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There are several parent/child delegations set to arrive at this year’s Reunion on Sunday, May 17, at the Grand Hyatt in New York, lending the annual event a special family feel. Included in these child/parent pairing are Estelle Glass ’65S and Rina Fuchs ’90S, both of Teaneck, NJ. Estelle was born…

No longer bound by the classroom walls, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ is going global. In an aptly-named initiative called Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Global, a new program brings Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ faculty and courses to those around the globe who are not geographically suited to attend a class at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ in person. Overseen by Dr. Selma Botman, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Vice…

In Fall 2014, the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies partnered with Yeshiva College and the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Museum in hosting " Modeling the Flood Story: Midrash and Movie," an interdisciplinary symposium examining the biblical flood account and how the story has been read, interpreted ...

Musical celebrations for Yom Ha’Atzma’ut are part of the festivities. Israel boasted an orchestra, the Palestine Symphony Orchestra, even before the State of Israel was born. It was founded by violinist Bronislaw Huberman in 1936, to provide positions for musicians fleeing Nazi ruled Germany and ...

Join us for a discussion with Professors Joshua Karlip and Jess Olson introduced and moderated by Dr. Kenneth Moss, Associate Professor and Felix Posen Chair of Modern Jewish History at Johns Hopkins University. Date and Time: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 7:30 P.M. Location: Belfer Hall, Room 218,…

Making History New: Modernism and Historical Narrative, by Seamus O’Malley. Oxford University Press, 2014. Seamus O’Malley, Lecturer in English at Stern College for Women, boldly challenges the claim that the literary modernist movement, in its quest for novelty of form, abandoned historical ...

The first machine for rolling matzo dough was invented in 1838, towards the end of the period of the Industrial Revolution. This advertisement for a hand-powered mechanical matzo marvel appeared in the Ungarisch-jüdische Wochenschrift, (Hungarian Jewish Weekly), published in Pest, Hungary, in 1871…

Left to right: Dr. Darla Spence Coffey, President and CEO of CSWE; Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, Chair of CSWE’s Commission on Accreditation; Dr. Alan Detlaff, Chair of the Commission on Educational Policy; and Dr. Jo Ann Regan, Director of Social Work Accreditation. The 2015 Educational Policy (EP…

The fifth annual Revel Shabbaton, which took place on March 13-14, 2015, parashat Vayaqhel-Pequdei/Parah in Washington Heights, surpassed all previous Revel shabbatonim. Thanks to the assiduous work of Revel alumni Mayer Juni (BRG 2014), Aliza Storchan (BRG 2014), and Yaelle Frohlich (BRG 2012),…

When Revel MA student Mrs. Beanah Greenberg learned that she would receive the Shevach ve-Hodaah Teacher's Award at Shevach High School's annual dinner, she knew who she had to thank. "I really feel that the award in great part belongs to you and wanted you to share in my achievements,"she wrote in…