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On December 16, Dr. Lawrence Schiffman's Revel class on "The Bar Kokhba Revolt & the Judean Desert Documents" was treated to a guest lecture by David Hendin, a curator at the American Numismatic Society and an expert in ancient Jewish and biblical coins. Hendin is the author of Guide to…

All the world’s a stage, they say, and for some, what goes on behind the curtains is where you can find the real action. For Aaron Roller ’06YC, the Director of Special Projects at the NYC Office of Citywide Purchasing and former Senior Policy Advisor at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Operations ...

The unique story of Dr. Steven Fine's undergraduate Ancient Jewish History class and its semester-long quest to decipher a 5th-century, Aramaic-language, Jewish woman's tombstone featured in The New York Times last week. The project involved close correspondence with Californian Pastor Carl Morgan…

Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock's book, Jews in Gotham: New York Jews in a Changing City, 1920-2010 (NÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Press, 2012), featured in the New York Times Sunday Book Review in November. The book, as the NYT wrote, "covers the wax and wane of immigration, segregation, suburban flight, anti-Semitism, socialist ...

The Greenwich Times and other Connecticut papers in the syndicate recently published an article by Dr. Jonathan Fast, who is an expert on the subject of shame and bullying and the author of the book "Ceremonial Violence," which provides an analysis of a dozen school shootings. Below is an excerpt…

At the 2013 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Hanukkah Dinner, President Richard M. Joel recognized eight Points of Light—students, faculty and alumni who embody the mission of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€”calling each one up to light a symbolic candle on the menorah. Savyon Lang honored (with President Richard Joel). Click image to see…

Nehama Leibowitz Teaching Celebrating one of the most influential teachers of Tanakh in recent decades, over 200 Revel students, alumni, and faculty—joined by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ undergraduates and members of the Jewish community at large—gathered for the first of Revel’s special lecture events this year: “Nehama…

December has proven to be a testament to the quality of social workers Wurzweiler School of Social Work produces. The month holds high honors for two Wurzweiler MSW alumni who will both be recognized at high profile events in New York City, Elisheva Lock (2010) and Marleen Litt (2002). Elisheva…

On Wednesday November 20 Wurzweiler School of Social Work was again in Toronto, Ontario! Several events marked an interesting and informative day. In the morning current WSSW Block Program students met with Raesa Kaiteris, Associate Director of Field Education; Diane Harvey, Toronto Student ...

Wurzweiler is the newest New York School of Social Work to charter a chapter of Phi Alpha Social Work Honors Society. Phi Alpha is a society that acknowledges those students who have demonstrated high scholastic achievement as well as leadership in the social work field. The Tau Epsilon Chapter was…