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Dr. Jess Olson Gives Readers a Quick Immersion Into Judaism

By On November 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jess Olson, an associate professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva College, has published a book for Ediciones Tibidabo / Tibidabo Publications titled Jewish Culture: A Quick Immersion, one of a series of “quick immersions” that “uses accurate and straightforward language to offer a good introduction, or […]

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Gurock Publishes Article on The History of Parkchester

By On June 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, the Libby M.Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, recently published “‘Getting Along’ in Parkchester: A New Era in Jewish–Irish Relations in New York City 1940–1970” in Religions, an international, open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal. It is part of a special issue, titled “The Jewish Experience in America.”

In the […]

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Gurock Interviewed on “Rabbi Wechsler Teaches”

By On July 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, the Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, appeared on the “Rabbi Wechsler Teaches” show on Sirius XM Stars. The show is hosted by Rabbi Harlan J. Wechsler, the founding Rabbi of Congregation Or Zarua in Manhattan. Gurock’s interview occurs about 21 minutes into the […]

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Fine Discusses History of Menorah on TLV1

By On July 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Steven Fine, the Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies, was recently interviewed by “The Tel Aviv Review,” a program on TLV1, an English-language podcast network based in Tel Aviv.

In the interview, titled, “The Menorah: A Most Emblematic Emblem,” Fine analyzes […]

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Gurock Publishes Collection of Essays

By On February 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, has just published Constant Challenge: Sports and American Judaism (Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press and The Toby Press).

The book collects nine essays that examine the challenges of sports to American Judaism and the varied responses of the American community toward […]

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Fine’s Book Reprinted

By On November 29, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Steven Fine, Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of the Center for Israel Studies, has had his 1997 book, This Holy Place: On the Sanctity of the Synagogue During the Greco-Roman Period, republished by Wipf and Stock Publishers, located in Oregon.

The reprint includes a new postscript, which describes the […]

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Kanarfogel Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Jewish History

By On January 27, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law, has been named as one of the two editors-in-chief of the prestigious academic journal Jewish History. Members of the editorial board of Jewish History are drawn from leading universities throughout the world.

Rabbi Kanarfogel also served recently as the […]

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Fine Contributes Essay to Book on Ancient Jewish Art

By On December 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Steven Fine, the Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, contributed an essay to the forthcoming work Viewing Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology: VeHinnei Rachel – Essays in Honor of Rachel Hachlili (Koninklijke Brill, 2016). Fine’s essay, titled “The Open Torah Ark: A Jewish Iconographic Type in Late Antique Rome and Sardis,” discusses […]

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Gurock Featured in Hamodia Article

By On December 22, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, is interviewed in Hamodia Magazine’s “The Good Old Days Were Not So Good for Shemiras Shabbos,” a feature on the history of the five-day workweek that appeared in the magazine’s November 25 edition. In the article, Gurock discusses how Jewish immigrants struggled with […]

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Zimmerman’s Book Reviewed in Jewish Week

By On November 13, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Eli and Diana Zborowski Professorial Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History Dr. Joshua Zimmerman‘s book The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939-1945 (Cambridge University Press, 2015) was recently featured in The Jewish Week. Titled “Killers of Jews or Saviors of Jews?“, the article explores Zimmerman’s motivations for writing the book and the surprising […]

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