A decade after child sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community came to public light, there is a nascent but historic transformation taking place on the issue. Communal leaders, rabbis, mental health professionals, parents, school administrators and teachers, and survivors are ready to fully engage in dialogue, as well as work together to develop and [...]

Dr. Peninnah Schram’s most recent anthology, THE HUNGRY CLOTHES AND OTHER JEWISH FOLKTALES (Sterling Publishing, 2008), has just been published in a Spanish version titled PENINNAH SCHRAM, EL REI DELS CAPTAIRES I ALTRES CONTES HEBREUS. Published by Vicens Vives (Barcelona Spain), 2010, and illustrated by Gianni De Conno, this edition is designed for use in [...]

Dr. Manfred Weidhorn, Guterman Professor of English at Stern College for Women and Yeshiva College, has been published in the August 2010 issue of OTOLITHS. Weidhorn’s essay, “Is There an Afterlife–for Imaginary Persons?” speculates on what the protagonists of some of the most famous works of fiction might proceed to do after the story about [...]

Two professors at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Drs. Joan Beder and Jonathan Fast, have been matched with international universities to serve as Fulbright Specialists in January. The Fulbright Specialist Program is designed to award grants to U.S. faculty and professionals in select disciplines ranging from agriculture to urban planning to participate in two- to [...]

Daniel Laufer, associate professor of marketing at Sy Syms School of Business, recently published an article in the current issue of the AACSB publication BizEd (Sept/Oct 2010) about the importance of Crisis Management Courses in Business Schools (“Charting a Course Through Crisis”). The AACSB is the premier accrediting agency of collegiate business schools and accounting [...]

Dr. Robert Kaplan Professor of epidemiology and population health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Genes that make people tall or short identified Sify.com, Sept. 30, 2010 Dr. Peninnah Schram Professor of Speech and Drama, Stern College for Women The Minstrel and the Storyteller: Gerard Edery and Peninnah Schram BroadwayWorld.com Rabbi Yona Reiss The Max and [...]