Ancient papyri found on the Elephantine Island in Egypt document the life, customs and character of the Jewish community that once existed there. In honor of Passover, Prof. Yigal Levin, head of Bar-Ilan University’s Multidisciplinary Department of Jewish Studies, discusses the Jewish community in “Yeb”, and talks about the ancient "Passover Letters" found there.

The Sir Naim Dangoor Centre for Universal Monotheism in the Faculty of Humanities hosted a festive conference marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Israel.

Bar-Ilan University welcomed dozens of Russian-speaking youth who recently graduated from high school and immigrated to Israel. The group, ranging in age from 17-20, is currently participating in the Jewish Agency's SELA program, which facilitates the study of Hebrew, history and culture of Israel in addition to assisting them with all matters related to the psychometric exams needed to enroll in Israeli academic educational settings.

Rabbi Chaim Navon of the Midrasha, at BIU’s Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studies, writes about Passover’s uniqueness.

A digital vision test designed by Bar-Ilan University researchers Prof. Uri Polat and Prof. Yossi Mandel, together with Dr. Eran Schenker, Chief Medical Innovation Officer at the Israel Aerospace Medicine Institute, will be one of the scientific experiments to be conducted at the International Space Station as part of the "Rakia" mission with Israel’s second astronaut, Eytan Stibbe. The technology is based on a unique application and will be used to test astronauts' vision in space after exposure to microgravity conditions.

A new anthology, entitled Gender, Creation, Myths and their Reception in Western Civilization and edited by Prof. Lisa Maurice, of the Department of Classical Studies, and Prof. Tovi Bibring, of the Department of French Culture, has just been published by Bloomsbury Publishing.

A long-term, cohort study led by researchers at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University and Ziv Medical Center in Safed has produced further insight regarding the interplay between COVID-19 infection and vaccination in providing protection over time.

Congratulations to Prof. Shimon Weiss, of Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Physics and UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry and Physiology departments, on winning the Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics for outstanding scientists in the field of "Physical Principles of Biological Systems".