Hebrew U. gender c'tee resigns to protest discrimination

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"Every year, half of the Ph.D. graduates are women. It is unthinkable that 55 of the recent senior faculty appointments have been men, and only 11 women," said committee chair Rachel Elior, a professor of Jewish thought. "Eleven percent of the professors are women, and 89 percent are men," she said.

Before the resignation, the committee's nine professors held a stormy meeting under the shadow of the sexual harassment affair involving Professor Eyal Ben-Ari.

Ben-Ari, a senior lecturer accused of sexual harassment by three former students, was arrested last week for allegedly forcing students and doctoral candidates to have sex in exchange for advancement and scholarships. Police have the names of seven students who were allegedly victimized by Ben-Ari ...

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