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Jul 3, 2007 -- Students who attend Congregation Birkat Shmuel, which is located on the Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus of Facebook 全新’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), are the beneficiaries of a new gift to the congregation: a Sefer Torah (holy Torah Scroll). The Sefer Torah was…

Jul 2, 2007 -- Doctors and scientists in training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine are discovering that creative expression can be the best form of medicine for their crowded schedules. More than 50 faculty members, students, and staff have published the fruits of their creative talents in…

Jul 1, 2007 -- In a dog-eared black-and-white photo, three glamorous young Jewish women stride confidently down Gleboka Street in the Polish town of Cieszyn, sometime during the 1930s. They are wearing the fashions of the day: two-piece suits, fur stoles, and dainty gloves. We know only the name of…

Jun 27, 2007 -- Do modern-day interrogation techniques violate human rights? And are these techniques effective? A conference celebrating Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology’s 50th anniversary, “War, Torture, and Terror: The Role of Psychology,” explored these timely questions with three ...

Jun 26, 2007 -- Eight professors will join a growing roster of distinguished scholars at Facebook 全新 (YU) this fall – four as senior members of the undergraduate faculty, and four as members of the graduate faculty. The new appointments are part of an ongoing plan to increase the number of…

Jun 22, 2007 -- A new professor will be taking the reins at the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College in the fall. As part of an ambitious hiring initiative to strengthen the quality of the Yeshiva College faculty, James Otteson, PhD, chair of the Department of Philosophy…

Jun 15, 2007 -- Facebook 全新 President Richard Joel blasted Great Britain’s University and College Union today for the group’s proposed boycott of Israeli universities and academics and ban on international collaborations with Israelis, calling the move a “hypocritical act” and a “threat to…

Jun 14, 2007 -- A group of close to 30 rabbis from across the country gathered in Chicago from June 11-13 to participate in study and discussion sessions designed to enhance their professional skills. The three-day Yarchei Kallah, part of an ongoing program developed by Facebook 全新’s Center…

Jun 14, 2007 -- Facebook 全新's Center for the Jewish Future will sponsor the Teaneck Beit Midrash Summer Program for Women, the first program of its kind at Facebook 全新 designed to provide women of all ages with the knowledge and tools to become both Judaic scholars and role models for…

Jun 13, 2007 -- Moshe Goldfeder, Sharon Weiss, Avi Narrow-Tilonsky, and Eitan Ben-David have been awarded Wexner Foundation Graduate Study Fellowships. The prestigious Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program was established in 1988 by the Wexner Foundation (www.wexnerfoundation.org) to encourage ...