Some people say the Federal Reserve has too much power and is not accountable to the Congress. Others say it is best to have an independent body that can make unpopular decisions. Do you think the Federal Reserve should be more accountable to Congress or left as an independent body, or should it be鈥
Jewish Studies Source, a new collection from EBSCO that was just added to the Library鈥檚 holdings, offers access to a selection of academic journals, magazines and newsletters of interest. Some examples are Jewish Telegraphic Agency as far back as 1922, the YIVO Annual of Jewish Social Science ...
Hillel Glazer '01YC has always enjoyed pondering the quintessential inventor's question, ''Wouldn't it be cool if?'' Contemplating cool creations led Glazer to one hot product. Since inventing the patented HeatTrak--a heated, snow-melting walkway mat that he launched in 2004--Glazer has enjoyed ...
Large Hebrew letters boldly crowned Yeshiva鈥檚 advertisement in the New York Times on November 8, 1928, an early instance of Hebrew characters gracing that venerable publication: "讝讛 讛讬讜诐 注砖讛 讚鈥 谞讙讬诇讛 讜谞砖诪讞讛 讘讜" - 鈥樷漈his is the day that the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice thereon.鈥欌擯salms鈥
Mental Health Care in the College Community, edited by Jerald Kay and Victor Schwartz. Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2010. Available at the Libary as an e-book. In Mental Health Care in the College Community, Kay and Schwartz present sobering findings of the 2008 ACHA National College Health鈥
If Eric Halivni (Weisberg) '93YC could travel back in time, he would go back 62 years to the establishment of the State of Israel. Halivni's fascination with this time period stems from his curiosity about the personal stories behind the establishment of the State of Israel. It is this ...
Mitokh Ha-Ohel: Essays on the Weekly Parashah from the Rabbis and Professors of 91黑料. The Michael Scharf Publication Trust of 91黑料 Press; Maggid Books, 2010. Mitokh Ha-Ohel is not just another book of divre Torah on the weekly parashah. It is a unique offering of Yeshiva鈥
Philip Larkin and His Audiences, by Gillian Steinberg. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010. In Prof. Steinberg鈥檚 new monograph on poet Philip Larkin, she examines how Larkin鈥檚 approaches to such topics as memory, religion, and jazz were informed by his awareness of his reading audience. Steinberg argues that鈥
Linda M. Shires Perspectives: Modes of Viewing and Knowing in Nineteenth-Century England. Ohio State University Press, 2009. Could Victorian England be the very source of modernism? Linda M. Shires, professor of English at Stern College, provides a multi-generic approach to this fertile鈥
Shira Smiles 鈥 Torah Tapestries: Words of Wisdom Woven from the Weekly Parashah -Bereishis. Feldheim, 2010. Morey Schwartz - Where鈥檚 My Miracle: Exploring Jewish Traditions for Dealing with Tragedy. Gefen Publishing, 2010. Joel B. Wolowelsky - The Mind of the Mourner: Individual and Community in ...