Bar-Ilan University

Grapevine, January 22, 2026: Who’s the real president?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Michal Herzog speaks at the Center for Family Medicine.
Graduates celebrate at a commencement ceremony at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which is fielding a growing number of inquiries from Americans interested in enrolling for college at the university in Beersheva, Israel.

Ben-Gurion University tops list of on-time graduates in Israel, new ranking reveals

Prof. Arie Zaban ,President Bar-Ilan University

Bar-Ilan President unveils vision to make Israel a global ''Health Nation' through innovation

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff speaks at the weekly rally at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, October 11, 2025.

Bar-Ilan University to confer honorary doctorate to Witkoff over hostages' release, peace efforts


What causes electricity breakdowns? BIU physicists find the cause in new study

The dependency between the power network and its communication system led to cascading failures and abrupt collapse.

An electrical substation.

Zehu Ze! comedy group set to receive honorary doctorate from Bar-Ilan U

The members of Zehu Ze! began performing together on the government broadcasting channel in 1978 and continued until 1998, then returning during the pandemic.

 ‘ZEHU ZE!’ actors Moni Moshonov, Dov Glickman, Shlomo Bar-Aba, Avi Kushnir and Gidi Gov appear earlier this year.

Academic faculty announce warning strike in universities across Israel

The strike on Monday will be followed by similar strikes in two or three universities per day throughout the rest of the week.

 Israelis walking in front of the entrance to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The famed Dershowitz family and a story of aliyah to Israel

Rabbi Prof. Zecharia Dor-Shav (Dershowitz) is a retired professor from Bar-Ilan University, an author and speaker, uncle to renowned US lawyer Alan Dershowitz.

 Zecharia Dor-Shav (Dershowitz) From New York to Jerusalem, 1969

The diversity-stability paradox: Israeli researchers solve 50-year-old puzzle

When the BIU team did the math, they found that this heterogeneity can fundamentally change the behavior of the system. Quite surprisingly, it actually enhances stability.

Bar Ilan University, engineering department

Israel judicial reform: Bar-Ilan University shamefully takes sides - opinion

The universities choosing sides in a political debate has the potential to be harmful to the faculty. We are in the throes of a labor dispute, our contract expired several years ago.

 Im Tirtzu student activists are seen waving Israeli flags in protest at Bar-Ilan University.

Archaeological study sheds light on the size of talmudic Passover eggs

In Talmudic times, eggs were much smaller than those of today’s hens, whose size increased due to the cultivation of breeds of chickens for eggs.

Prof. Zohar Amar with eggs from Pompeii, Italy (79 CE)

Israeli scientists find how pancreatic cancer spreads and kills - study

The new study, led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, opens the door to possible treatments for pancreatic cancer.

Cancerous cells forming a lump in the pancreatic tissue

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.