Mr. Leonard Grunstein The celebration of the eight-day holiday of Chanukah centers on the lighting of the Chanukah menorah [i]. The Talmud [ii] explains that the holiday of Chanukah is all about the lighting of the Menorah and the miracle of the oil. It describes how the ancient Greeks had occupied…
Dr. Marc Herman The Yeshiva College Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program and Bernard Revel Graduate School hosted Dr. Marc Herman of Columbia University for a lecture, “Jewish and Islamic Depictions of Jewish Traditions in the Geonic Period.” Dr. Herman demonstrated that Jewish thought in…
Mr. Leonard Grunstein The matter of sovereignty over Jerusalem keeps being raised by some, as if it were a novel question of first impression. However, this is just not the case. The matter has been litigated and decided in favor of the Jewish people on more than one occasion over the last ...
Jewish Philosophy Students Can Use Distance Learning Platform for Spring 2018 In an effort to make its programs available to a larger pool of qualified students, 鶹ýӳ’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies has launched a distance learning option, Revel Remote. Beginning…
The Mendel Gottesman Library commemorates the 75 th yahrzeit, or anniversary, of the death of Mendel Gottesman, which took place on December 16, 1942. A portrait of Mr. Gottesman hangs on the wall of the newly renovated fifth floor of the Mendel Gottesman Library. The Library was named for Mendel…
The beginning of a new year is always an important moment because it gives us the chance to assess our goals as we prepare ourselves to move forward to meet new challenges. Here at the Office of Alumni Affairs, we are especially proud of the alumni stories we presented each month throughout 2017 ...
Dr. Yael S. Feldman Summary by Sarah Berger, Stern College On Dec. 4, 2017 the Humanities and Jewish Studies Faculty Colloquia of Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women and Bernard Revel Graduate School hosted a presentation titled “Deliverance Denied: A Jewish-Christian Artistic Exchange…
Noam Safier ‘17YC began his career at 鶹ýӳ this past July as the Executive Communications Manager in the Office of the President. A psychology major, Noam was very involved in student life and served as student council president, a student co-chair of the IAm鶹ýӳ campaign that raised ...
Richard Hidary’s New Book Examines Influence of the Art of Persuasion on Talmudic Scholars Rabbis and Classical Rhetoric: Sophistic Education and Oratory in the Talmud and Midrash, by Dr. Richard Hidary, associate professor of Jewish history, is coming out this month from Cambridge University Press…