahs, the most enduring symbol of the Jewish people
Yeshiva University Professor Steven Fine’s new book illuminates the candelabra’s 3,000-year history — from tabernacle to Titus to today
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In this Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 photo, American-Israeli Arie Hasit, center, is ordained a rabbi at the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
September 20, 2016, 7:53 pm
Ex-roommate of Facebook founder becomes rabbi in Israel
Arie Hasit, who lived with Mark Zuckerberg and 3 others at Harvard when social media giant was set up, ordained just this month
By Daniella Cheslow
Technion Israel Institute of Technology campus in Haifa (Courtesy)
August 15, 2016, 4:58 pm
Technion beats out Hebrew U in world ranking
Haifa-based technology institute placed 69th on international review list; Jerusalem university drops to no. 87
By Stuart Winer
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