The History of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Rabbinical Seminary of Yeshiva University
RIETS, as it is commonly known, was founded at the end of the nineteenth century to train Russian and Polish immigrants for the American rabbinate. While the majority of the day was spent studying Talmud, the knowledge of the "language of the land" was included in the curriculum. The role of secular studies became a contentious issue and the resolution of this issue lies at the heart of the creation of Yeshiva College and then Yeshiva University.
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LECTURE SERIES
- A Study of Halachic and Cultural Responses to Jewish Crisis and Tragedy
- American Jewish Translations of the Torah
- Biblical Studies
- Court Jews: Jews and Judaism on Trial Throughout the Centuries
- Crime: Does It pay?
- Development of Jewish Law
- Glimpses into the religious Lives of Early Modern European Jewry
- Halakhah in the Post-Shulhan Arukh Period
- History and Theology: The Thirteen Principles of Rambam
- History of the Yeshivot in LIthuania
- How Did the Rabbis of Early Modern Times Interpret the Bible?
- Jewish History
- Jewish Theology
- Jews and Hollywood
- Jews and Hollywood: Part II
- Jews in New York
- Judaism Confronts Modernity: Jewish Experiences in the Nineteenth Century
- Manhattan Stories: The Historical and Cultural Impact of Jews in Manhattan
- Medieval Biblical Commentators Respond to the Torah and Their Surroundings
- Prayer
- Rabbinic Judaism
- Rabbinic Narratives
- Rabbinical Semiaries in America
- Survey
- The Impact of American Society on American Rabbinic Reponsa
- West Side Stories
- Yeshivot in the Land of Israel
