February 2026 Newsletter from AFORU

Dear Friends, Parents, and Alumni, 

As spring arrives on the campus of Reichman University, there is a quiet sense of renewal in the air.

This year, that renewal carries deeper meaning.

Students have returned to their studies carrying visible and invisible wounds.

Some navigate campus with wheelchairs or prosthetics. Others carry trauma that cannot be seen. For many, simply sitting in a classroom again is an act of courage, a declaration that their future will not be defined by hardship.

In response, Reichman University has made an unwavering commitment: severely injured students study tuition-free; each receives personalized mentorship, rehabilitation support, and access to comprehensive wellness programs designed to restore body and spirit.

Education here is not only academic , it is part of the healing.

At the same time, our students and alumni continue to achieve at the highest levels, publishing groundbreaking research at Oxford, building global companies, amplifying the voices of lone soldiers and olim, and shaping the future of counter-terrorism, law, neuroscience, entrepreneurship, and public leadership.

This is the Reichman story: resilience paired with excellence.

Compassion alongside innovation. A community that refuses to pause its pursuit of impact, even in the most challenging of times.

Thank you for standing with us.

Together, we ensure that our students are not only supported but empowered to lead.

With gratitude,

Leslie

Together, We Are Given the Tools

By Jonathan Davis

Today, the campus of Reichman University is in bloom, early spring in the air, orange blossoms drifting across the pathways, the quiet promise of renewal.

Yet alongside the beauty stands a solemn reminder of the price paid by our community. Walking across campus, one cannot miss the visible wounds of war: wheelchairs moving between classrooms, crutches resting against lecture hall walls, the determined steps of students learning again to walk with prosthetic limbs.

For many, returning to study is itself a form of healing — a reclaiming of life and future. They smile, they persist, they plan ahead.

But other wounds are quieter. The trauma carried within is harder to see, and there are many who bear it. This is the challenge of PTSD.

In response, the university made a profound commitment: severely injured students will study free of tuition; each will have a mentor at their side; they will receive physical rehabilitation, emotional support, and access to wellness programs designed to restore body and spirit.

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