Apr 6, 2022 By: yunews
The war in Ukraine has been top of mind for so many people in the YU community because of the many personal, professional and spiritual connections that the University has with that part of the world.
To help people find their footing as they react to the news coming out of Ukraine, the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs, with support from a number of YU-affiliated groups,* convened the fourth of a series of panel discussions bringing the academic expertise of Yeshiva University to bear on both understanding the war in Ukraine and promoting acts of chesed [charity] to bring it to an end.
“Psychologists and Social Workers Reflect on Trauma and Repair,” introduced by Dr. Selma Botman (provost and vice president for academic affairs) and moderated by Dr. Jess Olson (associate professor of Jewish history), brought together experts from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work and the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology to explain how trauma affects human beings in such extreme situations and what can be done to help them weather the attacks of trauma on the mind, soul and body.
- Jordan Bate: Assistant Professor, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology
- Vera Békés: Assistant Professor, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology
- Nancy Beckerman, LCSW: Professor, Chair Advanced Clinical Practice, Director of Faculty Mentoring, Wurzweiler School of Social Work
- Lisa Henshaw, LCSW: Assistant Professor, Chair Trauma Curriculum, Wurzweiler School of Social Work
Other Ukraine events:
- YU Relief Mission to Help Ukrainian Refugees Garners Extensive Media Coverage
- Ukraine Under Attack: The YU Community Comes Together (Feb. 28)
- War by Other Means: The Legal, Cyber and Economic Fronts in the War in Ukraine (March 9)
- Ukraine: Past, Present, Future (March 13)
- Freedom, Human Rights and Jewish Values: The War in Ukraine (March 15)
- War in Ukraine: Elegy for Odessa (March 28)
- Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies
- Center for Israel Studies
- Yeshiva University Political Action Club
- Dunner Political Science Society
- Yeshiva University College Democrats