{"id":277,"date":"2024-04-14T08:34:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/?p=277"},"modified":"2024-05-27T07:31:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T07:31:14","slug":"campus-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/2024\/04\/14\/campus-recruitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Recruitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-277\" data-postid=\"277\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-277 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-parallax-bg=\"desktop\" data-css_id=\"okzo100\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_okzo100 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_5kk0100 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"oqdo610\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_oqdo610 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_bc4c610 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_lrjj826    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeInDown\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">University War-Related Initiatives<\/h5>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3olg100    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeInDown\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Campus Recruitment<\/strong><\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_dyek52   tb_text_dropcap wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-tf-animation_delay=\"0.4\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">In the weeks and months following the October 7th attack, Bar-Ilan students, faculty, and staff harnessed their resources and expertise to help those affected by\u2014and those fighting\u2014Israel\u2019s war for survival.<\/h6>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_eq46723 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_tog5723 first\">\n                    <!-- module video -->\n<div  class=\"module 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-->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_bwk7275   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Cultivating Hope<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Agricultural Volunteerism<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To keep farms throughout the country alive after thousands of foreign agricultural workers left Israel\u2014and thousands of Israeli agricultural workers were called into the reserves\u2014Bar-Ilan\u2019s Human Resources Department and Worker\u2019s Committee, together with the School of Sustainability and the Environment and the Office of the Campus Rabbi, organized dozens of groups of student and staff volunteers to harvest their produce. The bounty was then sold at a series of campus farmer\u2019s markets, held near the Mintz Hall memorial for those who were murdered on October 7th.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"1j1x794\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_1j1x794 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-none tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_jugv794 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_nazi213   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Treating Trauma<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Emotional and Psychological Support<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within days of October 7th, the Department of Psychology\u2019s Danielle Sonnenfeld Clinic and Institute for Trauma and Loss Therapy, the Maria and Joel Finkle Psychological Services Unit, The Louis &amp; Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, and the Program for Visual Art Therapy established a hotline for emotional support staffed by 140 Bar-Ilan volunteers from the fields of psychology and social work. The hotline handled nearly 2,000 calls from members of the Bar-Ilan community, along with their friends and families. The school\u2019s academic staff also volunteered to provide free-of-charge therapeutic interventions\u2014both in person and virtually\u2014to individuals, families, soldiers, and even entire communities who survived the Hamas attack, were evacuated from their homes, or suffered from war-related PTSD. Researchers also offered free training for more than 450 IDF mental-health officers in identifying and treating PTSD.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, a number of school lecturers volunteered in key positions of national influence. Dr. Yael Shoval Zuckerman and Prof. Sarah Friedman, for example, were members of the Ministry of Health\u2019s National Commission on Post Trauma, and Shoval Zuckerman\u2014in the framework of her service in the IDF reserves\u2014assisted the team that treated released hostages. Dr. Tsuriel Rashi was also appointed deputy head of the Diaspora Affairs Ministry\u2019s Public Diplomacy Campaign.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_vf78681 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_hzry637   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Raising Spirits<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Lectures for the Public<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Recognizing that Jewish texts and philosophy have always served as a source of comfort for Jews in times of suffering and distress, the <strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty of Jewish Studies<\/strong> offered a series of public lectures throughout the fall that addressed issues of faith, bereavement, and national isolation by means of different angles and thinkers in Jewish history. Lecturers included Prof. Dov Schwartz, the Israel Prize winner and scholar of the philosophy of Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik, and Prof. Miron Isaacson, the poet, author, and Chair of the <strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph and Norman\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Berman\u00a0Department of Hebrew Language and Literature.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with the Faculty of Jewish Studies, lecturers from across the University offered lectures open to the public\u2014and available on Bar-Ilan\u2019s YouTube channel\u2014on topics that responded to national concerns and needs. Called \u201cCoping Together,\u201d the series included a lecture by Prof. Rivka Tuval Mashiach on personal and national trauma; Prof. Einat Metzl on creative methods for coping with grief and anxiety; Prof. Motti Neiger on coping strategies in times of emergency; Dr. Gal Yavetz on the dangers of fake news on morale; and Dr. Aluma Reiss on lessons in resilience from the world of conflict mediation.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"z065808\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_z065808 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_4ekf809 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_j6bx691 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1730\" src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1948\" title=\"Hostages Garden1\" alt=\"The dedication of the Garden of Returning Hostages, with (from left to right) Prof. Noa Vilchinksy, Vice Rector Prof. Arie Reich, Chief Marketing Officer Naama Gat, President Prof. Arie Zaban, Prof. Eitan Okun, and Department Manager-Deputy Vice President of Marketing Avital Haruv.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-2048x1384.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                        <div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n            The dedication of the Garden of Returning Hostages, with (from left to right) Prof. Noa Vilchinksy, Vice Rector Prof. Arie Reich, Chief Marketing Officer Naama Gat, President Prof. Arie Zaban, Prof. Eitan Okun, and Department Manager-Deputy Vice President of Marketing Avital Haruv.        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-caption -->\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_wy5w352   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Showing Solidarity<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>War-Commemoration Events<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the fifth night of Hannukah, the Bar-Ilan community came together to spread light amidst the darkness at an event to commemorate the murdered and the fallen and pray for the safe return of the hostages. The event featured Prof. Eitan Okun of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong> and the <strong>Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center<\/strong>, who spoke about his experiences battling Hamas terrorists on October 7th; Prof. Noa Vilchinsky of the <strong>Department of Psychology<\/strong>, who discussed the role of volunteerism in building personal and organizational resilience; and students who served in the IDF\u2019s reserve forces, who shared the challenges of returning from military duty to student life. At the event\u2019s close, community members were invited to plant 136 yellow snapdragons and chrysanthemums\u2014some of which were purchased from nurseries in the South\u2014in the Garden of the Returning Hostages, a symbol of hope and a call for the captives\u2019 swift return. dedicated to the hostages\u2019 return. Finally, on the seventh night of Hannukah, the <strong>Department of Music<\/strong>\u2019s Alumni Choir performed for evacuees at Jerusalem hotels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To mark 100 days of war and the hostages\u2019 captivity, Bar-Ilan held events on both the Ramat Gan and Safed campuses to honor the University\u2019s fallen soldiers, pray for the safe return of the hostages, and derive strength from a strong and resilient community. After hearing speeches from Rector Prof. Amnon Albeck and Dean of the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine Dr. Orly Avni; personal stories from relatives of the hostages; and songs and poetry from guest artists, University students, faculty and staff released one yellow balloon for each of the remaining captives.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top gutter-none tb_col_count_2 tb_iv5s305\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_qukc305 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_2v4u98 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1953\" title=\"Commemoration Event\" alt=\"people waving Israel flags\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_kpdf305 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_ptg2212 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1952\" title=\"Honoring Bar-Ilan Fallen\" alt=\"memorials candles\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"oqbm798\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth tb_oqbm798 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-none tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_s307798 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_4lya357   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Protecting Rights<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>The Legal Clinics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The Faculty of Law<\/strong>\u2019s Legal Clinics, whose staff of more than 30 faculty graduate students provide free or low-cost legal assistance to disadvantaged populations, focused its efforts in the months since October 7th\u00a0on advising those directly affected by the war of their rights and protections under the law. Applicants included evacuees who were unable to make it to their places of work and individuals left without work because of their employers\u2019 situation. Clinics\u2019 staff also collaborated with Israel\u2019s National Insurance Agency and Tax Authority to help applicants pursue their claims effectively.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_bm5y798 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_0xdq385   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Closing Gaps<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>The Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the wake of October 7th, nearly half a million Israelis\u2014among them families whose loved ones were murdered, injured, or abducted\u2014struggled to obtain key medical, emotional, and logistical services on account of their lack of Hebrew. To help them secure needed services, the <strong>Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies<\/strong>, under the direction of Drs. Michal Schuster and Tanya Voinova, launched an emergency hotline that offers interpreting services in 11 languages, including Arabic, Russian, Amharic, Tigrinya, Portuguese, and Yiddish. Incoming calls were directed to an interpreter in the required language, and the interpreter stayed on the line throughout calls with relevant assistance providers.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University War-Related Initiatives Campus Recruitment In the weeks and months following the October 7th attack, Bar-Ilan students, faculty, and staff harnessed their resources and expertise to help those affected by\u2014and those fighting\u2014Israel\u2019s war for survival. Cultivating Hope Agricultural Volunteerism To keep farms throughout the country alive after thousands of foreign agricultural workers left Israel\u2014and thousands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-war-response","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">University War-Related Initiatives<\/h5>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Campus Recruitment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">In the weeks and months following the October 7th attack, Bar-Ilan students, faculty, and staff harnessed their resources and expertise to help those affected by\u2014and those fighting\u2014Israel\u2019s war for survival.<\/h6>\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wd6N1gH-mIY[\/embed]\n[video src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Agricultural-Help.mp4\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"][\/video]\n<h2>Cultivating Hope<\/h2> <h3><strong>Agricultural Volunteerism<\/strong><\/h3> <p>To keep farms throughout the country alive after thousands of foreign agricultural workers left Israel\u2014and thousands of Israeli agricultural workers were called into the reserves\u2014Bar-Ilan\u2019s Human Resources Department and Worker\u2019s Committee, together with the School of Sustainability and the Environment and the Office of the Campus Rabbi, organized dozens of groups of student and staff volunteers to harvest their produce. The bounty was then sold at a series of campus farmer\u2019s markets, held near the Mintz Hall memorial for those who were murdered on October 7th.<\/p>\n<h2>Treating Trauma<\/h2> <h3><strong>Emotional and Psychological Support<\/strong><\/h3> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within days of October 7th, the Department of Psychology\u2019s Danielle Sonnenfeld Clinic and Institute for Trauma and Loss Therapy, the Maria and Joel Finkle Psychological Services Unit, The Louis &amp; Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, and the Program for Visual Art Therapy established a hotline for emotional support staffed by 140 Bar-Ilan volunteers from the fields of psychology and social work. The hotline handled nearly 2,000 calls from members of the Bar-Ilan community, along with their friends and families. The school\u2019s academic staff also volunteered to provide free-of-charge therapeutic interventions\u2014both in person and virtually\u2014to individuals, families, soldiers, and even entire communities who survived the Hamas attack, were evacuated from their homes, or suffered from war-related PTSD. Researchers also offered free training for more than 450 IDF mental-health officers in identifying and treating PTSD.<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, a number of school lecturers volunteered in key positions of national influence. Dr. Yael Shoval Zuckerman and Prof. Sarah Friedman, for example, were members of the Ministry of Health\u2019s National Commission on Post Trauma, and Shoval Zuckerman\u2014in the framework of her service in the IDF reserves\u2014assisted the team that treated released hostages. Dr. Tsuriel Rashi was also appointed deputy head of the Diaspora Affairs Ministry\u2019s Public Diplomacy Campaign.<\/p>\n<h2>Raising Spirits<\/h2> <h3><strong>Lectures for the Public<\/strong><\/h3> <p>Recognizing that Jewish texts and philosophy have always served as a source of comfort for Jews in times of suffering and distress, the <strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty of Jewish Studies<\/strong> offered a series of public lectures throughout the fall that addressed issues of faith, bereavement, and national isolation by means of different angles and thinkers in Jewish history. Lecturers included Prof. Dov Schwartz, the Israel Prize winner and scholar of the philosophy of Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik, and Prof. Miron Isaacson, the poet, author, and Chair of the <strong>Joseph and Norman\u00a0<\/strong>Berman\u00a0Department of Hebrew Language and Literature.<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with the Faculty of Jewish Studies, lecturers from across the University offered lectures open to the public\u2014and available on Bar-Ilan\u2019s YouTube channel\u2014on topics that responded to national concerns and needs. Called \u201cCoping Together,\u201d the series included a lecture by Prof. Rivka Tuval Mashiach on personal and national trauma; Prof. Einat Metzl on creative methods for coping with grief and anxiety; Prof. Motti Neiger on coping strategies in times of emergency; Dr. Gal Yavetz on the dangers of fake news on morale; and Dr. Aluma Reiss on lessons in resilience from the world of conflict mediation.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Hostages Garden1\" alt=\"The dedication of the Garden of Returning Hostages, with (from left to right) Prof. Noa Vilchinksy, Vice Rector Prof. Arie Reich, Chief Marketing Officer Naama Gat, President Prof. Arie Zaban, Prof. Eitan Okun, and Department Manager-Deputy Vice President of Marketing Avital Haruv.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hostages-Garden1-2048x1384.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/> The dedication of the Garden of Returning Hostages, with (from left to right) Prof. Noa Vilchinksy, Vice Rector Prof. Arie Reich, Chief Marketing Officer Naama Gat, President Prof. Arie Zaban, Prof. Eitan Okun, and Department Manager-Deputy Vice President of Marketing Avital Haruv.\n<h2>Showing Solidarity<\/h2> <h3><strong>War-Commemoration Events<\/strong><\/h3> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the fifth night of Hannukah, the Bar-Ilan community came together to spread light amidst the darkness at an event to commemorate the murdered and the fallen and pray for the safe return of the hostages. The event featured Prof. Eitan Okun of the <strong>Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences<\/strong> and the <strong>Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center<\/strong>, who spoke about his experiences battling Hamas terrorists on October 7th; Prof. Noa Vilchinsky of the <strong>Department of Psychology<\/strong>, who discussed the role of volunteerism in building personal and organizational resilience; and students who served in the IDF\u2019s reserve forces, who shared the challenges of returning from military duty to student life. At the event\u2019s close, community members were invited to plant 136 yellow snapdragons and chrysanthemums\u2014some of which were purchased from nurseries in the South\u2014in the Garden of the Returning Hostages, a symbol of hope and a call for the captives\u2019 swift return. dedicated to the hostages\u2019 return. Finally, on the seventh night of Hannukah, the <strong>Department of Music<\/strong>\u2019s Alumni Choir performed for evacuees at Jerusalem hotels.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To mark 100 days of war and the hostages\u2019 captivity, Bar-Ilan held events on both the Ramat Gan and Safed campuses to honor the University\u2019s fallen soldiers, pray for the safe return of the hostages, and derive strength from a strong and resilient community. After hearing speeches from Rector Prof. Amnon Albeck and Dean of the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine Dr. Orly Avni; personal stories from relatives of the hostages; and songs and poetry from guest artists, University students, faculty and staff released one yellow balloon for each of the remaining captives.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Commemoration Event\" alt=\"people waving Israel flags\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Commemoration-Event-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Honoring Bar-Ilan Fallen\" alt=\"memorials candles\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Honoring-Bar-Ilan-Fallen-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n<h2>Protecting Rights<\/h2> <h3><strong>The Legal Clinics<\/strong><\/h3> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The Faculty of Law<\/strong>\u2019s Legal Clinics, whose staff of more than 30 faculty graduate students provide free or low-cost legal assistance to disadvantaged populations, focused its efforts in the months since October 7th\u00a0on advising those directly affected by the war of their rights and protections under the law. Applicants included evacuees who were unable to make it to their places of work and individuals left without work because of their employers\u2019 situation. Clinics\u2019 staff also collaborated with Israel\u2019s National Insurance Agency and Tax Authority to help applicants pursue their claims effectively.<\/p>\n<h2>Closing Gaps<\/h2> <h3><strong>The Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies<\/strong><\/h3> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the wake of October 7th, nearly half a million Israelis\u2014among them families whose loved ones were murdered, injured, or abducted\u2014struggled to obtain key medical, emotional, and logistical services on account of their lack of Hebrew. To help them secure needed services, the <strong>Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies<\/strong>, under the direction of Drs. Michal Schuster and Tanya Voinova, launched an emergency hotline that offers interpreting services in 11 languages, including Arabic, Russian, Amharic, Tigrinya, Portuguese, and Yiddish. Incoming calls were directed to an interpreter in the required language, and the interpreter stayed on the line throughout calls with relevant assistance providers.<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":90,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3219,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/3219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presidentreport.biu.ac.il\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}