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Revel graduate Rabbi Chaim Strauchler ‘99YC, ‘06R, ‘06BR is the Senior Rabbi at Congregation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, New Jersey. He grew up in West Orange, New Jersey and is a proud graduate of YU and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), following in the footsteps of his mother’…

By Kimberly Moore Director, Care Café There’s no health without mental health! In partnership with the Williams Institutional CME Church and St. Luke AME Church in Harlem on May 24, 2022, Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work Care Café joined to bring awareness to May’s important ...

By Allysha Bryant Care Café Intern Dr. Erik Pollak The Care Café team, in partnership with Nevut Lone Soldier, a nonprofit organization focused on providing supportive services to Israeli Veterans transitioning to civilian life, sponsored a Psychological First Aid training taught by Dr. Erik Pollak…

Care Cafe staff, DRIP SWEAT instructors , and guests By Kimberly Moore Director, Care Café On May 23, 2022, Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work Care Café joined Kilsy Hidalgo of Long Live Our Butterfly (LLOB), a domestic violence prevention organization, to celebrate Mental Health…

Opening page of Book of Tehillim, Amsterdam, 1724. Mendel Gottesman Library, on loan from Richard and Debra Parkoff, in honor of Abraham and Ruth Parkoff. King David’s life is intertwined with the holiday of Shavuot. His lineage and birth are announced in Megilat Rut, the Book of Ruth, and heralded…

Ayelet Mael Rosenberg ‘08S, ‘10R is currently corporate counsel at Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing business of Amazon. In her work as a products attorney for different AWS products, she helps the business teams and computer engineers navigate the legal issues related to the ...

Dr. Lisa Henshaw Dr. Lisa Henshaw, assistant professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has published “ Trauma-informed group work in social work academia: responding to students’ indirect trauma” in Social Work with Groups (Nov. 25, 2021). Here is the abstract: Indirect trauma and its ...

"Jewish Palestine Exhibit Building - New York World's Fair. The Palestine Exhibit at the New York World's Fair is located in the Community Interests Zone. The architects are El-Hanani and Norvin R. Lindheim." Collection of Shulamith Z. Berger On May 26, 1940, the New York Times daily column, ...

Right on the heels of Women in Science and Derech HaTevah comes another addition to YAIR: Chronos, The History Journal of Yeshiva University. Unlike the science journals, which are focused exclusively on Stern College for Women, Chronos, the latest online migration led by Stephanie Gross,…