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第50章 Yeshiva University: Torah and secular knowledge

叶史瓦大学:圣经和世俗的知识

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Yeshiva University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States that combines Jewish scholarship with studies in the liberal arts, sciences, medicine, law, business, social work, Jewish studies and education, and psychology. Yeshiva University has its roots in the Etz Chaim Yeshiva founded in 1886 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a cheder-style elementary school founded by Eastern European immigrants that offered study of Talmud along with some secular education, including instruction in English. Yeshiva University"s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and other graduate and professional schools promote a "dual emphasis on professional excellence and personal ethics". On the undergraduate level this is embodied in the dual curriculum under which students pursue a full program of liberal arts, the sciences, and business while taking a full core of Jewish studies. Yeshiva University is a major national research university with the guiding vision that the best of the heritage of contemporary civilization and knowledge is compatible with the ancient traditions of Jewish law and life.

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Campuses: Yeshiva University maintains four campuses in New York City:

1. The Resnick Campus in the Morris Park neighborhood of the eastern Bronx contains the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, along with dormitories, a library, a hospital and other medical facilities.

2. The Brookdale Center in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of downtown Manhattan contains the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, law clinics and office, and a dormitory. The Center for Jewish History, which includes the Yeshiva University Museum along with other institutions, is nearby in the Chelsea neighborhood.

3. The Beren Campus in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan is home to the undergraduate schools for women, including Stern College for Women and the Midtown branch of the Syms School of Business, along with dormitories and other facilities. The Azrieli School has classes on this campus as well.

4. The Wilf Campus is centered around the area of Amsterdam Ave and West 185th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan. Yeshiva University"s main office is located within the Wilf Campus, and Wilf is considered the main campus. It is home to the undergraduate schools for men, the rabbinical seminary, the Belz School of Jewish Music, the high school for boys, the Azrieli Graduate School for Jewish Education and Administration, the Wurzweiler School for Social Work, and the Bernard Revel Graduate school, along with other divisions, offices, libraries, dormitories, and other facilities.

The high school for girls is located in New York City as well, in the Holliswood neighborhood of eastern Queens.

生词助读

cheder-style [keidstail] 犹太儿童宗教学校类型

elementary [elimentri] adj. 基本的;初级的

immigrant [imiɡrnt] n. 移民;侨民

secular [sekjul] adj. 世俗的;长期的;现世的

embody [imbdi] vt. 体现;表现;使具体化

contemporary [kntemprri] adj. 当代的;同时代的

compatible [kmptbl] adj. 兼容的;能共处的

dormitory [d:mitri] n. 宿舍,学生宿舍

rabbinical [rbinikl] adj. 希伯莱语的;犹太教祭司的

seminary [seminri] n. 神学院;学校

中文概述

叶史瓦大学原名叶史瓦学院,1886年建于纽约。叶史瓦大学是美国最古老的综合性大学之一。因为是由犹太教信徒赞助所以也叫犹太大学。叶史瓦大学到现在已经有一百多年的历史了,是一所包含文理科及教义传播的私立大学。在纽约有四个分校,课程设计上面涉及艺术、科学和犹太文化和思想,院系由18个本科和研究生学院组成。叶史瓦大学是毕业率最高的美国大学之一,其毕业率为92%。

纽约叶史瓦大学的四个校园:

位于布朗克斯东部的校园包括阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院和费尔考夫心理学硕士学校以及学生宿舍、一座图书馆、一座医院和其他医学设施。

位于曼哈顿市中心的校园包括本杰明·卡多佐法学院、办公室、一座学生宿舍、犹太历史中心、叶史瓦大学博物馆以及其他设施。

位于曼哈顿中市的校园包括女子本科学校、斯特恩女子学院和西姆斯商业学校的市中心部分、学生宿舍和其他设施以及阿兹瑞利犹太教育和管理硕士学校的部分。

位于华盛顿高地的校园被看作是主校园。它包括男子本科学校、拉比学院、贝尔兹犹太音乐学校、男子高校、阿兹瑞利犹太教育和管理硕士学校、沃尔兹外勒社会工作学校、伯纳德·瑞维尔犹太学硕士学校以及其他系、办公室、图书馆、学生宿舍和设施。

女子高校也位于纽约,它的校园在皇后区。

梦想成功录

Wise men learn more from fools than fools from wise men.

聪明人向愚者学得多,愚者向聪明人学得少。

You cannot burn the candle at both ends.

蜡烛不能两头点,精力不能过分耗。