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On December 19, 2011 the Revel Graduate School sponsored a special reception at the annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) held in Washington, DC marking the publication of a book of collected essays honoring Dean David Berger, Ruth & I. Lewis Gordon Professor of Jewish…

Dr. Peninnah Schram, professor of speech and drama at Stern College for Women , was a keynote speaker at the annual Bikur Cholim Conference sponsored by the UJA-Federation of New York and held on November 13, at the UJA’s midtown location. Her presentation, titled, “God, Give Me Good Listeners!” ...

Dr. Moses Pava, the Alvin Einbender Professor of Business Ethics at SYMS, recently released a book titled, “Jewish Ethics in a Post-Madoff World: A Case for Optimism.” Published by Palgrave MacMillan, the book explores new and alternative ways of relating to Jewish texts and concepts. According to…

Dr. David Shatz, professor of philosophy at Stern College for Women, was one of two scholars from North America to address the European Science Foundation International Workshop on Peer Review, in Brussels, Belgium. His presentation was titled, “Challenges to Quality Assurance: The problem of Bias…

A 2006 article co-written by Dr. Daniel Laufer, associate professor of marking at Yeshiva University’s SYMS School of Business, and Dr. W. Timothy Coombs made the list of most highly cited articles in a leading managerial journal, Business Horizons. The article, titled “How Should a Company Respond…

Dr. Zafrira Lidovsky Cohen, coordinator of Hebrew language and literature at Stern College for Women, was nominated to become the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH) National Conference Coordinator. Her primary responsibilities will include chairing the conference executive…

On Monday evening, December 19, YU’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies will sponsor a reception in appreciation of David Berger, Ruth & I. Lewis Gordon Professor of Jewish History and Dean of Revel, at the 43rd annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies. At the…

Dr. Linda M. Shires, professor and chair of English at Stern College for Women, gave a three-hour workshop for graduate students, teachers and the public, titled “The Holocaust in Contemporary Culture: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry.” Organized by Syracuse University on October 27, the lecture ...

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, will present a lecture titled, “Jews as Outsiders in Inter-War America: A Sports Perspective” at a symposium organized by the Memorial de la Shoah in Paris on November 13-14. The topic of the Symposium is ...

Dr. Eliezer Schnall, clinical assistant professor of psychology at Yeshiva College, spoke at an event organized by the New York State Psychological Association at Pulse Restaurant in Rockefeller Plaza on October 23. His lecture, titled “Counseling and Therapy with the Orthodox Jewish Client,” fit…