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Center for Israel Studies Collaborates on Groundbreaking Byzantium and Islam Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum At the start of the seventh century, the eastern Mediterranean—from Syria through Egypt and across North Africa—was central to the spiritual and political heart of the Byzantine Empire…

Dr. Ronald Rubin, already a generous donor of rare volumes to the Library’s Special Collections, presented the Mendel Gottesman Library with a very valuable set of four magnificent volumes this week, in celebration of his birthday, the Biblia Rabbinica (Mikra’ot Gedolot), published in Basel in 1618…

Kuntres Yerah Tov ‘al Birkat ha-Hodesh, by Elchanan Adler. Published by the author, 2012. Kuntres Yerah Tov, by ºÚÁÏÉç All Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Elchanan Adler, is a short volume, but it is overflowing with scintillating scholarship and fascinating insights into the monthly recitation of the…

On Friday, March 30 th, Assemblymember Guillermo Linares held an event in honor of Women’s Month and 20 women where recognized with proclamations. Dean Carmen Ortiz Hendricks was one of the honorees. “Being recognized by the Washington Heights-Inwood community along with other prominent women ...

Pesach is the holiday of searching: checking for hamets, hunting for the afikomen, and defining Jewish identity and freedom. An exploration of the library’s collections unearths images in honor of the holiday. Best wishes for a happy and kosher Passover. Posted by Shulamith Z. Berger

Sylviane Stampfer, editor of RAMBI, The Index to Articles in Jewish Studies, recently announced that SUBJECT searching in RAMBI is being upgraded so that searching a subject in either English or Hebrew will retrieve both Hebrew and European language articles. The change is being introduced…

The Wurzweiler Community Partnership Committee (WCPC) held its second successful community meeting breakfast this past February 29 th at ºÚÁÏÉç All. Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, Dean of Wurzweiler School of Social Work and Dr. Dolly Sacristan, Co-Chair of the Committee, welcomed ...

In 2005, when the crisis in Darfur was first making headlines, Cynthia Bernstein was in her second year of studies at Stern College for Women. Unable to sit idly by while the papers reported on such atrocities, Bernstein connected with a small group of students who were also interested in becoming…

Next month features two long-standing YU traditions – class reunions and Commencement. On Wednesday, May 23, the day program for Reunion 2012, celebrating alumni who graduated 25, 40 and 50 years ago, will begin in Rubin Hall on the Wilf Campus at 12:30pm and end at 4:30pm at the Falk Lounge on the…