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Fine Contributes Essay to Metropolitan Museum of Art Publication

By On September 21, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Steven Fine, Dr. Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies, has contributed an essay to the recent Metropolitan Museum of Art  publication Age of Transition: Byzantine Culture in the Islamic World (2015).

The essay is part of a catalogue created for a popular […]

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Einstein Faculty Receive R01 NSF Grants

By On September 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Three researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine recently received their first R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health—a major milestone in an academic scientist’s career. Dr. Michal Melamed, associate professor in the department of epidemiology and public health and the department of medicine, has been awarded $3.5 million over five […]

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Bleich Publishes Articles, Delivers Speeches

By On September 3, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Rabbi Dr. J. David Bleich, Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics at Yeshiva University, recently published an article for the International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family titled, “A Proposal to Withhold Divorce Decrees on Grounds of Equity.” Bleich discusses the impact on a woman whose husband refuses to […]

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