Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies
This iconic monument contains bas reliefs of Titus’ triumphal procession through Rome, including a depiction of the seven-branched menorah from the Jerusalem Temple.
New conservation techniques have successfully recovered traces of the original colors on ancient monuments.
Using these methods, the first reconstruction of the polychromy of the relief was created, resulting in highly accurate and detailed 3D models of the Arch.
This project also gave us our first glimpse of the colors used to decorate the sacred vessels of the Jerusalem Temple.
Given the importance of the Arch of Titus as a Flavian Roman monument and of Temple and its menorah in Judaism and Christianity, the project transformed the way scholars visualize and conceptualize Roman state architecture as well as the central monument of ancient Judaism, the Jerusalem Temple.
A technology team headed by co-director Bernard Frischer focused on the technical retrieval of evidence of polychromy, scanning of the reliefs and 3D digital modeling of the Arch.
A team led by co-director Peter Schertz[3] focused on the Roman context of the Arch, including the topographical, artistic and political issues that naturally arise in any study of the monument.
Director Steven Fine will oversaw the entire project and lead a team dedicated to the interpretation of the Arch within Jewish and Christian contexts, from antiquity to the present.
These include paintings, manuscripts, ancient books, photographs, ritual objects and significant archaeological discoveries from Greece, Italy and Israel.
The connecting thread is a series of media installations and presentations that reflect the complexities of the Samaritan experience, and its relevance today.
This full length film, produced by Moshe Alafi in conjunction with the Center for Israel Studies, is an in-depth look at the daily lives of members of the modern day Samaritan community, their relationships, and their struggles.
[4] Opened in September 2022, the Museum of the Bible is hosting an exhibition titled "The Samaritans: A Biblical People,"[5] in conjunction with the Center for Israel Studies.
[6] The Center for Israel Studies strives to host international conferences and symposia that bring together renowned scholars with YU faculty and students.
VIP reception at the Indian consulate, associated exhibition on the Jews of India at YU Museum.
With the Schottenstein Honors Program and the Schneier Center for International Affairs, Yeshiva University.
Religious Zionism in America: A Yom Iyyun Honoring Professors Bernard Rosensweig and Sol Roth, April 22, 2012.
The CIS is dedicated to disseminating the knowledge cultivated by our affiliated faculty, conferences and programming The Temple of Jerusalem: From Moses to the Messiah, Studies in Honor of Louis H. Feldman Steven Fine, ed, (Leiden: E.J.
Catalog of Samaritan Manuscripts in the Yeshiva University Mendel Gottesman Library, Benyamim Tsedeka, ed.
The CIS has co-sponsored a wide array of Yeshiva University Museum exhibitions and is involved in outside projects at major New York institutions: The Samaritans: A Biblical People.
Curators: Rhoda Seidenberg (YU Museum), Steven Fine (Jewish History).
These groups, drawn together across our campuses, are increasingly taking the lead in the development of CIS programming.
Jews and Power in the 20th Century, with the Schottenstein Honor's Program and the Schneier Center for International Affairs, Yeshiva University.
US-Israel Relations in the Era of Obama and Netanyahu, with the Begin-Sadat Center, Bar Ilan University and American Friends of BIU.
Art and the Israeli Experience Chair: Norman Adler (University Professor, Psychology) Torah and Science Conference.
Lecture by Shulamit Laderman, Bar Ilan University, The Hebrew Alphabet in Jewish and Israeli Art.
Religious Zionist Thought Chair: Shalom Carmy, (Jewish Thought) Co-sponsorship with the Yeshiva University Center for Ethics: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University: Religious Identity as a Challenge to Modern Politics.
