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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Shani Bachar, of Netiv Hashayara, murdered on January 9, 2024. (Courtesy/Israel Observatory on Femicide)
December 30, 2024, 4:56 pm
Monitor group launches awareness campaign for 22 femicide victims killed in 2024
Number of women killed remains steady over previous years, with Arab community still suffering outsized share, but head of Femicide Observatory says education can lead to change
By Diana Bletter
Masada Bochris, right, with her brother, Chen Bochris who was killed battling Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
October 14, 2024, 11:44 pm
‘Overlooked’ grief: October 7 massacre left 2,185 bereft siblings, first study shows
Hebrew University researcher says there’s a ‘hierarchy of grief’; urges government to give mourning siblings the same benefits as widows, parents and children of terror victims
By Diana Bletter
Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, an Arab citizen of Israel who was arrested on suspicion of incitement amid the war in Gaza, arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, April 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 12:09 pm
Anti-Israel Hebrew University professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian retires
Arab Israeli senior lecturer was briefly arrested in April on suspicion of incitement, has called for the end of the Jewish state
By Gavriel Fiske
The Letters of Light Sculpture Garden at the new Israel National Library. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
May 18, 2024, 7:32 am
See Jerusalem’s beautiful art parks, where (almost) no graven images can be found
The Holy City has long had a de facto ban on statues in the human form, as per the second of the Ten Commandments, but that doesn’t mean sculptures are completely off the menu
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
A visitor is seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem on May 2, 2024, several days ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 6, 2024, 1:37 am
Study: Grief Israelis feel on Holocaust Remembrance Day can help ease political rifts
Hebrew University social psychologists find that periodic national days of mourning and commemoration can serve the important purpose of reducing ideological antagonism
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Gefilte fish, a traditional Passover food. (Mushki Brichta , CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
April 18, 2024, 2:39 pm
Researchers study how to keep our gefilte fish healthy
Hebrew University team finds that breeding disease-resistant carp can make aquaculture more sustainable and profitable, and even keep other fish healthier
By ToI Staff
Composite image showing, from left to right, Prof. David Kazhdan, Prof. Maren R. Niehoff and Prof. Nathan Lineal of the Hebrew University. (courtesy)
April 11, 2024, 1:15 pm
Fourteen Israeli professors awarded top EU research grants
Researchers from the Hebrew University, the Technion, Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute to each receive €2.5 million in funding from the European Research Council
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative photo of newborn babies in an Israeli hospital nursery. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
March 27, 2024, 6:39 pm
COVID protocols pave new way of detecting common congenital viral infection in newborns
Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center researchers prove the efficiency and accuracy of pooled saliva PCR testing for congenital cytomegalovirus
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Chief Superintendent Avi Amar comforting a distraught IDF soldier near Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023, hours before he was killed. (Israel Police)
March 24, 2024, 5:54 pm
Study assesses half a million Israelis at risk of developing PTSD due to Oct. 7 and war
Psychology researchers rely on studies done on similar situations to create predictive mathematical model; leading expert questions study’s methodology, believes numbers inflated
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Prof. Haim Sompolinsky, winner of The Brain Prize for 2024. (Kris Snibbe/Harvard University)
March 8, 2024, 12:00 pm
Physicist Haim Sompolinsky first Israeli to win largest brain science research prize
Hebrew University and Harvard professor is a pioneer in theoretical and computational neuroscience, which studies the complex circuits and systems that enable our brains to function
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Inscription in Koine Greek from the Book of Psalms, found at the Hyrcania Fortress in the Judean Desert. (Courtesy)
September 27, 2023, 1:00 pm
Unique Byzantine Psalm inscription in New Testament Greek discovered in Judean Desert
First organized excavation at ruins of Hyrcania sheds light on King Herod’s forbidding fortress, where a small 5th-century monastic community waited out the region’s regime changes
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: A woman undergoing an MRI scan (Povozniuk via iStock by Getty Images)
September 20, 2023, 6:05 pm
Israeli researchers develop noninvasive method to assess iron levels in brain
Using MRI images and physical calculations, team led by Hebrew University PhD student gains vital data previously available only via autopsy or tissue sample examinations
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Among key symptoms that together define long COVID are brain fog, memory loss, and malaise or fatigue (iStock illustration)
September 15, 2023, 11:47 am
As patients suffer, long COVID remains a collection of symptoms with no single cure
With COVID wards and post-COVID clinics in hospitals now closed, the 10-20% of COVID sufferers who have long-term debilitating condition seek help through community health services
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Hebrew University Jewish Law Prof. Benny Porat, a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. (IDI)
September 15, 2023, 6:24 am
What Matters Now to Jewish Law Prof. Benny Porat: Common ground as titans clash
A resident of a West Bank settlement city, the Hebrew U prof. is a vocal opponent of the coalition’s judicial overhaul. Hear how 2,000 years of Jewish law shapes his thinking
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A child receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem on December 30, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 8, 2023, 12:00 pm
As COVID variant Pirola gathers pace, Health Ministry mum on plans to fend off threat
With cases mounting in Israel and abroad, some are raising alarms and making moves to combat the fresh coronavirus threat, amid concerns over a new vaccine aimed at other mutations
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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