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It’s a feather in several caps. Two undergraduate research publications have been added to YAIR, thanks to Stephanie Gross, Electronic Reserves and Scholarly Communication Librarian and YAIR creator. Both publications— Women in Science and Derech HaTevah —highlight the achievements of budding Stern…

Passover raises thoughts and questions about slavery and freedom. Me-‘avdut le-herut … mi-shi’bud li-ge’ulah – from slavery to freedom , from bondage to redemption – these phrases from the Pesach Haggadah [ Mishna Pesachim 10:5] commemorate and celebrate the Exodus from Egypt. Postcard of Geulah ...

Daniel Persky ArchivesCall No: 1992.007 How do you say “Purim carnival” in Hebrew? Perhaps Purimta; it rhymes with the names of many of Haman’s sons, such as Parshandata and Vayzata. What about Pur-Rina? Or possibly Pur-Ditsa? Daniel Persky suggested these terms in a 1932 contest…

ArchivesStudent Struggle for Soviet JewryBox 9, folder 9 Half a century ago, in 1972, the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) organized “From Potma to Purim Vigil and Fast,” a demonstration on behalf of Sylva Zalmanson and other prisoners of conscience in Potma, a notorious…

A round table of historians and political scientists discussed the unfolding situation in Ukraine. Opening remarks by President Ari Berman. Contributors included Jess Olson, Associate Professor of Jewish History, Revel Graduate School; Joshua Karlip, Herbert S. and Naomi Denenberg Chair of Jewish…