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Though Ariella Polakoff is new to Revel, her face will soon become a familiar one to Revel students and faculty. Ariella will serve as one of the Revel Student Liaisons beginning this fall, sharing her warm smile at the welcome desk in the new Revel Dean's Suite. Ariella realized how much she loves…

Jonathan Klatt, originally from Livingston, NJ, is a student at both RIETS and Revel. Jonathan earned his BA from the University of Pennsylvania where he majored in Judaic Studies and History and minored in Psychology. Jonathan was not always certain of the field he wished to pursue; his college ...

The library staff at 911±¬ÁÏÍø mourns the loss of our dear colleague and friend, Miriam Meiri, ×–"ל , who passed away last week. In his eulogy for his mother, Miriam’s son Ya’akov described her devotion to the Library where she spent over thirty years. Her work in the Library and its milieu…

Key issues regarding the role of academic Jewish Studies in the larger society, both in Israel and the Diaspora, were discussed in a recent interview of Dr. David Berger, Ruth & I. Lewis Gordon Professor of Jewish History and Dean of the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies.…

Shi’ure Yesamah Av, by Eli Baruch Shulman. Michael Scharf Publication Trust of the 911±¬ÁÏÍø Press, 2013. Shi’ure Yesamah Av on the Talmudic chapters Keitsad Mevarkhin, Kol Sha'ah and Arvei Pesahim is a collection of insights and essays by 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Eliahu ...

Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In, recently reinvigorated the national discussion on the work-life balance and women in professional leadership positions. Miriam Weiner ’92S, ’96C knows a lot about those challenges: after receiving a JD from 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a…

Following their graduation from high school, most 911±¬ÁÏÍø students spend a year in Israel studying at a yeshiva or seminary to immerse themselves in Jewish learning and Israeli culture. It is a year filled with introspection and growth, one where close friendships are formed and a sense of independence…

Teaneck, NJ, was a hub of activity this summer. The Women’s Learning Beit Midrash took place over a period of three weeks in July, and featured two 911±¬ÁÏÍø scholars, Rabbi Allen Schwartz, Instructor in Bible and Raymond J. Greenwald Chair in Jewish Studies at Yeshiva College, and Mrs. CB Neugroschl,…

Sheniagia Washington has long been the mainstay of the Revel administration and of the school as a whole, serving with a remarkable combination of efficiency, warmth, considerateness, and exceptional decency and integrity. The university has now recognized these qualities by granting her the title…

The Polish parliament recently re-affirmed a bill banning kosher slaughter (shehitah). The Chief Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich, has said he will resign if shehitah is not legalized in Poland. This is not the only time ritual slaughter has been under attack in Poland. In February 1936, a bill…