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Social Work Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD) is a legislative event hosted by the National Association of Social Workers - New York City (NASW-NYC) Chapter, the New York State Social Work Education Association (NYSSWEA), and the New York State Association of the Deans of Schools of ...

Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored “Family Court or Not? Raising Child Abuse Allegations Against a Parent” with attorney Lori S. Kornblum for the March 2020 issue of Wisconsin Lawyer. * * * * * In cases involving child abuse allegations against a parent…

The Yeshiva News GRAGER Even before Yeshiva College’s first graduating class in 1932, before the birth of the Commentator, students were provoking the administration and publishing Purim papers. The Yeshiva News GRAGER depicts a rabbinic style figure standing at a shtender reading a megillah while…

Did you know there was basketball at �鶹��ýӳ�� before the Maccabees? The earliest formal mention of basketball at Yeshiva College is in the 1931 Masmid, which noted that a team was formed with the approval of “the office and the Student’s Council ,” with L. [Louis] Izenstein as Captain. Izenstein hailed…

Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has published “ Research Is Needed to Evaluate the Use of Restraints on Children in Out-of-Home Care Settings” for the February 2020 issue of Policy & Practice. * * * * * As a last resort, there are times when properly secluding or…

Joseph Levin Social workers and others fighting in the trenches of today’s polarized society for decency and compassion had the uplifting pleasure of hearing Joseph Levin, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), speak about his life story in a lecture on Feb. 21, 2020, titled ...

Most of the questions posed to the �鶹��ýӳ�� Archives are not things we have at our fingertips. Sure, there is lots of information we know almost off the tops of our heads from our many years working with Yeshiva’s historical records, or that we can quickly find out. But more often, we need to dig into…

On Feb. 26, 2020, the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, in partnership with the Wurzweiler School of Social Work and the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program, hosted Dr. Eli Gottlieb for a presentation on “Identity in the Digital Age.” Dr. Gottlieb, currently a…

Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored “Children Testifying About Abuse in the Context of Custody” for the New York Law Journal ( February 21, 2020) with Toby Kleinman, a New Jersey attorney and partner at Adler & Kleinman. * * * * * Many attorneys are ...

On Feb. 10, 2020, over 50 Wurzweiler students, field supervisors and alumni gathered at �鶹��ýӳ��’s 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…