Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Illustrative: A shared meal (Foxys_forest_manufacture; iStock by Getty Images)

November 17, 2018, 8:47 am

Israel dig provides clues on how feasting became an important ritual

Evidence from a 12,000-year-old archaeological site in country’s north shows communally shared meals have long been vital components of human ceremony

By Natalie Munro

An illustration of the various kinds of 3D printed hydrogel pills developed the lab of Prof. Shlomo Magdassi, head of The Hebrew University’s 3D and Functional Printing Center (Courtesy)

November 6, 2018, 3:24 pm

Hebrew U team develops shape-shifting 3D printed pills for better targeted drugs

3D printing is the ‘next industrial revolution,’ says Professor Shlomo Magdassi, with the technology helping mass-produce cars, shoes, planes

By Shoshanna Solomon

Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 17, 2018, prior to winning an appeal against deportation for alleged BDS activities. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

October 19, 2018, 4:43 am

Entering Israel after 15-day ordeal, barred US student expresses relief

Lara Alqasem thanks lawyers, family and friends for supporting her through weeks of detention and court cases to be allowed to study in Jerusalem

By TOI staff and Alexander Fulbright

US student Lara Alqasem attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 17, 2018. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

October 18, 2018, 8:35 pm

Supreme Court nixes deportation of US student accused of BDS support

Lara Alqasem’s lawyers hail ruling rejecting state’s attempt to bar her entry to study; interior minister calls decision a ‘disgrace’; she starts at Hebrew U. next week

By Alexander Fulbright

US student Lara Alqasem sits for a hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on October 11, 2018 (Jack Guez/AFP)

October 14, 2018, 4:09 pm

Supreme Court freezes deportation of US student accused of boycott support

Stay granted after Lara Alqasem, who lost a previous appeal, asks to bring case before justices in Israel’s top court

By TOI staff and Agencies

October 12, 2018, 7:15 pm

Court upholds entry ban on US student accused of supporting Israel boycott

Tel Aviv judge rejects Lara Alqasem’s appeal, says government acting legally to deny her entry; Hebrew U. denounces decision; she can appeal to Supreme Court

By TOI staff and Agencies

American Lara Alqasem sits in a courtroom prior to a hearing at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

October 11, 2018, 9:11 pm

Minister rejects US student’s promise not to promote BDS while in Israel

Gilad Erdan says letter sent by Lara Alqasem’s lawyers failed to renounce past actions or vow not to engage in such activities in the future

By Michael Bachner

October 11, 2018, 3:06 pm

At Tel Aviv court, officials insist barred US student still supports BDS

Lawyer for Lara Alqasem rejects state’s assertion that clicking ‘attend’ for Facebook event means she currently backs movement; she will remain at airport until judge rules

By Agencies and TOI staff

Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student, arrives to the courtroom at the Tel Aviv District court on October 11, 2018. The American graduate student has been held at Israel's international airport since last week, barred from entering because of allegations that she promotes a boycott against the Jewish state. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

October 11, 2018, 3:14 am

US backs ‘freedom of expression’ after Israel holds American ‘BDS supporter’

Jerusalem says student Lara Alqasem, barred from entry and kept at airport for a week, is a boycott Israel backer; she says she never actively campaigned against Israel

By Agencies and TOI staff

This undated photo provided by the Alqasem family shows Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student with Palestinian grandparents who landed at Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 but was barred from entering the country and ordered deported over claims she supports the anti-Israel boycott movement. (Alqasem family via AP)

October 10, 2018, 7:36 pm

Conservative, Jewish NY Times columnists slam Israel for BDS ‘paranoia’

Bret Stephens and Bari Weiss warn that by expelling its harshest critics, Israel is ‘powerfully’ reinforcing their prejudice

By TOI staff

October 10, 2018, 10:09 am

US: It’s ‘up to Israel’ whether to grant access to ‘BDS supporter’ student

State Department says administration ‘is granting consular access’ to detained Lara Alqasem, who was a member of Students for Justice in Palestine

By TOI staff

Hebrew University President Prof. Asher Cohen (Courtesy)

October 9, 2018, 10:21 pm

Hebrew U. head backs detained US student, warns case harms anti-BDS efforts

‘What’s being done hurts our activities against BDS,’ Asher Cohen says as university asks to join appeal against deportation of alleged boycott supporter Lara Alqasem

By TOI staff and AP

October 9, 2018, 11:07 am

Minister: If US student held at airport renounces BDS views, we might let her in

Gilad Erdan, whose Strategic Affairs Ministry is responsible for tackling boycott activity, says Lara Alqasem is free to leave country anytime

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Illustrative: People stand in line to go through passport control at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, September 21, 2008. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

October 3, 2018, 8:18 pm

Israeli court freezes deportation of US student over alleged BDS links

Judge says Lara Alqasem’s involvement in pro-boycott groups was ‘minor,’ gives state until Thursday to rule on her entry

By TOI staff

Illustrative image of entrepreneurship (teddybearpicnic; iStock by Getty Images)

September 12, 2018, 11:51 am

In new vision for Hebrew University, all students will study entrepreneurship

Everyone in the workforce today needs to know how to be innovative, says the new managing director of the university’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center

By Shoshanna Solomon