Rabbi J. David Bleich, Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics at Cardozo, is featured in an article about Brichat HaChammah, a Jewish blessing and holiday, “A Jewish Holiday Once Every 28 Years,” in The New York Times (April 3). John S. Condeelis, a co-author of a study published online in the [...]

Edith Lubetski ’68BR, head librarian at Stern College for Women’s Hedi Steinberg Library, and her husband, Meir Lubetski, a professor of modern languages and comparative literature at the City University of New York, received an honorable mention in the 2008 Judaica Reference and Bibliography Awards for their recently published book, Esther: A Classified Bibliography (Sheffield Phoenix Press, [...]

Peninnah Schram, professor of speech and drama at Stern College for Women, was the narrator in the Caravan Ensemble concert of “The Spirit of Sepharad” along with singer/guitarist Gerard Edery and four other musicians in a mixed-media performance on March 7, 2009 at the Queens Theatre in the Park. Rabbi Jacob. J. Schacter, University professor of Jewish history and [...]

Sam Seifter, a beloved member of the Einstein family since the College of Medicine’s founding 54 years ago, passed away on Feb. 25, in New Rochelle, NY, at the age of 92. Although in recent years his battle with Parkinson’s disease had kept him from continuing his laboratory work and mentoring of students, his presence [...]

Aaron Levine, Samson and Halina Bitensky Professor of Economics, published ‘Aspects of the Lemons Problem as Treated in Jewish Law,’ in Journal of Law and Religion, vol.XX111, 2008, pp. 101-146; ‘Review Essay: Jewish Business Ethics and the Modern Marketplace,’ in Tradition, 41:1, 2008, pp.78-97; and ‘Reviving Yehoshua Ben Gamla’s Vision for Torah Education,’ Hakirah, The [...]

  Lea Ferreira dos Santos, an assistant professor of physics at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, represented the United States at the third IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics (ICWIP) in Seoul, South Korea on October 8-10. Dr. Santos was selected from a group of over 70 applicants to join the US delegation [...]

Dr. Jacob Wisse, associate professor of art history at Stern College for Women, has been appointed as the new director of the Yeshiva University Museum. Wisse, who has headed the art history program at Stern since 2005-2006, will continue to teach and guide the program. During his tenure at Stern, Wisse introduced courses that use exhibitions and museum [...]