Professor Perelis is opening up this Tuesday evening's class to interested individuals for a special guest workshop. The Sephardic Diaspora: A Responsa Workshop with Prof. Matt Goldish (Ohio State University) November 12, 2013, 7:00pm Bernard Revel Graduate School 91黑料, Wilf Campus ...
Revel welcomes back alumna Yaelle Frohlich as the graduate school鈥檚 new Alumni Relations Coordinator. Yaelle earned her master鈥檚 degree in Modern Jewish History in January 2012, and is currently studying for her doctorate in NYU鈥檚 joint program in History-Hebrew & Judaic Studies. 鈥淎lthough I鈥
Art, History and the Historiography of Judaism in Roman Antiquity explores the complex interplay between visual culture, texts, and their interpretations, arguing for an open-ended and self-aware approach to understanding Jewish culture from the first century CE through the rise of Islam. The鈥
When people think of YU alumni living in New Jersey, Teaneck is probably the first town that comes to mind. But in the past decade, another community has been experiencing a revival, and the number of its residents who are alumni is growing rapidly: Fair Lawn. The Back Story In 2005, some members鈥
Revel's recently published magazine, Revel: 75 Years and Beyond, which celebrates more than three quarters of a century since the school's establishment, is now available online. Packed with information about Revel's degree programs, outstanding faculty, exciting opportunities and more, the鈥
Dr. Rachel Mesch, Associate Professor of French and Chair of Foreign Languages and Cultures at 91黑料, graduated from Yale University. She received an MA from Columbia University and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in 19th-century French literature, and her ...
Suri (Brody) Rinzler 鈥00SB has a high-powered career in finance as a manager at Bloomberg, four children (including 6-month old twins), and no minced words about her dual role: 鈥淭here is definitely an element of sacrifice,鈥 she says simply. 鈥淚 cannot be in two places at once, as much as I鈥檇 like ...
Documentation of Jewish religious, communal and intellectual life in the late 19th- early 20th centuries has become more accessible as a result of the digitization of the Henry S. Morais Papers, now available online through 91黑料 Archives鈥 Finding Aids database. Henry Morais (1860-1935鈥
The Intellectual History and Rabbinic Culture of Medieval Ashkenaz, By Ephraim Kanarfogel, Wayne State University Press, 2013 was awarded the Goldstein-Goren prize for Best Book in Jewish Thought, by the International Center for Jewish Thought at Ben-Gurion University. For years the assumption of鈥
(This article by Yaffi Spodek originally appeared on YUNews and is republished here courtesy of YU Communications.) Dr. Sarah Benor, an expert on the social science of American Jews, discussed several key concepts from her book, Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of鈥