Council for Higher Education okays institution branding itself a private university; will be named Reichman University, after founder and president

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, founded by Brazil's Jewish community 66 years ago, specializes in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, surgery, and neurology

Software and services company will work with Israeli researchers to boost advanced manufacturing tech

Three-year multidisciplinary initiative aims to address global social, environmental, economic challenges; 10 projects selected

Students struggle financially and socially, with the challenges bigger for those who are already disadvantaged; 'if they fall, they will bring down all of us,' warns one dean

Poll shows 51% of students unemployed since start of coronavirus crisis; student union head warns of 'severe social epidemic'

Survey shows 22% of Arabs mulling leaving school vs 10% of Jews; authors note danger of widespread dropouts as schooling is 'most significant tool for social and economic mobility'

Council for Higher Education says schools will need to arrange quarantine for incoming students; studies likely to be a mix of in situ and online

Postdocs, medical students and others for whom distance learning is not possible arrive at special quarantine dorms at universities as Israel continues to relax restrictions

Decision doesn’t include kindergartens, special education and boarding schools; PM warns of 'a global event unlike anything' the country has seen, calls for emergency government