September 16 marks International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, which was first proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994, commemorating the date, in 1987, of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The purpose of marking this date is to limit the production and use of anthropogenic (man-made) chemical substances that caused the ozone hole.
On October 30, 1957, the draining of the Hula lake and swamp by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) was completed. The processes that have taken place since then are an important lesson in nature conservation. Dotan Rotem, a doctoral student in Bar-Ilan’s Department of Geography and Environment and a landscape ecologist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, briefly presents the story of the rare habitat.
At a ceremony celebrating ten years since its establishment in the heart of the northern Israeli city of Safed, the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University this week awarded MD degrees to 92 new physicians.
Following Operation “Am K’Lavi” and in line with Home Front Command guidelines, the university is updating its operations for the coming days:
Classes
Starting Sunday, all classes will move to Zoom. No in-person classes will be held on campus until further notice.
Lectures will be recorded and uploaded to course websites so that students who are unable to attend live will be able to catch up later.
Please follow announcements from your department, especially regarding special academic activities such as off-campus clinics or practicums.
Bar-Ilan’s Prof. Eliyahu Assis delivered “More than Words: Living Out Biblical Justice,” the first lecture in the Adam Cherrick & Bernard Cherrick Memorial Lecture Series. The lecture was free and open to the public, and is now available on the university’s website and the department's YouTube channel).
The drone patrolling the battlefield and transmitting live data. The algorithm detecting anomalies in intelligence streams. The sensor capable of identifying human presence behind walls. These are just a few real-world examples of Israel’s dynamic and fast-growing defense-tech industry—a well established yet innovative field that places cutting-edge technology at the forefront of national security, and uniquely integrates military, academia, and industry in ways rarely seen on a global scale.
In the first few weeks of the Iron Swords War, Dr. Gal Yavetz found himself doing exactly what he tells others not to do. A leading expert in emergency management and crisis communication, he was glued to the news, obsessively refreshing updates, unable to look away.
