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Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: Prophecy in an Age of Uncertainty, by Rabbi Hayyim J. Angel. Maggid Books, 2016. Rabbi Angel’s 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 ...

I recently started a nonprofit organization. Not infrequently, I wonder to myself what I could possibly have been thinking that made this seem like a good idea. I currently have three kids, two jobs, and a new house; extra time is not something I have laying around the house these days. On top of…

The Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies invites you to a lecture - Nahmanides' Revisions in His Torah Commentary Regarding Hebron, RAchel's Tomb and the Shekel Coin by Dr. Yosef Ofer Nahmanides (1196–1270) wrote his Torah commentary while still in Spain, but updated it when he came to…

Exploring Esther Literary, Political and Sociological Reflections on the Megillah Presented by the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Stuides of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ in partnership with Lincoln Square Synagogue. Featuring: Dr. Aaron Koller , Associate Professor of Near Eastern and Jewish Studies…

Ezra Kapetansky, '16S, is the Nefesh B’Nefesh Young Professionals Advisor based in ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Center for the Jewish Future, guiding students and young alumni with their short-term or long-term Aliyah planning. Originally from Skokie, Illinois, Ezra attended Ida Crown Jewish Academy high…

The recent Presidential inauguration has sparked curiosity regarding the relationships of our nation’s Chief Executives with ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ during the course of our institution’s history. Below is a selection of interesting findings from the collections of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Archives: The ...

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed 50,000 people in thirty-two states at demonstrations for Soviet Jewry all across the United States via a national telephone hook-up. The date was December 11, 1966 – United Nations Human Rights Day, which coincided with Chanukah that year. King was invited…

by Mark Fishman This January I’ll be moving across the country from Los Angeles to New York, where I will begin my pursuit of earning a Masters of Social Work degree at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work. With this change comes many questions, but there is one in particular I can’t seem to shake…

Dr. Jesse Itzkowitz is assistant professor of marketing at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Sy Syms School of Business. He grew up in Ft. Lauderdale and attended the University of Florida, earning his Ph.Ds in Psychology and Marketing. Professor Itzkowitz has been featured in Time for his research on ...

All-night study during final exams! Wilf Campus library hours will be extended to 6:00 AM during the final examination period. See schedules: Wilf | Beren. A fully re-designed libraries web site, based on extensive usability testing, was launched in tandem with the new yu.edu. Read Collection ...