A review by Dr. Steven Fine, professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University and director of its Center for Israel Studies, has been published on www.bookreviews.org. Drawing on his expertise in the study of Judaism in the Greco-Roman world, Fine provides a nuanced review of Rabbis as Romans: The Rabbinic Movement in Palestine, 100-400 CE (Oxford University [...]
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Fine Reviews Book on Rabbinic Movement in Late Roman Palestine
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013Course Taught by Kedar-Levy Broadcast on Galei Zahal
Monday, May 20th, 2013A course taught by Dr. Haim Kedar-Levy, visiting professor at Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business, is being broadcast on Galei Zahal, a radio station operated by the Israeli Defense Force. The course, “Financial Crises in the Past Century,” aims to explain what constitutes a financial crisis, how it evolves and whats its economic [...]
Pava Participates in Cooperative Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility
Thursday, March 21st, 2013On February 14-15, Dr. Moses Pava, dean and Alvin H. Einbender Chair of Ethics at Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business, was part of a cooperative group comprising business school deans and other leaders in law and the non-profit world that convened at New York University Stern to engage in dialogue about what business [...]
Holz Receives $25,000 Pilot Award
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013Dr. Marina Holz, assistant professor of biology at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, has been granted a one-year Pilot Award from the LAM Foundation to study a rare disease that most commonly strikes women of childbearing age and results in the destruction of the lungs. The $25,000 grant will enable Holz and her students at [...]
Cwilich Moderates Scientific American Panel Discussion
Monday, March 4th, 2013Dr. Gabriel Cwilich, director of the Jay and Jeannie Schottenstein Honors Program and associate professor of physics at Yeshiva College, moderated a panel discussion posted as part of Scientific American‘s “Science Talk” podcasts. The discussion, titled “Inside Isaac: A Discussion of Newton,” focused on an off-Broadway play about Isaac Newton, “Isaac’s Eye,” written by Lucas Hnath. Cwilich [...]
Pollack Publishes Article in Law Review Journal
Thursday, February 14th, 2013An article co-written by Dr. Daniel Pollack, professor at YU’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, will appear in an upcoming issue of Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review. The article, which Pollack co-authored with Khaya Eisenberg and Amanda Sundarsingh, seeks to determine whether a history of foster care involvement should serve as a legitimate [...]
Azrieli Papers Reviewed in Journal of Jewish Education
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013The Azrieli Papers: Dimensions of Orthodox Day School Education (KTAV Publishing House, 2011), edited by Dr. David J. Schnall, Herbert Schiff Professor of Management and Administration and dean of Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School for Jewish Education and Administration, and Dr. Moshe Sokolow, Fanya Gottesfeld-Heller Professor of Jewish Education and associate dean at Azrieli, has [...]
University-School Partnership Experts Keynote Speakers at Shabbatons
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013Dr. Scott J. Goldberg, director of Yeshiva University’s Institute for University-School Partnership, and Rabbi Maccabee Avishur, associate director for teaching and learning at the University-School Partnership, will keynote two Shabbatons at the Kemp Mill Synagogue and Beth Sholom, respectively, on February 1-2. Goldberg will discuss the most pressing issues in Jewish education facing parents, families [...]
Pelcovitz Leads Positive Jewish Parenting Session at West Side Institutional Synagogue
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013Dr. David Pelcovitz, Gwendolyn and Joseph Straus Chair in Psychology and Jewish Education at YU, will lead a Positive Jewish Parenting program organized by the West Side Institutional Synagogue and the Orthodox Union on February 18. The program, titled “How to Speak to Your Children about Difficult Topics,” will feature two sessions, “National Tragedies in [...]
Book in Schram’s Honor Selected as Finalist for Jewish Book Council Award
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013A book published in honor of Peninnah Schram, professor of speech at Stern College for Women, has been selected as a finalist for a 2012 National Jewish Book Award by the Jewish Book Council. The book, Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning, is one of three finalists in the Education and Jewish Identity category. [...]