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Roya Hakakian The Diasporas Project of the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs and Care Café of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work have invited Roya Hakakian, celebrated Persian poet and author of A Beginner’s Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious, to meet with…

Terry Lindvall | NYU Press | 2019 Reviewed by Sam Gelman Hollywood is often painted as a cheap and godless industry that has completely embraced the secular progressivism of the 20th century, full of films containing salacious content, explicit violence, and crude language. But as Terry Lindvall ...

In the fourth of a series of events where YU faculty bring their expertise to bear on the war in Ukraine, Rabbi Yosef Blau, Prof. Suzanne Last Stone and Dr. Joseph Luders spoke about “Freedom, Human Rights and Jewish Values: The War in Ukraine” on March 15, 2022, in a discussion introduced by Dr ...

By Sarah Wapner Impact and Recruitment Officer Straus Center Rachel (Fried) Rosensweig Born and raised in Woodmere, New York, Rachel (Fried) Rosensweig has pursued serious Torah learning for more than a decade. Now a Shana Gimmel [third-year] student in the Graduate Program In Advanced Talmudic ...

Be sure to check out the latest issue of YU Today, titled “Moving History Forward,” where you will find fascinating profiles on 11 highly accomplished faculty and alumni who personify YU’s values by the way they display true leadership in their respective professions. Click here at https://yu.edu…

On Sunday, March 13, 2022, almost 1,200 participants had the privilege of joining a Zoom meeting with Ruslan Kavatsiuk, Deputy CEO of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center (see their website for a full explanation of the plans for this project) and Natan Sharansky (who was born in Ukraine) ...

Cardozo News Dean Melanie Leslie Appoints Professor Christine Kim to the Faculty Professor Myriam Gilles Testifies About Forced Arbitration and Consumer Products Before Senate Committee Floersheimer Center Panel Focuses on Former SCOTUS Clerks Professor Pamela Foohey Comments in Bloomberg Law on J…

On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 95 people attended the second in the series of Ukraine workshops hosted by Yeshiva University. (The first one, “ Ukraine Under Attack: The YU Community Comes Together,” was on Feb. 28.) Moderated by Dr. Ronnie Perelis, director of the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for…

As a field, “tech” is extremely broad in its offerings, so on Thursday, March, 3, 2022, the Shevet Glaubach Center for Career Strategy and Professional Development (SGC) brought together the four tech experts listed below to discuss the best ways to navigate the highways and byways of tech and ...