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Prodan Publishes Second Book

By On March 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Emil Prodan, professor of physics, has published his second book, A Computational Non-Commutative Geometry Program for Disordered Topological Insulators (Springer, 2017). It is part of the Springer Briefs in Mathematical Physics.

An abstract for the books states the following: “This work presents a computational program based on the principles of non-commutative geometry and […]

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Bleich Publish New Volume of Contemporary Halakhic Problems

By On March 24, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi J. David Bleich’s volumes on contemporary halakha [Jewish legal] problems demonstrate the ability of the Jewish mesorah [tradition] to respond to changed conditions and advances in knowledge. He is professor of Talmud at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary as well as the director of its Postgraduate Institute for the study of Talmudic […]

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Kanarfogel Publishes Three Articles

By On March 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law, recently published three articles: “Rabbinic Conceptions of Matchmaking in Medieval Europe,” in Entangled Histories: Knowledge, Authority, and Jewish Culture in the Thirteenth Century (University of Pennsylvania Press); “Returning Apostates and their Marital Partners in Medieval Ashkenaz,” in Contesting Inter-Religious Conversion […]

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Gidea Receives Two Grants

By On March 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Marian Gidea, chair of the mathematics department at Stern College for Women, has been awarded two grants as an organizer of the international conference, “A Broad Perspective on Finite and Infinite Dimensional Dynamical Systems,” to be held at University of Barcelona, Spain, from June 12 to June 16, […]

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Fine Discusses the Menorah and Writing

By On March 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Steven Fine, Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of the Center for Israel Studies, has two recent accomplishments.

On December 15, 2016, Fine gave a lecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on his book The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel. The 40-minute lecture, part of the MetSpeak […]

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Pollack Co-Authors New Book

By On March 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Daniel Pollack, professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, and Toby G. Kleinman, a lawyer and instructor at Nova Southeastern University, have co-authored Domestic Abuse, Child Custody, and Visitation: Winning in Family Court, published this year by Oxford University Press.

Pollack describes the book as a guide for mental health professionals, attorneys, […]

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