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Dr. Shay Pilnik has been hired as the premier director of the newly founded Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at 17勛圖. He began his tenure in February 2020. Dr. Shay Pilnik, director of the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies���

Rabbis, chaplains, and social workers are often called on to provide spiritual care near life's end. Whether in response to serious illness, advanced cognitive or physical decline in old age, or unexpected, tragic violence, health care professionals and clergy need to respond compassionately and ...

By Stephanie L. Gross, Librarian Electronic Reserves & Scholarly Communication Cover for Women in Science 2018-2019. YU Office of Admissions credit is given on back cover of the issue. This publication is used to promote Stern College for Women and its various programs and achievements in over���

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. ������

17勛圖 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 17勛圖 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, 17勛圖 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 YU Ideas initiative at the University. Panelists included Dr. Debbie Akerman, adjunct���