Month: November 2023

During the first month of the war, Bar-Ilan has set up a hotline for emotional support, a school for evacuee children, free vision tests and glasses, an emergency fund to assist students, and much...

Elyashiv Nativ, a 3rd-year medical student at Bar-Ilan's Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, is currently a combat soldier serving in Northern Israel. Elyashiv lives in the Lower Galilee with his wife,...

Watch Bar-Ilan's Political Communications student, Gil Mentzer, send a message of hope and strength from the frontline.   SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS ON THE FRONTLINE - DONATE HERE

Following Hamas's attack, Israeli University Heads request global colleagues’ support, express concern over antisemitic sentiment and call for inclusivity, respect and protection for Jewish members...

A 31-year-old medical student serving as a combat medic in the war, Elisha Loev is about to complete his studies at Bar-Ilan's Faculty of Medicine. On October 7th, Elisha Loev, along with his...

To provide these grants, the University has set up a 12M NIS emergency fund for scholarships & benefits to students called up for IDF reserve duty. An additional 4M NIS fund has also been set up...

During this horrific time, we reflect on the Yom Kippur War and the impact it had at Bar-Ilan. When war broke out in October 1973, 30 Bar-Ilan students and faculty members were called to the front...

Bar-Ilan's Rackman Center has been working endlessly to help release the Israeli hostages held in Gaza and to raise awareness and document the atrocities committed by Hamas against Israeli women,...

To help children and their families deal with the current situation, Bar-Ilan is creating six Teddy Bear Resilience Centres, located throughout Israel. The Centres are based on Bar-Ilan’s hugely...

Bar-Ilan's Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies has opened a free telephone translation service for non-Hebrew speaking individuals trying to reach public institutions, emergency...

After 7th October, many residents of the south ran from their homes without their glasses or contact lenses. For soldiers, shrapnel, glass and other particulates in the eye can cause permanent...

Many Israelis are currently suffering disabling, even life- threatening, stress, trauma and anxiety. To this end, Bar-Ilan has launched a hotline for psychological support. Staffed by volunteer...