BIU, Eastern Virginia Medical Schools Launch Exchange Program
Navigating effective ways to provide high quality community healthcare services to patients at risk, both in America and northern Israel, is among the major learning insights of students participating in More...
Bar Ilan’s Dr. Elie Holzer Awarded National Jewish Book Award
Bar Ilan University in Israel’s Dr. Elie Holzer, of the Churgin School of Education, will receive the prestigious 2014 National Jewish Book Award for his work “A Philosophy of Havruta: Understanding More...
Bar Ilan Archeologists Discover Ancient Golan Heights Synagogue
Israeli archaeologists from Bar Ilan University uncovered a Roman era synagogue in that country this past week. The find was made in the town of Magdala in the Golan Heights. Sometimes it seems like there will More...
Hungary Acknowledges Own Jewish Geniuses, Frames Scientific Cooperation with Israel
The Hungarian-Israeli Scientific Society was formally established at Bar-Ilan University this week to promote scientific cooperation between the two countries. Bar-Ilan University President Professor Daniel More...
Reporter Says AP Banned Interviews with Pro-Israel Professor
This report was originally published by The Jewish Press In a wide-ranging piece that covers mostly old ground in a new way and for a new audience, former Associated Press journalist Matti Friedman reveals More...
New Shmittah App Helps Jews Avoid Sin during Sabbatical Year
Israel has entered the year of Shmita, the Sabbatical year in which the land may not be farmed according to the Tora, and Jews around the world may not know what Israeli produce that was harvested anyway More...
Bar Ilan U. to Honor Pope Despite Arab Complaints
Bar-Ilan University President Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz is set to award the school’s highest honor, Award of Distinction, to Pope Francis at a ceremony in the Vatican today. The Palestinians are, More...
Michael Shvo Raises $240 Million for Greenwich Street Condo Tower
Israeli born real estate developer Michael Shvo has managed to raise the $240 million that he needed for his new development, a Manhattan condominium tower, through the issuance of equity and debt, More...
Toby Moskovits Picks Up East Williamsburg Site for $29 Million
Toby Moskovits’ Heritage Equity Partners has acquired a development site in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn for $29 million. The 2.3 acre development site is located at 191-231 Moore Street, bounded More...