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A 2006 article co-written by Dr. Daniel Laufer, associate professor of marking at Yeshiva University’s SYMS School of Business, and Dr. W. Timothy Coombs made the list of most highly cited articles in a leading managerial journal, Business Horizons. The article, titled “How Should a Company Respond…

Dr. Zafrira Lidovsky Cohen, coordinator of Hebrew language and literature at Stern College for Women, was nominated to become the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH) National Conference Coordinator. Her primary responsibilities will include chairing the conference executive…

On Monday evening, December 19, YU’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies will sponsor a reception in appreciation of David Berger, Ruth & I. Lewis Gordon Professor of Jewish History and Dean of Revel, at the 43rd annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies. At the…

Dr. Linda M. Shires, professor and chair of English at Stern College for Women, gave a three-hour workshop for graduate students, teachers and the public, titled “The Holocaust in Contemporary Culture: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry.” Organized by Syracuse University on October 27, the lecture ...

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, will present a lecture titled, “Jews as Outsiders in Inter-War America: A Sports Perspective” at a symposium organized by the Memorial de la Shoah in Paris on November 13-14. The topic of the Symposium is ...

Dr. Eliezer Schnall, clinical assistant professor of psychology at Yeshiva College, spoke at an event organized by the New York State Psychological Association at Pulse Restaurant in Rockefeller Plaza on October 23. His lecture, titled “Counseling and Therapy with the Orthodox Jewish Client,” fit…

A book recently published by Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, director of the Stern College for Women S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program and research associate professor of American studies, has been named a non-fiction finalist in the 2011 Connecticut Book Awards. According to its Web site, the award is ...

Rabbi Mark Dratch, instructor of Jewish history, literature, and philosophy at Yeshiva College, published an article in the latest issue of Hakirah , The Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Though t (Vol. 12), entitled, “ Honoring Abusive Parents.” The article deals with the religious obligations of…

Dr. Victor Schwartz, university dean of students at Yeshiva University, delivered a presentation entitled “Legal and Ethical Issues in College Mental Health” at a workshop of the same name hosted by the New York City Higher Education Taskforce on Student Wellness and Anti-Bullying. The workshop ...

Professor Ephraim Kanarfogel, the E. Billi Ivry Professor of Jewish History at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and at Stern College for Women, was honored in Jerusalem by Merkaz Zalman Shazar/The Israel Historical Society on the publication of a Hebrew translation of his book ...