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Mayer Juni Yeshiva Sha’ar HaTorah Mexico City, Mexico MA Medieval Jewish History Throughout my studies at Revel, I focused on various ideological developments throughout the medieval and modern periods, the interface between social history and intellectual history, and the formation of identity in…

Anne Guetta University of Cambridge London, England MA Medieval Jewish History I think that it's very important for every Jew to know and be educated about the history of their people, and I wanted to study Jewish History for that reason. I chose Revel because of its amazing faculty and brilliant…

Rebecca (Rivka) Skaist Queens College, MA Teachers College at Columbia University Queens, NY MA Jewish Philosophy Upon completing my MA at Teachers College, I began teaching English in a Yeshiva environment, trying to foster in my students a vibrant understanding of literature. One of the main…

Orly Nadler Stern College Boca Raton, FL/Teaneck, NJ MA Jewish Philosophy I wanted to immerse myself in a high level of learning and found that Revel gave me access to many world-class scholars. The small class sizes gave me the ability to truly dialogue with my professors. I truly enjoyed the ...

Miriam Cofsky Brooklyn College, MS Long Island University Brooklyn, NY MA Early Modern Jewish History I am probably the oldest graduate in this class so that my prior education experiences might seem quaint and a bit outdated. I was born in Boro Park, Brooklyn, to a somewhat Chasidish family and…

Jonathan (Yoni) Zisook Yeshiva College, Graduate Center CUNY Chicago, IL MA Modern Jewish History I am currently a doctoral student at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in the Department of Sociology, where I am specializing in comparative religion and the sociology of ...

Jonathan Ziring Yeshiva College, RIETS Staten Island, NY MA Jewish Philosophy Being among people who are both frum and care about all that academia has to offer to our understanding of Judaism and Torah is an unparalleled experience. The fusion is truly incredible. I am forever indebted to all of…

Michael Langer Brooklyn College, RIETS Brooklyn, NY MA Jewish Philosophy I was hoping a graduate degree in Jewish studies would supplement my rabbinical studies and enable me to intellectually engage with more people on multiple planes. In the end, I have come to recognize the inherent value of my…

It isn’t every day that you have the occasion to study a 16 th century piece of history. Revel students were treated to just that on Friday, April 25 when Professor Jesús de Prado Plumed, an expert from Universidad Hebraica de México, joined Prof. Ronnie Perelis’ Medieval Jewish History class and…

Congratulations to Yael Landman on receiving a Gorgias Press Brook Grant for 2014. Gorgias Press is an academic publisher specializing in several areas of religious studies. Every year, Gorgias selects two outstanding graduate students as winners of its Gorgias Book Grant, awarding each $500 in ...