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One of the highlight annual events of the academic year at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology is the gathering of family and friends at the start of the fall semester where faculty, staff and students from the school come together to welcome the incoming first-year students and their families ...

Dr. Marissa Barrera Dr. Marissa Barrera, director of the M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology at the Katz School of Science and Health, will take on an additional role as Assistant Dean of Graduate Health Sciences. In this role, she will help coordinate interprofessional activities for graduate health…

Samuel Gelman Communications and Program Officer Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l On October 26, 2021, Straus Center faculty member Rabbi Dr. Dov Lerner gave a virtual shiur [lecture] to over 100 participants titled “ Remembering Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l” in honor of the late former British ...

By Sarah Wapner, Impact and Recruitment Officer Penina Spearman Born and raised in Queens, New York, Penina Spearman arrived at Yeshiva University and the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought in 2020 after spending a year studying in Israel at Michlelet Mevaseret ...

This week, as the world commemorates the first yahrzeit Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l, Emeritus Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University, announced the creation of the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Center for…

Dr. Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, has announced several changes to the University’s Board of Trustees. The changes come following four years of steady growth under Dr. Berman’s leadership and as the University positions itself for the next phase of expansion. Ira Mitzner has been ...

Emerson B. Powery and Rodney S. Sadler Jr. | Westminster John Knox Press | 2016 Reviewed by Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern Emerson Powery and Rodney Sadler Jr.'s The Genesis of Liberation: Biblical Interpretation in the Antebellum Narratives of the Enslaved analyzes how Black slaves wrestled with ...

According to their website, “Cybertech is the cyber industry’s foremost B2B networking platform conducting industry-related events all around the globe [where businesses can] learn all about the latest technological innovations, challenges, and solutions to combating threats within the global cyber…

On Sunday, October 17, 2021, Curator Shulamith Berger represented Yeshiva University in a recorded panel discussion on Confronting Anti-Semitism. Participants represented each of the Center for Jewish History partners, and Shuli launched the discussion with a history of the Student Struggle for ...

Dr. Nafees Alam Dr. Nafees Alam is a social work professor specializing in nonprofit program evaluation and macro practice, where he has over seven years of experience. Before academia, he worked in Wall Street’s financial sector for more than seven years. He is currently an adjunct professor at…