Each month, Bar-Ilan University hosts a variety of webinars, info sessions, and open days. We have a calendar on our website that will keep you informed about these events and provides a registration link for each one. Please visit our website calendar to find one that is suitable for your needs and feel free to get in touch with us for further information. You can also book a personal Zoom meeting with our representatives by clicking here. Our MSc in Physics Open Day was postponed from last month and will now be held on April 8, 2021. You can read about this event here. Read about our exciting lecture...

Message from Ofer Dahan, Executive Director, International School March was a busy month for Bar-Ilan University faculty and staff as we prepared for the next phase of learning on campus that will take place this month. On Monday, April 5, after the Passover holidays, we will welcome students once again for face-to-face, in-person learning in classrooms and laboratories combined with virtual lectures for those who can’t return to the university. Attendance on campus will now be possible for students with a Green Pass, which shows proof of vaccination, or a certificate proving recovery from the virus. You can read more...

Bar-Ilan University’s International School has been an active partner in Erasmus+ since 2014. This program is the European Union’s premier initiative to support education and training through various projects between the universities in partner countries. These include the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) or Student Mobility (exchange) program, Capacity-Building Projects (CBP), Strategic Partnerships, and more. Erasmus+ programs offer students and staff the opportunity to study and teach in higher education institutions abroad. Over the past seven years, Bar-Ilan University has sent or received more than 1500 participants to or from partner institutions across Europe, with an emphasis on those with...

As usual, February was a busy month with some exciting events taking place. We can’t tell you about everything, so we’ll just talk about two of the larger and more entertaining ones. Read More     

Bar-Ilan University’s International School will host an online panel discussion with medical experts from Bar-Ilan and Meuhedet Health Fund at its second annual Attachés Conference. The theme: Israel’s experience with and response to COVID-19, an unwavering vaccination strategy and its implementation, and a look at what lies ahead. Read More       Study in Israel: Bar-Ilan University – CHE Magazine: February 2021

Bar-Ilan University’s International School and the Department of Jewish Philosophy in the Faculty of Jewish Studies have launched a new Master of Arts in Jewish Philosophy, which will be taught entirely in English. The first program will start in October this year. The Department of Jewish Philosophy is devoted to the research and teaching of all fields of Jewish thought from the classical period until the writing of Jewish philosophy in modern times, including the study of Kabbalah and Chassidism. Special emphasis is put on the study and research of philosophical thinking, mystical contemplation, and interreligious relations. Why Study Jewish...

A well-timed trip to Israel in February 2020 has resulted in yet another successful collaboration for Bar-Ilan University (BIU), this time with Regent University (RU), a private Christian institution in Virginia Beach, Virginia, US. Shortly before the world changed so dramatically, faculty and some graduate students from RU’s Robertson School of Government were on a tour of the country. Part of this tour included a lecture given by Dr. Menahem Merhavy, an authority on Middle Eastern Affairs and a lecturer at BIU. After the tour, Dr. Merhavy reached out to Dr. Stephen Perry, RU’s Interim Senior Associate Dean in the Robertson School...

Bar-Ilan University has some exciting online events and webinars happening this month. There will be a variety of open days hosted by the International School and the various country representatives, including our first-ever Escape Zoom. Bar-Ilan University to Host Preeminent Scholar in Jewish Thought Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Jewish Thought will host the preeminent scholar of Jewish mysticism and Jewish thought today, Professor Elliot R. Wolfson from the University of California, Santa Barbara, for an intensive four-week course. The course, titled “Jouissance and the Suffering of God: Evil and Theopoetic Desire in Lurianic Kabbalah and Its Impact on Böhme, Schelling, Rosenzweig,...

Bar-Ilan University’s new “Online Hebrew Course for Beginners” got off to a successful start last week. The program, which is the first of its kind for the university, is being offered by the International School and the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages. The course started on November 25, 2020, and runs until June 2021. It is open to beginners from all countries, young and old. The second session will take place on Wednesday, December 2. We still have room for a few more students, but registration will close at 16:00 on Wednesday. You will need to catch up on...

Collaboration between universities has never been easier, and now more than ever, it has become customary to form global partnerships and foster relationships with other universities. Due to advances in technology and unhindered communication channels, universities are making the most of the opportunities to connect faculty and students in ways that were not as popular before the Coronavirus pandemic halted international travel. Bar-Ilan University has a strong history of successful collaborations. Not only are there more than 100 international academic research collaborations through 55 research centers, but the university also has numerous partnerships between its eight faculties or their individual...