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Promote Jewish diversity within unity – opinion

The High Holy Days are an opportunity to recalibrate approaches to Zionism, including the idea that it merely signifies a physical domain

An ultra-Orthodox man blows a shofar ahead of Rosh Hashanah in Mea She’arim in Jerusalem in August
Excavations at the Tell Qana archaeological site in Hod Hasharon, on behalf of Bar-Ilan University and the Israel Antiquities Authority, August 30, 2026.

‘Healing through restoration’: How Israel’s hidden dig site builds community out of archaeology

Israelis seen walking down Mahane Yehuda market, in Jerusalem, April 9, 2026

Moovit unveils new function to maximize walking, 'biohacks' based on Bar-Ilan University research

A pregnant woman is seen holding her stomach in front of foliage (illustrative)

Living near green spaces can reduce long-term stress during pregnancy, Israeli-led study finds


BIU Medicine Faculty to open new six-year MD degree program

Prof. Chaim Putterman, acting dean of the Azrieli Faculty, said that “the goal is to train as many doctors as possible here in Israel" amid a medical staff shortage.

 Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in Safed.

120 Israeli academics launch petition in support of government's judicial reform

The initiative was supported by Professor Yisrael Aumann, who spoke at the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee sessions on the reforms.

 Likud Head MK Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with MK Yariv Levin during a vote for the new Knesset speaker at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 13, 2022.

Ukraine war insights from Russian, Georgian students in Israel

In 2008, Western countries came to Georgia’s aid in the end, and they are now gathering for Ukraine. May Ukraine liberate itself soon and restore its autonomous freedom.

 Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meet outside 10 Downing Street in London on February 8, 2023.

Israeli scientists shed light on mysterious matter jets in space - study

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan have re-examined the data and now apparently solved the puzzle.

 An example of a pulsar, a neutron star emitting beams of electromagnetic radiation (Illustrative).

Can the brain compete with advanced artificial intelligence systems?

Artificial intelligence stems from human brain dynamics, but brain learning is restricted in a number of significant aspects compared to deep learning.

Artificial intelligence

Students across Israel protest against judicial reform, 4 arrested

At the same time, right-wing organization Im Tirtzu organized counterdemonstrations in support of the government's plans.


Israeli researchers develop promising new blood cancer treatment

The technology has now been licensed to Immix BioPharma for further development and commercialization.  


Israel to launch national research institute for energy storage

The institute will help work towards reaching Israel's goal of zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 – a goal established in light of the ongoing climate crisis.

  A 55-MEGAWATT solar power plant in Israel's south.

Israeli effort to study medieval Hebrew manuscripts gets European funds

Tens of thousands of these have already been gathered from collections worldwide and digitally imaged and curated by the National Library of Israel's KTIV collection.

 1738 holiday blessings and prayer book from Bavaria in Ashkenazic writing.

Israeli universities find oldest instance of fire use to cook food

Before the findings, which detail a 780,000-year-old discovery, the earliest evidence of fire being used to cook food was from 200,000 years ago.

 Prehistoric peoples preparing a fish over a bonfire (illustrative).