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.
The spark that started it all
Aaron Cohen grew up marvelling at the microscopic world. “The idea that entire multicellular organisms like humans develop from a single cell has always amazed me,” he says. That early fascination led him from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Princeton University, where he earned his degree in Molecular Biology and conducted stem cell research for his senior thesis.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has undergone a profound diplomatic transformation—none more striking than its evolving relationship with Israel. Once cautious and balanced in its approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, India has, over the past decade, emerged as a distinctly pro-Israel voice on the global stage. Yet, in a masterclass of geopolitical balancing, it has done so without alienating the Arab world.
The new facility, built in response to the significant growth in the number of medical students, will include 12,000 square meters of state-of-the-art learning spaces, an auditorium, an advanced library, and leisure areas including a gym and cafeterias. It will serve as a hub for advanced medical education and research.
“The most important Zionist project of our time”
