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A plague descended on the Jewish community of New York in the 1930s. Although it struck only seasonally and often lay in remission, it nonetheless drained precious life-blood from the community’s limited resources. The spread of the “mushroom synagogues” continued unabated throughout the Great ...

Dr. Pinchuk In his recent, well-attended lecture, Rabbi Dr. Moshe Pinchuk of Netanya Academic College showed how the Talmud Yerushalmi Online Database ( http://yerushalmidb.compuall.co.il/) – for which he is responsible - can be used to meet one of the unique challenges of studying the Talmud ...

As Member of Orthodox Rabbinic Delegation, Berger Presents Document on Jewish-Christian Relations Last week, Dr. David Berger, professor of Jewish history and dean of the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies of Yeshiva University, participated in a historic encounter with Pope Francis at…

Gabi Sackett is the Israel Program Director for Yeshiva University. He lives in Leshem (near the city of Ariel in the Shomron) with his wife and three children. He studied at Yeshiva University before joining the IDF and currently serves as a Lieutenant Officer in a combat unit (Duvdevan) in the…

Faculty and alumni from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies presented at the 17th World Congress of Jewish Studies held from August 6 to 10 at the Mount Scopus Campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Revel faculty who presented were Dr. Mordechai Z. Cohen, associate ...

Introduction “ Tomorrow, when your child asks you, ‘What is this?’’ you will answer, “because of what God did when he took us out of Egypt.” These biblical verses are invoked at the Passover Seder, where children are encouraged to question, adults to respond and discuss; an event where family ...

Renovated 5th floor of Gottesman Library Building featuring curtain wall along Amsterdam Avenue, refinished table tops with integral power, new caster chairs, and improved lighting. In time for the start of the fall 2017 semester, renovation of levels 5 and 5A of the Gottesman Library Building is…

Have you ever seen a marriage certificate in Aramaic, English, and German - in several different scripts and typefaces? To mark the holiday of Tu B’Av, the ancient holiday when unmarried women danced in the vineyards hoping to find their mates, it seems fitting to feature a ketubah from Yeshiva ...

Dr. Ronnie Perelis Dr. Ronnie Perelis, Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay and assistant professor of Sephardic studies, is featured in a short video with Dr. Steven Zucker, co-founder and executive editor for Smarthistory and faculty emeritus at Khan Academy, about a 14th ...

Hannah Loventhal joined the Office of Annual Giving in July 2017 as the Development Associate. In this new role, Hannah will focus her efforts on student engagement and young alumni giving. She interned at Dror for the Wounded Foundation and JWRP Walk2Israel and graduated from Stern College for ...