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How songs become memory: The role of music on Israel’s Memorial Day

“People need someone to resonate with what they feel. Songs help them not feel alone,” says Dr. Ayelet Dassa, a music therapist and researcher at Bar-Ilan University.

SGT. GADI Cotal.
Zoom school, March 12: ‘For young children, parents, and university stu dents, people are juggling many roles.’

Studying under fire: Israel's students navigate exams, sirens, daily life during Iran war

A YOUNG woman celebrates her birthday with a cake along the Tel Aviv beach promenade despite the ongoing war with Iran and missile fire toward Israel, March 5, 2026.

Israel ranks eighth in World Happiness Report despite war, young Israelis place third globally

View of the Nvidia Corporation offices at the Yokneam High-Tech Park, September 8, 2024.

Israeli team of BIU and NVIDIA researchers moves along with new AI technique


Grapevine, July 11, 2025: When the writer becomes the story

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 JERUSALEM POST Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein, who is one of a handful of Israeli journalists who have more than once been among the recipients of B’nai B’rith journalism awards, is interviewed by Yuna Leibzon.

June 22, 2025: Crisis response

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Israeli money bills.

Why I chose to join Israel by making aliyah, not just watch from afar - opinion

Many of them don’t know that they are eligible for Israeli citizenship. Even fewer realize what that could mean, not only for their personal identity but for Israel’s democratic resilience.

 ‘For the first time in my life, I realized: This is my country, and these are my people.’

Grapevine, May 23, 2025: They also see

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 AT THE ceremony celebrating the new Dahan Gate (L-R): Bar-Ilan U. President Prof. Arie Zaban, Dr. Zipora Schorr, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg, Shlomo Zohar, Bar-Ilan CEO and Senior Deputy President Zohar Yinon, and Rector Prof. Amnon Albeck.

Grapevine, May 11, 2025: It’s all academic

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: Sam Halabi, Liora Ofer, and Yona Yahav.

Grapevine, May 9, 2025: Bridges of hope

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY President Prof. Arie Zaban with Dr. Miriam Adelson.

New Israeli development PHARAOH reveals nature’s secret to healthy long life

The team used the name PHARAOH because they produced a transgenic mouse they named “Moses” that lives 30% longer than ordinary mice, due to having different genes.

THE LIFESPANS of mammals can help scicentist understand the mechanisms of healthy aging.

Bar-Ilan University researchers develop AI model to predict lightning-induced wildfires

Israel's most notorious wildfire was in December 2010 on Mount Carmel near Haifa. It spread quickly, consuming much of the Mediterranean forest covering the region.

 DR. OREN GLICKMAN.

Vision and innovation: The collaboration between Bar-Ilan University and Electra FM

Bar-Ilan University and Electra FM are launching a groundbreaking academic program in integrated asset management. Vision and Innovation: Collaboration Between Academia and Industry.

 On the right: Daniel Milo, CEO of Electra FM, and Zohar Yinon, CEO and Senior Vice President of the Bar-Ilan University

How will the return of Donald Trump affect Israel and the Middle East?

View the free digital report from the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University to learn how President Trump’s return may shape the global landscape.

 Donald Trump, US elected president