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Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has co-authored “The role of law enforcement in child welfare checks” with Carly Sanchez in the January issue of Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine. Sanchez is a personal injury attorney in the Law Offices of Booth & Koskoff in Torrance ...

Dr. Hanni Flaherty, clinical assistant professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, co-authored a study in the Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work with researchers from the University of Michigan, New York University and Washington University examining “the factors associated with the ...

Daniel Pollack, professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, has published “Don’t Rush Expedited Home Studies for Kinship Care” in Policy & Practice about the difference between having a streamlined placement process when it becomes necessary to remove a child from a home and a rushed one. “…

Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­ reached out in many ways to offer comfort and counseling to the Greenville community in Jersey City, New Jersey, after the tragedy of the shootings on Dec. 10. On Dec. 11, Rabbi Menachem Penner, dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, gathered students together in…

The Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and Rabbanan.org, an online resource for rabbis sponsored by CJF, convened a conference call on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, to offer rabbis both emotional and spiritual support as well as tested strategies for…

The Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­ offers a unique 18-credit Certificate Program in Gerontology and Palliative Care for rabbis and cantors of all denominations to address a national need for well-trained clergy who can support healthy aging and deliver compassionate, quality…

On Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­ partnered with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan and West Side Institutional Synagogue for a powerful and timely discussion on “ Reinventing the Self,” part of the Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­ Ideas initiative at the University. Panelists included Dr. Debbie Akerman, adjunct…

Dr. Danielle Wozniak, Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean of Wurzweiler School of Social Work, spoke with Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­ News about the unique program that Wurzweiler runs in Israel that graduates social workers who can be licensed in both the United States and Israel. What is the genesis of the program ...

They may not wear capes, but the graduates of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work-Sara Schenirer program are true heroes. That’s because they’ve dedicated the past two years of their lives studying to become outstanding social workers and are now ready to apply their training and skills to help…

Wurzweiler’s 42nd Block Program Commencement Honors New Members of the Profession Weissberg Commons rang with wise words and celebratory laughter as the Wurzweiler School of Social Work welcomed 42 new graduates into their community. After the processional, led by Dr. Selma Botman, provost and vice…