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On Feb. 10, 2020, over 50 Wurzweiler students, field supervisors and alumni gathered at Yeshiva University’s Jerusalem campus for a networking and professional development event. Opening remarks were provided by Nechama Munk, Director of the MSW Program in Israel. Dr. Danielle Wozniak Dr. Danielle…

Dr. Katherine Krase Dr. Kathryn Krase, MSW, JD, PhD is a social worker, lawyer and social work educator. She is an expert in the reporting of suspected child maltreatment. She co-authored Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect: A Practical Guide for Social Workers. She serves as a mandated…

Dr. Shannon Lane Dr. Shannon Lane is a political social worker and social work educator. She worked in the U.S. Senate for ten years, including eight years with U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, and has advocated at the local, state and federal level on issues such as access to voting ...

Dr. Shay Pilnik has been hired as the premier director of the newly founded Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University. He began his tenure in February 2020. Dr. Shay Pilnik, director of the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies…

Rabbis, chaplains, and social workers are often called on to provide spiritual care near life's end. Whether in response to serious illness, advanced cognitive or physical decline in old age, or unexpected, tragic violence, health care professionals and clergy need to respond compassionately and ...

By Stephanie L. Gross, Librarian Electronic Reserves & Scholarly Communication Cover for Women in Science 2018-2019. YU Office of Admissions credit is given on back cover of the issue. This publication is used to promote Stern College for Women and its various programs and achievements in over…

Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored “The role of law enforcement in child welfare checks” with Carly Sanchez in the January issue of Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine. Sanchez is a personal injury attorney in the Law Offices of Booth & Koskoff in Torrance ...

Dr. Hanni Flaherty, clinical assistant professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, co-authored a study in the Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work with researchers from the University of Michigan, New York University and Washington University examining “the factors associated with the ...

Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has published “Don’t Rush Expedited Home Studies for Kinship Care” in Policy & Practice about the difference between having a streamlined placement process when it becomes necessary to remove a child from a home and a rushed one. “…

Yeshiva University reached out in many ways to offer comfort and counseling to the Greenville community in Jersey City, New Jersey, after the tragedy of the shootings on Dec. 10. On Dec. 11, Rabbi Menachem Penner, dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, gathered students together in…