An Improbable Relic of Auschwitz: A Shofar That Defied the Nazis By Ralph Blumenthal Published Sept. 21, 2019 For years there have been fragmentary reports of almost unbelievable acts of faith at the Nazi death camps during World War II: the sounding of shofars, the...
Story courtesy the Jewish Jounal BY Kelly Hartog | Aug 21, 2019 Five years ago, the images that filled our television news screens were of the horrific executions perpetrated by the Islamic State (ISIS) against the Yazidis — a Kurdish minority living in northern Iraq...
Minister of Education Naftali Bennett announced on Sunday that Professor Shlomo Havlin has won the Israel Prize in the field of physics. The prize committee cited Prof. Havlin as “a pioneer in a number of fields in statistical physics and its implications for...
Lookstein Center Director Stuart Zweiter, far right, with, from left, Ambassador Ido Aharoni, Consul General of Israel in NY, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. What’s Up Israel is a...
Awards to be Presented on May 14th in Israel As it celebrates its 60th anniversary, Bar-Ilan University (BIU) has inaugurated the Presidential Award of Distinction. The University has chosen six Americans to receive this Award – Eli Hirmes, of Lawrence, NY and Bal...
An essential partner in Bar-Ilan University’s development, American Friends of Bar-Ilan University provides vital philanthropic support for one of the fastest growing institutions of higher education in Israel.
