The Arch of Titus Project

In June, 2012, a team sponsored by the CIS and led by our Director, Steven Fine, traveled to Rome to digitally scan and study the reliefs on the Arch of Titus in order to reconstruct its original coloring. Click here to learn about our role in the Arch of Titus Digital Restoration Project, or to give to the Project

 
  

Israel in Time and Space 

 For a full program and list of speakers, click here 

Folktales of Israel Videos Now Online!

Enjoy footage from our Fall 2011 conference Folktales of Israel: A Festival Honoring Professor Peninnah Schram, now available online:

Happy Yom Ha'Atzmaut from the CIS!

The CIS wishes the entire YU Community a happy Yom Ha'Atzmaut! In this video, Rabbi Dr. Bernard Rosensweig, Professor of Jewish History at YU, remembers Yom Ha'Atzmaut 1948, when he was a student at Yeshiva College. Enjoy!

Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The CIS was deeply involved in Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition, an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that ran from March 14 to July 8, 2012. Click here for information on the CIS events and the conference that we sponsored together with the Met in conjunction with the exhibition:
 

About the Center

The Center for Israel Studies, established in 2007, is an expression of the longstanding relationship between Yeshiva University and the land and State of Israel. The center nurtures excellence in interdisciplinary scholarship and the teaching of Israel throughout history and across disciplines, with a keen focus upon the modern state.

We support research, conferences, publications, museum exhibitions, public programs and educational opportunities that enhance awareness and study of Israel in all of its complexities. In our short history, we have already become a national and an international forum for engagement of the political, social, scientific, economic, historical, religious and cultural significance of Israel in the world community. 

An Enduring Commitment

''The Land of Israel and the State of Israel are central to the future vision of the Jewish people and have always been central to the reality of Yeshiva University.''

Richard M. Joel
President, Yeshiva University

—Engaging Students and Faculty in a Broad and Deep Understanding of Israel (PDF)