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Right on the heels of Women in Science and Derech HaTevah comes another addition to YAIR: Chronos, The History Journal of Yeshiva University. Unlike the science journals, which are focused exclusively on Stern College for Women, Chronos, the latest online migration led by Stephanie Gross,…

Parisian Views is an interdisciplinary humanities course offered by the English Department under the “Interpreting the Creative” (INTC) rubric. In this class, students learn about new approaches to art and literature from nineteenth-century Paris, when artists began to see the everyday life of…

Congratulations to our 2022 YU Student Library Research Award Winner Sammy Friedman! Sammy, YC ’23 is a psychology major. His paper, “The Differing Effects of Narrative Transportation Across Animated and Live Action Movies” was written as part of an original research project for an Experimental ...

It’s a feather in several caps. Two undergraduate research publications have been added to YAIR, thanks to Stephanie Gross, Electronic Reserves and Scholarly Communication Librarian and YAIR creator. Both publications— Women in Science and Derech HaTevah —highlight the achievements of budding Stern…

Passover raises thoughts and questions about slavery and freedom. Me-‘avdut le-herut … mi-shi’bud li-ge’ulah – from slavery to freedom , from bondage to redemption – these phrases from the Pesach Haggadah [ Mishna Pesachim 10:5] commemorate and celebrate the Exodus from Egypt. Postcard of Geulah ...

Daniel PerskyYeshiva University ArchivesCall No: 1992.007 How do you say “Purim carnival” in Hebrew? Perhaps Purimta; it rhymes with the names of many of Haman’s sons, such as Parshandata and Vayzata. What about Pur-Rina? Or possibly Pur-Ditsa? Daniel Persky suggested these terms in a 1932 contest…