Israel’s higher education system is becoming increasingly integrated into the international academic community. This process has many positive aspects but also dangerous ramifications. One of those ramifications is the growing rift between scholars and the local society and culture.
The gathering was attended by researchers and officials in the higher education system who discussed the erosion of the status of the Hebrew language in the Israeli academic world. They also discussed the special, and even more fragile, state of Arabic in Israel’s academe.
The symposium was organized by Dr. Ofri Ilani , Polonsky Academy Fellow.