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Dr. David Glaser, professor of music, will have a premiere on March 27 at the Center for Jewish History of his Concertino No. 1 for Guitar and Chamber Ensemble, featuring an ensemble of two flutes, clarinet, percussion, viola, cello and bass. The performance is part of CXX Proof and the Bernice ...
Dr. Marina Holz, professor of biology, has been awarded the 2017 Undergraduate Faculty Travel Award by the Education and Professional Development Committee of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to help defray travel costs for attending the society’s April annual meeting in…
Dr. Marissa Barrera, speech-language pathologist and multiple sclerosis certified specialist in the Mordecai D. & Monique C. Katz School for Graduate & Professional Studies MS Program in Speech-Language Pathology, gave a lecture on January 9, 2017, at Athens Metropolitan College (AMC) in…
Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently delivered a number of lectures to various communities in the US and Israel. In December, 2016, she spoke to a women’s Shabbat group in Kew Gardens Hills, New York, on the topic of “Chanukah: A Celebration of…
Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, will be interviewed by Shulamis Hes, electronic resources and reference librarian at Yeshiva University Libraries, about his new book, The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community, on Sunday, February…
Dr. Richard Caputo, professor of social policy at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, wrote a retrospective about his long-time research interest in a universal basic income for Basic Income Earth Network. The piece is adapted from a chapter in his forthcoming academic memoir, Connecting the Dots: An…
Dr. Linda M. Shires, David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English and chair of the English department at Stern College for Women, spoke on January 8, 2017, at the Modern Language Association annual conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her talk, “Muteness, Speech, and Survival in Kipling’s ...
Rabbi Dr. J. David Bleich A book by Rabbi Dr. J. David Bleich, Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics at Yeshiva University, was recently reviewed in the Winter 5777/2016 issue of Jewish Action. The review details Rabbi Bleich’s latest book, Where Halakhah and Philosophy…
Dr. Richard Hidary, associate professor of Jewish history at Stern College for Women, has published two articles. The first, titled “Hanukkah and State: The Hasmonean Legacy,” appears in the December 27, 2016, issue of Jewish Review of Books. It demonstrates how the exchange between Rabbi Shlomo ...
Dr. Steven Fine’s The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel (Harvard, 2016) will be the subject of a symposium at The Hebrew University, MA Program in Folklore and Popular Culture on Tuesday, January 31, 2017. Fine is the Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University and…
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