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O’Malley Contributes Essay to Book on Ford Madox Ford

By On November 18, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Seamus O’Malley, English lecturer at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, recently contributed an essay to An Introduction to Ford Madox Ford, edited by Ashley Chantler and Rob Hawkes (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, December 2015). O’Malley’s essay, “Ford and Modernism,” analyzes Ford’s work in the context of modernism’s aesthetic practices and techniques. O’Malley has […]

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Levine Delivers Lectures to Queens, Teaneck, and YU Communities

By On November 17, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently delivered a number of lectures in various forums at Yeshiva University as well as community-wide.

At the end of October, Levine spoke at Congregation Etz Chaim, Kew Gardens Hills, for their monthly series on the Book of Judges on the […]

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Zimmerman’s Book Reviewed in Jewish Week

By On November 13, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Eli and Diana Zborowski Professorial Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History Dr. Joshua Zimmerman‘s book The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939-1945 (Cambridge University Press, 2015) was recently featured in The Jewish Week. Titled “Killers of Jews or Saviors of Jews?“, the article explores Zimmerman’s motivations for writing the book and the surprising […]

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Ladin Publishes Poetry and Essays

By On November 12, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Joy Ladin, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English and director of the Writing Center at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, recently published a number of poems and essays. Her recent publications include poems in A-Minor Magazine,  Mass Poetry Poem of the Moment, Kore Press Poem of the Week, The Good Men Project, Vetch, […]

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Beliavsky Delivers Lecture and Recital at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

By On November 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Daniel Beliavsky, professor and department chair of fine arts and music at Yeshiva University, will deliver a lecture and recital in the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York on November 12 at 6:00 p.m. During the program, Beliavsky will examine Western […]

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Bleich Publishes Book in Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers Series

By On November 10, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi Dr. J. David Bleich, Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics at Yeshiva University, recently published a book in the Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers series. Titled Where Halakhah and Philosophy Meet (Brill 2015), the comprehensive work features essays written by Rabbi Bleich offering halachic and philosophical guidance on modern issues, as well […]

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Holz and Stern Alumni Publish Articles in Oncogene, Clinical Cancer Research

By On November 9, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Marina Holz, the Doris and Dr. Ira Kukin Chair in Biology and professor of biology at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, recently published two articles in prestigious scientific journals with her former students and post-docs.

“mTORC1 directly phosphorylates and activates ER[alpha] upon estrogen stimulation” appears in the November 2, 2015 edition of Oncogene and […]

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Schram Publishes Book of Jewish Love Stories

By On November 4, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Peninnah Schram, professor emerita of speech and drama at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, has recently published Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage: Folktales, Legends and Letters (Rowman & Littlefield, September 2015). The book, which was co-authored by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, brings together for the first time Jewish love stories from Biblical through modern […]

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Zimmerman Publishes Article in Politico, Will Deliver YIVO Lecture

By On November 3, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Joshua D. Zimmerman, Eli and Diana Zborowski Professorial Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History and associate professor of history at YU, recently published an article in Politico. Titled “The (Sometimes) Righteous Underground,” the article explores the mixed attitude of the Polish Underground toward Jews during World War II, once overwhelmingly believed by […]

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