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Levine Lectures Across New York State

By On June 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently delivered a number of lectures to various communities in New York.

In March, she spoke at the Young Israel of Oceanside for their annual Tanach be-Shanah Series on the topic, “Recording Nature’s Song in Sefer Tehillim.” […]

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Kanarfogel Publishes Three Articles

By On March 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law, recently published three articles: “Rabbinic Conceptions of Matchmaking in Medieval Europe,” in Entangled Histories: Knowledge, Authority, and Jewish Culture in the Thirteenth Century (University of Pennsylvania Press); “Returning Apostates and their Marital Partners in Medieval Ashkenaz,” in Contesting Inter-Religious Conversion […]

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Levine Delivers Lectures

By On October 7, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently delivered a number of lectures to various communities in the United States. At the end of July, Levine delivered the keynote speech for the annual Yarchei Kallah sponsored by NILI- Chicago Institute of Women’s Learning, in Skokie, Illinois, on […]

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Hajioff Publishes Guide to Dating, Relationships, Love and Marriage

By On September 1, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff, instructor in Jewish studies at Stern College for Women, recently published his second book, titled Will Jew Marry Me?: A Guide to Dating, Relationships, Love and Marriage.

“In this book,” Hajioff explained, “I have collected my thoughts, ideas, experiences and stories from my many years […]

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Levine Delivers Lectures Across the United States and Israel

By On March 29, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently delivered a number of lectures to various communities in the United States and Israel.

In December, Levine spoke at the Midreshet Yom Rishon in Lower Merion Synagogue, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, on the topic, “Forging Our Nation’s Identity: Lessons from Exile and […]

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Holtz Delivers Lectures at JCC Greenwich, Young Israel of Stamford

By On March 9, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Shalom Holtz, associate professor of Bible and chair of the Robert M. Beren Department of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva College, recently delivered two lectures. The first, “Seeing God as Refuge in the Psalms,” was an illustrated talk at the Jewish Community Center in Greenwich, Connecticut, in which Holtz explored the connection between God […]

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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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Feldman’s Work Wins 2014 National Jewish Book Award

By On January 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment

A three-volume set co-edited by Professor Louis Feldman, Abraham Wouk Family Chair in Classics and Literature at Yeshiva University, was recently awarded the Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award and the 2014 National Jewish Book Award Winner in Scholarship by the Jewish Book Council.

Titled Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture (JPS […]

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Kanarfogel Named to Executive Committee of American Academy for Jewish Research

By On August 13, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Professor Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law at Yeshiva University, has been named to the Executive Committee of the American Academy for Jewish Research, where he joins colleagues from Columbia University, Princeton University, the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Toronto. […]

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Schiffman Takes Part in “The Story of the Jews”

By On April 24, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Lawrence Schiffman, vice provost for undergraduate education and professor of Judaic studies at YU, recently took part in several segments for PBS’s five-part documentary series, “The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama.”

The five-hour series follows Schama, who has written and presented 50 documentaries on art, literature and history and is University […]

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