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Fragment from a Yom Kippur prayer book found in the Cairo Genizah and dating to the 11th or 12th centuries CE. (National Library of Israel collections)
November 25, 2025, 11:13 pm
Scholars transcribe hundreds of thousands of Cairo Geniza fragments, some never read before
The MiDRASH project received an $11.5 million grant to take research on medieval Jewish literature to the next level
By Rossella Tercatin
Blair Hall at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, 2006. (Alfred Hutter via Wikimedia Commons/JTA)
April 3, 2025, 8:07 am
Jewish Princeton student cleared of assault at anti-Israel protest last year
Judge finds US Army veteran David Piegaro showed poor judgment but it did not amount to ‘criminal recklessness’
By JTA and ToI Staff
In this April 5, 2018, file photo, people walk through the Princeton University campus in Princeton, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
April 2, 2025, 4:55 am
Trump administration freezes dozens of Princeton grants amid antisemitism probe
Ivy League school vows to ‘cooperate with the government in combating’ Jew hatred while ‘vigorously defending academic freedom and the due process rights of this university’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
January 16, 2025, 12:17 pm
US colleges rush to settle federal antisemitism suits, but some pan ‘toothless’ deals
With over 100 schools under Title VI investigations over anti-Israel campus activity, many are looking to get cases cleared before Trump can make good on threats to cut off funding
By Collin Binkley
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather at an encampment at Columbia University campus in New York on April 25, 2024. (Leonardo Munoz/AFP)
April 26, 2024, 12:20 pm
Columbia drops midnight deadline for razing anti-Israel camp as 550 arrested across US
University President Minouche Shafik announces retreat, citing ‘progress’ in talks with students; Hezbollah terror group flag spotted at Princeton camp
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists and students from Emerson College block an alley where they have set up an encampment as police move in to clear it, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 25, 2024. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
April 26, 2024, 12:04 am
Hundreds arrested across US campuses as police clamp down on anti-Israel protests
Authorities increasingly using a heavy hand with encampments popping up at colleges throughout the country; 108 arrested at Boston protest, 93 at University of Southern California
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this April 5, 2018, file photo, people walk through the Princeton University campus in Princeton, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
April 11, 2024, 6:40 am
US opens civil rights probe into Princeton over alleged antisemitism on campus
Some Jewish leaders at university push back against complaint; Dartmouth now the only Ivy League school not under federal investigation for its response to Jew-hatred since Oct. 7
By Andrew Lapin
Stanford guard Benny Gealer (15) drives against Washington State guard Dylan Darling, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Pullman, Washington, January 14, 2023. (AP Photo/ Dean Hare)
November 6, 2023, 12:52 am
20 Jewish college basketball players to watch in 2023-24
New crop of Israelis also gaining attention, as they struggle with war; USF’s Levy says it has been hard to stay on top of school and basketball with ‘everything going on at home’
By Greg Levinsky
Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 9, 2023, 6:11 pm
Report: Tehran set up Russian-Israeli’s abduction in Iraq to secure Iranian’s release
London daily Asharq Al-Awsat says Islamic Republic looking to swap Elizabeth Tsurkov, possibly for prisoner Israel says is Revolutionary Guard operative
By Lazar Berman
An undated photo of Elizabeth Tsurkov (from elizabeth-tsurkov.net)
July 7, 2023, 11:52 am
Iraqi government opens probe into kidnapping of Israeli-Russian academic
Spokesman Bassem al-Awadi says there will be no official statement about disappearance of Elizabeth Tsurkov until government ‘completes its official investigation’
By AFP
Jewish sculptor Moses David Ezekiel (left) in his Rome studio with his statue 'Religious Liberty' (back center), 1909. A planned Princeton University exhibit of Jewish American artists in 2022 was to feature Ezekiel and a statue based on 'Religious Liberty,' but was scrapped owing to his lifelong support of the Confederacy. (Public domain via JTA)
March 30, 2022, 8:35 am
Outrage as Jewish art exhibit at Princeton is canceled over ties to the Confederacy
Display of 19th-century American artists was to feature Moses Jacob Ezekiel and Theodore Moise; curator denounces development as ‘unfortunate surrender to cancel culture’
By Andrew Lapin
Princeton University. (Flickr Commons)
December 12, 2019, 11:17 pm
Princeton student body candidate called ‘poor choice’ because he served in IDF
Fellow student claims David Esterlit ‘was part of an organization known for the torment and abuse of an entire population’; others defend him
By Marcy Oster
Hua Qu, the wife of Xiyue Wang, a Princeton University graduate student being held at an Iranian prison, speaks at a news conference to mark the third anniversary of her husband's imprisonment, Thursday, August 8, 2019, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
August 8, 2019, 10:08 pm
Wife of US grad student held in Iran denies he’s a spy
Hua Qu calls on government to devote more attention to freeing her husband, Xiyue Wang, says he’s a victim of ‘an apparently ever-intensifying quarrel between world powers’
By Eric Tucker
Illustrative - Muslims attend the Friday noon prayer at Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt, December 28, 2012. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
June 24, 2019, 6:51 pm
Arabs becoming less religious, BBC survey finds
Major poll of Arab world shows Trump least popular foreign leader, Israel perceived as top threat, ‘honor killings’ more acceptable than homosexuality
By ToI Staff
Arabic petition with Hebrew writing from Cairo Geniza (Michelle Paymar)
May 16, 2019, 4:32 am
Documentary unravels history — and digital future — of mysterious Cairo Geniza
Film includes interviews with 40 experts who chart the strange discovery and continued scholarship of the mass of rare random documents that make for a rich ‘medieval Facebook’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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