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Dr. Aaron Levine, the Samson and Halina Bitensky professor of economics at Yeshiva University, has recently edited The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Economics (Oxford University Press). Recognizing that religious law by its very nature regulates and restricts the conduct of its adherents, the ...

Two articles by Dr. Victor Schwartz, Yeshiva University Dean of Students and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, were referenced in the December 16, 2010, issue of the Association for Student Conduct Administration's Law and Policy Report, No. 376…

Dr. Norman Linzer, the Samuel J. and Jean Sable Professor of Jewish Family Social Work at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, along with Dr. Jay Sweifach, Associate Professor at Wurzweiler, and Dr. Heidi Heft LaPorte, Associate Professor of Social Work at Lehman College, published "Sharing the ...

Dr. Shlomo Shinnar Professor of Neurology, of Pediatrics, of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Teena Marie May Have Died After Seizure ABCNews.com, Dec. 28, 2010 Dr. Nir Barzilai Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Professor of Aging Research, Albert Einstein…

Alexander Kushnir, adjunct professor of Biology at Yeshiva College, successfully defended his Columbia University Phd. thesis entitled "Phosphorylation of the ryanodine receptor in the cardiac response to acute stress and heart failure." Dr. Kushnir's thesis work focuses on two novel molecular ...

Ephraim Kanarfogel, the E. Billi Ivry Professor of Jewish History at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and at Stern College for Women, has been named a co-chair of the academic advisory committee of the Foundation for Jewish Culture, along with Prof. David Myers of UCLA. The co ...

Dr. Linda M. Shires, professor and chair of English at Stern College, gave one of three invited workshops at the annual three day international conference of the North American Victorian Studies Association on November 11th in Montreal. Her presentation, “Interart Analysis and the Question of Hardy…

The American Committee for the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem will present its Marbitz Torah Award to Rabbi Dr. Manfred Fulda, chair of the division of Jewish studies and associate professor of talmud at Yeshiva University, at a national dinner on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, at Pier 60 on…

Chazzan (Cantor) Sherwood Goffin, professor of cantorial training at YU’s Belz School of Jewish Music, has recorded a new mp3 titled “ Favorite Synagogue Nigunim”, which presents the complete guide for the congregational melodies of the Shalosh Regalim [Three Jewish Festival]. The recording…

Faculty of the Manhattan campuses gathered at the Yeshiva University Museum for a special welcome back assembly on August 27, 2010. President Richard M. Joel and Provost Morton Lowengrub addressed the group on the outlook for the upcoming academic year. In addition, presentations were made by Dr ...