Dr. David Shabtai, adjunct instructor in Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University’s Isaac Breuer College, recently published a book with Shoresh Press. Titled “Defining the Moment: Understanding Brain Death in Halakha,” the book critically examines rabbinic and medical debate around the concept of brain death, a discussion especially relevant to the question of whether and when organ donation is permissible according to Jewish law. Shabtai is a fellow of the Wexner Kollel Elyon at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and teaches medical halakha at YU.
Shabtai Publishes Book on Brain Death
February 22nd, 2012 by skierGurock Elected to New York Academy of History
February 22nd, 2012 by skier
Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, has been elected as a Fellow of the New York Academy of History. Fellows are selected in a closed ballot process by standing fellows from a pool of candidates with a demonstrated record of accomplishment in New York as authors, archivists, public historians, teachers and administrators. The NYAH advocates for the study of history and represents the interests of historians in classrooms, archives and historical societies.
Avnet Publishes Article in Top Consumer Behavior Journal
February 21st, 2012 by skier
Tamar Avnet, assistant professor of marketing at Yeshiva University’s Syms Schools of Business, recently co-authored an article that will soon appear in The Journal of Consumer Research. In the article, titled “Consumers’ Trust in Feelings as Information,” Avnet and co-authors Dr. Michael Tuan Pham, Kravis Professor of Business and Marketing at Columbia University, and Dr. Andrew T. Stephen, assistant professor of business administration and Katz Fellow in marking at University of Pittsburgh, identify an important factor that affects consumers’ reliance on feelings during buying decisions. Using advertisements and product choices as a framework, the authors demonstrate the role of consumers’ confidence in their own feelings during decision-making transactions and how that confidence can be manipulated.
Rav Hershel Schachter Receives Chaf-Heh Society Award
January 25th, 2012 by skierGalantucci Article Published In Trends in Cognitive Sciences
January 10th, 2012 by skier
Bruno Galantucci, assistant professor of psychology at Yeshiva College, recently co-authored an article “Brain-to-brain coupling: a mechanism for creating and sharing a social world” that will soon appear in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
Reception Honors Dean Barry Eichler
January 5th, 2012 by skier
On Monday, December 5, 2011 over a reception in Belfer Hall’s Sky Café, the Yeshiva University community celebrated the publication of A Common Cultural Heritage: Studies on Mesopotamia and the Biblical World in Honor of Barry L. Eichler (Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press), edited by Grant Frame, Erle Leichty, Karen Sonik, Jeffrey Tigay and Steve Tinney. The volume contains 18 articles dedicated to Eichler, dean of Yeshiva College and professor of ancient Near Eastern and Biblical studies at Revel, in appreciation of his contributions, as both a scholar and a teacher, to many aspects of biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies. The international group of authors are all Eichler’s current and former students or colleagues, including BRGS faculty members Richard C. Steiner, Shalom E. Holtz and Shawn Zelig Aster. Guests at the celebration included Mark Cohen, of the CDL Press and a student of Eichler’s, and Professor Grant Frame of the University of Pennsylvania, who, as an editor and colleague, presented the volume to Eichler.
AJS Reception in Honor of Dean David Berger
January 5th, 2012 by skierSchram Keynote Speaker at UJA Bikur Cholim Conference
December 14th, 2011 by skier
Dr. Peninnah Schram, professor of speech and drama at Stern College for Women, was a keynote speaker at the annual Bikur Cholim Conference sponsored by the UJA-Federation of New York and held on November 13, at the UJA’s midtown location. Her presentation, titled, “God, Give Me Good Listeners!”, focused on the art of listening and telling stories when visiting the elderly or those who are ill. Schram was also recently honored at the Folktales of Israel Festival, hosted at the YU Museum by the Center for Israel Studies.
Pava Publishes Book on Jewish Ethics
December 14th, 2011 by skier
Dr. Moses Pava, the Alvin Einbender Professor of Business Ethics at SYMS, recently released a book titled, “Jewish Ethics in a Post-Madoff World: A Case for Optimism.” Published by Palgrave MacMillan, the book explores new and alternative ways of relating to Jewish texts and concepts. According to a synopsis on Amazon, Pava, the director of SYMS, “invents a nuanced, flexible and sufficiently sensitive vocabulary to conduct productive ethical dialogues, both within and between communities.”
Shatz Addresses European Science Foundation International Workshop
December 14th, 2011 by skier
Dr. David Shatz, professor of philosophy at Stern College for Women, was one of two scholars from North America to address the European Science Foundation International Workshop on Peer Review, in Brussels, Belgium. His presentation was titled, “Challenges to Quality Assurance: The problem of Bias in Peer Review.” The participants in the workshop represented nearly 25 countries.



