Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Father of former Gaza hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor
Jonathan Dekel-Chen’s son Sagui spent 498 days in captivity in Gaza after he was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz, a kibbutz in southern Israel, on October 7, 2023.
Medical students who spend a year with seniors rethink aging, Jerusalem study finds
Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says
Why making better decisions Is harder than we think
Israeli AI tool can now predict your age from a drop of DNA
Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence, the scientists created a tool called MAgeNet that uses a simple blood test to determine a person’s chronological age.
Did Neanderthals have 'family recipes'? Study suggests butchery practices in ancient groups
Their meticulous examination of cut-marks on the remains of animal prey revealed patterns that cannot be explained by differences in skill, resources, or available tools at each site.
Israeli cow breaks milk yield record as climate change cuts dairy output
A new Israeli study has discovered that extreme heat reduces milk production by up to 10% and that adding cooling technologies offsets only about half of the loss.
Grapevine: Israel-Iran: Days of yore
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
‘It’s amazing to see what education can do’
The Morris and Rosalind Goodman Family Foundation has opened new vistas for Israeli students of Ethiopian descent at the Hebrew University.
Poor housing conditions linked to national health issues, Hebrew U. study reveals
The study links effects on both mental and physical health with the financial strain that housing represents for the majority of Israelis and its nationwide implications.
'It’s amazing to see what education can do'
In the fourth episode of the 2025 season of ‘The Philanthropists,’ Maxyne Finkelstein, President of the Morris & Rosalind Goodman Family Foundation, speaks to Israeli writer and director Maor Zaguri.
New Jerusalem research reveals why acute and chronic pain are so different
In acute pain, IA increases – acting like a natural sedative for the pain pathways – but in chronic pain, this current doesn’t cause them to rise, and the neurons become hyperactive.
Why paracetamol – one of the world’s most common painkillers – works
A new Israeli study reveals that paracetamol doesn’t function only in the brain; it also blocks pain at its source by acting on nerve endings in the body.
June 22, 2025: Crisis response
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
