Through a massive open online course (MOOC) on Jerusalem, Prof. Aren Maeir enables people around the world to engage with Bar-Ilan content and encounter—often for the first time—nuanced information about Jewish history.
A new campus center coordinates initiatives that promote resilience and mental well-being, for the Bar-Ilan community and broader Israeli society.
A new research institute promises to enrich scholarship on the Jewish-philosophical and ethical contribution to the universal challenges of today: climate, sustainability and technology.
Through courses, a leadership program, and a prize for outstanding achievement as a public intellectual, the Jonathan Sacks Institute is preparing exceptional Israelis to develop ideas that can shape the present and future of our nation.
By reconstructing lost musical compositions, a Bar-Ilan musicologist is enriching the world’s classical repertoire and restoring a soundscape that promotes Israeli unity.
By leveraging research into treatments that empower families to help members manage trauma, Bar-Ilan is creating ripples of resilience—and a culture of agency.
Balancing service, studies, and family responsibilities, Bar-Ilan reservists embodied that rarest of qualities: excellence on all fronts.
Bar-Ilan,
70 Years Strong
In a country known for its informality, Bar-Ilan ensures that its graduation ceremonies—whether in the 1960’s or at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in 2023—are seriously celebratory occasions, full of pomp and circumstance.

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