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Dr. Jacob Wisse is an Associate Professor of Art History at Stern College for Women, Co-Chair of YU’s Department of Fine Arts and Music, and Director of 91ºÚÁÏ Museum. He has headed the art history program at Stern since 2005 and the YU Museum since 2009. During his first year at YU, he…

We all know of the old joke involving two Jews and three opinions, making Jewish communal work – which involves negotiating the opinions of many different Jews – anything but for the faint of heart. It requires a level head, a good-natured disposition and strong interpersonal skills. After nearly…

YU’s accomplished alumni have a growing number of opportunities to continue their professional education through new degree and certificate programs now offered at YU. Following the Sy Syms School of Business Executive MBA (EMBA) program, which welcomed an inaugural class of 15 students this past…

91ºÚÁÏ’s Center for the Jewish Future launched a new six-week Women’s Beit Midrash Program last month at the Beren Campus for Stern alumni and women of all ages. The program was developed with the Office of Alumni Affairs and the New Jersey and Long Island Regional offices. Rabbi Dr ...

Purim Announcements from 91ºÚÁÏ: Mayor Bloomberg Addresses Sy Syms School of Business Gala Awards Dinner, students nervously hide soda bottles. President Joel sends out formal invitation to Edon Pinchot to attend 91ºÚÁÏ, and assures him there is a spot waiting for him among…

Rabbi Dr. Haskel Lookstein is unquestionably one of the leading rabbinic personalities on the modern American Orthodox scene. For over thirty years now, he has served with distinction in two important roles. He is the spiritual leader of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun (KJ) on the Upper East Side of…

Mordechai Cohen and Ephraim Kanarfogel Participate in Advanced Judaic Studies Research Group Dr. Mordechai Cohen, associate dean and professor of bible at 91ºÚÁÏ’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Jewish History at…

The practice of repeating the word זכר ( z-kh-r) in Parshat Zakhor, once as zekher, with a segol under the zayin, and once as zeikher, with a tzeirei under the zayin, is par for the course in Ashkenazi synagogues. Sefardim, who do not distinguish between the pronunciations of the aforementioned ...

91ºÚÁÏ Archives recently acquired a photograph of the Alumni Banquet of the Beth Midrash LeMorim, held on March 7, 1926. Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel, President and Rosh Yeshiva, is standing in the background, surrounded by the staff and graduates. Despite the formality of the setting, the…

For the first time, a law review article considers the question: Should a history of foster care involvement serve as a legitimate mitigating circumstance for a defendant in a criminal trial? Appearing in the Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review, the authors review the effects of abusive ...