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Jerusalem-based university founded in 1918 by Einstein and Chaim Weizmann

 PROF. ALON SAMACH of the Hebrew University’s  Agriculture Faculty examines passion fruit plants at the campus greenhouse, in Rehovot, 2017. The faculty discovered that a species of the fruit can help cure Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.

How gut health and lifestyle habits could prevent Parkinson’s disease

By ALAN FREISHTAT
 A row of stores and cars in Jerusalem's French Hill neighborhood.

French Hill: Jerusalem's evolving neighborhood from battlefields to high-rise towers

 THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY of Jerusalem’s mapping of gravitational ‘basins of attraction.’

Jerusalem scientists help shed light on large-scale cosmic structures

 An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock in front and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

Grapevine: Faces, family

 Allen Jackson

10 Christian Zionists: Allen Jackson - No. 4

 A look at Mount Scopus in Jerusalem.

Mount Scopus: Keeping watch over the Holy City of Jerusalem

 AN EMPLOYEE CUTS cannabis buds in a laboratory in Vienna.

Slight risk of ADHD in children of pregnant women who smoke cannabis

 Parents with three children

Hebrew U study reveals how 'mentalization' can improve kids' education

 PROF. YAAKOV NAHMIAS, founder of Believer Meats.

Israeli breakthrough in affordable production of cultivated meat

 A GROWING number of scientific studies now suggest that erythritol could present serious health risks, including heart disease, stroke and even death, and may even be worse for you than table sugar.

Erythritol sweetener may pose greater health risks than sugar

 A BROWN DOG tick on a pencil.

Bacteria crucial for tick reproduction offers new disease control strategies

 The students who took part in the pioneering course on "Trauma in Context"

Hebrew, Yeshiva University team up for new trauma response course

 The Weizmann Institute is set to open a medical school in October of 2025.

Three Israeli universities in top 100 worldwide - ShanghaiRanking

 Prof. Michael Schimmel at work.

Helping preemies: Prof. Michael Schimmel spent a lifetimes solving problems facing premature babies

 A fragment of the rare 3,800-year-old textile, dyed with the Kermes vermilio.

Rediscovering ancient luxury: A 3,800-year-old scarlet textile unveiled in the Judean desert

 A PROTESTER raises a flag that states ‘Free Palestine’ at an encampment at the Auraria Campus in Denver, Colorado. Since the October 7 attacks, university campuses across North America have witnessed protests and encampments in support of the Palestinians.

Enabling American students to escape US campuses and study in Israel

By HOWARD BLAS
A new immigrant, an Israeli and an international student strolling together at Hebrew University's Safra campus at Givat Ram, in Jerusalem.

Hebrew University launches new English-taught undergrad program

By ZEV STUB/JTA
 What is it that makes people fall in love?

What makes Cupid’s arrow hit the right target?