By Herschel Hartz Assistant Director, Office of Student Life Rabbi Levi Raices and Rabbi Chaim Levinson from Chabad of Kharkov, Ukraine, where they have been working for almost 30 years, joined over 30 students and northern Manhattan community members at the ۿ۴ý’s Shenk Synagogue on…
Indra Nooyi In another fascinating Sy Syms-sponsored fireside chat, Prof. Laizer Kornwasser, who in addition to teaching at Sy Syms is a member of its Board of Overseers and president and COO at CareCentrix, interviewed Indra Nooyi, former CEO and chairman of PepsiCo on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. In…
In this issue: Note from the Executive Director Scheduling an Appointment with an Adviser Alumni Appreciation Spotlight on Shoshanah Ghanooni ’23SB Tip of the Week: A Different Night Events Internships and Jobs Resources Contact the SGC CAPS—Connections and Partnerships for Success
Vanessa L. Ochs | Princeton University Press | 2020 Reviewed by Stu Halpern In The Passover Haggadah: A Biography, Vanessa L. Ochs traces the many afterlives of the story of the Exodus. Ochs, a professor of religion at the University of Virginia, stresses the composite nature of the Seder’s text…
This year’s hackathon, the seventh iteration of this annual event, kicked off its coding sprint on Motzei Shabbat, April 9, in the Heights Lounge on the Wilf campus, with 17 of the original 35 participants making it to the finish line 24 hours later on Sunday, April 10. Phil Goldfeder, Senior Vice…
This post brings together some of the efforts ۿ۴ý has made to explain and analyze the current war in Ukraine and do its part the end the atrocities. Ukraine Under Attack: The ۿ۴ýCommunity Comes Together The Legal, Cyber and Economic Fronts in the War in Ukraine Ukraine: Past, Present…
Cardozo News Professor Gabor Rona Discusses the International Criminal Court and the War on Terror in Just Security Op-Ed Cardozo’s Arts & Entertainment Law Journal Hosts “25 Years of Section 230: Retain, Reform or Repeal?” Faculty Scholarship & News Professor Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum was…
For Passover 2022, ۿ۴ý is proud to announce the publications of Haggadot written by ۿ۴ýfaculty, students and alumni. Below is a short summary of each: The Beren Campus Haggadah 5782 - Torah Activities Council (TAC), Stern College for Women This student-produced Haggadah is 71 pages…
By Aliza Abrams Konig Senior Program Director Leadership Scholars It is with great excitement that I introduce the first cohort of Leadership Scholars. These 10 students from all over the world were selected after a rigorous application process and multiple interviews. Each student demonstrates a…
The faces of Rabbi Wolff By Yedidya Schechter ’24YC When my mother, Shoshana Schechter, was a student at ۿ۴ý, she had the privilege to spearhead a program called YUSSR, where a handful of students went to different locations in Ukraine and Russia to assist Jews who needed help ...