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Oct 18, 2026, 8:45 PM

Building Israel’s North Through Education

Israel’s future will not be shaped in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem alone. It will also be built in the Galilee — through education, innovation, opportunity, and empowering people to make the North their home. From my office in Karmiel, I...

Oct 16, 2026, 12:47 AM

Invest in love: An evening with Omer Shem Tov

Omer Shem Tov. (social media)

When the former hostage sets rage aside, he teaches the rest of us to refocus on the best of humanity and to internalize expectations of goodness

Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Oct 14, 2026, 9:12 PM

Why Evidence Should Outrank Institutional Prestige

We have seen it happen again and again: a viral news story reveals a scandal at a mighty institution long considered high-quality, powerful, and prestigious. The world looks on in shock and speaks out with condemnation. There is a...

Oct 12, 2026, 11:01 PM

Speaking Hebrew in Laquia

The school in Laquia. (courtesy)

There is still much to be done in Israel, and this year I decided to take part in a new project: volunteering to teach Hebrew and speak with students at a junior high school in the Bedouin town of...

Oct 11, 2026, 4:45 AM

Jewish Educators: Everyone Deserves to Learn

Rafi speaks with a group of students at Temple Emanu-El of Closter, January 2026.

To protect the anonymity of all professors and teachers in the article, they will be referred to with they/them pronouns and will not be identified by the subject they teach. Their actions, whether good or bad, should serve to...

Oct 8, 2026, 11:30 PM

From Campus to Country: Building Israel’s Future in a New Academic Year

Students at the Bar-Ilan University campus. Photo courtesy of Bar-Ilan University.

When students walk onto Bar-Ilan University’s campus this month, they will be carrying far more than backpacks. They will bring with them the weight of a year marked by war, reserve duty, loss, financial pressure, interrupted studies, and uncertainty...

Michael Zoosman

Oct 8, 2026, 3:51 AM

Distribution of Noose-Themed Pins in School Dishonors October 7th Anniversary

The thousands of members of “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty” from across Israel, the United States, and the world join Herzliya Mayor Yariv Fisher in condemning Otzma Yehudit in the wake of a disgusting display in which a...

Oct 6, 2026, 5:54 PM

Engineering a Stronger Future for Israel

Bar-Ilan University student Guy Cohen. (Photo courtesy of Guy Cohen)

Since October 7, uncertainty has become a constant part of life in Israel. For many young Israelis, that has meant moving repeatedly between two demanding worlds: classrooms, laboratories, and exams on one side, and military service on the other. During...

Oct 5, 2026, 4:07 AM

When does Campus Ideology Cross a Dangerous Threshold?

From Columbus OH, 1999 (Credit: Paul Becker/Wikimedia Commons)

Every institution has a line it believes it would never cross, and the interesting question is how it crosses it anyway. Universities do not decide one morning to tolerate hatred. They get there through a thousand reasonable-sounding exceptions: a...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 2, 2026, 10:57 PM

Postdoctoral Fellowship for Brazilians at Weizmann Institute

Applications are now open for the Paulo Pinheiro de Andrade Fellowship, a postdoctoral scholarship offered by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and dedicated to Brazilian researchers. Candidates may apply until October 20, 2026. Established by Marcos Pinheiro de...

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