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As the nation commemorates the 20 th anniversary of 9/11, Yeshiva University Archives provides two offerings from its holdings documenting initiatives by or relating to the University from that dark time. First, we remember with great pride and gratitude the students of Stern College for Women who…

Professor Ronald Rubin donated an illuminating and extensive collective of American newspapers to the Mendel Gottesman Library. The papers date from 1734 to 1869, thus covering the Colonial era, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War and its immediate aftermath. The collection is unique in its ...

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Hear Miriam Hirsch discuss her book Teach Like a Human. Associate Professor of Education and Chair of the Education Program at Stern College for Women, Miriam Hirsch takes education far beyond the classroom. Teach Like a Human (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020), a collection of essays,…

When do history and passion collide? Ari Mermelstein’s Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism: Community and Identity in Formation (Cambridge University Press, 2021) examines the relationship between power and emotion in ancient Judaism. Ancient Jewish writers contend that Jewish identity entails not…

Dr. Shannon R. Lane, associate professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, partnered with Dr. Jennifer McClendon (University of Nevada Reno School of Social Work), Dr. Victoria Osborne-Leute (Sacred Heart University School of Social Work) and Dr. Kim Baxter (Orvis School of Nursing, University…

Wurzweiler School of Social Work held its annual Block Commencement on July 22, 2021, in the historic Nathan Lamport Auditorium in Zysman Hall. This marked a return to a more traditional ceremony following the challenges posed by the lockdowns and quarantines of the last 16 months. Watch the ...