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Sharon Poczter is the Chair of the Strategy and Entrepreneurship Department at Yeshiva University in NYC as well as Associate Professor. Her research focuses on issues related to access to financing for firms, including the role of the government in promoting entrepreneurship and gender disparity…

Meyer London’s matzo bakery’s Jewish almanac for 1930-1931 proudly portrays four generations of men lavishing praise on the sixty year old company’s matzo. At first glance, the ad with the cartoon style sketches of four faces evokes traditional Haggadah illustrations of the four sons of the Seder;…

by Hannah Grossman Dr Laura Arnold Leibman, a professor of English and Humanities at Reed College, delivered a lecture on the topic of “Jews, Race, and Material Culture.” Dr Leibman, as a scholar of material culture, analyzes artifacts rather than documents in order to draw historical conclusions…

Care Cafe Recap 3/5 By Rita Rivera When I saw the ad to participate in the Care Cafe, I was very interested in the idea of bringing discussions on important topics to all of the 5 boroughs. What a great idea. When I learned that some of the topics would be veteran related, I became more interested…

In this issue: • Re-designed libraries home page • YouTube channel launched • Student library research award • New social media presence Re-Designed Libraries Home Page The newly designed home page for the libraries is ADA-compliant, features current hours, a toolbar on every page, and a tab for ...

Library Book Talk with Art Historian Marnin Young and Painter Mary Creede

In his ambitious recent book, Marnin Young, Associate Professor of Art History, examines certain artists of the late nineteenth century who rebelled against a triumphant Impressionism by reviving Academic Realism within a shifting cultural and political context. As the late 1870s and early 1880s ...

By Michael Bettencourt On March 12, 2018 Dr. Mordechai Cohen, professor of Bible, associate dean of Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and divisional coordinator of academic Jewish studies at Yeshiva College, recently delivered a lecture about research he conducted as the head of a 14…

Care Cafe 2-28. By Michelle Bialeck We were delighted to bring Angelo Cabrera, founder of the Mexican American Student Alliance, and Antelma Espejel, community mentor to Bronx parents, to The Center for Family Life in the heart of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, one of New York City's most densely populated…