Browsing Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies (BRGS): Faculty Publications by Title
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Echoes of the Spanish Expulsion in Eighteenth Century Germany: The Baer thesis revisited
(New York American Jewish Congress, 1992)Yitzak Baer's A History of the Jews in Christian Spain is a magisterial presentation of the dramatic story of one of medieval Europe's most significant and colorful Jewries. Utilizing a vast array of Hebrew, Spanish and ... -
Editors' Introduction
(Maggid Books ; Michael Scharf Trust Fund of Yeshiva University, 2018)It is thus with a deep expression of hakarat hatov, "gratitude;' that we present these essays in honor of Richard M. Joel, a master Jewish leader and educator who has devoted his life to service for the Jewish people ... -
The Emergence of the Synagogue
(New York University Press, 2018)A comparison of the first century Theodotus inscription from Jerusalem with the third century building at Dura Europos demonstrates the emergence of the synagogue as a dominant institution of Jewish life. The first, which ... -
Emphatic פ in the Masoretic Pronunciation of אַפַּדְֿנוֹ [Dan 11:45]
(Tel Aviv University, 1993)קשה להכריע אם, לפי גינזברג, הפ״אין של פרצוף היו סתם בלתי־מנושפרת או גם נחציות. סעד לאפשרות השנייה )וראייה נוספת לנחציות של הפ״א המיוחדת בדיאלקטים הארמיים הנוצריים( יש למצוא במאמר המוסגר בסוף הקטע. טענתו של גינזברג שם ... -
Esotericism and Magic in Ashkenazic Prayer during the Tosafot Period. [Hebrew]
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Eulogy for Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein
(Hoboken: Ktav, 2018)We would all like to believe that Torah on the part of a believing Jew automatically brings with it a status of supreme righteousness. This certainly should be the case, and most probably is. Nonetheless, in a Jewish world ... -
Facing the truths of history
(Yeshiva University, 1998)In its 24 Teves 5754 issue, the English edition of the Yated Ne’eman published a brief biography of Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler by one of his most devoted disciples in commemoration of the fortieth yahrtzeit of that ... -
The fate of the gentiles
(Nextbook, 2021)Why did Medieval Jews envision diving punishment of Christians at the end of days? Surprisingly, it's not just because Christians were always trying to kill them. -
Fear and awe in Maimonides' thought
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Fine, Steven. (2021). “They Remembered That They Had Seen It in a Jewish Midrash”: How a Samaritan Tale Became a Legend of the Jews. Religions 12: 635. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12080635
(MDPI, 2021-08-11)This article relates the transmission history of a single Samaritan text and its fascinating trajectory from a Samaritan legend into early modern rabbinic tradition, and on to nineteenth and early twentieth century Jewish ... -
Foreward [to Majesty and Humility]
(Urim, 2012)One such leader and teacher was Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the Rav. In his lifetime, Rabbi Soloveitchik was well-known and highly respected for his original mind and charismatic personality, his intimate knowledge of ... -
Foreward [to Memories of a Giant]
(Jerusalem : Urim ; Brookline, MA : The Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute ; Brooklyn, New York : Lambda Publishers, c2003., 2003)The Rabbi Soloveitchik Institute is pleased to join with Urim Publications in making this book available to all the Rav's students and admirers and to the broader public on the occasion of his tenth yahrtzeit. I have no ... -
Foreword [to Modern Orthodox Judaism: A documentary history]
(Jewish Publication Society of America ; University of Nebraska Press, 2016)There is much wisdom here, of course, but the worldview of Modern Orthodoxy argues that Amichai is wrong. At the end of the day, both the "arch from the Roman period" ( the tradition) and the "man who bought fruit and ... -
From Germany to Northern France and Back Again: A Tale of Two Tosafist Centres.
(London : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization ; Liverpool : in association with Liverpool University Press, 2018)"Though the existence of Jewish regional cultures is widely known, the origins of the most prominent groups, Ashkenaz and Sepharad, are poorly understood, and the rich variety of other regional Jewish identities is often ... -
From Proto-Hebrew to Mishnaic Hebrew: the history of "-akh" and "-ah".
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The future of the past: On creating meaningful Jewish memories for our students
(Urim, 2021)Dannie Epstein Grajower a"h was a teacher who understood and modelled all four points I consider indispensable for success as a Jewish educator. 1) Jewish tradition mattered to her. Personally. A lot. 2) She understood ... -
German Pietism In Northern France: The Case Of R. Isaac Of Corbeil
(New York, NY : Michael Sharf Publication Trust of the Yeshiva University Press ; Hoboken, NJ : distributed by Ktav, 1997)The three major figures of German Pietism (Hasidut Ashkenaz), R. Samuel he-Hasid, his son R. Judah he-Hasid (d. 1217), and R. Judah's student R. Eleazar of Worms (d. ca. 1230), were all descended from the Qalonymides, ... -
Gershom ben Judah
(Chiacgo: Pitzroy Dearborn, 2000)Talmudic thought in medieval Ashkenaz effectively begins with Gershom ben Judah, or Rabbenu Gershom as he is usually called. He headed the academy at Mainz and composed a talmudic commentary (embellished by his successors ... -
“Getting Along” in Parkchester: A New Era in Jewish–Irish Relations in New York City 1940–1970.
(MDPI, 2018)Abstract: The history of conflict between New York City’s Irish Americans and east European Jews dates back to the close of the 19th century. They disputed over jobs, union memberships, housing, and frequently over ...
