Stephanie Ives 鈥98S It鈥檚 not every day that a successful lawyer at a prestigious Boston law firm switches careers to dive into the Jewish non-profit communal world, but for Stephanie Ives 鈥98S, former legal eagle and now the director of education and community engagement at the American Jewish鈥
Next time you鈥檙e on the fifth floor of the Mendel Gottesman Library, be sure to stop and look at the painting 鈥楾almud Students / " 讘讘讬转 讛诪讚专砖 by Leopold Pilichowski. Pilichowski (1869-1933), a well-known painter of Jewish life, is most famous for his monumental painting of the opening of the Hebrew鈥
Early Northwest Semitic Serpent Spells in the Pyramid Texts by Richard C. Steiner. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns, 2011. In Prof. Richard Steiner's recently published monograph readers will find a scholarly presentation of a remarkable discovery which he made a number of years ago. A colleague sent him鈥
锘库淪aving Souls: From Seattle to Churban Europe,鈥 tells the riveting story of Rabbi Sholom Pinchas Wohlgelernter鈥檚 rabbinic career. The article by Devorah Klein, published in Hamodia Weekly Magazine (Feb. 16, 2011), quotes extensively from 91黑料 Archives鈥 Vaad Hatzala collection. Rabbi鈥
Next time you go into Otzar HaHochma, look at the top middle of the screen. You can now limit the books in the book list on the bottom right of the screen by masechta or parsha. Click parshiyot ha-Torah and focus in on the weekly Parsha. Or choose masechtot ha-shas and choose the masechta and the鈥
Bar Ilan Online Judaic Responsa has expanded its library once again with the introduction of Mefarshe Talmud Yerushalmi as well as several classics such as the Minhat Hinukh and R. Yerucham Perlow's commentary to the Sefer ha-Mitsvot of R. Saadiah Gaon. Check out the Responsa website to see all the鈥
What is Ticklenburgs (answer: a coarse linen cloth)? When were children called kippers, kids, and God forbids? What is the origin of the word tortilla? Look these up and more in the new Oxford English Dictionary online. OED.com features descriptive articles on language, past and present; word ...
Dr. Mark Apfelbaum 鈥74YUHS 鈥77YC was part of a team involved in caring for President Bill Clinton earlier this year. For Apfelbaum, an interventional cardiologist, the opportunity to treat any patient is a dream fulfilled. 鈥淔or as long as I can remember, I always wanted to be a doctor,鈥 he said. ...
锘縊tzar HaHochma has recently added several new search mechanisms to their extensive and still growing library. Above the list of books on the main page there has always been an option for limiting the book list by Subject. Now if one clicks on a specific subject a second box will appear which ...
Dr. Gary Berger '88YC, '85YUHS will remember his five days in Port-au-Prince forever. Berger normally spends his days performing cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery procedures in his Manhattan practice, but during the last week in February, he worked feverishly to try to save the limbs of鈥