Bar-Ilan University and Related Topics

Ramat Gan

City in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.

Diamond Exchange District also known as "The Bursa Area" of Ramat Gan

Ilan Ramon, first Israeli astronaut killed in Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

In 1961, the municipal area of Ramat Gan expanded eastward, to encompass the area that includes the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer and Bar Ilan University.

In the 18th century, as interest in the "curiosities" of the Jewish religion rose, some non-Jews had models of synagogues erected, furnished with a full array of Jewish books and ceremonial objects, and accessible to a broad public, constituting the world's first "Jewish museums." This title page is from a book by Moritz Wilhelm Christiani, which describes such a replica, owned by Georg Serpilius, a Christian Hebraist.

Jewish studies

Academic discipline centered on the study of Jews and Judaism.

Bar Ilan University - Centre for the study of philosophy, ethics and Jewish thought

Bar-Ilan University has the world's largest school of Jewish Studies; while

Max Jammer

Israeli physicist and philosopher of physics.

He was Rector and Acting President at Bar-Ilan University from 1967 to 1977.

Yigal Amir

Israeli right-wing extremist who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

The monument at the site of the assassination: Ibn Gabirol Street, between Tel Aviv City Hall and Gan Ha'ir

At the time of the assassination he was a law student at Bar-Ilan University.

American Modern Orthodox Rabbi, who held pulpits in major congregations and helped draw attention to the plight of Refuseniks in the then-Soviet Union and attempted to resolve the dilemma of the Agunah, a woman who cannot remarry because her husband will not grant a Get, the required religious divorce decree that would free her to remarry under Halacha.

He was President of Bar-Ilan University from 1977 to 1986.

Tzipi Livni

Israeli politician, diplomat, and lawyer.

Livni and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2009

Livni meets with President George W. Bush

Livni declares victory in 2009 elections

Livni upon assuming the role of Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset

Livni visiting a medical center in Ashkelon with members of Kadima

Livni touring the site of a kindergarten hit by bombs from Gaza

Livni and British Foreign Secretary William Hague

Livni, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat announce the resumption of peace talks

Livni at Pride event in Be'er Sheva, 2015

Livni began studying law at Bar-Ilan University in 1979, but suspended her law studies when she joined the Mossad in 1980.

Religious Zionists celebrating Jerusalem Day in Israel

Religious Zionism

Ideology that combines Zionism and Orthodox Judaism.

Religious Zionist pioneers found Kibbutz Ein HaNatziv, 1946

Bnei Akiva youth movement, combining Torah and work

Second-Lieutenant Asael Lubotzky, an IDF field commander during Second Lebanon War, prays with tefilin

Simchat Beit HaShoeivah at Mercaz HaRav. The participants are dressed as typical for Shabbat.

Shiur, Tel Aviv Yeshiva; the larger Kippot seen here, are more typical amongst Yeshiva students, and Hardal

MK Orit Strook; the head covering and the sleeves are typical for the more religious; see also the above picture of ulpana students, and the picture at top for the longer, looser skirts described

Rabbi Yehuda Henkin; a dark suit is typical for a Religious Zionist Rosh Yeshiva or other (senior) Rabbi, and for many on Shabbat

For degree studies, many attend Bar Ilan University, which allows students to combine Torah study with university study, especially through its Machon HaGavoah LeTorah;

Pinkhos Churgin

Pinkhos Churgin (Hebrew: ; 1894–1957) was an Israeli scholar who was the first President of Bar-Ilan University.

Meir Bar-Ilan

AnOrthodox rabbi, author, and Religious Zionist activist, who served as leader of the Mizrachi movement in the United States and Mandatory Palestine.

Bar-Ilan (standing, second from right) with members of his family.

Bar-Ilan with Sephardi chief rabbi Ben-Zion Uziel at a World War II memorial service in 1946.

Bar-Ilan University, founded in 1955, was named in his honour.

Yeshiva

Traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel.

A typical bet midrash – Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, Baltimore

Chavrusas in study – Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret

Morning seder, Or-Yisrael - a yeshiva founded by the Chazon Ish

Shiur in memory of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein at Yeshivat Har Etzion, a Hesder yeshiva

A depiction of Sura (from Beit Hatefutsot)

Volozhin yeshiva, “mother of the yeshivas”

Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, now a national monument

The Breslov Yeshiva in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.

Beth Medrash Govoha, Lakewood, New Jersey – largest yeshiva outside Israel.

"Cheder"-class in Talmud, Tel Aviv, 1946.

Gemara, the first page of tractate Rosh Hashanah

Chavrusas learning beki'ut, recording their summary of each sugya alongside its Mishnah

Cover of the first edition of Mesillat Yesharim.

Bar Ilan University allows students to combine Yeshiva studies with university study; Jerusalem College of Technology similarly, which also offers a Haredi track; there are several colleges of education associated with Hesder and the Midrashot (these often offer specializations in Tanakh and Machshavah – see below).