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Dr. Joshua Waxman Investigates Pay Inequality

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Dr. Joshua Waxman, assistant professor at Stern College for Women, was one of six authors of a paper published on Feb. 21, 2020, in PLOS-ONE titled “The persistence of pay inequality: The gender pay gap in an anonymous online labor market.” (The other authors are Dr. […]

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Dr. Irit Felsen Co-Convened International Meeting on Trauma Care

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Dr. Irit Felsen, adjunct professor at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, is co-chair of the Trauma Working Group in the NGO Committee on Mental Health. The NGO Committee works with the United Nations and its specialized agencies, according to Dr. Felsen, “to ensure the inclusion of […]

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Daniel Pollack on Testifying About Abuse in the Context of Custody

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Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored “Children Testifying About Abuse in the Context of Custody” for the New York Law Journal ( February 21, 2020) with Toby Kleinman, a New Jersey attorney and partner at Adler & Kleinman.

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Dr. Ronnie Perelis Gives a Talk on Crypto-Judaism

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Dr. Ronnie Perelis is the Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay Chair, associate professor of Sephardic Studies at Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and director of the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs.

On Feb. 13, 2020, he […]

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Dr. Steven Fine on the Cosmic Significance of the Menorah’s Branches

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Dr. Steven Fine is Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of the Center for Israel Studies. He recently published “Menorah, Its ‘Branches’ and Their Cosmic Significance” in TheTorah.com.

As he explains, “Midrash Tanchuma relates how Moses didn’t understand God’s instructions for how to construct the menorah. […]

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Dr. Marnin Young Contributes to Exhibition Catalogue

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Dr. Marnin Young, associate professor and chair of art history at Stern College for Women, has contributed an essay entitled “Fénéon’s Art Criticism” to the catalogue of the exhibition Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde opening soon at the Museum of Modern Art in New […]

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Daniel Pollack on the Role of Law Enforcement in Child Welfare Checks

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Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored “The role of law enforcement in child welfare checks” with Carly Sanchez in the January issue of Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine. Sanchez is a personal injury attorney in the Law Offices of Booth &Koskoff in […]

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