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E-Focus on Bar-Ilan
A Tradition of Excellence at a Glance | |
| Israel Progressing in Public Diplomacy
by Prof. Gerald Steinberg
 For years, Israel's supporters around the world (and many Israelis) have cringed at the poor performance of government officials in the media, and the general failure in fighting the propaganda wars. While the importance of "public diplomacy" has been recognized by the United States and its allies in Iraq and Afghanistan, the responses in Jerusalem have been slow, to be charitable, until recently. Prof. Gerald Steinberg
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Zalevsky Receives International Prize and Distinguished Medal
 When his parents left Russia in 1979 to immigrate to Israel, Zeev Zalevsky was only eight years-old and nobody could have foreseen what was to come. Today, the impact of the work of the 37-year old Bar-Ilan University Professor of Electro-Optics has been clearly seen by the international scientific community as he receives the 2008 ICO Prize & Abbe Medal.
Prof. Zeev Zalevsky
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| The Second Revolution in Gender Studies
by Prof. Tova Cohen
 In 1990, the late Prof. Dafna Izraeli initiated and led what deserves to be termed the first revolution in gender studies, when she established the Gender Studies Program for advanced degrees at Bar-Ilan University. Having earned recognition in Israel and abroad as a center for excellence and research, we launched the second revolution with a unique program in Israel combining theoretical learning with social activism.Prof. Tova Cohen
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| Legal Aid Program Passes Knesset Bill
by Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari
 The Legal Aid Program at Bar-Ilan University's Rackman Center for the Advancement of the Status of Women has managed to pass a bill in the Knesset requiring the Rabbinical Courts to keep written records of all their proceedings. Until now this matter was not regulated by law, but only through non-binding procedures which most rabbinical courts did not follow. |
| We've Moved!
After many memorable years serving the community from our Decarie Square location, our Eastern Canada office packed up its bags and headed to downtown Montreal.
The new office is located at 1980 Sherbrooke Street West, suite 460. Montreal, QC. H3H 1E8.
If you'd like to come by and say hello, please call 514-731-7893 or email montreal@cfbiu.org to arrange a convenient drop-in time. We hope to see you soon. | |
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Gerald Steinberg in Canada
"Paying for the Propaganda War Against Israel:
Europe, Canada and Jewish Organizations"
Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation.
613 Clark Avenue West
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"Human Rights, Politics and the Arab-Israeli Conflict"
Monday, September 8, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Holy Blossom Temple 1950 Bathurst Street, Toronto
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A Middle East Survival Guide
by Prof. Mordechai Kedar
Looking at the Arab reactions to the recent prisoner swap between Israel and Hizballah, it transpires that our enemies understand us better than we understand our own self-liquidation process.
Israeli time runs on a different watch than its enemies. An average Israeli government serves three years. With such a short time frame, a government wants to make an impact and unfortunately operates under a sense of pressure that the other side quickly recognizes.
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