Bar-Ilan University’s Prof. Elise Brezis, head of the Aharon Meir Center for Banking and Economic Policy, was asked for her opinion on this topic. Read More

Leaders are construed by young children as individuals whose position of power entails more responsibility, rather than more entitlement, relative to non-leaders, a new study finds. Important strides have been made in recent years in uncovering children’s knowledge about hierarchical social relationships. Much of these have focused on dominance, a hierarchy in which individuals defer to others out of fear or intimidation. Read More

A Bar-Ilan University study finds that the pandemic can echo past adversities and trigger amplified psychological reactions. Holocaust survivors have exhibited a wide range of emotional reactions to, and ways of dealing with, the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are dealing well with the current crisis while some experience considerable difficulties. The way they cope with the current crisis is largely derived from how they deal with their traumatic memories of the Holocaust. Read More

Israel’s deal with the United Arab Emirates affirming full normalization of relations between the two countries has been signed. Before the signing last month, Joshua Teitelbaum of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan was cautious at the time, saying that each side is interpreting the deal differently. Read More

Message from Ofer Dahan, Executive Director, International School The start of a new year is always exciting and fun. New beginnings, new plans, new experiences… all come together as a clean slate, a fresh opportunity to take charge and make a change. The past eight months have been like a rollercoaster ride for all of us, no matter where in the world we live, work or study. No one has escaped the effects of the global pandemic that is COVID-19. We really are all in the same boat. And in a corner of this boat, Bar-Ilan University’s International School is...

Being Jewish in Israel is not difficult. As the Jewish state, there are many options for students of all streams of Judaism throughout the country. Many students seek a university that meets their academic ambitions while simultaneously accommodating their Jewish lifestyle. Bar-Ilan University is one of them. The university traditionally and uniquely combines cutting-edge scientific research with education steeped in Jewish values and social responsibility. In partnership with the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (OU-JLIC) and World Mizrachi, Bar-Ilan also enables religious Jewish students to have an off-campus, home-away-from-home experience. Mizrachi-JLIC helps young men and women thrive and observe key aspects...

Applications for the Azrieli Foundation’s International Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research at Bar-Ilan University in 2021 are now open! The scholarships are available for Postdoctoral researchers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), Humanities and Social Sciences. Ideal candidates will have an excellent academic track record and the potential to perform groundbreaking research, alongside an intellectual curiosity that transcends their field of study. They will possess a character that facilitates scientific and societal leadership, promoting change. The Fellowship is open to candidates who have received, or will receive, their PhD degrees at a recognized university in the EU or EFTA states...

Project Raphael, a novel social incubator for improving health in disadvantaged regions, is the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine’s flagship community initiative, aiming to create academic-community partnerships to define and address the region’s most pressing health needs. Project Raphael offers local community and health organizations an opportunity to define the most pressing problems in their communities, and to develop creative solutions. Read More

The city of Nazareth has been severely hit by the coronavirus with many of the city’s medical staff testing positive or being put in quarantine after exposure to confirmed patients. Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine has developed a platform that allows it to fulfill the needs of Nazareth when dealing with the coronavirus, all while teaching and training students. Read More

Microfluidic chips that simulate human tissue enable us to conduct medical experiments in ways that could not have been even imagined only a few years ago. Two leading Israeli researchers report from the turbulent Israeli front line of the global ‘organ-on-a-chip’ sector. Read More