Protecting the Ozone Layer
September 16 is “International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer”. Its purpose is to limit the production and use of substances that caused the ozone hole
Susy Grid
The Jewish Calendar
The Jewish calendar, which begins from Rosh Hashana in the Hebrew month of Tishrei, is part of the common foundation of our spiritual and material life as a people. Prof. Ely Merzbach explains how it works
The Jewish Calendar
Calendars are always based on astronomical manifestations of the sun (like the civil Gregorian calendar we use) or of the moon (like the Muslim calendar) because they are cyclical, fixed and may be observed. The Jewish or Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, synchronizing the holidays with the seasons and the moon phases. Prof. Ely Merzbach, of the Department of Mathematics at Bar-Ilan University, discusses the calculations and considerations that have shaped the Hebrew calendar for some 1,100 years.
Overcoming Bilingual Language Impairment
Meet Dr. Carmit Altman, a researcher at Bar-Ilan University's Faculty of Education, co-founder of the "Impact Center for Multilingualism and Multiculturalism," and a member of the international research and information organization Bilingualism Matters.
The World’s Largest Particle Accelerator
On September 10, 2008, the world’s premier particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), was inaugurated at the CERN Center in Switzerland. Dr. Olga Girshevitz, of the Bar-Ilan Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), explains why the particle accelerator is such a powerful tool.
חברות ואוטיזם, היתכן?
האם אנשים המאובחנים כאוטיסטים מסוגלים ליצור חברות? עם פרופ' נירית באומינגר צביאלי מהפקולטה לחינוך.
Sept. 5 International MBA Open House
The International MBA program at Bar-Ilan University is hosting a virtual open house on September 5 at 7:00 PM Israel time (12:00 PM EDT).
Bar-Ilan's IMBA program is a 15 month program taught entirely in English. The next class begins March 2023. The program teaches a wide range of professional skills, including entrepreneurship, global management, finance and marketing.