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Mr. Leonard Grunstein The matter of sovereignty over Jerusalem keeps being raised by some, as if it were a novel question of first impression. However, this is just not the case. The matter has been litigated and decided in favor of the Jewish people on more than one occasion over the last ...
Jewish Philosophy Students Can Use Distance Learning Platform for Spring 2018 In an effort to make its programs available to a larger pool of qualified students, Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies has launched a distance learning option, Revel Remote. Beginning…
The Mendel Gottesman Library commemorates the 75 th yahrzeit, or anniversary, of the death of Mendel Gottesman, which took place on December 16, 1942. A portrait of Mr. Gottesman hangs on the wall of the newly renovated fifth floor of the Mendel Gottesman Library. The Library was named for Mendel…
The beginning of a new year is always an important moment because it gives us the chance to assess our goals as we prepare ourselves to move forward to meet new challenges. Here at the Office of Alumni Affairs, we are especially proud of the alumni stories we presented each month throughout 2017 ...
Dr. Yael S. Feldman Summary by Sarah Berger, Stern College On Dec. 4, 2017 the Humanities and Jewish Studies Faculty Colloquia of Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women and Bernard Revel Graduate School hosted a presentation titled “Deliverance Denied: A Jewish-Christian Artistic Exchange…
Noam Safier ‘17YC began his career at Yeshiva University this past July as the Executive Communications Manager in the Office of the President. A psychology major, Noam was very involved in student life and served as student council president, a student co-chair of the IAmYU campaign that raised ...
Richard Hidary’s New Book Examines Influence of the Art of Persuasion on Talmudic Scholars Rabbis and Classical Rhetoric: Sophistic Education and Oratory in the Talmud and Midrash, by Dr. Richard Hidary, associate professor of Jewish history, is coming out this month from Cambridge University Press…
Parisian Views: Instagram Discoveries by Yeshiva College Students is newly installed in the second-floor Pollack Library gallery. Professor Rachel Mesch’s students lent their smartphone photographs, taken in the course of the same title, offered under the “Interpreting the Creative” rubric of the…
Dr. Yehuda Mirsky Dr. Yehudah Mirsky, associate professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis, spoke in commemoration of the thirty fifth yarzeit of his father Rabbi Dr. David Mirsky and the fiftieth yarzeit of his grandfather Rabbi Dr. Samuel Kalman Mirsky. By reviewing the life and…
Mr. Leonard Grunstein Joseph, also known as, Yosef the Tzaddik, is a towering figure in the Bible. He is the quintessential immigrant, who overcame the most daunting of challenges to become a superstar in ancient Egyptian society. In this week’s Torah portion [i], we read about Joseph’s exploits,…
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