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By Shulamith Berger Curator of Special Collections and Hebraica-Judaica Mendel Gottesman Library Yeshiva University Library. Belz Manuscript Collection. Order of the Passover Seder by Rosa A. Yeshiva University Libraries recently received a treasure trove of magnificent modern manuscripts, a ...

By Deena Schwimmer, Archivist YU Libraries It’s been noted recently that a full calendar year has passed since COVID-19 was declared to be a pandemic and lockdowns and other safety protocols began. This unhappy milestone was reached several weeks ago on the Jewish calendar with the holiday of Purim…

On Tuesday March 2, 2021, the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College welcomed Eugene Volokh, UCLA School of Law’s Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law to its weekly Honors speaker series. Prof. Eugene Volokh Prof. Volokh, a preeminent constitutional law scholar ...

Dr. Liel Leibovitz For the spring 2021 semester, Dr. Liel Leibovitz, senior writer at Tablet, is co-teaching Zionist Political Thought: Arguing Zionism with Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, and Dr. Neil Rogachevsky, Straus…

ISSUE 10 • March 22, 2021 Note from the Executive Director Similarly to how students seek out mentorship from trusted professionals, many people in different areas of industry also seek out mentees. I can recall many times in my life where people have come to me saying, “I’d like to give back and…

In The News Prof. Ekow Yankah Joins Bloomberg Law’s “Uncommon Law” Podcast to Discuss Difficulty of Chauvin Prosecution “[T]here are a bunch of things a police officer can do to you because they’re authorized, that would be criminal battery if anybody else did it,” says Yankah. Listen at 5:30»…

From the Dean’s Desk The Summer of Opportunity 2021 “Gam Zu L’tova” -- let us seize on setbacks and get stronger from them -- has been our motto for the last year. We have gotten stronger in many unexpected ways. (For an overview, please see the “State of Sy Syms 2021” animated video.) This week is…

Ilana Wernick Berenson It’s not often you hear a Hollywood scriptwriter say the words “Shabbos,” and “Hashgacha Pratis” [divine providence] and an Orthodox mom say the words “tapings,” “writers’ room” and “agents,” but a captivated audience certainly did during a fascinating and highly entertaining…

On Thursday, March 11, 2021, Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern, Senior Adviser to the Provost and Straus Center Senior Program Officer, participated in a panel discussion with Dr. Barbara Morgan Gardner, associate professor of religious education at Brigham Young University, at the Jewish & Latter-day…

Open Hand, Open Heart @ Library Open House By Hallie (Chaya Sarah) Cantor Acquisitions Associate Hedi Steinberg Library Maker space. Community center. No wonder so many libraries are getting face lifts. But underneath all the ever-changing trends and technologies, the human heart beats on. “Virtual…