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Bar-Ilan University Online Newsletter
Newsletter No. 3, June 2016

BIU Awarding-Winning Scholars Make Headlines

Yossi KatzTwo BIU academicians recently received prestigious prizes. Prof. Yossi Katz, an expert in historical geography, was awarded Israel’s highest accolade; and Jewish History Prof. Adam Ferziger won the 2015 National Jewish Book Award.

Israel Prize Winner

Prof. Yossi Katz of BIU’s Department of Geography and Environment, and Chair for the Study of the History and Activities of the Jewish National Fund, was awarded this year’s Israel Prize in Geography, Archaeology and Land of Israel Studies. The prize committee noted that Katz is an internationally renowned expert in historical geography, and his research has direct and significant implications for national ownership of land in the State of Israel and for the assets of Holocaust victims. “The importance of his research does not apply only to the ivory tower of the academic sphere but also to the practical sphere,” wrote the committee.

“What motivated my work was the sense that we must profoundly rediscover the Zionist enterprise and the settlement of the land of Israel,” says Katz. “Historical depth provides a perspective for understanding the present.”

National Jewish Book Award

Prof. Adam Ferziger, of the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, is winner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award in the American Jewish Studies category.

Adam FerzigerIn Beyond Sectarianism: The Realignment of American Orthodox Judaism (Wayne State University Press), Ferziger traces a narrowing of the gap between the different streams of “committed Orthodox”, as first put forth a half century ago by the late BIU social scientist Charles S. Liebman, and an ultimate realignment of American Orthodox Judaism. Recent studies, including the 2013 Pew Survey of US Jewry, demonstrate that an active and strongly connected American Orthodox Jewish population is poised to grow in the coming decades. Ferziger’s book offers a reappraisal of this group from a historic, sociological and religious perspective.

“The overall picture is one of a more cohesive American Orthodoxy that defies the divisions of the past,” sums up Ferziger.

Also in this issue:

President's Message -
Sowing the Seeds and Gleaning the Fruits »

First Class of Doctors Graduates from School of Medicine

Bar-Ilan University's first graduating class of 48 medical students receives MD degrees from the School of Medicine in the Galilee. The 25 women and 23 men, including five Arab students, began their medical studies in universities abroad and returned home to Israel to complete the clinical component of their training.

read more »

Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis for Heart Attacks

Since joining BIU's School of Engineering in 2014, Dr. Amos Danielli is exploring new medical applications for the novel technology he developed, which can help shorten diagnosis time for heart patients

 read more »

 

Desalinated Water: A Health Hazard?

Underscoring the risk of consuming desalinated water devoid of magnesium, BIU Prof. Yona Amitai, a public health expert, recommends adding the mineral to drinking water in order to thwart fatal heart disease.

 read more »

 

Haredi Integration into Education and the Workforce

Enrollment is surging in Haredi academic programs designed to ease integration into the Israeli workplace. But the dropout rate is huge. This was one of the revelations at the recent BIU conference sponsored by BIU's Haredi campus that drew some 100 Haredi social activists, reps of academic and business institutions, Knesset members and media figures to gauge the status of Haredi integration into education and the workforce.

 read more »

 

Scholars and Sources:
Appreciating the Science Behind Miracles

Do miracles require a supernatural tour de force or are they often a matter of Divine "timing"? Chemistry Prof. Aryeh Frimer explores the phenomenon from a Torah and science perspective.

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