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David Abulafia (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Holbergprisen)
January 26, 2026, 12:55 pm
Renowned Jewish historian David Abulafia passes away at 76
Former Head of the history department at the University of Cambridge described as 'a remarkable colleague and friend'
By JN Reporter
Pinsker Centre delegation during a meeting at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.
January 14, 2026, 3:37 pm
Oxford and Cambridge student leaders meet President Herzog on Pinsker Centre Israel delegation
Non-Jewish UK student leaders visit Israel amid campus extremism concerns, meeting President Herzog and 7 October survivors
By Annabel Sinclair
Cambridge University
May 13, 2025, 10:19 am
For first time since Henry VIII created role, a Jew will lead Hebrew studies at Cambridge
Yeshiva University’s Aaron Koller will be the first Jewish Regius Professor of Hebrew
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Encampment at Cambridge University, May 2024. Pic: Gabrielle Apfel
March 22, 2025, 12:20 pm
University of Cambridge granted High Court injunction against protesters
Judge said there is an “imminent and real risk of a recurrence” of direct action on the campus and a “strong probability this will otherwise occur” if the order not issued
By Jewish News Reporter
LtR: Prof. Rivka Dresner-Polak (grant winner), Prof. Eli Keshet (grant winner), Prof. Ruth Armin (co-chair of the UK-IL Science Committee), Dr. Amnon Buxboim (grant winner), HMA Neil Wigan, Prof. Ittai Ben Porath, Dr. Dina Zur (representing grant winner, Prof. Anat Lowenstein)
October 24, 2019, 12:20 pm
Seven bilateral research projects win £2.8m in medical funding
Promising submissions get support from the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership, including one scheme hoping to 'reverse the effects of ageing
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Mahathir Mohamad submitted his resignation to the King
June 12, 2019, 11:06 am
Anger as Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad invited to speak at Cambridge University
Community leaders criticise students for hosting the politician who has made antisemitic comments about Jews, referring to their “hook noses” and an “instinctive sense of money”
By Jewish News Reporter
January 11, 2019, 12:55 pm
The young leader inspiring the community to look beyond its own backyard
Cambridge student George Rosenfeld is heading Social Responsibility Week (SRW), but it's not without 'resistance' from some quarters
By Jewish News Reporter
May 23, 2018, 6:02 pm
OPINION: The intersectionality of anti-Semitism
University of Cambridge student Shlomo Roiter Jesner reflects on an anti-Israel protest that occurred last week over Gaza
By Shlomo Roiter Jesner
Working at the laboratory
December 14, 2017, 5:10 pm
British-Israeli stem cell research projects awarded £1.5 million in funding
Four projects join the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange programme (BIRAX) helping to tackle degenerative diseases
Turing at Bosham in 1939 with two Jewish refugee boys he rescued from Nazi Germany (Rex Shutterstock)
October 24, 2017, 12:44 pm
Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing saved two Jewish refugees
World War Two genius who helped Britain crack Germany's 'impenetrable' code rescued Jews from the clutches of Nazi Germany
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Palestinians next to the West Bank security barrier that separates them from Israel
October 23, 2017, 4:32 pm
Cambridge Arabic students can no longer study in Palestinian territories
Israeli authorities' limitations on visa renewals forces university students to avoid taking their year abroad in the West Bank
By Jewish News Reporter
David Irving
August 9, 2017, 3:45 pm
Petition urges Manchester Uni to remove books by Holocaust denier David Irving
More than 3,000 people have called on the university to take the controversial author's material off library shelves
Cambridge University
November 28, 2016, 9:33 am
Anti-Semitism ‘cover up’ claim rejected by Cambridge University
Two pupils claim they were violently attacked and the results of an investigation into the incident were concealed
By JTA
Malia Bouattia
May 17, 2016, 2:55 pm
Anti-Zionist NUS president faces mass exodus
Votes to disaffiliate at Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick, Worcester, Hull, Leicester, Loughborough and Salford – and Nottingham and King’s College could follow suit.
Anita Brookner
March 15, 2016, 11:05 am
Booker prize-winner Anita Brookner dies aged 87
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