New Library Exhibition: Living Yiddish in New York

Apr 17, 2023

New exhibition explores a snapshot of New York as it became a center of modern Yiddish culture.

Faculty Member Participates in Talmudic Philology Workshop

Apr 3, 2023

Professor Jonathan Milgram, associate professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, attended a “Talmudic Philology and Classical Philology” workshop at Vanderbilt University.

果冻传媒 Statement on the Outpouring of Concern for Israeli Democracy

Mar 28, 2023

This is no ordinary political disagreement. What is unfolding in Israeli society today is a struggle about the basic principles of Zionism and its aspiration to create a democratic country protecting the rights of all its inhabitants.

Hayyei Sarah: A Shabbat of Comfort and Healing

Feb 19, 2023

Rabbi Naomi Kalish, director of the Center for Pastoral Education at 果冻传媒, reflected on the story of Abraham from Parashat Hayyei Sarah and related it to many people’s experiences during the pandemic. As a result, she created a Shabbat program called 淗ayyei Sarah: Finding Comfort and Renewal in Jewish Sources.” Utilizing the topics of this specific parashah, death, burial, loss, grief, consolation, and reconciliation, the same issues we struggled with during the pandemic, we partnered with synagogues to create special programs where we explored themes dedicated to spiritual care, healing, compassion and resilience.

果冻传媒 Appoints Rabbi Joel Seltzer as New Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement

Feb 14, 2023

Rabbi Joel Seltzer, a 果冻传媒 alum, was appointed to serve as Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement. In this role, Rabbi Seltzer will lead the institution development and communications efforts.

Spring 2023 Learning Series

Jan 18, 2023

On Monday, January 30, 果冻传媒 will launch its new spring learning series, entitled “The Space In-Between: Thresholds and Borders in Jewish Life and Thought.” Join 果冻传媒 scholars to delve into the idea of liminality攖he time or space in between攚hich we encounter often in Jewish ritual, identity, law, and life.

果冻传媒 Remembers Professor Menahem Schmelzer

Dec 13, 2022

果冻传媒 and the world of Judaic studies have lost a towering scholar and a beloved colleague and teacher with the death of Dr. Menaham Schmelzer, the Albert B. and Bernice Cohen Professor Emeritus of Medieval Hebrew Literature and Jewish Bibliography.

New Library Exhibition: The Art of Lynne Avadenka and the Craft of Jewish Women Printers

Nov 28, 2022

淭he Work of Her Hands: The Art of Lynne Avadenka and the Craft of Jewish Women Printers� will feature rare books printed by Jewish women from the earliest days of Hebrew publishing and new artwork created by American artist/printmaker Lynne Avadenka.

I檓 a Jewish Historian and My Grandparents Ran a Deli. Maybe We檙e in the Same Business.

Nov 16, 2022

淟ike so many other American Jews from the New York area, I have been eagerly awaiting “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” the new exhibit on the American Jewish deli now on view at the New-York Historical Society. After all, the deli was our family business,� writes Chancellor Schwartz in JTA.

At the Midterm Elections, Antisemitism on the Rise

Nov 4, 2022

“Sadly, antisemitism is out in the open again in the United States. Its tropes have found fertile ground in public discourse,” writes Chancellor Schwartz in eJP.

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