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By Zvi Erenyi Collection Development and Reference Librarian Mendel Gottesman Library On Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the second of the Spring 2021 series of Yeshiva University Libraries’ book talks, Nechama Price discussed her book, Tribal Blueprints: Twelve Brothers and the Destiny of Israel (New Milford…

The Shevet Glaubach Center for Career Strategy and Professional Development partnered with the Yeshiva Student Union, Stern College for Women Student Council and the Networking Club for a two-event series to help freshmen and sophomores, in a relaxed, open format, learn about the career services ...

Dr. Wonjun Lee Dr. Wonjun Lee, assistant professor of artificial intelligence at the Katz School for Science and Health, Dr. Sanjiv Kumar (assistant professor in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University) and Dr. Imtiaz Rangwala (Cooperative Institute for Research in ...

Rabbi Chaim Strauchler On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, students attending the weekly Honors Luncheon of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College discussed how to apply for graduate fellowships and scholarships with Dr. Shalom Holtz, associate dean of Yeshiva College, and Dr ...

Freddy Mutanguha, a Rwandan activist for human rights, is director of the Kigali Holocaust Memorial and the Executive Director of the Aegis Trust. He was interviewed on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, by Dr. Shay Pilnik, director of the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, as ...

In January 2021, Froma Benerofe, the current chair of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work Board of Overseers, handed over the leadership of the Board to Julia Kagan Baumann, who joined the Board in 2014. Ms. Benerofe, who has had a long a career in social work, joined the Board in 1998 and assumed…

Daniel Pollack (MSSA, MSW, JD), professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, and Francesca LeRúe (MSW, MPA), strategic consultant, trainer and expert witness on child welfare, co-authored “ If Odysseus Were a Child Welfare Department Director” for the APSAC Advisor (Vol. 33, No. 1). Their ...

ISSUE 20 • March 1, 2021 Note from the Executive Director A personal pitch is a way to sell yourself that invites conversation toward a specific goal. We each have our own goals, and we each need a few pitches ready to use at any time. This is not a one-size-fits-all introduction. There are pitches…

On Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, the Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) brought together Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and Senior Scholar at the CJF, and Arash Abaie, an influential Jewish leader in Iran and a visiting lecturer at the University of…