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Read about "The 50th Annual Mickey Marcus Memorial Service at West Point" Published by Revel board member Mr. Len Grunstein.

Pious Women in Midrashic and Aggadic Narratives Dr. Tamar Meir (right) presenting at BRGS A special visiting lecture, “The Image of the Wives of the Pious in Midrashic and Aggadic Narratives” was presented by Dr Tamar Meir on Tuesday evening May 17 to an audience that filled the Revel lounge. A ...

The Ark and the Cherubim: Cultic Practice and Ancient Near Eastern Iconography Raanan Eichler, an Israeli scholar who was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University this year, delivered a guest lecture at Revel that took the audience on…

Mission of the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies articulated by Dean David Berger Torah Umadda has been the watchword of Yeshiva University almost from its inception. The minimal understanding of this ideal is the pursuit of the study of Torah along with secular disciplines, but its…

Dr. Raanan Eichler presenting at BRGS on May 10th On May 10 th, Dr. Raanan Eichler of Harvard University delivered a lecture on the Ark of the Covenant in its Ancient Near Eastern context sponsored by Revel and the Center for Israel Studies. Dr. Eichler’s presentation, replete with images of ...

Gabriel Wasserman, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies Students of all ages and backgrounds come to Yeshiva University to pursue a range of professional and personal dreams, from scientific research and medicine to law, J ewish education and the creative arts . Our students seek to ...

Congratulations to Jesse Abelman, Revel doctoral candidate, on receiving a research grant from the American Academy of Jewish Research for his dissertation “Violence among Jews in Christian Europe during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.” AAJR provides stipends to graduate students in any field…

Hasidot u-Neshei Ma‘aseh: The Image of the Wivesof the Pious in Midrashic and Aggadic Narratives NOTE: THIS LECTURE WILL BE GIVEN IN HEBREW Date and Time: Tuesday, May 17 2016 at 6:00 pm Location: Furst Hall, Room 308 Revel Lounge. 500 West 185th Street, New York, NY 10033 The Bernard Revel…

Date and Time: Tuesday, May 10th 2016 at 6:00 pm Location: Belfer Hall, Suite 501. 2495 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10033 The Center for Israel Studies and the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies invites you to a lecture by Raanan Eichler: The Ark and the Cherubim This lecture will…

On Monday, April 11, Revel students, professors, and guests were illuminated by Dr. Baruch Alster’s lecture, “What is ‘Peshat’ in the Song of Songs? A Look at an Unpublished Commentary from Rashbam’s School.” Dr. Alster is Senior Lecturer and Bible department coordinator at Givat Washington College…