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Dr. Beena Kalisky:
Nanomagnetism – A Big "Draw"
The study of magnetism on the nanoscale is a hot topic for technologists hoping to create new materials for use in super-miniaturized electronic devices. But according to BIU alumna Dr. Beena Kalisky – a new faculty member in the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA) who recently returned to Israel after completing postdoctoral research at Stanford University – another cool thing about nanomagnets is their potential for use in medicine. And that’s something that this brainy recruit – who usually focuses on the nanoscience underlying the properties of advanced materials – enjoys putting her mind to. Read more ...
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Prof. Moshe Bar:
A Unique Educational Approach
Prof. Bar – whose undergraduate training in electrical engineering, Masters in computer science, and PhD in cognitive psychology make him a “poster child” for multidisciplinary science – says that the education received by Gonda Center graduate students is unlike anything available anywhere else in the world. “We require our incoming students to pass courses in subjects including mathematics, physics, computer science, cell biology, neurochemistry, cognitive psychology, and language, to ensure that everyone is equipped to see the big picture,” he says, adding that this approach gives students from a variety of backgrounds the ability to work effectively with their colleagues.
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Avrohom Shimon Tendler:
Preserving Israel’s Past for Our Future
While growing up in Monsey, NY, Avrohom Shimon Tendler never imagined that one day he would be an excavation supervisor for the Israel Antiquities Authority, safeguarding material culture and other vestiges of by-gone millenniums. But since August 2011, the Bar-Ilan MA candidate in the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology has been overseeing salvage excavations at construction sites for new highways and neighborhoods – since there’s no telling where artifacts may turn up in a country richly steeped in history. Read more ...
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Josh Weixelbaum:
Garnering Awards and Diplomatic Expertise
From the outset of his BIU academic career, Josh Weixelbaum has been making a name for himself as he adeptly “represents” eminent global figures and wide-ranging views. The US-born undergrad, who is enrolled in BIU’s new English-language BA Social Science Program, is an influential member of the Bar-Ilan Model UN Society, which is under the auspices of the Dean of Student’s Office and the School of Communication. Read more ...
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David Keller:
Creating the Right Chemistry Between Science and Judaism
Imagine if you could coat the windows in your home, or even your car, with a very thin layer of solar cells that could convert the energy of the sun into electricity. Such technology could be ubiquitous and cheap. And it's being research at Bar-Ilan with the help of David Keller, a third-year student in chemistry and part of the University's influential Program for Honors Scholars. Read more ...
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Shira Finson:
Helping People Understand Each Other
With the ever-increasing need for Israel to make its actions clear to an often hostile world, Shira Finson decided that being a translator would be an important way to give back to her country while making a respectable living. Being part of Bar-Ilan’s prestigious Program for Honors Scholars has helped Shira pursue her career choice. Read more ...
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Boris Krasniansky:
At the Frontlines of Improving Social Media
If Facebook is the future, then Boris Krasniansky is on the frontlines, as he studies for a degree in information science with the help of Bar-Ilan’s Program for Honors Scholars, which targets the most outstanding students on campus. Now in his second year, Krasniansky has been focusing on understanding – and improving – how social media is used. Read more ...
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Oriya Ben-Yosef
Striving to Improve Ethics in Economics
When the global financial crisis hit in 2008, many people began to wonder how the world got to this point. Where were the principled, moral leaders in the financial world who should have steered clear of shady business dealings and greedy deals? Oriya Ben-Yosef plans to stand at the forefront of his generation’s leaders who will strive to improve ethical standards in the field of economics. Read more ...
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Oryan Hass
Effectively Communicating the Case for Israel
In today’s politically charged and media-dominated environment, a good lawyer must also be a polished communicator. Oryan Hass, a student in Bar-Ilan’s Program for Honors Scholars, is poised to be an expert in both. The program encourages its scholars to take courses in multiple departments and Hass has taken full advantage of the opportunity, studying law as her major while completing a parallel certificate in communication studies. Read more ...
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Keren Fait
Probing the Inner Psyche
“As an IDF ‘Conditions of Service’ Officer, I encountered so many soldiers with different life stories that it made me wonder how the human mind works – how is it that one person who grew up in a dysfunctional family (e.g., whose parents are drug addicts or in prison) wants to be close to home to help his family, while another just wants to get away and make it on his own? Where do people get the mental resources that help them cope?”So explains 27-yearold Keren Fait about her decision to major in Psychology. Read more ...
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Hagai Diamandi
Synergizing Tradition and Excellence
For much of his 24 years, Hagai Diamandi has sought to mesh tradition with excellence. As a youngster, he participated in BIU science activities for gifted youth; as a teen, he attended a demanding Torah-and-Technology high school in Jerusalem. Later, he combined Hesder Yeshiva studies in the southern development town of Yerucham with Israeli military service. As an IDF tank commander charged with training new recruits, he provided an exemplary model of dedication to the State of Israel and concern for the individual, with his officers commending his leadership qualities, self-discipline, dedication, diligence, values, and high potential.”Read more ...
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Anatoliy Popchuk
From Reshit to Breishit: Jewish Enrichment at a Beit Midrash for All
Two years ago, when Ukrainian-born Anatoliy Popchuk commenced undergraduate studies at Bar-Ilan University, he joined an innovative basic Jewish learning venture in BIU’s Ludwig and Erica Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studies to “deepen his understanding of Jewish values and tradition.”Read more ...
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Jonnie Schnytzer
Articulating Israel’s Side of the Story
As an articulate advocate for Israel, MA candidate Jonnie Schnytzer is actively working to upgrade Israel’s global image and challenge efforts to delegitimize the Jewish State. He is Regional Executive of StandWithUs (SWU) – an international education organization that ensures that Israel’s side of the story is told on campuses, in communities and the media around the world. Read more ...
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Dr. Daniel Barkan
From NYC to the Galilee
For someone accustomed to working amidst the urban bustle of New York City, the transition to the pastoral hills of northern Israel – where Bar-Ilan University’s new Medical School is located – might seem like entering another world. But moving between worlds is a natural for Dr. Daniel Barkan, a Jerusalem-trained physician who is leaving New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to become a member not only of the first incoming cycle of new faculty, but also the Medical School’s first expert in clinical microbiology. Read more …
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Dr. Hava Gil-Henn
Moving Medical Science Forward
Movement is an important theme in the life of Dr. Hava Gil-Henn, and not just because she is moving back to Israel after eight years at Yale, or because she is an expert on how cells move from place to place within the body. It’s because Dr. Gil-Henn – an award-winning researcher who trained at Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute – actually began her career as a professional dancer. Read more …
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Dr. David Karasik
From the Old Into the New
After making his professional home at Harvard Medical School for the past eleven years, Dr. David Karasik – a specialist in the genetics of aging – is looking forward to coming back to Israel, joining BIU’s School of Medicine and improving health care for the Galilee’s elderly. But Dr. Karasik is also looking forward to having a positive impact on youth, by helping to build a vibrant community where Israelis can live, raise their families and realize their personal dreams.
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PhD Candidate Yinihun (Harel) Pinchas:
"When I registered for my doctoral studies at Bar-Ilan, I was so excited that I could hardly fill out the forms. To think that I, who was once an illiterate Ethiopian shepherd boy, would be pursuing a PhD and davka at this fine Israeli university!
"As a child, I had a dream to learn," reminisces Yinihun (Harel) Pinchas, who attended "shepherd's school" instead of kindergarten while growing up in Gonder, Ethiopia. Only at the age of 12, after arriving in Israel "on the wings of eagles" as part of the 1984 "Operation Moses," did he commence his formal schooling and finally learn to read and write.
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Clinical Psychology Intern Dr. Rivka Shopen:
"BIU's Student Counseling Center provides quality professional services and is one of the most sought-after venues for internships in Israel."
"At Bar-Ilan, the students' well-being is a chief focus. The University invests considerably in affording them a pleasant learning environment and the faculty is eager to help them derive the maximum from their studies. This is how I felt as a student and it's also my perception now as an intern in the Student Counseling Center."So notes Dr. Rivka Shopen, who obtained her BA, MA and PhD degrees in Clinical Psychology at Bar-Ilan and is now midway through her three-year internship at the Center, which is housed in the Maria Finkle & Ruth Rackman Student Counseling Building on campus. Read more ...
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NMR Expert, Dr. Jordan Chill:
“Bar-Ilan has a young and vibrant scientific community that is rapidly growing and making a real impact.”
“BIU, today, is definitely a force to be reckoned with in the experimental sciences, with BIU researchers assuming leading positions on the national scene. The massive investment in new faculty, equipment and infrastructure is beginning to bear fruit.” Read more …
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Veteran BIU Educator, Dr. Margalit Marmonczik:
"They are all my 'children' – all 400 converts whom I have taught since establishing the conversion study institute at BIU 24 years ago."
"I wanted to facilitate the arduous conversion process for sincere converts in Israel through eliminating unnecessary hassles and providing a more personal approach,"says Dr. Margalit Marmonczik, reflecting upon her decision in 1986 to launch an independent conversion study institute at BIU under the auspices of the Office of the Campus Rabbi. I was already teaching at the University and I felt that Bar-Ilan, with its Zionist and traditional Jewish orientation, was the right place for this important enterprise." Read more … |
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PhD Candidate and Machon Scholar, Alon Manor:
“Looking retrospectively, the time I spent here was one of the best periods in my life. Combining Torah studies with advanced science degrees has been very meaningful.”
As an outstanding Bar-Ilan Doctoral Fellow in Physics who spends 25 hours each week learning at the Ludwig and Erica Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studies (the “Machon”), Alon Manor was an ideal choice to address “Nitzotzot” – Bar-Ilan’s pathblazing Presidential Forum for Torah and Science Innovations. Read more … |
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PhD Candidate Frieda Amitai:
"Bar-Ilan is the very proof of the theory that a supportive and caring environment serves as a major factor for success."
"I came to Bar-Ilan University because it is the only academic institution in Israel that offers Translation Studies on the graduate level," says BIU Barbara and Fred Kort Doctoral Fellow Frieda Amitai. Read more …
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MIT Israel Intern Matt Bieniosek:
"Bar-Ilan University has great research facilities and a faculty that welcomed me."
"During my summer internship at Bar-Ilan's School of Engineering, I gained knowledge in a field I really didn't know much about beforehand," recounts MIT graduate Matthew (Matt) Bieniosek, who served as a research assistant to BIU Prof. Joseph Bernstein -himself an MIT alumnus. Prof. Bernstein is Founding Director of the Center for Reliable Electronic Systems at Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with Israeli industry. Read more … |
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Returning Scientist Dr. Tamar Juven-Gershon:
"I'm excited to conduct research at Bar-Ilan University. I look forward to stimulating years of teaching and training the next generation of scientists, alongside breakthrough discoveries."
"While interviewing for a faculty position in Israel, I was impressed by the emphasis that Bar-Ilan University has given to the life sciences,"recalls Returning Scientist Dr. Tamar Juven-Gershon, who joined BIU in Fall 2009. One can feel the positive momentum – the recruitment of many new faculty members and significant investment in equipment and infrastructure."Read more ...
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Israeli Combat Veteran Simon Dicapua:
“At BIU I have broadened horizons – meeting new people, encountering diverse outlooks while acquiring a firm grounding in virology, genetics and molecular biology.”
“It’s great to learn at Bar-Ilan University,” declares Israeli army medic Simon Dicapua. Having served in volatile Gaza and along the tense Syrian border, the IDF combat veteran is currently in hot pursuit of a BA degree in Biotechnology from Bar-Ilan – Israel’s fastest growing academic institution. Read more … |
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Senior Teacher and Choral Director Dr. Laya Silber:
"I consider myself very fortunate to be an integral part of BIU's most unique music department – the only one in Israel that combines performance, composition and clinical work with research."
"One of my most memorable moments in teaching was when a student jumped out of his chair in the middle of an ear-training lesson and exclaimed, 'I heard that!' Whether in a classroom or a concert hall, there is usually a moment when the student registers the whole picture, comprehending the point of all the short exercises and applying them to his total musical experience. It is that moment when you feel you have created a musician."Read more ...
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MA Candidate and Research Center Coordinator Rivka Weinberg Hindin:
“One by one, I and each of my three sisters have moved to Israel and found a home here. All of us have chosen to study at Bar-Ilan University and made it our first destination following our aliya from Canada.”
Rivka Weinberg Hindin is very much at home on the Bar-Ilan University campus. Everyone that we have encountered has been nothing but warm and wonderful,”she enthuses. Read more … |
