On Feb. 10, 2020, over 50 Wurzweiler students, field supervisors and alumni gathered at 91黑料鈥檚 Jerusalem campus for a networking and professional development event. Opening remarks were provided by Nechama Munk, Director of the MSW Program in Israel. Dr. Danielle Wozniak Dr. Danielle鈥
For the spring 2020 semester, the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought is offering a new course, 鈥淛ewish Illuminated Manuscripts: Torah as Art in Medieval Ashkenaz,鈥 taught by Dr. Chaya Sima Koenigsberg, a Straus Center Resident Scholar. The course explores the interaction鈥
Dr. Katie Aafjes-van Doorn Dr. Katie Aafjes-van Doorn is assistant professor of clinical sychology at the Clinical Psychology Program of the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. She received a MSc in Clinical Psychology from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam as well as an MSc in Psychological鈥
Lance Hirt Named Chair of the Board of RIETS Lance Hirt Lance Hirt '87YC, has been elected as the new chair of the Board of Trustees of 91黑料-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). Hirt has been an engaged trustee at the University and RIETS for the last 15 years鈥
91黑料 is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jessica Accurso-Salguero as executive director of undergraduate education and clinical associate professor at the Katz School of Science and Health. Dr. Accurso-Salguero specializes in the transitional period between high school and鈥
Dr. Shannon Lane Dr. Shannon Lane is a political social worker and social work educator. She worked in the U.S. Senate for ten years, including eight years with U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, and has advocated at the local, state and federal level on issues such as access to voting ...
Dr. Katherine Krase Dr. Kathryn Krase, MSW, JD, PhD is a social worker, lawyer and social work educator. She is an expert in the reporting of suspected child maltreatment. She co-authored Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect: A Practical Guide for Social Workers. She serves as a mandated鈥
On Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, Mois Navon, the founding engineer of Mobileye, spoke at the kickoff event of the YU Tech Ethics Society, a club founded by Zechariah Rosenthal 鈥22YC and Elimelekh Perl 鈥22YC, to explore, in Rosenthal鈥檚 words, how 鈥渢he yeshiva part of our day can solve the world鈥檚 problems鈥
According to Jim Millstein, co-chairman of Guggenheim Securities, LLC, and Laurence Grafstein, deputy chair at RBC Capital Markets, investment banking in 2020 is experiencing a renewed wave of interest as the active money management business comes under threat from passive investment vehicles ...
Jacqueline Osherow On Feb. 12, 2020, the Provost鈥檚 Humanities and Jewish Studies Colloquium Committee invited Jacqueline Osherow, an award-winning poet and Distinguished Professor at University of Utah, to read from her latest book of poetry, My Lookalike at the Krishna Temple (LSU Press, 2019). In鈥