YEAR IN REVIEW | BERNARD REVEL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES | SCHOLARSHIP • TORAH • WISDOM • THOUGHT
I am pleased to share several developments at the BRGS PhD program, which made 2022 a successful and exciting year. Last August, thanks to the support and initiative of YU’s Center for Israel Studies led by Dr. Steven Fine, a group of PhD students traveled to the World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. Students were able to learn from and interact with scholars whose works are taught in many of our classes. In the Fall 22 semester, we launched “Methods in Jewish Studies,” a new team-taught course exclusively for PhD students. Each session of the course was taught by a different BRGS faculty member, such that our PhD students were exposed to the full range of the subfields of Jewish studies. We also hosted a series of “PhD Lunches,” in which PhD students had the opportunity to study with leading scholars from various fields. The guest lecturers included Dr. Jeong Mun. Heo, Dr. Rebecca Jefferson, Dr. Yair Lorberbaum, and Rabbi Dr. Michael Harris. Finally, it is a distinct honor
to congratulate our most recent PhD graduates: Dr. Tzvi Sinensky, Dr. Meira Wolkenfeld, Dr. Meir Rosensweig, and Dr. Elliot Resnick. We wish them the greatest success in their future scholarly endeavors. We are looking forward to continued success in the year to come.
Jonathan V. Dauber, PhD Associate Professor of Jewish Mysticism Director of the PhD Program
Prof. Dauber gives a book talk on his new Secrecy and Esoteric Writing in Kabbalistic Literature.
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