Join us for Shabbat Parashat Emor April 26 – 27, 2013 In Washington Heights featuring Dr. Mordechai Cohen, Professor of Bible and Associate Dean, Dr. Daniel Rynhold, Professor of Philosophy and Doctoral Program Coordinator.

Mordechai Cohen and Ephraim Kanarfogel Participate in Advanced Judaic Studies Research Group Dr. Mordechai Cohen, associate dean and professor of bible at Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Jewish History at Revel, are participating, as adjunct fellows, in a research group at the Herbert D. [...]

Bequest by Herbert S. Denenberg Trust Establishes Two Yeshiva College Chairs On February 5, Yeshiva University marked the investiture of two new chairs in Judaic studies at Yeshiva College, endowed through a generous bequest from the Herbert S. Denenberg Trust. Dr. Yaakov Elman, professor of Judaic studies at Yeshiva College and YU’s Bernard Revel Graduate [...]

Radical Responsibility is a collection of original essays that celebrate the intellectual legacy of one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of our time, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. In Radical Responsibility, the contributing writers – thirteen luminaries of Jewish and Western thought (including Revel Dean, Dr. David Berger) – explore themes fundamental to Rabbi Sacks’ lifework: ethics, [...]

Revel congratulates Elliot Resnick (BRGS ’10) on his publication of Movers and Shakers. This new book contains interviews with 60 famous “movers and shakers” whom he has interviewed during his tenure as an editor and writer at The Jewish Press. It includes such personalities as Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Governor David Paterson, [...]

Revel Professor Daniel Tsadik, Assistant Professor of Sepharadic and Iranian studies, delivered a paper entitled “Jews under Shi’ite Rule” at the conference “From Ancient Persia to Contemporary LA: 2,700 Years of Iranian Jewish History.” The major theme of the conference was the multifaceted history and culture of the Jews of Iran throughout the ages. Prof. [...]

Revel wishes a Mazel Tov to Steven Goldsmith (BRGS ’07) on his publication of  Imrah Tzrufah on Masechet Yoma. The work provides an analysis of the laws of Avodat Yom Hakippurim in the Beit Hamikdash and the details of the observance of the laws of Yom Kippur and may be a useful companion to those [...]

The Jewish Book Council has named City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York (NYU Press, September 2012) recipient of The Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award. The three-volume work—with contributions from Jeffrey S. Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, as well as Howard B. Rock, Annie Polland and Daniel [...]