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Leonard Grunstein The Times of Israel The Blogs November 23, 2018 Is It Good for the Jews and Why Does the NYT Purport to Be the Arbiter? It’s been many years since I’ve heard the question, is it good for the Jews, uttered even in jest. To see it headline a major newspaper like the New York Times…

Moses with the Ten Commandments On Nov. 27, 2018, the Bernard Revel Graduate School and the Yeshiva University Museum hosted Prof. Jordan Penkower of Bar Ilan University for a presentation on “What did the Ten Commandments Look Like? Depictions in Text and in Art from the Bible to Rembrandt.” Prof…

Prof. Idel On Nov. 19, 2018, Bernard Revel Graduate School was honored to host Prof. Moshe Idel to present a lecture on “The Great Transition: The Emergence of Jewish Culture in the Middle Ages.” Idel is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Jewish Thought, Hebrew University, Senior Researcher at…

The Times of Israel The Blogs Leonard Grunstein November 30, 2018 The #Me Too movement exposed serious systemic flaws in how some people conduct themselves in relation to others in the workplace and elsewhere. There appears to be no ready cure for genuine predators, who prey on the defenseless ...

by MICHAEL BETTENCOURT on NOVEMBER 5, 2018 · Dr. Ronnie Perelis is the Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay Chair, associate professor of Sephardic Studies at Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and director of the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program…

By Michael Bettencourt On November 6, 2018 · Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law, published two articles in the most recent volume of Dine Israel: Studies in Halakhah and Jewish Law (jointly sponsored by the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of…

The Times of Israel The Blogs: Leonard Grunstein Nov 3, 2017, 7:18 AM Mr. Leonard Grunstein Communicating a sophisticated and nuanced message, which resonates with most people and throughout the generations, is no mean task. Mere words may not be the most effective way to accomplish the result. How…

On Wednesday Oct. 24, Dr. Daniel Rynhold, professor at Bernard Revel Graduate School, and Dr. Michael J. Harris an affiliated lecturer at Cambridge sat down to discuss their recently co-authored book Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2018). Dr…

Seminar on Ancient Judaism Features Renowned Biblical Scholar by Michael Bettencourt Dr. Elaine Pagels, the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University, gave a talk on Thursday, October 25, titled “Exegesis of Genesis 1 in the Gospel of Thomas,” as part of the Seminar on ...

Mr. Leonard Grunstein by: Mr. Leonard Grunstein for Times of Israel It was nonstop partying, day and night, for days on end. There was pageantry, with musicians playing countless musical instruments. The greatest rabbis danced before the assembled crowds of men, women, and children. They also ...