From the monthly archives: March 2013

The Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies invites you to its annual Shabbaton

On March 19, 2013 · In Lectures and Activities, News

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.

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Meet Daniel Tabak, Revel PhD Candidate in Medieval Jewish History

On March 19, 2013 · In Faculty, Student and Alumni Profiles

Daniel Tabak is pursuing his doctorate in Medieval Jewish History at Revel, but that trajectory wasn’t always clear, even to him. After graduating Yeshiva College with a BA in Economics in 2007, Daniel began taking courses toward an MA at Revel as a co-requisite of his RIETS semikha program. “By the end of my […]

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Invitation to a Revel Symposium on Halacha on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 (Yom ha-Atzmaut)

On March 19, 2013 · In Lectures and Activities, News, Research

The Bernard Revel Graduate School invites you to a Symposium: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Halakhic Texts by members of the Graduate Workshop on Jewish Law and Methodology, a multi-disciplinary team of young scholars that explores new ways to place textual analysis at the forefront of halakhah scholarship. Its members include doctoral students at the Hebrew […]

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Leading Scholar of Polish and Lithuanian Jewry Speaks at Revel

On March 11, 2013 · In Lectures and Activities, News

Two conventionally held historical beliefs were challenged by Professor Adam Teller in his recent presentations as a Visiting Scholar at Revel on Wednesday, February 27: (1) that Polish-Lithuanian Jews lived in social isolation from their Christian neighbors; and (2) that the printing press was, in and of itself, an engine of radical social and […]

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Meet Yael Goldfisher, Revel Alumna Returning for a Second Master’s Degree (in Bible)

On March 8, 2013 · In Faculty, Student and Alumni Profiles

When describing her current life situation Yael Goldfisher exclaims: “I love to both learn and teach!  Being able to pursue my passion as a career is extremely rewarding.”  Yael, who lives with her husband, David (see accompanying Revel student profile), and their four children in Teaneck, New Jersey, has been teaching Chumash at […]

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