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Yeshiva University Libraries is excited to introduce a new portal for accessing our Digital Collections. This platform enhances the user experience for viewing the Libraries’ rare and unique materials through more robust search and browse functionalities and improved navigation of lengthy textual items. We have also significantly enriched and standardized the descriptive metadata of the […]
A century ago marked “the first anniversary of the beginning of a new epoch in Jewish education in America.” Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel had assumed the presidency of the Rabbinical College (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary – RIETS) a year earlier, and re-organized it, breathing new life into Judaism in the […]
Today academic Jewish studies programs as well as associations of Jewish academics flourish in the United States. The situation was far different a century ago, when Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel, president of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, founded the Society of Jewish Academicians of America. The Society’s Constitution, recently acquired by the […]
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America issued this striking seal in July 1934 as part of the activity of its Religious Reconstruction [Fund] Committee. One of these rare seals was recently acquired by the Yeshiva University Archives.
The Religious Reconstruction Fund Committee was formed by the Orthodox Union in […]
Yeshiva University Libraries are proud to announce the addition of the JSTOR Hebrew Journals Collection to our Judaic Studies resources. Students and faculty at Yeshiva University now have access to important Hebrew journals in Jewish Studies, among them:
Atiqot עתיקות
Cathedra קתדרה: לתולדות ארץ ישראל ויישובה
Iyyun עיון
Jerusalem […]
Index of References Dealing with Talmudic Literature, colloquially known as The Lieberman CD, is now available via the Internet. The Index, developed by the Saul Lieberman Institute of Talmudic Research at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, includes the Mishna, Tosefta, Jerusalem Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud. A search for a specific page […]
History comes to life in the pages of newspapers. The December 26, 1781, issue of the Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser, a recent gift to the Library by Prof. Ronald Rubin, is a prime example. An advertisement placed by Haym Salomon, the well-known Jewish Revolutionary War patriot, promotes Salomon’s financial […]
Yeshiva University Archives recently acquired a photograph of the Alumni Banquet of the Beth Midrash LeMorim, held on March 7, 1926. Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel, President and Rosh Yeshiva, is standing in the background, surrounded by the staff and graduates. Despite the formality of the setting, the dinner in the photo took place […]
The Library is now subscribed to the full online run of The Jerusalem Post (1932-present). The Jerusalem Post has been, and still is, a leading Israeli daily newspaper. Keyword-searchable access to its complete run provides important research on the history, culture, and political life of the Yishuv and the State of Israel in particular, and […]
Dr. Ronald Rubin, a generous donor of rare volumes to the Library’s Special Collections, recently presented the Mendel Gottesman Library a new gift. Foremost among the books is a rare edition of kabbalistic piyutim. Sefer Et ha-Zamir was authored by Benjamin ben Eliezer ha-Kohen Vitale of Reggio (1651-1730), an Italian rabbinical figure, liturgical poet, […]
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