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Interfaith Pathways to Peace: article in Jewish News

Following a visit to the UK in September, Jewish News interviewed Professor Uriel Simonsohn, Founding Director of the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies, about his ground breaking work in bridging the divide between religious leaders and communities in Israel’s mixed cities: read the article here.

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We stand with Israel

Dear alumni, friends and supporters in the UK, It is with a heavy heart that I write to you following a day of heavy fighting in the South and rockets launched at civilian populations in the South and Central Israel. As you are undoubtedly aware, our nation finds itself in a state of war.86 A…

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University of Haifa 50th Anniversary Events in New York City

UofH Proudly Confers Honorary Degrees on President William J. Clinton andProf. John E. Sexton In a moving ceremony attended by over 500 people, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and President Emeritus of New York University, Prof. John Sexton received honorary doctorates from the University of Haifa. The gala event was attended by the University’s senior…

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Neuroscience Research Aspires to Battle Alzheimer’s Disease

A biopharmaceutical company called ProteKt Therapeutics is currently aiming to develop a drug for treating early stages of Alzheimer’s disease based on the research of the university’s professor Kobi Rosenblum. His findings indicate that inhibiting an enzyme believed to play an important role in the development of the disease, in partnership with pharma, may give hope…