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The Canadian Friends of Bar-Ilan University (CFBIU), working in cooperation with the Global Development Office of Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel.

06/01/2026

In conversations with current and prospective donors, our CEO Randy Spiegel encourages a longer view - beyond the news cycle.

Programs and the positive impact those programs take years of dedicated effort, something a pause in funding can easily disrupt. The collective vital work of an institution like Bar-Ilan University must be viewed in decades, not weeks even or months.

Randy expands on his approach in his latest op-ed for eJewishPhilanthropy published in May. Link to the article in the comments.

05/27/2026

As part of his 2026 President's Report, Arie Zaban talks about the 1 million square feet of construction currently planned or underway.

Bar-Ilan University is building for the future: dormitories, department buildings and 95 new laboratories for researchers.

05/25/2026

Can aging be reversed? New research from Bar-Ilan University says: maybe.

Prof. Haim Cohen and doctoral students Ron Nagar and Zecharia Schwartz found that boosting a protein called SIRT6 in the livers of elderly mice restored their cellular "instruction manual" to a youthful state — 80% of age-related changes reverted within just one month.

The protein works by repairing chromatin, the packaging system that controls which genes are switched on or off. As we age, that system breaks down. SIRT6 puts it back in order.

The real breakthrough? This wasn't prevention — it was reversal. The mice were already old (equivalent to 70–80 in human years) when treatment began.

A company founded by the team, SirTLab, is now preparing for clinical trials targeting the human liver.

05/21/2026

Chag Shavuot Sameach from everyone at Canadian Friends of Bar-Ilan University.

A festival of first fruits and the gift of Torah - and a reminder that the pursuit of knowledge and values is at the heart of everything we support at Bar-Ilan University.

05/19/2026

A fair question we have received from donors: does disagreement with a government's foreign policy change how you support institutions in that country?

Our CEO Randy Spiegel takes it on in a new piece on philanthropy, geopolitics, and the long horizon of giving.

The short version: universities are not governments, and the work they do - training physicians, advancing research, teaching timeless values, opening doors for students of every background - moves in decades, not news cycles.

Pausing a gift doesn't pause policy. It pauses people.

We've linked the full piece in the comments.

05/13/2026

A Bar-Ilan University excavation at Tel ’Eton uncovered rare evidence of how Iron Age families cared for aging relatives.

Researchers believe an elderly couple lived on the home’s ground floor, where daily life and hospitality took place, while younger generations slept upstairs.

The discovery offers a new window into family life, respect for elders, and social roles in ancient Israel.

Read about it in Archeology Magazine. Link in the comments!

05/08/2026

Our next "Outstanding Personalities" webinar is on June 3rd at 12:30 PM and features Dr. Elai Rettig, a senior researcher at Bar-Ilan's Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.

Dr. Rettig will be discussing something that impacts all of us: energy. We'll discuss the politics behind power and why decisions made thousands of kilometres away affect prices, stability, and opportunities in everyday life.

Click here to save your spot: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4317782659676/WN_ZKTSoffJTcaHPtU48AnKQA

05/06/2026

The Times of Israel recently profiled dedicated International students at Bar-Ilan University who continue their studies despite the danger:

"Dr. Mulate Zerihun Workeneh, a doctoral student at Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine who comes from Addis Ababa, told The Times of Israel that after four years at the university, “This is like my second country, my second home.”

Workeneh is familiar with conflict — he has family in northern Ethiopia where civil war is raging — but had never experienced it firsthand before coming to Israel.

Workeneh says he has just completed his PhD in medical science at Prof. Nir Qvit’s lab, which designs peptide-based molecules to develop new treatments for cardiovascular diseases."

Read the full article in the comments.

04/28/2026

At Bar-Ilan University, discovery is not only about innovation, it is about understanding what it means to be human.

In a remarkable new study led by recent "Outstanding Personalities" webinar guest Dr. Alon Barash, researchers reconstructed the most complete known skeleton of a Neanderthal infant, offering a rare window into life some 55,000 years ago.

What they uncovered is both fascinating and humbling. From the earliest months of life, Neanderthals followed a distinct path, growing faster, developing differently, and adapting in ways that speak to resilience in a challenging world.

This research reminds us that the pursuit of knowledge connects generations across time, helping us better understand not only where we come from, but who we are meant to become.

04/24/2026

Some voices transcend their time. Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z”l was one of them.

This Tuesday, April 28th at 12:30pm EST, please join us for a special webinar featuring Dr. Miriam Feldmann-Kaye, who will guide us through Rabbi Sacks’s enduring legacy and explore how his teachings can help us navigate the moral and social questions of our time.

Click here to reserve your spot: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6117749784365/WN_wtKRj0GGS7GVphpt933Xug

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