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Dr. Maria Zaitseva, adjunct instructor in political science, was featured in a brief interview with i24 news (an English-language Israeli channel) on February 15 about American-Russian relations. Her general predictions were that there while there would be a “reset” in the relationship, Russian ...
Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, has just published Constant Challenge: Sports and American Judaism (Michael Scharf Publication Trust of ۿ۴ý Press and The Toby Press). The book collects nine essays that examine the challenges of sports to American…
Rabbi Benjamin Blech, assistant professor of Bible, is a best-selling author of several books on Judaism (including, among others, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Judaism). Now he shares his wisdom on the Passover seder in R edemption, Then and Now: Pesah Haggada with Essays and ...
Dr. Joshua D. Zimmerman, associate professor of history and Eli and Diana Zborowski Professorial Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History at ۿ۴ý, will deliver a lecture on “The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939-1945" at Columbia University on Wednesday, March…
Dr. David Glaser, professor of music, will have a premiere on March 27 at the Center for Jewish History of his Concertino No. 1 for Guitar and Chamber Ensemble, featuring an ensemble of two flutes, clarinet, percussion, viola, cello and bass. The performance is part of CXX Proof and the Bernice ...
Dr. Marina Holz, professor of biology, has been awarded the 2017 Undergraduate Faculty Travel Award by the Education and Professional Development Committee of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to help defray travel costs for attending the society’s April annual meeting in…
Dr. Marissa Barrera, speech-language pathologist and multiple sclerosis certified specialist in the Mordecai D. & Monique C. Katz School for Graduate & Professional Studies MS Program in Speech-Language Pathology, gave a lecture on January 9, 2017, at Athens Metropolitan College (AMC) in…
Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, recently delivered a number of lectures to various communities in the US and Israel. In December, 2016, she spoke to a women’s Shabbat group in Kew Gardens Hills, New York, on the topic of “Chanukah: A Celebration of…
Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, will be interviewed by Shulamis Hes, electronic resources and reference librarian at ۿ۴ý Libraries, about his new book, The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community, on Sunday, February…
Dr. Richard Caputo, professor of social policy at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, wrote a retrospective about his long-time research interest in a universal basic income for Basic Income Earth Network. The piece is adapted from a chapter in his forthcoming academic memoir, Connecting the Dots: An…