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On Tuesday, May 26, more than 77 faculty, friends and family gathered on Zoom honor this year’s graduates of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration (AGS). Dr. Rona Novick, dean of AGS, conferred 30 degrees: 19 master’s degrees in Jewish education and 11 doctoral degrees…

The Katz School of Science and Health at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ has created the Bright Futures Scholarship Initiative that provides financial support for students seeking master’s degrees in science and technology in industries that are redefining the modern economy and high technology in New York and…

Dr. Belbruno is clinical professor of mathematics at Yeshiva College and a winner of the Humboldt Research Award whose scientific and personal interests literally span studying the Big Bang singularity to being a professional painter with regular exhibitions in the United States and Europe. (The ...

Dr. Gil Peleg Dr. Gil Peleg, clinical assistant professor of marketing at Sy Syms School of Business, was recently awarded funding from the Office of the Provost’s Faculty Research Fund to investigate the pro-social behavior of individuals. “I am interested in the way that this behavior is shaped…

The following excerpt is used with the permission of the Yiddish Book Center, where this originally appeared. Ms. Berger completed this translation with the support of the Center’s Translation Fellowship. The complete novel is due to be published this fall by Ben Yehuda Press. “Mr. Friedkin and ...

91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ is proud to announce that two of its students, Naftali Shavelson ’22YC and Abigail (Avigail) Winokur ’22S, have been selected as prizewinners of the Emma Lazarus Art Award, an annual competition sponsored by Combat Anti-Semitism (CAS), a non-partisan, global grassroots movement…

91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Mourns the Passing of Longtime Professor and Retired Chair of Stern College’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ community mourns the passing of Dr. Lea Blau, Professor Emerita of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Stern College for Women, who died on May 17, 2020. Dr ...

By Ilana Benson, Director of Museum Education 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Museum One week after the holiday of Shavuot, we’ll mark the 53rd anniversary of a remarkable day—June 7, 1967—when Israeli paratroopers entered the Old City of Jerusalem and reached Har Habayit, the Temple Mount, an area that had…

Dr. Ronnie Perelis Dr. Ronnie Perelis, Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay Associate Professor of Sephardic Studies, and Dr. Flora Cassen, associate professor of history and associate professor of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern studies at Washington University in St.…

The Sy Syms School of Business is always searching for ways to help educate and support its students and the broader 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ community. The educational challenges posed by COVID-19 spurred the school, under the leadership of Dr. Noam Wasserman, dean of Sy Syms, to come up with innovative and exciting ...