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Levine Delivers Lectures Across the United States and Israel

By On March 29, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently delivered a number of lectures to various communities in the United States and Israel.

In December, Levine spoke at the Midreshet Yom Rishon in Lower Merion Synagogue, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, on the topic, “Forging Our Nation’s Identity: Lessons from Exile and […]

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Avnet Delivers Lecture at Wharton

By On March 28, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Tamar Avnet, associate professor of marketing and chair of the marketing department at YU’s Sy Syms School of Business, recently delivered a lecture at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Avnet discussed the influence of affect on consumer behavior and also participated in a live talk radio show, “Marketing Matters,” […]

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Weidhorn Publishes Literary Essays

By On March 17, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Manfred Weidhorn, the Abraham and Irene Guterman Chair in English Literature and professor emeritus of English, recently published a number of literary essays. “The Real Shakespeare Mystery” appeared in The Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter; “Freedom, Happiness, Location—On Earth and Beyond” was published in The Midwest Quarterly; “Christians Without Christianity: On Being Terminally ‘Church-Outed’ ” appeared in the Journal […]

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Prodan Publishes Mathematical Physics Book

By On March 10, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Emil Prodan, professor of physics, recently published a book on mathematical physics with Springer International Physics. Titled Bulk and Boundary Invariants for Complex Topological Insulators: From K-Theory to Physics and co-authored with Dr. Hermann Schulz-Baldes, professor at the University of Erlangen, the book offers an overview of rigorous results on fermionic topological insulators from the complex […]

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Holtz Delivers Lectures at JCC Greenwich, Young Israel of Stamford

By On March 9, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Shalom Holtz, associate professor of Bible and chair of the Robert M. Beren Department of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva College, recently delivered two lectures. The first, “Seeing God as Refuge in the Psalms,” was an illustrated talk at the Jewish Community Center in Greenwich, Connecticut, in which Holtz explored the connection between God […]

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Zimmerman to Deliver Lectures on Recent Book

By On March 3, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Joshua Zimmerman, Eli and Diana Zborowski Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History, will deliver three upcoming lectures focusing on his recent book, The Polish Underground and the Jews: 1939-1945, which uses a variety of archival documents, testimonies, and memoirs to offer a careful, dispassionate analysis of the Polish Underground’s varied reactions to the catastrophe that […]

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