Bar Ilan University

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Bar Ilan University, Israel’s fastest growing university, has been committed to combining top-notch academics with elite Jewish life and studies options. Research in fields such as engineering, health sciences, natural sciences, humanities, business, brain sciences, sustainability, and desert studies.

English Language Degrees

🎓 Communications & English Literature (BA)

🎓 Communications & Political Science (BA)

🎓 Computer Science (BSc)*

*Computer Science is a multilingual program. In this program, the first 1 or 2 years are in English and include Ulpan (Hebrew language) classes and then students transition into Hebrew-language tracks.

🎓 English Literature (BA)

🎓 Law (LLB)*

*Law is a multilingual program. In this program, the first 1 or 2 years are in English and include Ulpan (Hebrew language) classes and then students transition into Hebrew-language tracks.

🎓 Life Sciences (BSc)*

*Life Sciences is a multilingual program. In this program, the first 1 or 2 years are in English and include Ulpan (Hebrew language) classes and then students transition into Hebrew-language tracks.

🎓 Linguistics (BA)

🎓 Linguistics & English Literature (BA)

🎓 Multidisciplinary BA in Jewish Studies

🎓 Double Major in Multidisciplinary Jewish Studies and English Literature

🎓 Psychology and Multidisciplinary Jewish Studies: Collaborative Program with Yeshiva University

When enrolling in the Liberal Arts Program, students have the choice to specialize in four out of eight specialized study tracks: Digital Culture and Communication, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Data Science, Literature, Philosophy, Jewish and Israel Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and Psycholog
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JLIC Directors

Rabbi Nadav and Yaffy Newman

Nadav and Yaffy Newman arrived at the Bar-Ilan campus from Jerusalem with their son Pe’er Yisrael. They have lived in 2 countries and have backpacked a smidge in Europe and a lot in South America. Between them they are passionate about woodworking, learning from others, travel and having guests over! They care deeply about the future of Jews all over the world and strongly believe in the need of community and supporting that actively. Nadav was born and raised in Maale Adumim, Israel. He studied at Yeshivat Bnei David Eli for a couple years before and after going off to...
Rabbi Nadav and Yaffy Newman

Nadav and Yaffy Newman arrived at the Bar-Ilan campus from Jerusalem with their son Pe’er Yisrael. They have lived in 2 countries and have backpacked a smidge in Europe and a lot in South America. Between them they are passionate about woodworking, learning from others, travel and having guests over! They care deeply about the future of Jews all over the world and strongly believe in the need of community and supporting that actively.

Nadav was born and raised in Maale Adumim, Israel. He studied at Yeshivat Bnei David Eli for a couple years before and after going off to the IDF where he served in an elite combat unit as a solider, commander and then officer for over 4 years. He is currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science at Machon Lev while studying in Mizrachi’s Musmachim Smicha program. Nadav loves playing & watching spots and watching documentaries.

Yaffy hails from Hollywood, Florida where she lived for the first 18 years of her life until moving to Israel. She studied Gemara and philosophy at Nishmat before doing Sheirut Leumi at Shaare Tzedek Hospital in both the surgery and then maternity wards. She worked at the RRG Beit Midrash program at Hebrew University as admin and running chaburot. And most recently was the Eim Bayit at Michlelet Mevasseret Yerushalayim (MMY). Yaffy is a big fan of any type of novel and photography.

Your Voices

From The Families

“JLIC gave me a comfortable place to land and get situated when I made aliyah and introduced me to people who became my best friends.”
“I felt like I was able to go to an Israeli University because I had an Anglo community to rely on.”
"JLIC has made it easy to find a community and through it a sense of belonging. This has helped to build a stable, secure, and supported life in Israel."
“Bar-Ilan offers the perfect balance of academic challenge and support. The bilingual computer science program gives me the tools to succeed while helping me integrate into Israeli life. Plus, the community here—especially through JLIC—makes it feel like home.”
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