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Feldman’s Work Wins 2014 National Jewish Book Award

By On January 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment

A three-volume set co-edited by Professor Louis Feldman, Abraham Wouk Family Chair in Classics and Literature at Yeshiva University, was recently awarded the Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award and the 2014 National Jewish Book Award Winner in Scholarship by the Jewish Book Council.

Titled Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture (JPS […]

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Wurzweiler Professors Edit Journal of Jewish Community Service

By On January 20, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Saul Andron and Dr. Lynn Levy, Hausman Chair in Communal Social Work and assistant professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, respectively, recently served as guest editors of the Journal of Jewish Community Service, published by the JPRO Network.  The special issue, entitled “All in the Family: Diversity in the Jewish Community,” was […]

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Malka Publishes Op-Ed in New York Times

By On January 6, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Ariel Malka, assistant professor of psychology at Yeshiva University’s Yeshiva College, has published an op-ed in The New York Times. Published with co-author Michael Inzlicht from the University of Toronto, the article discusses findings from their recent study, the largest cross-national test to date of how a conservative personality style relates […]

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Levine Presents Chanukah Lectures

By On January 6, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, presented at Yeshiva University’s Midreshet Yom Rishon, on the topic of, “The Message of the Menorah in R. Obadiah Sforno’s Religious Thought.” She also delivered a lecture to Stern College students on the first night of Chanukah, titled, “The Illuminating Miracle of […]

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