Bar-Ilan University and its Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee have launched an emergency crowdfunding campaign for the purchase of 200 compact portable ultrasound devices to be used by IDF soldiers and medical teams in combat areas. These innovative devices will help diagnose critical injuries at the front, for effective prioritization and evacuation.

Each device costs $4,000. Any amount can be donated toward the purchase of the devices on the secure website.

Following the security events in Israel, Bar-Ilan University has launched a hotline for mental support. Line 03-5318811 will be operated by mental health professionals, and will be available to students, faculty members and the general public over the current week.

The line will be active between 8.10 and 13.10, during the hours of 08:00-22:00 on weekdays, and 10:00-14:00 on Friday.

Operating hours may change - please follow updates on our website and social media.

Howard Jacobson was a close friend of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l and, during the evening, recounted the many conversations they had together on a whole host of different topics. To the audience’s delight, he went on to share the story of Rabbi Sacks officiating his wedding - and dancing with his best man, Melvyn Bragg.

Mor Shapira has been a lecturer in the Department of Arabic at Bar Ilan University, and a researcher at MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute) since 2019. She speaks 10 languages (Hebrew, English, Arabic, Persian, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese and Swedish). Previously, she served in the 8200 IDF special intelligence unit, and later held a classified position at the Israeli Prime Minister's Office for a decade.

Dr. Yoni Slater, a socio-organizational psychologist and post-doctoral researcher at Maastricht University in the Netherlands and at Bar-Ilan University (as part of an interdisciplinary research group on voluntary compliance led by Prof. Yuval Feldman), serves as a lecturer at the ultra-orthodox campus of BIU.

"I believe there is no field with greater impact on our social environment than social-organizational psychology," says Slater. “This field deals with life itself, which is why its potential impact is so great."

Revital Peled is an outstanding 2012 graduate of Bar-Ilan University's Graduate Program in Organizational Consulting. In recent years, Revital has returned to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology as a lecturer in organizational consulting and social psychology.

Revital also serves as the Co-CEO of Shorashim, a company focusing on consulting and organizational development. Shorashim supports change and growth processes for business, social and public organizations, in fields as education, health, finance, high-tech, and more.