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Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University
Murray, who is not Jewish, was appointed as the inaugural President’s Professor of Practice, a role the university billed as bringing “a leading public intellectual into the academic setting."
Drunk on Jew-hatred, Iran’s horrors go unmentioned - opinion
'Put the Zios in the ground’: Oxford University student charged for violent chant
Former Oxford Union president-elect Abaraonye apologizes to Kirk family after celebrating shooting
Kibitz is the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the day
The second definition is closer to the one familiar to the Jewish community: “To chat, banter, or joke (with a person), esp. in a lighthearted or informal manner; to fool around.”
Oxford University to award two Israeli students the Rhodes Scholarship
This will be the fourth year that the university will offer Israeli students two opportunities to become a Rhodes Scholar * six Israelis have received the award
Andrew Lloyd Webber participates in Oxford coronavirus vaccine trials
Webber posted a picture of himself getting a vaccine shot on his Instagram page, saying that "I'll do anything to get theaters large and small open again and actors and musicians back to work."
Israel looking to acquire COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca
The vaccine stands out because recent results show that it's effective with treating healthy patients and offers "double layered," long-term protection against the virus.
The Oxford Maternity Fraternity
A loving tribute to South African filmmaker Laurence Dworkin
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine developers encouraged by immune response
"We're very happy that we're seeing the right sort of immune response that will give protection, and not the wrong sort," Gilbert said.
WHO sees 'great news' in steroid's trial results in COVID-19
The researchers shared initial insights about the results of the trial with WHO, "and we are looking forward to the full data analysis in the coming days," it said.
UK COVID-19 vaccine trial may fail due to low transmission in population
There is a 50% chance the trial may give 'no result.'
A better future for the world’s poorest after COVID-19?
Prof. Sabina Alkire, laureate of the 2020 Boris Mints Institute Prize, explains how the Multidimensional Poverty Index can help tackle global poverty.
‘Antisemite’ was originally omitted from Oxford English Dictionary
The first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary thought the term “anti-Semite” would be short lived and thus did not include it in the original edition of the massive lexicon.