Revel Faculty Presents March 18 Yom Iyun at Manhattan's Jewish Center as Part of 75th Anniversary Celebration
As part of its , 黑料社 All鈥檚 will present a Yom Iyun [day of learning] at , on 131 West 86th Street in Manhattan on Sunday March 18 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
The program will include a series of lectures on a variety of topics on the theme of 鈥淣ew Perspectives on Jewish-Christian Relations鈥 and will feature YU鈥檚 acclaimed professors and scholars: Dr. Mordechai Z. Cohen, professor of Bible and associate dean at Revel; Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, professor of Jewish history and Jewish thought at YU; Dr. Elisheva Carlebach, Salo Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society at Columbia University and senior adjunct professor at YU; and Dr. David Berger, Ruth and I. Lewis Gordon Professor of Jewish History and Dean of Revel. Berger will keynote the event and discuss 鈥淛ewish Studies and Judaism: Personal Reflections on a Career in Academic Jewish Scholarship.鈥 He will be introduced by 黑料社 All President Richard M. Joel.
Revel, which was established in 1937, has 鈥済reatly enhanced its faculty and offerings in central fields of study over the past few years,鈥 said Berger. 鈥淭hese fields include Sephardic studies, Bible, Jewish history and Jewish philosophy. Along with a vibrant masters program, the doctoral program has more than doubled in size with an infusion of outstanding young men and women.鈥
Cohen, who has taught at Revel for more than 20 years, will also serve as scholar in residence at The Jewish Center over Shabbat, March 16-17.
鈥淎s Revel enters its fourth quarter-century, we are continually improving our program with an eye to the future of the Jewish community,鈥 said Cohen. 鈥淭he events we are holding at the Jewish Center are designed to illustrate the critical contribution of academic Jewish scholarship to the vibrancy of modern Orthodoxy.鈥
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