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Dr. Lee Manion, assistant professor of English at Stern College for Women, recently traveled to the annual meeting of the Medieval Academy of America in St. Louis, MO to receive the Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize for 2012 for the best article published by a first-time author in the area of medieval…

Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, presented an academic paper at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, held in Washington, D.C.’s Grand Hyatt on Dec. 18-20, 2011. Titled “Nahmanides’ Structural Analysis of the Pattern and…

Without a doubt, the Jewish holidays are the high points of the Jewish calendar. Purim is no exception, with its whirlwind of Megillah reading, skits, costumes, mishloach manot, and general frenetic activity bordering on the frivolous. Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, Chancellor and former President of ...

Dr. Scott J. Goldberg, inaugural Director of the Institute for University – School Partnership and associateprofessor at Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, shared his expertise with parents, grandparents and educators at Congregation Ahavas Achim's…

Dr. David Shabtai, adjunct instructor in Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University’s Isaac Breuer College, recently published a book with Shoresh Press. Titled “Defining the Moment: Understanding Brain Death in Halakha,” the book critically examines rabbinic and medical debate around the concept of…

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, has been elected as a Fellow of the New York Academy of History. Fellows are selected in a closed ballot process by standing fellows from a pool of candidates with a demonstrated record of accomplishment in…

Tamar Avnet, assistant professor of marketing at Yeshiva University’s Syms Schools of Business, recently co-authored an article that will soon appear in The Journal of Consumer Research. In the article, titled “Consumers’ Trust in Feelings as Information,” Avnet and co-authors Dr. Michael Tuan Pham…

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Rosh Yeshiva Rav Hershel Schachter, Nathan and Vivian Fink Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud, received a Chaf-Heh Society award at the Orthodox Union Staff Annual Chanukah Chagiga on December 21, 2011. The award, given by OU Executive Vice…

Bruno Galantucci, assistant professor of psychology at Yeshiva College, recently co-authored an article “Brain-to-brain coupling: a mechanism for creating and sharing a social world” that will soon appear in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Article synopsis: Despite the central role of ...

On Monday, December 5, 2011 over a reception in Belfer Hall’s Sky Café, the Yeshiva University community celebrated the publication of A Common Cultural Heritage: Studies on Mesopotamia and the Biblical World in Honor of Barry L. Eichler (Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press), edited by Grant Frame, Erle ...