From the daily archives: Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Barbara Blatner Directs Two of Her Own Plays

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Barbara Blatner, lecturer in English at Yeshiva College, directed two of her plays this past summer: Light at the Philipstown Depot Theatre’s Glass Ceiling Breaker festival and Advances in Communication at the Secret Theatre One-Act Play Festival in Long Island City.

“I had directed several readings years ago but had never […]

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Dr. Jeffrey Gurock Describes an Almost-Eden in the Bronx

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In 1940, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company opened a planned community in the East Bronx, New York. Parkchester was celebrated as a “city within a city,” offering many of the attractions and comforts of suburbia, but without the transportation issues that plagued commuters into New York City. In this bucolic environment within Gotham, the Irish […]

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Daniel Pollack on What Happens When Courts Don’t Follow the Rules

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Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored, with Toby Kleinman, “Challenges Attorneys Face When Family Courts Do Not Follow Rules of Evidence” in the New York Law Journal.

Pollack notes that […]

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Dr. Cynthia Wachtell Sings the Virtues of Walt Whitman

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Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Stern College for Women, penned a contribution to the North American Review’s project, “Every Atom: Reflections on Walt Whitman at 200,” in which the editor of the project, […]

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Dr. Cynthia Wachtell Honors Ellen N. La Motte

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On Oct. 22, 2019, Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Stern College for Women, gave a livestreamed presentation at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, […]

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