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Aisenbrey Publishes Peer-Reviewed Articles

By On March 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Silke Aisenbrey, associate professor of sociology and chair of the department, recently published three peer-reviewed articles.

In 2017, she and Dr. Anette Fasang of the Berlin Social Science Center co-authored “The Interaction of Employment- and Family-Trajectories: Germany and the United States in Comparison” in the American Journal of Sociology (Vol. 122, no. 5).

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Fine Presents Book to Rabin Center

By On February 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Steven Fine, Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of the Center for Israel Studies at Yeshiva University, presented a copy of his book, The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel (Harvard University Press 2016) to Dalia Rabin-Pelossof at an event at the Rabin Center. Fine dedicated the book to Rabin-Pelossof’s father, former Israeli […]

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Prodan Publishes Article in Nature Communications

By On February 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Emil Prodan, professor of physics, published an article titled, “Dynamical Majorana Edge Modes in a Broad Class of Topological Mechanical Systems,” in the February 23rd edition of Nature Communications.

The study detailed in the article was conducted on phonons, which are quantities, like small packages, of sound or vibrational energy. Topological phonon edge modes […]

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Zaitseva Interviewed on U.S.-Russian Relations

By On February 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Maria Zaitseva, adjunct instructor in political science, was featured in a brief interview with i24 news (an English-language Israeli channel) on February 15  about American-Russian relations.

Her general predictions were that there while there would be a “reset” in the relationship, Russian would try to set the tone of […]

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Gurock Publishes Collection of Essays

By On February 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, has just published Constant Challenge: Sports and American Judaism (Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press and The Toby Press).

The book collects nine essays that examine the challenges of sports to American Judaism and the varied responses of the American community toward […]

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Blech Publishes Passover Haggada

By On February 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi Benjamin Blech, assistant professor of Bible, is a best-selling author of several books on Judaism (including, among others, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Judaism).

Now he shares his wisdom on the Passover seder in Redemption, Then and Now: Pesah Haggada with Essays and Commentary, which provides commentary on the Haggada text and […]

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Zimmerman to Deliver March 22 Lecture

By On February 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Joshua D. Zimmerman, associate professor of history and Eli and Diana Zborowski Professorial Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History at Yeshiva University, will deliver a lecture on “The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939-1945″ at Columbia University on Wednesday, March 22.

The event is hosted by Columbia’s Institute for […]

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Glaser to Present New Music at March 27 Premiere

By On February 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. David Glaser, professor of music, will have a premiere on March 27 at the Center for Jewish History of his Concertino No. 1 for Guitar and Chamber Ensemble, featuring an ensemble of two flutes, clarinet, percussion, viola, cello and bass.

The performance is part of CXX Proof and the Bernice Diener Ensemble-in-Residence at […]

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