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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
Illustrative photo of Jewish men inside a synagogue in Kiev (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
June 17, 2016, 4:01 am
People who attend religious services live longer
Survey of 75,534 women finds those who attended more than one prayer service weekly had a 33 percent lower risk of premature death
By Gabe Friedman
Steven Spielberg delivers the commencement speech at Harvard University, on May 26, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 27, 2016, 11:57 pm
Anti-Semitism is on the rise, Spielberg warns in Harvard speech
In commencement address, award-winning director says he was wrong as a kid to think anti-Jewish sentiment 'was fading'
By JTA
Daniel Aaron, prolific Jewish-American writer and influential intellectual, died April 30, 2016, in Cambridge, MA. (Screenshot/YouTube)
May 5, 2016, 8:04 pm
Daniel Aaron, American studies pioneer who taught JFK, dies at 103
Acclaimed writer and hugely influential intellectual passed away Saturday in Cambridge, MA
By JTA
Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni speaks to the press in the Knesset on July 29, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 20, 2016, 6:59 pm
‘Why are you so smelly?’ Harvard student leader asks Livni
Presidents of school's Jewish association brand comment anti-Semitic, demand formal apology
By TOI staff
During an April 3, 2016 conference at Harvard University, keynote speakers Ala Sader (left) and Gai Hetzroni discuss Israeli-Palestinian economic ties (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
April 4, 2016, 2:32 am
At Harvard, sparks fly over Israeli-Palestinian economic ties
Although university gathering brings together business minds from both sides of the divide, some on campus condemn event for advancing ‘occupation’ and ‘daily humiliation of Palestinians’
By Matt Lebovic
Israeli students seen at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on the first day of the new academic year, October 13, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 23, 2016, 10:47 pm
Israeli universities drop in international rankings
Seven academic programs make it on annual QS list, compared to 11 last year; Hebrew U. ranked 148 overall, Technion 198
By JTA
Harvard University (Shutterstock)
February 19, 2016, 11:34 pm
After pro-Palestinian talk, Harvard donor stops sponsoring events
Milbank law firm promised university $1 million for student conferences, but now wants money used elsewhere
By Collin Binkley
Three of the most famous Jews buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, were activist Erna Rosenberg (left), Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter (center), and author Bernard Malamud. (Wikimedia Common)
February 11, 2016, 2:58 am
The mysterious Jews of Mount Auburn Cemetery
Why have hundreds of notable Jews chosen to be interred in these Cambridge, Massachusetts, non-denominational burial grounds?
By Matt Lebovic
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