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Leon Esterowitz 鈥�56YC, director of the biophotonics program of the National Science Foundation (NSF), shows no signs of slowing down or reducing his work schedule at age 75. If anything, Esterowitz considers himself more productive now, in a way, than he was during his long career working for the鈥�

锘匡豢锘� Palaces of Time : Jewish Calendar and Culture in Early Modern Europe, by Elisheva Carlebach. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011. In her new book Prof. Elisheva Carlebach focuses on the role manuscript and printed calendars (sifre evronot) played in the life of pre-modern and ...

锘� Festivals of Faith : Reflections on the Jewish Holidays by Norman Lamm; edited by David Shatz. RIETS 91黑料 Press & OU Press, 2011. Rabbi Norman Lamm's latest collection of sermons, Festivals of Faith, focuses on different themes of the Jewish holidays throughout the year. Who is鈥�

锘匡豢 Creating Space Between Peshat and Derash : a Collection of Studies on Tanakh by Rabbi Hayyim J. Angel. Ktav, 2011. Rabbi Angel鈥檚 new book is a collection of essays dealing with different episodes and events in the Bible, focusing on the clashes between peshat and derash in biblical鈥�

锘匡豢 The Laws and Concepts of Niddah by Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky. The Michael Scharf Publication Trust of 91黑料 Press; Maggid Books, 2010. The first installment of the RIETS Practical Halakhah Series, The Laws and Concepts of Niddah based on the lectures of RIETS Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Zvi ...

Charlie Sheen named keynote speaker at YU's 80th Annual Commencement. In light of their recent "Candlelight" success, the Maccabeats will be featured in upcoming episode of "Glee." YU breaks Guinness World Record...again! Yossi Shmulowitz '05YC eats 130 Hamentashen in under 5 minutes; he's "glad to鈥�

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�