Yeshiva University Jewish Studies Yom Iyun this Sunday: Purim in Tanach, Talmud and Jewish History

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Join Yeshiva University faculty and administration for a day of learning at our annual Jewish Studies Yom Iyun, this year on the topic of Purim in Tanach, Talmud and Jewish History. Sunday, March 6, 2011 • 9:30am - 1:30pm Yeshiva University, Furst Hall • 500 West 185th St. New York, NY $10 admission (online) $15 at the door Free for YU Students Courtesy parking and refreshments available with registration Courtesy bus to YU from the Five Towns departs 8:00 a.m. from Cong. Beth Sholom (390 Broadway, Lawrence). No charge but reservations required (space is limited). Call at 516-972-2920 or email yulongisland@yu.edu by Thursday, March 3rd to reserve.
Af Hen Hayu Be-Oto Ha-Nes: Clarifying the Views of the Ba'alei ha-Tosafot in Learning and Scholarship Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel E. Billi Ivry Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva University
	Yom hak'Purim and Purim: The Journey to a Romantic Rendezvous with God Rabbi Kenneth Brander David Mitzner Dean, Center for the Jewish Future			Megillat Esther: A Scarlet Letter? A Look at the "Relationship" of Esther and Achashverosh and its Halakhic, Moral, Political, and Personal Implications Rabbi Mark Dratch Faculty, Isaac Breuer College, Yeshiva University
	Form without Substance: Fasting and Rituals in Prophetic Perspective Dr. Naomi Grunhaus Faculty, Stern College for Women			Stability and Discord in the Book of Esther Dr. Michelle Levine Faculty, Stern College for Women
	Ve-Nafokh Hu: Haman, Yeshu and the Commemoration of Purim in the World of Hazal Dr. Steven Fine Professor of Jewish History, Director, YU Center for Israel Studies			The Mitzvot of Purim: More Than Meets the Eye Rabbi Shmuel Hain Rosh Beit Midrash, Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies, Stern College for Women
	Why Didn't Esther Pray? Three Responses to the (Ir)Religiousness of Megilat Esther Rabbi Richard Hidary Faculty, Stern College for Women			From 'Ezra' to 'Esther': Considering "Author's Intent" When Studying Ketuvim Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Faculty, Midrashiya, Gruss Institute, Yeshiva University
	Ketov Zot Zikkaron Ba-Sefer - Erasing Memory and Writing Memory in Torah and in Megillat Esther Dr. Shawn Zelig Aster Assistant Professor of Bible, Yeshiva University			When Did the Purim Story Happen? Chronology, Aggadah, and a Modern Orthodox Educational Challenge Rabbi Ezra Frazer Doctoral Program, Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University
	The Purim Story: The View From Jerusalem 538-333 BCE Dr. Jill Katz Adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, Yeshiva University			The Apocryphal Additions to Esther Dr. Lawrence Schiffman Vice Provost, Yeshiva University
A project of Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future and the Office of Student Affairs. Co-sponsored by YSU, SOY and TAC.

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Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future Feb 2011 Newsletter

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Adar 5771 - February 2011
Dear Friends: We are excited to share some impressive milestones that have been reached over the past few weeks here at the CJF. We are proud to have sent an unprecedented 170 students on Service Learning Missions over Winter Break, spanning three continents and five countries. We have seen time and again, that the more opportunities students have to see and experience how they can be agents of change, the better the chance they will recognize their capacity to assume positions of professional and communal leadership in the future. We look forward to seeing great things from these students and the many others who participate in all of our different leadership programs. We are also delighted to share that YUConnects has now played a significant role in helping more than 100 young men and women find their marriage partner. As we continue with all our important events and matchmaking efforts, we are equally excited about the educational efforts that we hope to continue to bring to the program. And we continue to take pride in our Shabbat Table Discussion series that is growing in distribution and readership. We hope that you and your family are enjoying these discussion guides and using them to enrich your Shabbat Table conversations. Best wishes, Suzy Schwartz Assistant Dean, Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), Yeshiva University News from the CJF YU Connects: 50 Engagements and Counting: Creating Community Now Beginning its Third Year, CJF Program Offers Jewish Singles Multiple Opportunities to Connect. Much has been said about the need for healthy outlets where Jewish singles can meet one another with little pressure and, hopefully, find their soul mates. In 2008, Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF)—committed to inspiring and strengthening Jewish communities around the world—decided to pool its unique resources and create a program with a multi-faceted approach to the age-old issue of meeting a mate. The result was YUConnects, a program that matched Yeshiva University students and alumni from an extensive online database. Click for Full Article Winter Break Missions: Inspiring Students Their papers are written and the last little blue book handed in but for 170 Yeshiva University students, the learning’s just beginning. The Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) is offering seven intersession missions spanning three continents and five countries, engaging students in experiential education that will explore Judaism’s relationship to the global environment and Israel, the development of community life in cities across the United States and the historical and modern identity of Ukrainian Jewry. Click for Full Article A Closer Look at the Israel Mission "A Place Called Home": Inspiring Students To be a Jew in the Diaspora is to struggle with dual loyalties. On the one hand, Jews have established homes for themselves in countries where they feel a sense of purpose and belonging. Yet they also recognize Israel as the Jewish homeland. The students of Yeshiva University face an existential dilemma. Should they build a home in Israel, their ideological birthplace, or live and build community in the Diaspora? Click for Full Article Click here to read an op-ed about the service learning missions written by Rabbi Brander published in various newspapers in Israel and the US. Women's Leadership Programming Starting in February the Center for the Jewish Future will continue to develop the next generation of female leaders for the Jewish community with its Women’s Leadership Fellowship. This Fellowship caters to select students at Stern College who exhibit outstanding leadership initiative and leadership qualities. Click for Full Article New Opportunity from YUTorah Here at Yeshiva University, we take great pride in the vast resource that is the Marcos and Adina Katz YU Torah. In 2010, YU Torah enjoyed over 750,000 pageviews from visitors from over 160 countries and 8700 different cities around the world. Click for Full Article		YUTorah The Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah, with over 38,000 shiurim YUSpeakers The Yeshiva University Speakers Bureau Kollel Yom Rishon The Abraham Arbesfeld Kollel Yom Rishon Sunday Morning Learning Program for Men Midreshet Yom Rishon The Millie Arbesfeld Midreshet Yom Rishon Sunday Morning Learning Program for Women Chicago Torah The Yeshiva University Torah Mitzion Chicago Community Kollel Toronto Torah The Yeshiva University Torah Mitzion Zichron Dov Community Beit Midrash of Toronto Torah Tours Torah Tours registration for synagogues and YU students CJF/Rabbis Rabbinic resources, drasha materials and more YUConnects Resources for shidduchim and relationships Championsgate Championsgate Leadership Conference YUTorah on Facebook Like YUTorah on Facebook YUTorah on Twitter Follow YUTorah on Twitter
Our mission is to shape, enrich and inspire the contemporary Jewish community by convening the resources of Yeshiva University, infusing the student body with a spirit of leadership and a sense of responsibility to the Jewish people and society ingeneral, building, cultivating, and supporting communities, and their lay and rabbinic leaders, and creating a global movement that promotes the values of Yeshiva University Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future 500 West 185th St. Suite 419 • New York, NY 10033 • 212.960.5263 • cjf@yu.edu

 

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Two Upcoming Events at YU - Medical Ethics Conference and Tanach Yom Iyun

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Please join us for two exciting upcoming programs: Genomics and Jewish Identity (February 13, 2011) Purim in Tanach, Talmud and Jewish History (March 6, 2011)

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