News and Events

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...

"We are greatly concerned for all of Israel, and for our family, friends, Bar-Ilan students and colleagues - especially those who live in the South – as we know that many of them will be called to...

In September, Bar-Ilan's BESA Centre welcomed researchers and experts from RUSI (Royal United Services Institute) and Exeter University for a strategic dialogue on modern warfare. Discussions...

Adjusting perceptions, beliefs and behaviour to different situations was found to protect teachers from post-traumatic symptoms, in a study by Prof. Einat Levy-Gigi, a psychologist &...

Mazel tov to Dr Yael Shapira from Bar-Ilan's Department of Linguistics and English Literature on receiving an Israel Science Foundation (ISF) grant for her research focusing on a forgotten author...

Plans for a new Jonathan Sacks Institute were revealed last Thursday (7/9/23) at an exclusive event organised by BFBIU. Hosted by best-selling children’s cookery author, Annabel Karmel MBE, in her...

Bar-Ilan President, Prof. Arie Zaban, has called on Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, to stop the destruction of the foundations of the State of Israel. In his...

Gaming was used to break negative thinking patterns in a research by Prof. Moshe Bar from the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Centre at Bar-Ilan. Prof. Moshe Bar has discovered a way to use...

This summer 28 students have participated in the 12th Annual Summer Science Research Internship Program, a Bar-Ilan-Yeshiva University initiative, mentored by Israel's finest scientists. From Hong...

A team of Bar-Ilan researchers has pioneered a cutting-edge approach to diagnosing and treating brain cancer. Through the use of gold nanoparticles, this innovative method allows for targeted...

A study at the BIU Department of Psychology in collaboration with Hadassah Ein-Karem medical centre, focuses on stillbirth, and aims to support the mental resilience of women after trauma. The death...