Day of Learning Showcases Faculty of Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies held its first Yom Iyun [day of learning] entitled "A Taste of Jewish Scholarship" on Sunday, Dec. 6 at Congregation Ohab Zedek (OZ) in Manhattan. The Yom Iyun began with an introduction by Rabbi Allen Schwartz, OZ’s spiritual leader. Noted Revel scholars who spoke included: - Dr. Mordechai Cohen, associate dean and professor of Bible, "Newly Revealed Dimensions of Jewish Bible Interpretation" - Dr. Jonathan Dauber, assistant professor of Jewish mysticism, "Kabbalistic Perspectives on the Rambam" - Dr. Ronnie Perelis, assistant professor of Sephardic studies, "Exile and Spiritual Self-Discovery: Crypto Judaism in the New World" - Dr. Daniel Rynhold, assistant professor of modern Jewish philosophy, "The Odd Couple: Rav Soloveitchik and Friedrich Nietzsche" - Dean David Berger, Ruth & I. Lewis Gordon Professor of Jewish History, "Academic Jewish Studies and Judaism"