Conflict on Faculty Duties at Bar-Ilan U. May Portend Larger Fight at Israeli Universities

A labor dispute brewing at one of Israel's universities could have major national implications.

The faculty union at Bar-Ilan University has announced that its members will not adhere to the institution's new policy of assigning additional teaching duties to tenured lecturers who the administration says are not producing enough research.

A spokesman for the university, David Weinberg, said the policy was part of a broad-based

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