The Intellectual History and Rabbinic Culture of Medieval Ashkenaz, By Ephraim Kanarfogel, Wayne State University Press, 2013 was awarded the Goldstein-Goren prize for Best Book in Jewish Thought, by the International Center for Jewish Thought at Ben-Gurion University. For years the assumption of鈥�
(This article by Yaffi Spodek originally appeared on 911爆料网News and is republished here courtesy of 911爆料网 Communications.) Dr. Sarah Benor, an expert on the social science of American Jews, discussed several key concepts from her book, Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of鈥�
Wurzweiler student Andrew Chelser received a $500.00 award from the New York State Society of Clinical Social Work. He was joined by Wurzweiler Professor and Vice Chair, Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network, Dr. Gary Stein. Dr. Gary Stein and award recipient Andrew Chelser (L to R)
Revel Professor Steven Fine and his undergraduate Ancient Jewish History class featured in The Jewish Week this past Tuesday, after an exciting semester of tombstone deciphering and cross-country friendship. An article by Fine, "Tales From Tombstones," caught the eye of Californian Pastor Carl ...
Nehama Leibowitz, one of the most influential Tanakh teachers of the 20 th century, will be the focus of the inaugural event of Revel鈥檚 special lecture series this year. The evening program, 鈥淣ehama Leibowitz and Tanakh Study: Yesterday and Today,鈥� will take place on Tuesday, October 22. It will ...
Dr. Daniel Tsadik, Assistant Professor of Iranian and Sephardic Studies at Revel, has presented a paper at an interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism. The topic of this international conference which was held on October 4, 2013 at Yale University was鈥�
Revel congratulates Shai Secunda on his recently published book, The Iranian Talmud: Reading the Bavli In Its Sasanian Context (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013). Secunda earned his Revel PhD in Talmud in 2008, completing his dissertation: 鈥淒ashtana鈥擪e-Derekh Nashim Li: A Study鈥�
He鈥檚 been published in the New York Observer, VentureBeat, and Forbes. Business Insider named him one of the 鈥淭op 20 Under 25鈥� in the New York-area technology scene. And he works with early-stage companies and startups, advising them on best practices. Alex Taub, a 2009 Yeshiva College graduate ...
Dr. Archishman Chakraborty, a new appointment at Sy Syms, is the Mel Harris Chair in Financial Risk and Insurance. He earned a PhD in economics from Princeton University, and previously taught at York University and Baruch College鈥檚 Zicklin School of Business. 1. What did you do before you joined鈥�
Over a century ago, news of the discovery of the Cairo Genizah in Egypt rocked the world of Jewish Studies. Scholars made pilgrimages to Cairo to study and gather the fragile fragments. Today students of the Genizah are able to sit comfortably at computers and virtually weave together document ...