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This past summer, from June 5 to 7, 2012, an international team of scholars led by the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies, directed by Revel Professor Steven Fine, in partnership with the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma undertook a pilot study of the Arch of Titus…

All Revel Students are cordially invited to a special dinner on October 25th (Thursday night) preceding a guest lecture by Andrew Kraebel of Yale University. Although he is just completing his PhD, Mr Kraebel is recognized as a world expert on Bible interpretation in Latin in 11th-century France ...

“Encountering Scripture in Overlapping Cultures: Early Jewish, Christian and Muslim Strategies of Reading and Their Contemporary Implications”—this is the title of an ongoing international research project spearheaded by Revel Associate Dean Mordechai Cohen, with the participation of fourteen ...

An international group of distinguished scholars convened at Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 to participate in a conference hosted by the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies to reflect upon various aspects of the philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (…

Dual Degree in Jewish Studies and Jewish Education to be offered jointly with Azrieli Teaming up with the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Revel is excited to offer a dual master’s degree program in Jewish Studies and Jewish Education beginning September 2012. Mr ...

Revel to Host Visiting Scholars in the Fall Revel is pleased to host two distinguished scholars this fall who will meet with our students and faculty, and deliver guest lectures that highlight the larger cultural contexts in which medieval Jewish biblical interpretation (parshanut ha-miqra) emerged…

On Tuesday July 31st, Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and Bar-Ilan University hosted the second conference of a two-part international lecture series to mark the 20th anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the leading rabbi, Talmudist and ...

Jews in Gotham: New York Jews in a Changing City, 1920-2010 by Jeffrey S. Gurock, highlights neighborhood life as the city’s distinctive feature. Dr. Gurock shows how New York retained its preeminence as the capital of American Jews because of deep roots in local worlds that that supported vigorous…

In The Intellectual History and Rabbinic Culture of Medieval Ashkenaz, author Ephraim Kanarfogel challenges the dominant perception that medieval Ashkenazic rabbinic scholarship was lacking in intellectualism or broad scholarly interests. While cultural interaction between Jews and Christians in ...

Yeshiva University Team Discovers the Arch of Titus Menorah's Original Golden Color New York, Friday, June 22, 2012. From June 5 to 7, 2012 an international team of scholars led by the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies in partnership with the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni ...