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The Jewish Education Night of Networking

On March 2, 2021 · In Lectures and Activities, News

 February 25, 2021  Michael Bettencourt

On Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, along with the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and supported by the 

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Dr. Ari Berman and Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel Discuss Jewish Identity

On February 18, 2021 · In Lectures and Activities, News, Publications

 February 18, 2021  Michael Bettencourt

What does it mean to belong to, then abandon, and then return to a community?

On Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, over 500 people who had registered on Zoom had the pleasure and privilege of hearing Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University, and Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, […]

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Dr. Moshe Sokolow on the Dialectics of the Rav

On February 20, 2020 · In Lectures and Activities

February 19, 2020 Michael Bettencourt

The Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, YU Libraries and the Seforim Sale hosted a lecture by Dr. Moshe Sokolow, the Fanya Gottesfeld-Heller Professor of Jewish Education and Associate Dean of […]

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Comparing Confucius and Ezra: New Frontiers of Torah U-Madda

On December 12, 2019 · In Lectures and Activities, News

On November 12th, 2019, a new dimension of Torah u-Madda was opened in a program about the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and Ezra ha-Sofer, presented by Prof. Annping Chin of Yale and YU Bible Professor Mordechai Cohen. This was the fourth lecture event of Yeshiva University’s Chinese-Jewish Conversation (CJC). It took place at Yagoda Commons […]

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Rethinking Kabbalah With Dr. Tzahi Weiss

On November 12, 2019 · In Lectures and Activities

Dr. Tzahi Weiss

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies welcomed Dr. Tzahi Weiss, associate professor of Jewish mysticism and Hebrew literature at the Open University of Israel, to speak about “Rethinking Kabbalah.”

In his lecture, Dr. Weiss posited that the development of a theosophy […]

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