Mezzo’s Kibbutz roots

By Tom Tugend
Published on May 14, 2013

It’s a long way from Kibbutz Dalia, where Rachel Frenkel was raised, to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, but the mezzo-soprano is completing that journey this week.

Iran to cross ‘red line’ this summer, ex-Israeli military intel chief says

Published on April 23, 2013

Iran will cross Israel's "red line" for nuclear activity by this summer, Israel's former director of military intelligence said.

Poll: More Israelis viewing Obama favorably, though trust is an issue

Published on March 19, 2013

More Israelis are seeing President Obama as friendly toward the Jewish state, but still many don't trust the U.S. leader, according to a new poll.

Poll: Israelis warming up, slightly, to Obama on eve of visit

Published on March 19, 2013

Israelis are warming up to Barack Obama, but only slightly, according to a new opinion poll published on the eve of the U.S. president's visit to Israel.

The Rosner-Fuchs Exchange, Part 2: The Undecided Voters Eventually Voted for Change

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on February 12, 2013

The Rosner-Fuchs Exchange, Part 1: How Yair Lapid Took Us By Surprise

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on February 10, 2013

Perspectives on occupation: Lessons from Israeli society

By Jonathan Kirsch
Published on January 23, 2013

The argument over Israel’s presence in the territories beyond the Green Line has recently come to focus almost exclusively on security issues, but there is literally no aspect of life in Israel that is not affected by its settlement policies. Indeed, the Jewish identity of Israel, and even the prospects for its continued existence, are called into question.

Israel’s middle class increasingly squeezed

Published on November 27, 2012

At Israeli weddings, gifts of china, silver and art are not welcome. Guests are expected to bring their checkbooks and contribute to a young couple’s purchase of their first home, often bought with substantial help from the newlyweds’ parents.

Protests over Gaza violence disrupt Israeli campuses

Published on November 16, 2012

Arab and Jewish students at three Israeli universities faced off in campus demonstrations related to the latest outbreak of violence on the Gaza-Israel border.

Tel Aviv University, UC Irvine collaborate

By Tom Tugend
Published on October 11, 2012

In 2025, more than 8 billion people are projected to inhabit our globe, linked by advanced communication devices and techniques.

L.A. youths among growing numbers serving in IDF

Published on August 29, 2012

As the 360 international youths milled around the Miriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium on the Tel Aviv University campus in the sweltering August heat — some still standing in registration lines and others already proudly wearing their new pale blue T-shirts, several dozen huddled into small circles and a few lingering outside on shaded stone benches — the raucous excitement of youth united by a common cause was palpable.

Planned Wagner concert stopped at Tel Aviv U

Published on June 4, 2012

Tel Aviv University put a stop to a planned concert of music by German composer Richard Wagner.

Agreements with Israeli schools a turning point for UC Irvine

Published on April 25, 2012

Few universities have garnered as much international attention and Jewish communal concern over student-led, anti-Israel and sometimes anti-Semitic activities on campus than the University of California, Irvine (UCI).

Report: Global anti-Semitism fell in 2011

Published on April 19, 2012

Global anti-Semitism fell by 27 percent in 2011, according to an annual report.

Israel should wait and watch

Published on February 15, 2012

What should Israel do about Syria? The short answer is, well, nothing. Or not much. Or not much at this time. That is, if you care to follow the advice of Israeli experts — and we all should keep in mind that the experts’ stock has been in steep decline recently because of the so-called Arab Spring, a development that no expert can truthfully claim to have predicted.

Achieving Progress Through Friendship: An Experience of a Lifetime at Tel Aviv University

By Masa Israel Journey
Published on November 9, 2011

Tel Aviv U. faculty members decry Dershowitz address

Published on May 12, 2010

Senior faculty members at Tel Aviv University are protesting remarks by Alan Dershowitz during his acceptance of an honorary doctorate.

Final Day at Sundance:  The Israelis

By Larry Mark
Published on January 25, 2009

Israeli photo application promises more beautiful you

By Karin Kloosterman
Published on February 15, 2007

Since its unveiling in Boston, the response to the Beauty Function has been overwhelming: Media, including New Scientist and Forbes, have been eager to report on a computer program that can change the landscape of digital photography.

White Dies, But Cause Lives On

By Adam Wills
Published on September 22, 2005

Like many tales of mourning, this story was not supposed to end this way -- or to end this soon. Judah White, the young doctor whose battle with cancer became a clarion call for adult stem cell donations, died this month at 39. White, an intensely private person, allowed his suffering to enter the public domain so people could realize that there is no moral controversy attached to adult stem cells, that adult stem cell donation is relatively painless and that these donations are desperately needed to save lives.

White's case now also stands out as an example of the unavoidable imperfection of medical treatments. He died despite getting an adult stem cell transfusion that doctors hoped would help save him.

The Circuit

Published on August 4, 2005

Kadima Hebrew Academy honored its past and its future at an April gala celebrating the school's 35th anniversary.

Teleconferencing With Tel Aviv

By Lea Silverman
Published on June 24, 2004

Students at UCLA participate in a live teleconference with its sister class at Tel Aviv University in Israel.

Strategic Balance Favors Israel

By Leslie Susser
Published on October 2, 2003

Thirty years after the traumatic Yom Kippur War, Israel's military superiority over the Arabs is greater than ever.

That, at least, is the assessment of Tel Aviv University's prestigious Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies. In its annual report, the think-tank cited the quality of Israel's weapons systems and the U.S.-led victory in Iraq as reasons for a major strategic shift in Israel's favor.

But the report acknowledged that Israel still faces major threats from terrorism and nonconventional weapons.

A Webb of Giving

By Michael Aushenker
Published on November 7, 2002

During the Holocaust, Max Webb made two promises: one to his mother and one to God.

UC Suspends Israel Program

By Tom Tugend
Published on April 11, 2002

The University of California has suspended its junior year abroad program in Israel and is recalling its 27 remaining students there, though not all are heeding the call.

Citing "dramatically escalating violence" in the region, UC made the recall official on Thursday, April 11 for its students enrolled mainly at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University.

An additional 28 UC students, who had enrolled at the Israeli universities last fall, have already returned because they had completed the semester or for personal reasons.

Israeli-Style Fitness

By Orit Arfa
Published on August 24, 2000

Maybe it's no Sports Club/LA in its luxury and beauty, but the Elite Sports Center at Tel Aviv University is one of the best sports clubs in Israel, with facilities and services that may make even the premier sports club in L.A. a little envious.

The Master Class

By David Margolis
Published on September 9, 1999

Not all of them were Jewish, but they were definitely the chosen people -- five Los Angeles and 33 Israeli film students brought together for a two-week "master class" in screenwriting at Tel Aviv University. Held under the auspices of the Tel Aviv-Los Angeles partnership, the class was designed to give a boost to Israel's film industry by improving the capabilities of Israel's future scriptwriters. A further aim -- a subtext, to use the screenwriting term -- was to strengthen sympathy for Israel among American film professionals.