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- By Stephanie Gross , Electronic Reserve and Scholarly Communication Librarian Since 1999 both the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program and Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors programs have attracted hundreds of talented students. The program provides an unusually rigorous curriculum. The submission…

In September, recent syllabi from Yeshiva College were posted to YAIR (Yeshiva Academic Institutional Repository) to help students select courses prior to registration. Soon after these syllabi were posted, Stern College for Women requested that their Fall and Spring 2021 syllabi be included in…

Yeshiva University, Mendel Gottesman Library, MS 135 Chanukah, the holiday of lights, is associated with historic Jewish battles, bravery, and the renewal of the Temple in Jerusalem; a joyous time for children to play dreidel and enjoy Chanukah gelt and gifts. In the aftermath of the Second World…

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On Sunday, October 17, 2021, Curator Shulamith Berger represented Yeshiva University in a recorded panel discussion on Confronting Anti-Semitism. Participants represented each of the Center for Jewish History partners, and Shuli launched the discussion with a history of the Student Struggle for ...

On February 1, 2020 Yeshiva University Libraries welcomed Mendel Gottesman Library’s new Head Librarian, Tina Weiss. Tina comes to us from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, where she served as Senior Associate Librarian, as well as Acting Head Librarian. Tina served on…

On August 30, 2021, Yeshiva University welcomed Pollack Library’s new Public Services and User Experience Librarian, Jay Rosen. Jay comes to us as a recent graduate of Pratt Institute’s School of Information, where he served as a Graduate Assistant in Pratt Libraries’ Public Services department. In…

As the nation commemorates the 20 th anniversary of 9/11, Yeshiva University Archives provides two offerings from its holdings documenting initiatives by or relating to the University from that dark time. First, we remember with great pride and gratitude the students of Stern College for Women who…

Professor Ronald Rubin donated an illuminating and extensive collective of American newspapers to the Mendel Gottesman Library. The papers date from 1734 to 1869, thus covering the Colonial era, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War and its immediate aftermath. The collection is unique in its ...