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Today, a consumer shopping for kosher for Passover products enjoys choosing from a myriad of prepared, packaged, and frozen foods. Supermarket shelves overflowing with wares offer a selection of 52,000 kosher for Passover foods, according to the newsletter KosherToday. Jewish Life, April 1947 In ...

The Menorah: from the Bible to modern Israel, by Steven Fine. Harvard University Press, 2016. Professor Fine's new book explores the history of the menorah, both in terms of how it was represented and what it symbolized and continues to symbolize for Jews and others. Dr. Fine traces the religious鈥�

Bernard Revel鈥檚 Reorganization of RIETS and the Chag HaSemikhah of 1919 The 1919 Chag HaSemikhah was the first fruit of Bernard Revel鈥檚 reorganization of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), which commenced when Revel was appointed as its Rosh Yeshiva in 1915. Revel ascended to鈥�

Mordecai Paldiel. Saving One鈥檚 Own: Jewish Rescuers during the Holocaust. University of Nebraska/Jewish Publication Society, 2017. Mordecai Paldiel 鈥� Adjunct Professor in Jewish History, Stern College for Women 鈥� has created a welcome and vital addition to Holocaust scholarship. Saving One鈥檚 Own ...

Matthew Silkin, Yaacov Samel & Yoni Kornblau with Rachel Mesch, Associate Professor of English & French, at the opening reception for their Parisian Views: Instagram Discoveries by Yeshiva College Students Parisian Views: Instagram Discoveries by Yeshiva College Students is the most recent鈥�

At the tender age of four, the Commentator published its first Purim issue on March 1, 1939. The initial Purim edition was also the Commentator鈥檚 first foray into the use of color. The red ink may have referred to the Commentator鈥檚 nickname, the 鈥淐ommie,鈥� and was presumably chosen to match the ...

A century ago marked 鈥渢he first anniversary of the beginning of a new epoch in Jewish education in America.鈥� Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel had assumed the presidency of the Rabbinical College (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary 鈥� RIETS) a year earlier, and re-organized it, breathing new life into鈥�

Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: Prophecy in an Age of Uncertainty, by Rabbi Hayyim J. Angel. Maggid Books, 2016. Rabbi Angel鈥檚 new book explores the role of prophecy and the transition from prophecy to rabbinic authority during the early years of the Second Temple period. He addresses important ...

The recent Presidential inauguration has sparked curiosity regarding the relationships of our nation鈥檚 Chief Executives with 黑料社 All during the course of our institution鈥檚 history. Below is a selection of interesting findings from the collections of 黑料社 All Archives: The ...