I typically only share Israel news if it has significant implications for the diaspora. This does. Also DellaPergola is a brilliant demographer and does super cool stuff.

"An analysis released this week predicts that, within the next 10 years, #Israel could become the home for a majority of the world’s #Jews, a change which, according to the new report, will “redefine the meaning of #Jewishpeoplehood.”

On Wednesday, the Institute for Jewish #Policy #Research (#JPR) published “The #Jewish People in 2126: #Demography, Identity, and the Future of a Global #Minority,” a 22-page paper by #SergioDellaPergola, a professor emeritus and former chairman of #HebrewUniversity’s Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary #Jewry who now serves as the #London-based #thinktank’s president for its #European #JewishDemography Unit."

https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/05/21/leading-demography-expert-says-israel-expected-hit-50-percent-global-jewish-population-early-as-2035/

Von der Keilschrift zum Touchscreen ✍️📱 Wie sich die Handschrift im Laufe der Zeit entwickelt hat, erforscht ein internationales Team der #FUBerlin und der #HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem. Das Projekt „The Principles of Handwritten Script Evolution“ wird mit rund 300.000 Euro von der @volkswagenstiftung.de gefördert.

Alle Infos:

https://www.fu-berlin.de/presse/informationen/fup/2026/fup_26_045-evolution-handschriften-foerderung/index.html

Hebrew University and Lord Balfour's visit. Mayor of Tel Aviv showing the city to Lord Balfour [1925 April]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 5 x 7 in.

#HebrewUniversity #Balfour #TelAviv #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #Hebrew #English #TelAvivians #AmericanColony #Israel #TelAviv #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019696991/

Hebrew University and Lord Balfour's visit. Lord Balfour at Tel Aviv [1925 April]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 5 x 7 in.

#HebrewUniversity #Balfour #TelAviv #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #Israel #TelAviv #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019696990/

Israeli Academics Find Themselves Isolated Despite Gaza Cease-Fire

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/world/middleeast/boycotts-israel.html

Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, c.1930 - American Colony Stores RP Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/hebrew-university-mount-scopus-jerusalem-c-1930-american-colony-stores-rppc-223239300.htm

#Jerusalem #HebrewUniversity #MountScopus

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 p…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #RecipeTopics #AnaëlleJallon #availabletools #butchery #ErellaHovers #foodpreparation #HebrewUniversity #Kebaracave #Neanderthals #patterns #Recipes #RecipesTopics
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2183707/did-neanderthals-have-family-recipes-study-suggests-butchery-practices-in-ancient-groups/

On the Hebrew University’s invitation to Javier Milei and why it shouldn’t surprise anyone

#Argentine President Javier #Milei is expected to arrive in Jerusalem tomorrow to speak at the Hebrew University. Miley is admired by the Israeli right for his unwavering support of Israel and his promise to relocate the Argentinian embassy to #Jerusalem.

Since taking office, Milei has slashed over 70% of public university budgets, vetoing a law to ensure adequate funding and accusing faculty members at the University of Buenos Aires of corruption. The university’s budget has seen a 26% cut while the Argentinian secret service budget increased by 68%. Over 60% of university employees are now below the poverty line. While austerity measures might be argued for, Milei's actions appear to be a deliberate attack on education, #liberalism, and potential political opposition.

Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-06-11/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000197-5f51-df0f-add7-fffb6c560000

There have been growing calls to boycott the Hebrew University. Two Dutch universities have recommended suspending academic partnerships, citing the institution’s complicity in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

The Hebrew University was found to be directly training Israeli military intelligence officers through the Havatzalot program. The university develops military technologies used in #Gaza through Talpiot program. The campus was built on illegally occupied Palestinian land in East Jerusalem and armed soldiers attend classes on campus, creating militarized environment.

New advice: minimise existing cooperation with three Israeli universities https://www.erasmusmagazine.nl/en/2025/05/28/new-advice-minimise-existing-cooperation-with-three-israeli-universities/

PDF https://www.eur.nl/media/2025-05-20250526-advice-collaborations-israeli-universities-publication

PDF https://www.ru.nl/sites/default/files/2025-04/ru-acp-advies-hebrew-university-maart-2025_en-gb-002_0.pdf

See also Maya Wind's book, Towers of Ivory and Steel, investigates the material realities of this involvement, arguing that Israeli universities are deeply embedded in the state and implicated in decades of Palestinian dispossession.

@academicchatter
@palestine
@israel
#IsraelWarCrimes #HebrewUniversity
#neoliberalism