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Holtz Co-Organizes Bar-Ilan Conference on Jewish Temples

By On March 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Shalom Holtz, associate professor of Bible and director of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College, has co-organized a conference with Dr. Tova Ganzel, director of the Midrasha at Bar-Ilan University, titled “Contextualizing Jewish Temples,” which will bring together international scholars from May 6 to May 9 […]

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Cwilich Lectures and Presents Research Abroad

By On August 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Gabriel Cwilich, professor of physics, division coordinator of natural & mathematical sciences, has had a productive sabbatical.

As a visiting scientist at the Donostia International Physics Center in Donostia-San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa), Spain, he has conducted research in photonics, disordered systems and network theory, as well as presented three lectures on network science and […]

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Wachtell Publishes Essays

By On September 27, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program and research associate professor of American studies at Stern College for Women, has published a number of essays. She contributed four essays to Opposition to War: An Encyclopedia of United States Peace and Antiwar Movements, forthcoming from […]

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Fine Receives Shohat Grant from International Catacomb Society

By On May 18, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Steven Fine, Dr. Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies, was recently awarded a $6,500 Shohat grant by the International Catacomb Society for his research with the Arch of Titus Digital Restoration Project. The grant will fund Fine’s work in Rome this summer. Fine […]

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Wachtell Publishes Article in Huffington Post

By On May 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, has published an article in The Huffington Post. Titled “No Place for Poetry on My Son’s Common Core ELA Test,” the piece discusses the lack of poetry in modern […]

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