The Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and Rabbanan.org, an online resource for rabbis sponsored by CJF, convened a conference call on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, to offer rabbis both emotional and spiritual support as well as tested strategies for…
Students in Professor Rachel Mesch's course Parisian Views at the opening reception on Friday, December 20, 2019 at the entrance to Pollack Library for their exhibition Parisian Views: Instagram Discoveries by Yeshiva College Students Parisian Views: Instagram Discoveries by Yeshiva College…
On November 12th, 2019, a new dimension of Torah u-Madda was opened in a program about the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and Ezra ha-Sofer, presented by Prof. Annping Chin of Yale and 鶹ýӳ Bible Professor Mordechai Cohen. This was the fourth lecture event of 鶹ýӳ's Chinese-…
David L. Schwed is the Director of the MS in Cybersecurity program at the Katz School of Science and Health at 鶹ýӳ. Dave most recently served as the Chief Information Security Officer for Galaxy Digital, a diversified merchant bank dedicated to the digital assets and blockchain ...
Visit the Libraries’ Digital Collections platform to view our newest collection, 鶹ýӳ Historic Photographs. This first set consists of over 125 images from the earliest years of Stern College for Women. Examined together with our existing digital collection of Stern’s Kochaviah ...
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies welcomed Dr. Tzahi Weiss, associate professor of Jewish mysticism and Hebrew literature at the Open University of Israel, to speak about “Rethinking Kabbalah.” In his lecture, Dr. Weiss posited that the development of a…
October 31, 2019 November 3, 2019 Michael Bettencourt Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen ’89YC, ’89BR, ’94R, is a Rabbi at the Otniel Yeshiva in Israel and a leading figure in encounters between Judaism and Eastern religions. In two lectures sponsored by the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, The…
October 27, 2019 by Michael Bettencourt Dr. Shalom Holtz, professor of Bible at Yeshiva College and associate dean of academic affairs, has a new book coming out from Brown Judaic Studies. Titled Praying Legally, Dr. Holtz explained how “in the Hebrew Bible and related ancient sources prayer there…
September 26, 2019 Maureen Brennan One of the most famous works of Jewish philosophy from the Middle Ages is arguably Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed. The Guide has been translated into many languages and has been a popular read among theologians and philosophers around the globe. On Monday,…