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Dean Carmen Ortiz Hendricks Dear Wurzweiler Family: It is with great sadness that we share the news that Dean Carmen Ortiz Hendricks has passed away. We have just been informed by her husband that Dr. Hendricks succumbed to cancer and passed away peacefully with her family at her side. Although we…

Associate Professor of Jewish History Richard Hidary has been accepted as a fellow for The Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica. The entire Revel community congratulates Prof. Hidary on this impressive achievment! The theme for the Starr Fellowship is going…

Revel doctoral student, Aryeh Tuchman recently had a chapter published in a new book edited by Alvin Rosenfeld and published by Indiana University Press. The book is called Deciphering the New Antisemitism, and Aryeh's chapter is titled "Generational Changes in the Holocaust Denial Movement in the…

Yael Landman, Revel PhD student Congratulations to Revel PhD student Yael Landman! Yael Landman’s article "On Lips and Tongues in Ancient Hebrew" was recently published in Vetus Testamentum (Vol. 66 [2016]). The article traces the semantic development of the words śāp̄ah ‘lip’ and lāšon ‘tongue’ ...

On Tuesday, February 2nd, Rabbi Dr. Raphael Shuchat delivered a special guest lecture entitled "Was the World Created in Six Days? The Views of Medieval Kabbalists." Rabbi Dr. Raphael Shuchat has been a lecturer at the School for Basic Jewish Studies of Bar-Ilan University for over twenty years and…

We Catch Up With Tzvi Feifel, '11YC, Isaac Dayan, '12SB, Molly Brakha Hagler, '15S, and Shlomit Filhart Feldman, '12S The annual YU Seforim Sale kicks off this Sunday and runs through February 28 th in Belfer Hall at YU’s Wilf Campus. Last year the sale drew more than 15,000 people from the tri ...

Rabbi Hochberg has been serving as Mashgiach Ruchani and Judaic Studies faculty at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women for the past 20 years. As Mashgiach Ruchani, Rabbi Hochberg works to facilitate and inspire religious and personal growth in each student across the Stern College campus.…

Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law, has been named as one of the two editors-in-chief of the prestigious academic journal Jewish History. Members of the editorial board of Jewish History are drawn from leading universities ...

The Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies,in cooperation with Congregation Netivot Shalom, invites you to a Boker Iyun Date and Time: Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 8:50 AM Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom. 811 Palisade Avenue. Teaneck, NJ 07666 Schedule: 8 a.m. Tefillat Shacharit…

Wurzweiler welcomed new students to the School January 27th, 2016 for orientation, led by Dean Carmen Ortiz Hendricks. The faculty, administration and staff are thrilled to have each student start their education towards their MSW!