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A4BGU CEO on Twenty-First Century Zionism

September 8, 2022

Tags: CEO Op-Eds, Leadership, Awards & Events

The Times of Israel —The days when people support Israel “just because” are mostly over. From disengaged Gen Z to
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NYTimes: Israeli Vineyards in Negev are the Future of Winemaking

September 7, 2022

Tags: Desert & Water Research, Negev Development & Community Programs, Sustainability & Climate Change

Desert winemaking ‘sounds absurd,’ but Israeli vineyards in Negev show the way to the future of viticulture in a changing climate.

JNS: BGU Medical Student is Israel’s 75,000th Oleh

August 24, 2022

Tags: Israel Studies, Culture & Jewish Thought, Medical Research

Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, co-founder and executive director of Nefesh B’Nefesh, said “every aliyah flight carries hundreds of inspiring olim who are fulfilling their dreams of making Israel their home."

Israel21C: Israel Uses Innovation to Combat Heatwaves

August 8, 2022

Tags: Desert & Water Research, Sustainability & Climate Change

BGU researchers are taking the lead through innovative solutions to help combat heatwaves and other effects of climate change.

Jerusalem Post: Greenhouse Gases Released Due to Permafrost

July 26, 2022

Tags: Natural Sciences, Sustainability & Climate Change

BGU researchers go from the Negev desert to the lakes of Alaska and discover an increase in greenhouse gas which could worsen global warming.

Detroit Jewish News: Beer-Sheva, Israel’s Innovation Capital

July 26, 2022

Tags: Homeland & Cyber Security, Negev Development & Community Programs, Robotics & High-Tech

“The innovation district is a significant landmark in the emerging history of the State of Israel," said BGU President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz.

IJN: Climate Change Changes Grape Growing

July 25, 2022

Tags: Desert & Water Research, Sustainability & Climate Change

BGU Prof. Aaron Fait & Israeli vineyards reinvent desert viticulture, saving winemaking from Italy to California impacted by climate change.

TOI: BGU Scholar Pioneers Arabic Program to Build Peace

July 19, 2022

Tags: Israel Studies, Culture & Jewish Thought, Social Sciences & Humanities

BGU scholar, Dr. Yonatan Mendel, pioneers Arabic program at the University to reform and improve Arabic education and build peace.

Jerusalem Post: BGU VP Dan Blumberg Chairs Israel Space Agency

July 19, 2022

Tags: Israel Studies, Culture & Jewish Thought, Leadership, Awards & Events

BGU's VP for Regional and Industrial Development, Prof. Dan Blumberg, was appointed as the new chairman of the Israel Space Agency (ISA).

NY Jewish Week: Homesick Israeli Starts Meal Delivery Service

July 12, 2022

Tags: Business & Management, Israel Studies, Culture & Jewish Thought

Missing Israel after moving to the U.S., this BGU alumni started 'WoodSpoon', the meal delivery service that is taking New York by storm.