Project Raphael, a novel social incubator for improving health in disadvantaged regions, is the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine’s flagship community initiative, aiming to create academic-community partnerships to define and address the region’s most pressing health needs. Project Raphael offers local community and health organizations an opportunity to define the most pressing problems in their communities, and to develop creative solutions. Read More

The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine at Bar-Ilan University is in the midst of significant renewal and development. The land rights where an old Bezeq telephone company building was situated, a block from the current Azrieli campus in Safed, were purchased by BIU as part of the Faculty’s planned expansion. An Education Facility, to be constructed on the ruins of the recently-demolished building, will include 5,600 square meters of classrooms, laboratories, a state-of-the-art library, a gym, and an auditorium. Read More