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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

Jewish academics

Menachem Rosensaft at the Bergen-Belsen former Nazi camp in September 2022. (Shahar Azran/WJZ)
February 3, 2025, 3:56 am
A new book of psalms doesn’t praise God, but confronts Him over the Holocaust
Released on Jan. 27, genocide expert Menachem Rosensaft’s ‘Burning Psalms’ is a harsh condemnation of the lack of divine intervention against the Nazis – but it’s not a dismissal
By Cathryn J. Prince
Prof. Derek Penslar, right, and Prof. Magda Teter, Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies and professor of history at Fordham University speak during a panel at Harvard Yard, December 10, 2024. (Courtesy)
January 15, 2025, 4:57 am
Harvard antisemitism task force co-chair talks about post-Oct. 7 ‘petrified anger’
Prof. Derek Penslar recently spoke at the Divinity School about his book ‘Zionism: An Emotional State,’ and the passions motivating Zionists and anti-Zionists, now and in the past
By Rich Tenorio
A New York Times reviewer called Paul Mendes-Flohr's 2019 book 'Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent' a 'scrupulously researched, perceptive biography' of the German Jewish philosopher. (Wikipedia; Yale University Press via JTA)
October 30, 2024, 3:46 am
Paul Mendes-Flohr, Israeli-American authority on Martin Buber, dies at 83
A scholar of modern Jewish intellectual history, philosophy and religious thought, he edited and wrote 62 books and taught for 30 years at Hebrew University
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Prof. Barbara Risman (Courtesy)
May 21, 2024, 12:45 am
Retiring early due to antisemitism, a professor paints a dire picture of US academia
Barbara J. Risman felt that the atmosphere among University of Illinois faculty after October 7 was too much for her to bear as a Jew. Her colleagues secretly tell her she’s right
By Cathryn J. Prince
IDF tanks secure the area while Palestinians fleeing from combat areas in Khan Younis to Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
April 14, 2024, 9:38 pm
Israeli academics slammed for signing letter accusing Israel of ‘plausible genocide’
Two dozen members of academia call on the US to stop arming Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza; students from the country’s devastated south demand their firing
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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
David Sasso, second from right, and musicians at the premiere of “Zakhor: A Requiem for October 7,” at the ANU Museum in Tel Aviv, on March 21, 2024. (Yoav Shapiro/courtesy)
April 3, 2024, 11:17 am
In Israel on a solidarity tour, Yale academic premieres October 7 art song cycle
Psychiatrist Dr. David Sasso’s ‘Zakhor: A Requiem for October 7,’ has a world debut performance in Tel Aviv as the final event in a Yale faculty trip in support of Israeli academics
By Gavriel Fiske
Menachem Rosensaft delivering the keynote address at the commemoration marking the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, July 2023. (Courtesy)
January 9, 2024, 1:31 am
As Israel faces charges at The Hague, a Cornell expert in genocide weighs in
A child of Holocaust survivors, law prof Menachem Rosensaft has made his life’s work the study of genocide. He finds the allegation against the Jewish state both ironic and bigoted
By Cathryn J. Prince
A University of Pennsylvania faculty delegation with President Isaac Herzog, center, on December 2, 2024. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
January 5, 2024, 1:03 pm
UPenn faculty solidarity mission receives rock-star reception in Israel
A whirlwind tour of less than three days represents the first organized visit by faculty from a US university after October 7, and Israeli academia shows its appreciation
By Gavriel Fiske
Protesters against the coalition's judicial overhaul legislation march in the central city of Rehovot on September 2, 2023, carrying signs reading: "There is no education without democracy" (right) and "A lesson in democracy." (Roby Yahav)
September 4, 2023, 7:57 am
Over 500 academic expats sign petition backing anti-overhaul protests
Petitioners warn of growing brain drain and loss of funding due to controversial legislative moves, says demonstrations justified due to government’s pursuit of ‘limitless power’
By ToI Staff
Amitai Etzioni was a sociologist best known for his work on socioeconomics and communitarianism. (Poklekowski/ ullstein bild via Getty Images via JTA)
June 13, 2023, 3:00 pm
Israeli sociologist Amitai Etzioni, coiner of phrase ‘communitarianism,’ dies aged 94
The academic fled Nazi Germany as a child, fought for Israel’s independence, and gained acclaim in the US, where he advised presidents
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Historian and author of 'The World: A Family History,' Dr. Simon Sebag Montefiore. (Marcus Leoni/ Folhapress)
January 3, 2023, 1:59 am
New world history by pop-historian Simon Sebag Montefiore is a family affair
‘The World: A Family History’ charts a millennia-long epic from the Caesars to the Trumps. Sir Moses’ descendent explains how PM Netanyahu may have just made a historical blunder
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: A Hanukkah menorah. (iStock by Getty Images)
December 21, 2022, 8:31 pm
Bright idea lets Jewish studies conference in Boston light menorah despite fire code
Faced with the prospect of not being able to celebrate Hanukkah for the first time due to hotel’s policy, academics put their heads together to find a creative compromise
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Michael Shafir in a 2011 interview. (Screenshot: YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 24, 2022, 10:11 am
Michael Shafir, scholar who wrote ‘encyclopedia’ of Holocaust denial, dies at 78
Israeli-Romanian researcher, who played key role in Holocaust memory in the former Soviet country, is remembered for his straightforward, humorous presentation of difficult truths
By MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ
Prof. Avi Loeb at the Harvard College Observatory, March 1, 2022. (Courtesy of Leslie Kean)
August 9, 2022, 5:58 am
Israeli scientist proves his far-out theory on interstellar meteor is down to earth
Undeterred by naysayers or controversy, Prof. Avi Loeb stuck to his guns about a rare 2014 space rock — and his findings have finally been vindicated by the US government
By Rich Tenorio
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