From the monthly archives: November 2014

Modeling the Flood Story: Midrash and Movie

On November 18, 2014 · In Lectures and Activities, News

On Sunday, November 30th, 2014 from 2 – 5 PM, the Yeshiva University Museum, together with Yeshiva College and the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, will be hosting a symposium titled “Modeling the Flood Story: Midrash and Movie,” featuring interpretations of the Biblical flood account and a discussion […]

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Professor Stefan Reif: Attitudes Toward non-Jews in Prayer Manuscripts

On November 11, 2014 · In Lectures and Activities, News

A feeling of camaraderie pervaded the fifth floor of Furst Hall on October 29 when Professor Stefan Reif delivered a talk at Revel about attitudes toward non-Jews in Genizah documents. Speaking without a microphone, Professor Reif interspersed his lecture with personal anecdotes and Yiddish sayings, and regaled the audience with stories of […]

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Upcoming Lecture by Dr. Judah Galinsky: Lay Piety in the Jewish Community

On November 10, 2014 · In Lectures and Activities, News

On Monday, November 24 at 7:00 P.M. in Furst Hall – Room 535, Revel will host a guest lecture by Dr. Judah Galinksy, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Talmud and Rabbinic Literature at Bar-Ilan University, on “Aspects of Lay Piety in the Jewish Community During the 13th Century.” Response […]

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New Article on Rashi by Prof. Yeshayahu Maori

On November 7, 2014 · In Lectures and Activities, News, Publications

Haifa Professor Yeshayahu Maori, a many-time visiting professor at Revel, just published an article on Rashi based on his talk at the Revel Symposium on Parshanut ha-Miqra this past January. Appearing in the Israeli academic journal Sha’anan, this study focuses on Sefer ha-Zikkaron, a supercommentary on Rashi by R. Avraham Bakrat, who settled in […]

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Revel Alumna Shana Strauch Schick Publishes Article in Zion

On November 4, 2014 · In News

Revel alumna Shana Strauch Schick, the first woman to earn a Revel PhD in Talmud (2011), has recently published an article in the Israeli academic journal Zion entitled “A Re-examination of the Bavli’s Beruriah Narratives in Light of Middle Persian Literature” (Zion 79:3 [2014]: 409-424).

This study, written in Hebrew, comprehensively investigates the […]

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