鶹ýӳ’s professional networking groups, namely the 鶹ýӳ Wall Street Group, Real Estate Professionals Group, and Accounting and Financial Planning Network, are kicking into high gear this winter and spring with events to benefit both professionals and students. Help current students navigate their…
In an example that uniquely embodies the image of today’s multi-tasking, type-A modern woman, a story broke last year in which a pregnant woman taking her LSAT exam continued through the end of the test – despite the fact that she was in active labor. Before that woman made the news, however, there…
This book explores the life and thought of one of the most important but least known figures in early Zionism, Nathan Birnbaum. Now remembered mainly for his coinage of the word "Zionism," Birnbaum was a towering figure in early Jewish nationalism. Because of his unusual intellectual trajectory ...
Dr. Anna-Lisa Cohen is Assistant Professor of Psychology at 鶹ýӳ. She is a cognitive psychologist whose research is guided by an interest in the influence that future goals and intentions have on behavior. She also conducts research on episodic future thinking, which is defined as the…
Radical Responsibility is a collection of original essays that celebrate the intellectual legacy of one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of our time, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. In Radical Responsibility, the contributing writers – thirteen luminaries of Jewish and Western thought (including Revel Dean,…
R evel congratulates Elliot Resnick (BRGS '10) on his publication of Movers and Shakers. This new book contains interviews with 60 famous “movers and shakers” whom he has interviewed during his tenure as an editor and writer at The Jewish Press. It includes such personalities as Rabbi Lord Jonathan…
Revel Professor Daniel Tsadik, Assistant Professor of Sepharadic and Iranian studies, delivered a paper entitled "Jews under Shi'ite Rule" at the conference "From Ancient Persia to Contemporary LA: 2,700 Years of Iranian Jewish History." The major theme of the conference was the multifaceted…
Revel wishes a Mazel Tov to Steven Goldsmith (BRGS '07) on his publication of Imrah Tzrufah on Masechet Yoma. The work provides an analysis of the laws of Avodat Yom Hakippurim in the Beit Hamikdash and the details of the observance of the laws of Yom Kippur and may be a useful companion to those…
Finding information for your next paper or presentation is now a whole lot easier. “How so?” you ask. Because of 鶹ýӳFind, a Google-like interface that provides full-text content from many of our collections including journal articles, reference sources, newspapers, and even Hebrew publications. No…
The Jewish Book Council has named City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York (N鶹ýӳ Press, September 2012) recipient of The Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award. The three-volume work—with contributions from Jeffrey S. Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History…