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Revel alumnus Sigurd Neubauer (BRGS '14), now a Washington, DC-based defense and strategic affairs analyst, recently published articles about US-Iranian and -Saudi politics on the Huffington Post and Atlantic Council websites. Neubauer has seven years experience in strategic communications, public…

We congratulate Prof. Mahnaz Moazami, who has regularly taught Middle Persian at Revel for many years, on the publication of a major study. Some of her courses are taught in conjunction with Prof. Yaakov Elman, whose pioneering work on the interface between Talmudic and Middle Persian culture has…

The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture has awarded a Doctoral Scholarship to Revel PhD candidate Yael Landman for 2014-2015. Through its generous dissertation grants, the Foundation helps train qualified individuals for careers in Jewish scholarship and research. Yael Landman is a doctoral ...

At an international conference convened by the Institute for Contemporary Antisemitism at Indiana University, Aryeh Tuchman joined thirty other scholars for three days of intensive interdisciplinary study of contemporary antisemitism. Aryeh’s paper focused on “Generational Changes in the Holocaust…

Revel celebrated its 48 MA Program graduates of 2013-2014 at the school’s annual Year-End Student-Faculty Reception on May 28. The event took place on the Wilf Campus, utilizing Revel’s new Graduate Lounge and Dean’s Suite on the third floor of Furst Hall. The event brought together students ...

Aliza Storchan University of Michigan West Bloomfield, MI MA Biblical Studies I went to the University of Michigan for my undergraduate degree where I studied psychology and Judaic studies. I quickly learned that the Judaic studies curriculum at the University of Michigan was vastly different than…

Shaul Seidler-Feller Yeshiva College Los Angeles, CA MA Medieval Jewish History I had incredibly knowledgeable and pedagogically-gifted professors at Revel – some of the best minds in their respective fields – who strived to make their classes and curricula both engaging and challenging and also ...

Maurice Schwartz Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, Touro College, RIETS Baltimore, MD MA Modern Jewish History History has always been a favorite of mine. My father, who is a graduate of Revel and RIETS as well, instilled in me the importance of ‘binu shnos dor vador’ (remember bygone days) written in our…

Yoel Saidian University of California, San Diego Tehran/San Fernando Valley, CA MA Jewish Philosophy My decision to pursue Jewish studies was very much influenced by the challenges I faced in Israel, the inspirational figures in my life and falling in love with reading, particularly Jewish ...

Matthew Pitts Brigham Young University, Cardozo Law School, Claremont Graduate University Salt Lake City, UT MA Modern Jewish History I have always been fascinated with the study of religion, and with Judaism specifically. At BYU I studied the Middle East extensively, with a specific emphasis on ...