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Community Leaders and Professionals Come Together to Honor “Junior” Guzman On Monday, April 1, 2019, Mount Carmel Teen Project, a community-based alternative to violence program for teens and their families in the Belmont Community (funded by New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres) hosted a ...

Yeshiva University Press and Maggid/Koren Publishers recently announced the publication of Creation: The Story of Beginnings by internationally-renowned biblical scholar Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Grossman, an associate professor in the department of Bible at Bar-Ilan University. In the book, Dr. Grossman…

Thirteen Wurzweiler Students Attend the UN’s Annual Recognition of the Value of Social Work Monday, April 1, 2019, was the 36th Annual Social Work Day at the United Nations, a day when students, faculty and social workers join together to participate in a morning of presentations that reflect the…

Dr. Hanni Flaherty, clinical assistant professor in the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has been recognized by the National Association of Social Workers—NYC Chapter as a Sapphire Leader for her exemplary service and contributions to the social work profession. She received her award at the 12th…

Mike Finn. Kendrick Lamar, The Heart, Part 4. On exhibit on the second floor of Pollack Library are color studies created by the beginning Color and Design class. Each student chose one classical or jazz piece and a second a song of any musical style to create an album cover designed for both…

Nestled among Yeshiva University’s Special Collections are several shelves of rare works by Walt Whitman, donated to Yeshiva by Charles E. Feinberg. The gift was featured in an article in the New York Times (July 19, 1959, p. 57) where Feinberg was described as “a prosperous Detroit business man…

Dr. Roger Ames of Peking University Unfolds the Complexities of Confucian Thought by Michael Bettencourt for YUNews Dr. Roger Ames (left) and Dr. Mordechai Cohen “ The Chinese-Jewish Conversation” took an interesting turn on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at an event held at the Israel Henry Beren Campus…

Leonard Grunstein The Times of Israel The Blogs March 19, 2019 The Ancient and Sordid History of the Dual Loyalty Canard The latest crop of anti-Semitic politicians seeking to make a name for themselves by deceitfully accusing Jews of having dual loyalties are relative neophytes, when it comes to…

Yeshiva University Libraries. MS. 304 “Esther,” the name of the heroine of the Purim story, means hidden. Some of the megillot, the scrolls which tell the story of Esther and Purim, contain hidden blessings. A little known genre of Jewish folk art is the format of the presentation of the blessings…

Celebrate National Poetry Month with Matt Miller, Associate Professor of English, who will introduce his book on Walt Whitman as the final of three Library Book Talks for the 2018-2019 academic year. Elinor Grumet, Reference and Instruction Librarian, will interview Professor Miller about his ...