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YU’s Department of Economics has transformed over the past few years. The department, under the chairmanship of Professor James Kahn, has been steadily adding new resources, such as faculty, courses, and events. With the pending addition of three professors for the 2012-13 academic year, there will…

Pesach is April 6-14 this year, and whether you’re home, going away to a hotel program, or visiting family or friends for yom tov, YU has you covered with numerous resources for Pesach reading, learning, and divrei Torah to share at the sederim. Pesach To-Go 5722, one of the several yom tov ...

Dr. Douglas R. Burgess joined ºÚÁÏÉç All’s history department in fall 2010, following postdoctoral fellowships at Eugene Lang College at The New School for Social Research and New York Historical Society. He obtained his JD from Cornell University and PhD from Brown University. He teaches…

Four-part Revel PhD lecture series hosted at the Jewish Center A series of four lectures by Revel PhD students was hosted by the Jewish Center in Manhattan on consecutive Mondays from April 23 to May 14 this year. The series, entitled “A Taste of Academic Jewish Studies from Tomorrow’s Jewish ...

Sefer Tov Lev ‘al Masekhet Pesahim, by Michoel Zylberman. Ḳeren Mikha’el Sharf le-hotsaʼat sefarim she-ʻal yad Yeshivat Rabenu Yitsḥaḳ Elḥanan, 2011. Rabbi Michoel Zylberman's first published book contains two works. The first work, Sefer Tov Lev, is a collection of essays covering different ...

From Rashi’s Shir ha-Shirim to Jewish-Christian Tensions to the Contemporary Academy: Revel Yom Iyun Addresses the Value and Relevance of Academic Jewish Studies Over 100 people congregated at The Jewish Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Sunday morning, March 18 for a unique Yom Iyun…

Exploring the Milieu of Great Minds: Associate Dean Cohen as Scholar-in-Residence at Jewish Center in Manhattan As the first in a three-part celebration of Revel’s 75 th anniversary intended to bring the school’s work to the attention of the broader Jewish community, Mordechai Cohen, Professor of…

In a recent article in NASW news, Keith Liederman, an alum of Wurzweiler and currently executive director of the Kingsley House in New Orleans (seen in this Wurzweiler about students on a service project to the area), shared a story about his father’s impact on his future as a social worker. Click…

Sefer Yeme ha-Purim, by Yonason Sacks. 2012. Yeme ha-Purim is a collection of Torah essays on halakhic topics relating to Purim by ºÚÁÏÉç All Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yonason Sacks. The essays display Rabbi Sacks’ clarity of thought and presentation. The joy of Purim and Torah study are combined…

ºÚÁÏÉç All’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work has announced its 2012 Spring Conference Series. Addressing topics as varied as the composition of North American Jewish family and what professionals can do to combat poverty, the series will convene educators and social work professionals on…