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
锘匡豢 The Mishneh Torah, one of the first comprehensive codes of Jewish Law, was composed by Moses Maimonides between 1170 and 1180 CE. The manuscript of the Mishneh Torah owned by the Bodleian Library contains the first two books of the Code: Sefer ha-Madda and Sefer Ahavah. Folio 165 includes a ...
锘縏he Census Bureau released its first set of 2010 Census data on December 21, 2010. Data includes resident population for the country and states, as well as congressional apportionment totals for each state. Check out the interactive map widget for a historical perspective on apportionments and our鈥
锘匡豢 ha-Kiyum veha-Zikaron bi-Yetsirot Aharon Apelfeld, Yosef Hayim Brener, uvi-Khetavim Aherim (Existence and Memory in the Writings of Aharon Appelfeld, Yosef Hayyim Brenner, and Other Writings) by Samuel Schneider. Jerusalem : Carmel, 2010. ha-Kiyum veha-Zikaron is the recently published volume by鈥
Crown of Aleppo : The Mystery of the Oldest Hebrew Bible Codex, by Hayim Tawil & Bernard Schneider. Jewish Publication Society, 2010. Dr. Hayim Tawil, Professor at Yeshiva College, collaborated with Bernard Schneider, an attorney with an interest in the Hebrew Bible, to tell the story of the鈥