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Revel Lecture Offers Personal Recollections, Academic Analysis of Noted Bible Scholar The Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies held its inaugural event of the fall semester’s special lecture series, “Nehama Leibowitz and Tanakh Study: Yesterday and Today,” at Yeshiva University’s Wilf ...

Yaakov Taubes was attracted to Revel because of the “amazing professors and small class sizes that allow students to develop a relationship with leaders in the field of Jewish studies." Now he is a semester away from completing his MA in Medieval Jewish History. Yaakov also hopes to finish semicha…

Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law at Yeshiva University, is the recipient of the Association of Jewish Studies’ (AJS) 2013 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in the fields of Biblical Studies, Rabbinics, and Jewish History and Culture in ...

Professor Perelis is opening up this Tuesday evening's class to interested individuals for a special guest workshop. The Sephardic Diaspora: A Responsa Workshop with Prof. Matt Goldish (Ohio State University) November 12, 2013, 7:00pm Bernard Revel Graduate School Yeshiva University, Wilf Campus ...

Revel welcomes back alumna Yaelle Frohlich as the graduate school’s new Alumni Relations Coordinator. Yaelle earned her master’s degree in Modern Jewish History in January 2012, and is currently studying for her doctorate in NYU’s joint program in History-Hebrew & Judaic Studies. “Although I…

Art, History and the Historiography of Judaism in Roman Antiquity explores the complex interplay between visual culture, texts, and their interpretations, arguing for an open-ended and self-aware approach to understanding Jewish culture from the first century CE through the rise of Islam. The…

Revel's recently published magazine, Revel: 75 Years and Beyond, which celebrates more than three quarters of a century since the school's establishment, is now available online. Packed with information about Revel's degree programs, outstanding faculty, exciting opportunities and more, the…

(This article by Yaffi Spodek originally appeared on YUNews and is republished here courtesy of YU Communications.) Dr. Sarah Benor, an expert on the social science of American Jews, discussed several key concepts from her book, Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of…

Revel Professor Steven Fine and his undergraduate Ancient Jewish History class featured in The Jewish Week this past Tuesday, after an exciting semester of tombstone deciphering and cross-country friendship. An article by Fine, "Tales From Tombstones," caught the eye of Californian Pastor Carl ...

Nehama Leibowitz, one of the most influential Tanakh teachers of the 20 th century, will be the focus of the inaugural event of Revel’s special lecture series this year. The evening program, “Nehama Leibowitz and Tanakh Study: Yesterday and Today,” will take place on Tuesday, October 22. It will ...