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Dr. Steven Fine, director of Yeshiva University's Center for Israel Studies, and Dr. Shai Secunda (‘07BR) have co-edited a book honoring Dr. Yaakov Elman, Professor of Talmud at YU. Titled Shoshanat Yakov and published by Brill Press, the book celebrates Elman’s contributions to a broad range of ...

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, associate professor of English and director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center, delivered the keynote address at the International Writing Centers Association Conference in San Diego, October 25-27. Her talk, “Undergraduate Writing Tutors as Researchers: Redrawing Boundaries…

Dr. S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, Sy Syms Professor of Finance at Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business, was a co-organizer of the 14th Annual Business and Economics Scholars Workshop in Motion Picture Industry Studies, which took place on November 1 in Los Angeles and was also sponsored by Sy…

The 31st edition of the Journal of Jewish Music and Liturgy, edited by Cantor Bernard Beer, director of Yeshiva University’s Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, was recently published in conjunction with the Cantorial Council of America (CCA). Beer succeeded longtime editor and cantor…

An article by Stern College for Women biology faculty Dr. Harvey Babich, Dr. Harriet L. Zuckerbraun, Dr. Alyssa G. Schuck and Dr. Jeffrey H. Weisburg appears in the first edition of Tea in Health and Disease Prevention (Elsevier/Academic Press 2013), edited by Victor R. Preedy. The article is…

Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University, will be Scholar-in-Residence at the Young Israel of Kew Garden Hills on November 16-17, 2012. Over the course of the weekend, he will deliver three lectures, titled: “Did Moshe Rabbeinu…

Rabbi J. David Bleich, the Herbert and Florence Tenzer Chair in Jewish Law and Ethics at Yeshiva University, recently delivered two lectures on family law and human life at conferences in Chicago and Doha, Qatar. The first, “Duties vs. Rights: Differing Models of Family Law,” was given at the ...

A new book by Hugh Sheehy, lecturer-in-writing at Yeshiva University’s Yeshiva College and Stern College, has been named a Flannery O’Conner Award for Short Fiction winner. The award is an important proving ground for writers and a showcase for the talent and promise that have brought about a ...

Dr. Peninnah Schram, professor of speech and drama at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, was the inaugural recipient of the Kavod Le’Morah Prize for an outstanding educator who has made a lasting contribution to the field of Jewish education at the NewCAJE conference, which was held at…

The family of Dr. Moses Pava, dean of Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business, will be honored at the Anti-Defamation League's 2012 Greater Torch of Liberty Award Reception on October 3 in West Hartford, Connecticut. The Torch of Liberty Award celebrates families who carry on a tradition of…