"#YeshivaUniversity has received a transformative $10 million gift from #philanthropists Ann and Jeremy Pava to create the #PavaCenter for #Women’s #Torah #Scholarship, a groundbreaking initiative advancing high-level #Torahstudy for women across the #Jewish world.

The gift, inspired by the Pavas’ deep commitment to Torah #education and community building, marks a historic milestone in #Yeshiva #University’s enduring mission to empower women as #scholars and leaders in #Jewishlife.

“Our dream has always been to help women pursue Torah learning at the highest levels—because their voices and scholarship are essential to the Jewish future,” said Ann Pava."

https://www.yu.edu/news/featured/ann-and-jeremy-pava-establish-center-womens-torah-scholarship-yeshiva-university

"#Researchers in #Israel are hoping to make new discoveries about #Jewish #history by loading a digital database of #manuscripts stretching back a thousand years into a new #transcription tool that uses #artificialintelligence.

The #Cairo #Geniza, the biggest collection of #medieval Jewish documents in the world, has been the object of countless hours of study by #scholars for more than a century but only a fraction of its over 400,000 documents have been thoroughly researched.

Although the entire collection has already been digitized and is available online in the form of images, most of its items have not been catalogued, many are disordered fragments from longer documents, and only around a tenth have transcriptions.

By training an #AI model to read and transcribe the old texts, researchers will now be able to access and analyse the whole collection far more quickly, cross referencing names or words and assembling fragments into fuller documents."

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/vast-trove-medieval-jewish-records-opened-up-by-ai-2025-11-26/

"The result of fifteen years of research, #Merchants of Knowledge tells the story of the #multilingual and #transregional #Jewish #scholars who acted as a conduit between the powers through their commercial and intellectual connections.

A key thing to remember about these “merchants of knowledge,” said Morrison, is that while they were scholars, they came from families who were also involved in commerce. These commercial links are described in the book as “the scaffolding of #intellectual exchange.”

Furthermore, stressed Morrison, this exchange of #knowledge was expansive and went beyond Copernicus and #astronomy to cover fields such as #philosophy, #Qabbalah, #astrology, #medicine, and other branches of #science. Furthermore, these #merchants of knowledge, who were largely #Romaniot #Jews originating from the #ByzantineEmpire, belonged neither entirely to the eastern #Ottoman culture nor to the western #European tradition."

https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2025/11/intellectual-exchange-how-transregional-jewish-scholars-contributed-to-the-renaissance.html

"The #ShalomHartman Institute announces the launch of “Thoughts & #Prayers,” a new limited #podcast series that uncovers the complexity, beauty and struggle at the heart of #Jewish #prayer. In five episodes, the series invites listeners into a deep exploration of the relationship between #religion and modern life through the lens of #Jewishprayer.

Hosted by #rabbi, writer and educator Jessica Fisher, it weaves together personal stories, classical texts and conversations with leading #rabbis, #scholars and #educators. The series offers thoughtful, accessible entry points into prayer that open space for reflection, curiosity and renewed connection."

https://www.jns.org/wire/shalom-hartman-institute-launches-new-podcast-exploring-the-role-of-jewish-prayer/

Bookplate of Charles Davies Sherborn (1890).

Source: Wellcome Collection

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1a77d087-57af-4a8f-96db-27ffb49f954a

#victorian #books #scholars #flora #instruments #art #publicdomain

“Three prominent #U.S. #scholars are moving to the #UniversityofToronto, as the school embarks on a wave of talent attraction spurred in part by upheaval in the #postsecondary sector in the United States.” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...

U of T hires three top U.S. sc...

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From the Marketplace Podcast: how international library loans are getting caught up in all the tariff confusion.

https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/10/15/international-library-loans-are-getting-caught-in-the-tariff-confusion#international-library-loans-are-caught-in-tariff-confusion

#library #scholars

Chinese students and scholars have long made up the largest foreign scientific community in America, a major talent pool. The Trump administration has not made them feel welcome; can Beijing tempt them to return home? #china #students #scholars #emmigration

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0910/China-U.S.-research-science?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Chinese students and scholars have long made up the largest foreign scientific community in America, a major talent pool. The Trump administration has not made them feel welcome; can Beijing tempt them to return home? #china #students #scholars #emmigration https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0910/China-U.S.-research-science

🧐Why I filter NYT:

NYT Buries News Tt Experts on #Genocide Say #Israel Is Committing It
"declaration by “te world’s biggest academic assoc'n of genocide #scholars” (Reuters), was widely seen as significant news. Prominent US media sources like CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, NPR, AP, Time & Newsweek published stories on te #IAGS resolut'n.. But NYT, which has repeatedly come under fire for its bias against #Palestinians dur'g Israel’s 2-yr-long rampage in #Gaza, buried te news"
https://fair.org/home/nyt-buries-news-that-experts-on-genocide-say-israel-is-committing-it/

#Israel is committing #genocide in #Gaza, scholars' association says
🧐"The #world's leading genocide #scholars' #association has passed a #resolution saying tt te #legal #criteria hv been met to #establish Israel is committ'g genocide in Gaza.. 86% of those who voted among te 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars backed te resolution.. The resolution also states tt te #Hamas #attack on Israel tt precipitated te #war constituted #international #crimes"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3096868/israel-is-committinggenocidein-gaza-scholars-association-says

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“If a famous painting changed owners, if a precious manuscript was sold at auction, if an old palace burned down, if the bearer of an aristocratic name was involved in a scandal, the readers of many thousands of feature articles at once learned the facts. What is more, on that same day or by the next day at the latest they received an additional dose of anecdotal, historical, psychological, erotic, and other stuff on the catchword of the moment.”

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#additionalDose #anecdotal #aristocraticName #atTheLatest #bearer #book #burnedDown #catchword #changedOwners #ClassicAmericanLiterature #ClassicLiteratureFiction #Classics #erotic #facts #famousPainting #featureArticles #games #GamesFiction #GermanLiterature #germany #hermannHesse #historical #involvedInAScandal #learned #literaryFiction #magisterLudi #manyThousands #moment #nextDay #oldPalace #otherStuff #preciousManuscript #psychological #quote #readers #received #sameDay #Scholars #ScholarsGermanyFiction #soldAtAuction #TheGlassBeadGame

#CallForPapers for #OnlineConference: Thinking of the Children: #BookBans, #Censorship, and #Literature for Young People

For this online conference, organizers invite contributions from #scholars at all career stages, from #librarians and #archivists, and from #teachers at all levels, to consider #BookBanning and censorship of literature for young people, past and present.
#YALit #YA #Resist #CFP #Books

https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/02/thinking-of-the-children-book-bans-censorship-and-literature-for-young-people

Are #Trees the Key to #Protecting #Vulnerable #Neighborhoods? : Medium

In #Harvard’s #Archives, #British #Scholars find a lost #MagnaCarta : Wash Post

#Perseverance #Mars #Rover becomes 1st #Spacecraft to spot #Auroras from the surface of another world : Space.com

Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

Scholars from Japan, UK, US get awarded 2025 Kyoto Prize

(MENAFN) Three distinguished scholars from Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States have been awarded the 2025 Kyoto Prize, Japan’s highest private honor for global achievement, the Inamori Foundation announced on Friday. In th…
#Japan #JP #Kyoto #2025 #Awarded #collage #KyotoTopics #prize #scholars #school #student #teach #university #京都 #京都府
https://www.alojapan.com/1303959/scholars-from-japan-uk-us-get-awarded-2025-kyoto-prize/

https://www.alojapan.com/1303959/scholars-from-japan-uk-us-get-awarded-2025-kyoto-prize/ Scholars from Japan, UK, US get awarded 2025 Kyoto Prize #2025 #Awarded #collage #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoTopics #prize #scholars #school #student #teach #university #京都 #京都府 (MENAFN) Three distinguished scholars from Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States have been awarded the 2025 Kyoto Prize, Japan’s highest private honor for global achievement, the Inamori Foundation announced on Friday. In the field of Advanced Technology, Japanese…

In Alec Karakatsanis' #Copaganda book, he tell the story of how pro #police #scholars & #journalists have worked to conceal from the public estimates of #privatepolice from forces at #universities like #Harvard, to much of downtown #Detroit, to #DC metro, to smaller stuff like this #shooter.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist

🎧 Spotlight: https://www.metmuseum.org/en/perspectives/series/spotlight

— is a thought-provoking #podcast series from The Metropolitan Museum of Art that reexamines celebrated works from its collection through contemporary lenses. Each episode invites #artists, #scholars, and #cultural thinkers to explore a single #artwork, uncovering new interpretations and connecting it to broader themes such as #identity, power, and social justice.

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