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How songs become memory: The role of music on Israel’s Memorial Day

“People need someone to resonate with what they feel. Songs help them not feel alone,” says Dr. Ayelet Dassa, a music therapist and researcher at Bar-Ilan University.

SGT. GADI Cotal.
Zoom school, March 12: ‘For young children, parents, and university stu dents, people are juggling many roles.’

Studying under fire: Israel's students navigate exams, sirens, daily life during Iran war

A YOUNG woman celebrates her birthday with a cake along the Tel Aviv beach promenade despite the ongoing war with Iran and missile fire toward Israel, March 5, 2026.

Israel ranks eighth in World Happiness Report despite war, young Israelis place third globally

View of the Nvidia Corporation offices at the Yokneam High-Tech Park, September 8, 2024.

Israeli team of BIU and NVIDIA researchers moves along with new AI technique


Israeli IDF reservists handed NIS 2,000 university scholarships

The University of Haifa joins two others in awarding scholarships to students who went on reserve duty.

 University of Haifa

Bar-Ilan U. grants students who are in IDF reserve duty emergency funds

A NIS16 million emergency fund was announced to assist a third of the 20,000 students who've been drafted into reserve duty.

 Israeli reserve soldiers seen during a military training in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on October 29, 2023

Dozens of interpreters assisting Israeli citizens, residents to overcome language barrier

The Emergency Interpreting Call Center at Bar-Ilan University is providing language interpreting in 10 languages.

 phone center

Two Bar-Ilan University researchers receive NIS 14m. in grants

Chirality is fundamental across many different hierarchies of nature and is studied in different fields of biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering.

 Dr. Shahar Alon.

Israel's Declaration of Independence is a worthy document, not a billboard - opinion

On Israel’s Declaration of Independence

A copy of the Declaration of Independence hangs from the Brain Research Building on the Bar-Ilan University campus.

Has music streaming made music less enjoyable? - studies

A number of studies from Israel's Bar-Ilan University have analyzed the modern music streaming ecosystem and how it impacts music collection and enjoyment.

 An illustrative image of modern music streaming.

Herzog presents Israeli-developed solar panel to US VP Kamala Harris

US VP Kamala Harris received an unusual gift from Herzog – a solar panel developed by researchers at Bar-Ilan University in recognition of her advocacy for environmental policy.

 Photo of the Bar-Ilan University solar panel gifted to US Vice President Kamala Harris by Israel’s President Isaac Herzog

Israel takes giant leap forward with magnetic sensors

The sensors can detect low-frequency magnetic fields smaller than 200 pico-Tesla, which is more than 200,000 times smaller than the earth's magnetic field. 

 Magnetic field produced by an electric current in a solenoid.

Cognitive flexibility moderates teachers’ stress - Bar-Ilan U study

A new study coming out of Bar-Ilan University argues that adaptability is the key to teachers avoiding excess stress in the classroom.

 Students sitting in a classroom in Israel.

Israeli researchers, colleagues prove there are six degrees of separation in social networks

A group of researchers from across the globe recently discovered that this magic of six degrees can be explained mathematically.

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