Dr. Daniel Laufer, associate professor of marketing at Sy Syms School of Business, will be a keynote speaker at a high profile business seminar in Dublin, Ireland on May 12, 2010 organized by the Israeli Embassy in Ireland. Invitees to this event include leading Irish businesses, representatives of the Irish Government, academics, trade organizations and [...]

Dr. Haym Soloveitchik, professor of Jewish history and literature at Yeshiva University, participated in a meeting of current and former directors of the five schools of the prestigious Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) at The Hebrew University. The gathering consisted of Kenneth Arrow, former director of the School of Economics (1972 Nobel Prize, economics); Eric Maskin, current director [...]

In his latest book, Dr. David Shatz, professor of philosophy at Stern College for Women, fuses Jewish philosophy with the methods and literature of analytic philosophy—a manifestation of Torah Umadda. Jewish Thought And Dialogue: Essays on Thinkers, Theologies and Moral Theories (Academic Studies Press) is a collection of 15 of Shatz’s essays on Jewish philosophy [...]

Yeshiva University Chancellor and Rosh HaYeshiva Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm has written The Royal Table: A Passover Haggadah (OU Press). Dr. Lamm has been mesmerizing audiences with his captivating language and compelling messages for decades. The new haggadah features profound commentary by Dr. Lamm, defending the Jewish faith and promoting a greater fealty to the Torah’s laws, while also [...]

Dr. Lisa Nathan  Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of MedicineIn Rwanda, a Professor Works to Save Mothers From Death During Childbirth  The Chronicle of Higher Education, Mar. 28, 2010 Rabbi Yonason SacksHenry H. Guterman Professor of Talmud, Yeshiva UniversityThe Kosher Bookworm: Final Pesach Hagadah roundup  The Jewish Star, Mar. [...]