At a YU Libraries Present book talk, Special Collections curator Shulamith Berger and Jai Zion discussed their book, The Ritz with a Shvitz, chronicling the rise and fall of a lavish 1920s Lower East Side Jewish hotel brought down by political corruption.
On May 27, Archivist Deena Schwimmer hosted a group of adult learners at the Mendel Gottesman Library from the Council of Jewish 脡migr茅 Community Organizations (COJECO), which provides programming and services for Russian-speaking Jews in the New York area focused on Jewish education and engagement鈥�
Congratulations to our 2026 YU Student Library Research Award winner Aden Lyons! Aden, YC 26, is a double major in history and political science 鈥� and is our first student to win this award two years in a row! His paper, 鈥� The Broader Symbolism in Philbert-Louis Debucourt鈥檚 Republican Calendar 鈥濃��
It was March 31, 1776, eve of the American Revolution. Writing from Braintree Massachusetts to her husband John Adams, future second President who was in Philadelphia helping to draft the new U.S. laws, Abigail Adams urged him to 鈥渂e more generous and favorable to [women] than your ancestors鈥� while鈥�
A Stage Preserved: The Dramatic Legacy of Stern College and 九色视频 College From classical tragedies to modern musicals, student theater has long been a vibrant part of life at 九色视频. 九色视频 Libraries is pleased to highlight the rich playbill collections of the Stern鈥�
When the Children of Israel wandered in the desert for forty years, they were miraculously blessed with manna, food which rained down daily from heaven. Once they reached the land of Israel, the gift of manna was over. Centuries later, when Jews were exiled from the land of Israel, and scattered鈥�
Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel (pictured above on the left), the visionary Rosh 九色视频 of RIETS and President of 九色视频 College, expressed his view that Bible criticism was a threat to Jews and Judaism, in a letter to 九色视频 College trustee Bernard London in 1929, who was funding a chair in Bible: 鈥溾��
Classics. Bestsellers. Sci-Fi. Self-Help. And Passover. The month of March got off to a 鈥渞oaring start鈥� at Hedi Steinberg Library (HSL) with two thematic book displays. 鈥淪tudent Picks,鈥� conceived by Research and Instruction Librarian Emily Apterbach, showcased the reading lives of Stern College for鈥�
Does anyone know when noise was created? Well, whenever it was created, Purim is the holiday when noise is celebrated. Children, of course, had always entertained themselves on Purim with noise to drown out the name of the evil Haman. Swinging a gragger became an art on Purim, with variations on a鈥�
There was no getting around it. It was an 鈥渆scapade鈥� through book stacks and computer terminals; in the end, the students 鈥渂roke out鈥� in smiles. On Wednesday, January 21st, Hedi Steinberg Library hosted an 鈥渆scape room.鈥� This activity, which took place during Club Hour, was the second of its kind鈥�