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“Philistines! Rehabilitating a Biblical Foe” is an international conference sponsored by the Center for Israel Studies, the Yeshiva University Museum and the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. It will take place on Nov. 17, 2019, and registration is now open. (To register by phone ...

Reflections on Tragedy and Resilience in Pittsburgh On October 27, 2018, terror struck the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A year later, many wounds have not healed, but also a year later, a community has found the strength to move forward with…

Enjoy the stimulating and engaging work being done by these Yeshiva University faculty across the campuses. Dr. Shalom Holtz Dr. Paula Geyh Dr. Brian Trimboli Dr. David Lavinsky Dr. Rachel Mesch Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald Dr. David Puretz Dr. Edward Belbruno Dr. Daniel Beliavsky Dr. Jannine Lasaleta Dr…

Professor Stanley Fish Writes Op-ed in Daily News Professor Stanley Fish wrote in a Daily News op-ed regarding the NBA/China Twitter controversy, “When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned the National Basketball Association not to put profits ahead of free speech, he joined a chorus of ...

Dr. Shalom Holtz, professor of Bible at Yeshiva College and associate dean of academic affairs, has a new book coming out from Brown Judaic Studies, titled Praying Legally. Dr. Holtz explained how “in the Hebrew Bible and related ancient sources there is an opportunity to make one’s case before ...

Dr. Paula Geyh, an associate professor of English at Yeshiva College, attended the annual Association for Philosophy and Literature, sponsored this year by the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt in Austria. The conference brings together scholars from different disciplines to explore a range of ...

Dr. Brian Trimboli, currently a lecturer-in-writing at Yeshiva College, spent the summer working on a manuscript of “sonnet crowns.” This is a poetic form where a sequence of sonnets are linked together structurally by having the final line of the first sonnet be the first line of the second sonnet…

The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs is grateful to Rabbi Arthur Schneier’s vision and leadership in promoting human rights and international understanding. Our students had a unique opportunity recently to attend his yearly gathering for the Appeal of Conscience Foundation…

We are pleased to share with you the latest issue of YU Ideas, “Intellectual Property in the Digital Age,” in honor of the holiday of Sukkot. As the rabbis of the Talmud teach us, a Sukkah must be a dirat arai, a temporary structure. On Sukkot, we leave our permanent homes, and enter structures…

“Sweat 4 Tzedakah” was an idea developed by Bella Adler ’20S to create programming for Jewish engagement on the Beren Campus. The organizers rented out two premier exercise studios in midtown—FlyWheel Sports and 305 Fitness—and hosted one workout class in each on two Monday nights in September.…