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Dr. Samuel Schneider, associate professor of Hebrew, wrote a eulogy for the Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld in the recent issue of the journal Mida. Appelfeld, who died in January of this year, received an honorary degree from Yeshiva University in 1989. Schneider noted that “since his books began…
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…
Dr. Mordechai Cohen, professor of Bible, associate dean of Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and divisional coordinator of academic Jewish studies at Yeshiva College, recently delivered a lecture about research he conducted as the head of a 14-member group of distinguished scholars ...
Dr. Jill Becker Feigeles, assistant professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has contributed a chapter to a new book from Springer Press, New Direction in Treatment, Education and Outreach for Mental Health and Addiction, titled “Developing an SBIRT curriculum in Advanced Practice.” SBIRT ...
Debbie Akerman, associate director of field work and an adjunct faculty member at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, was recently featured in Manhattan Profiles, a monthly publication distributed in New York City. Titled “Triumph Through Tragedy: How Debbie Akerman Transformed Personal Tragedy Into…
Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, research associate professor of American studies and director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Stern College for Women, delivered a lecture titled “The Lost Author of a Lost Classic: Ellen N. La Motte and The Backwash of War" in November 2017 at "Women and World War…
Dr. Joseph Danto, professor and chair of speech pathology/audiology at Stern College for Women, recently gave a lecture on"Neurophysiological Intraoperative Monitoring - Anesthesia Interactions" to the Department of Anesthesia at the new Assuta Hospital in Ashdod, Israel. “When Assuta opened a new…
Michael Strauss, interim dean of Sy Syms School of Business, delivered the keynote speech at Hillel Yeshiva High School’s Follow Your Dreams program. This was the 9 th annual Follow Your Dreams event hosted by Hillel, in Ocean, New Jersey. The event features professionals who share their career ...
Dr. Bruno Galantucci, associate professor of psychology, and Benjamin Langstein ’15YC co-authored an article (along with Gareth Roberts of the University of Pennsylvania) titled “Content deafness: When coherent talk just doesn't matter” in Language and Communication. The authors begin by saying…
Seamus O’Malley, assistant professor of English, will publish two volumes of essays he has co-edited: The Routledge Research Companion to Ford Madox Ford (with Sara Haslam and Laura Colombino, Routledge, 2018) and A Place Inside Yourself: The Comics of Julie Doucet and Gabrielle Bell (with Tahneer…
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