Alternate Careers in Finance
Month: December 2020
“Gather Around and I Will Tell You”: Glikl of Hameln and Her Ethical Will
Adapted from the Course Matriarchs and Memoirs
Be the Light
On Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020—a week before Chanukah—the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought hosted a tour de force talk for undergraduate students by Dr. Erica Brown ’88S, prolific scholar, author and director of the Mayberg Center for Jewish Education and Leadership at George Washington University, on “What Chanukah Teaches Us […]
Care Café Rounds Out 2020 With Two Events
On Monday, Dec. 14, and Tuesday, Dec. 15, the Care Café of Wurzweiler School of Social Work held two events: a Chanukah celebration and a substance abuse prevention workshop facilitated by Dr. Debbie Akerman, adjunct professor of social work and associate director of the field/block program. Yiddish Favorites and Chanukah Classics The Care Café Chanukah […]
40 Years Later, Two Stern Students Are Learning Torah Together Again
Abby Klein Leichman and Cheryl Ruben Vogel Rekindle Their Chavruta Sessions
Cardozo Law Introduces Gates Scholars Program
Program Provides Support to Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds
Ferkauf Research Cited in Scientific American Article
Extensive Examination of the Psychological Effects of the Pandemic
Dr. Akiva Perlman Co-authors Paper on Orthodox Jewish Social Workers
Examines Values and Tensions that Emerge for Practitioners
Sy Syms Faculty Seminars Feature a Stellar Roster
Includes Scholars from Stanford, Harvard and Oxford and the Nobel Economics Prize Committee
View from YU: December 2020
Dear YU Community, We have much to celebrate during this holiday season. In a year of unprecedented challenges and opportunities, we were able to successfully reimagine our approach to University life. We’re proud of how we’ve all come together to support one another and, in the process, create a semester filled with deep learning, vibrant […]