From the monthly archives: September 2017

Children are our future – teach them well (by Revel Board Member Mr. Grunstein)

On September 27, 2017 · In Uncategorized

George Benson, in 1978[i], sang about how children are our future. They need someone, who they could look up to, like a parent, to teach them well and show them the beauty they possess inside. He encapsulates, in lyrical form, an ethic that is an integral part of Judaism.

The Torah reading

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It’s Time to Hug it Out: Guest Post by Revel Board Member Mr. Leonard Grunstein

On September 20, 2017 · In Uncategorized

Leonard Grunstein, a retired attorney and banker, founded and served as Chairman of Metropolitan National Bank and then Israel Discount Bank of NY. He also founded Project Ezrah and serves on the Board of Revel at Yeshiva University and the AIPAC Bergen Council. He has published articles in the Banking Law Journal, Real Estate Finance Journal […]

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Reconstructing the Yerushalmi through Rishonim

On September 14, 2017 · In Lectures and Activities

In his recent, well-attended lecture, Rabbi Dr. Moshe Pinchuk of Netanya Academic College showed how the Talmud Yerushalmi Online Database (http://yerushalmidb.compuall.co.il/) – for which he is responsible – can be used to meet one of the unique challenges of studying the Talmud Yerushalmi. One of the reasons that the Talmud Yerushalmi is notoriously difficult […]

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Revel Dean’s Historic Meeting With Pope

On September 7, 2017 · In Faculty, Student and Alumni Profiles, News

As Member of Orthodox Rabbinic Delegation, Berger Presents Document on Jewish-Christian Relations

Last week, Dr. David Berger, professor of Jewish history and dean of the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies of Yeshiva University, participated in a historic encounter with Pope Francis at the Vatican.

Dean Berger and Pope […]

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