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Europe remembers its murdered Jews, but does it listen to living ones? - opinion

Jewish life in Europe was never only a story of loss, and it is not one today. Israel cannot replace the Jewish Europe that disappeared.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dealing with a US president who is personally, emotionally, and politically invested in his fate. Trump has never hidden his view that Netanyahu should be pardoned. Here, the two stand together in the Knesset, during Trump’s October visit.

Trump’s endorsement of Netanyahu is unlikely to sway Israeli voters or US-Israel ties - opinion

Jewish worshippers pray for forgiveness during Selichot prayers at the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, northern Israel, on September 3, 2026, ahead of the Jewish New Year.

High Court challenges law excluding women from Israel's Chief Rabbinate elections

Shahar Nevo, Bar-Ilan University math professor who formed a terror cell with the intention to carry out attacks.

Shahar Nevo's double life as Bar-Ilan math professor accused of plotting massacre - explainer


Many students fighting in Gaza in dire economic situation – survey

Almost half of the university students from Israel’s periphery (46%) cannot afford to pay tuition for their academic studies, a new survey by Israeli Channel 13 has found.

 University president Prof. Arie Zaban visits students serving as reserve soldiers

Israelis' consumption of war-related news varies by demographic

Bar-Ilan poll illustrates that a third of Israeli Arabs see social media as their most reliable source for war-related information, while most Israeli Jews see the IDF spokesman as most reliable.

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Israeli research could save people in Africa from deadly disease

Israeli breakthrough made in the development of a drug to treat sleeping sickness that could also work against the Leishmania parasite that affects Israel.

 The Cryo-EM structure of the T. brucei ribosomes showing the position of H69 where the Pseudouridine modification was deleted, and the position of the ribosomal protein eS12 that was dislodged as a result of this perturbation.

Bar-Ilan students are on the front line. Here’s how the university has their backs

University launches fundraising campaign to help support student soldiers.

 University president Prof. Arie Zaban visits students serving as reserve soldiers

Israeli IDF reservists handed NIS 2,000 university scholarships

The University of Haifa joins two others in awarding scholarships to students who went on reserve duty.

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Bar-Ilan U. grants students who are in IDF reserve duty emergency funds

A NIS16 million emergency fund was announced to assist a third of the 20,000 students who've been drafted into reserve duty.

 Israeli reserve soldiers seen during a military training in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on October 29, 2023

Dozens of interpreters assisting Israeli citizens, residents to overcome language barrier

The Emergency Interpreting Call Center at Bar-Ilan University is providing language interpreting in 10 languages.

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Two Bar-Ilan University researchers receive NIS 14m. in grants

Chirality is fundamental across many different hierarchies of nature and is studied in different fields of biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering.

 Dr. Shahar Alon.

Israel's Declaration of Independence is a worthy document, not a billboard - opinion

On Israel’s Declaration of Independence

A copy of the Declaration of Independence hangs from the Brain Research Building on the Bar-Ilan University campus.

Has music streaming made music less enjoyable? - studies

A number of studies from Israel's Bar-Ilan University have analyzed the modern music streaming ecosystem and how it impacts music collection and enjoyment.

 An illustrative image of modern music streaming.