Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman (left) discusses happiness with Tal Ben-Shahar. Tal Ben-Shahar is an internationally renowned teacher and author in the fields of happiness and leadership and recently published his eighth book, Happier, No Matter What: Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times.…
In 2021, the Wurzweiler School of Social Work received funding to research the ways criminal justice social workers (CJSW) talk with their clients/communities about voting. CJSW interact with those engaged with and returning from the criminal justice system through roles in correctional facilities…
Sohrab Ahmari | Convergent Books | 2021 Reviewed by Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern In his The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos , Sohrab Ahmari argues for the power of substantive ideals. Ahmari, the op-ed editor for the New York Post and a columnist for First Things,…
Cardozo News Professor Pamela Foohey Comments, in USA Today, on the Need for Easier Discharge of Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy Professor Matthew Wansley Responds to Waymo’s Court Victory in TechCrunch Professor Kate Shaw Discusses West Virginia v. EPA, Supreme Court Case Over Pollution, in The ...
On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, the The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs, the Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» Center for Israel Studies and the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College hosted Gidon Bromberg, founder and Israel director of EcoPeace Middle East, for a…
By Dr. Neil Rogachevsky Straus Center Associate Director and Assistant Professor On Monday, Feb. 14, Dr. Alex Priou, teaching assistant professor at the Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society at the University of Colorado, presented the lecture “Reading Plato’s Republic in America…
Dr. Naomi Goldstein Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) mourn the passing of Rabbanit Dr. Naomi Goldstein Cohen z"l. Dr. Cohen was the last surviving grandchild of Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» benefactors Harry and Jane Fischel z"l and the last surviving child of Rabbi Herbert S. and…
By Erica Sultan Research Fellow Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs In a time of regional strife in the Middle East, there is a small organization, the only one of its kind, making huge strides in peace building. EcoPeace Middle East is an organization run by Israeli,…
By Zvi Erenyi Collection Development and Reference Librarian Mendel Gottesman Library. On Feb. 16, 2022, the Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» Libraries Book Talks featured Dr. Joan Gluckauf Haahr, whose recently published Prisoners of Memory: A Jewish family from Nazi Germany (Full Court Press, 2021) vividly ...
Dr. Edward Belbruno Dr. Edward Belbruno, clinical professor of mathematics and recipient of the Humboldt Award of Germany in Mathematics for 2017-18, has co-authored a paper with Dr. James Green, former chief scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), for the Monthly ...