On view in Pollack Library (2nd floor, Gottesman Library building) are twelve pencil and charcoal drawings, all from the third week of Carla Aurich's Principles of Drawing class, emphasizing the use of marks, as opposed to continuous line drawing. Marks are first used to measure height and width ...
The survival of the menorah in the Temple in the Hanukkah story is generally taken for granted, while the miracle of the lone cruse of pure, undefiled oil, is well known. The oil was only sufficient to light the menorah for one day, yet it kept the menorah alight for eight days, enough time for the…
As our thoughts and attention remain focused on our brethren in Israel, Archives shares this historic photograph we received as a gift of a group of Zionist leaders in pre--state Israel, including some of its future Prime Ministers and Presidents. We have been able to identify ...
As Jews worldwide have just marked the 50 th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, in which more than 2,600 Israeli soldiers lost their lives, Archives provides these accounts of how the University responded to the events of that sad and frightening time. Coming as it did during the…
Rosh HaShanah Ticket, 1931 Archives Ishay Ribo, an Orthodox Israeli pop star, performed in front of a full house of 15,000 fans in Madison Square Garden in early September 2023. Ribo’s concert roused the audience to heights of fervor. The crowd spiritedly responded, “ Barukh shem…