Dear Friends and Partners of Bar-Ilan, We find ourselves in a period unprecedented in our lifetimes. The Coronavirus has impacted all of our lives, and Bar-Ilan University has not been immune. Our primary concern has been to do whatever is possible to protect 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...
Inheriting the Trauma of Genocide By Susan Pinker Feb. 21, 2019 The Wall Street Journal A century ago, we called it shell shock—the legacy of trauma that wrought havoc on the bodies and minds of some World War I veterans. Today, when survivors of terrible events...
Spanning cultures and centuries, ageism, or age discrimination, pushes older adults to society’s margins and often affects health. Two prominent BIU experts, Prof. Liat Ayalon and Prof. Ehud Bodner, examine this age-old challenge that is ever so relevant today....
As a certified family and couples therapist in her native Nazareth, and a lecturer and Dean of Students at Sakhnin Academic College, Dr. Amal Fahoum-Taha is an agent of change in Israel’s Arab sector. With a PhD in psychology from BIU and training in its...
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.
