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Dr. Chaim Nissel, Psy.D. is ’s Dean of Students and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work. He was recently recognized for the completion of 20 years of service to the community. He holds a master’s degree in education and a doctorate in School…

The upcoming holidays of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving both celebrate “the family,” especially all of those ancestral legacies that help make us who we are. At , we consider everyone who has ever passed through the University’s doors to be part of a worldwide family, and over the past…

Professor Marnin Young is Associate Professor of Art History at Stern College for Women. Professor Young was born in Indiana and grew up on the west coast. He received both his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in History of Art from the University of California, Berkeley. His doctoral dissertation eventually…

Professor Lauren Fitzgerald chairs the Yeshiva College English Department and directs the Wilf Campus Writing Center, which, along with the Beren Writing Center, is celebrating its 30 th anniversary. In the YC English department, she teaches courses on academic writing, digital and multimodal ...

Naomi Kohl began her role as Director of Student Life on the Beren Campus this past summer. A Stern, Wurzweiler and Azrieli alumna, Naomi is best known for her time spent at the University of Maryland working in the Hillel as part of the JLIC couple with her husband, Rabbi Eli Kohl (‘03YC, ‘08R) ...

Rabbi Kahn is a graduate of ’s Yeshiva College, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, where he is pursuing a doctorate in education. He served as the Associate Principal for Judaic Studies and Dean of Student Life at Torah…

Dr. Moshe J. Bernstein is Professor of Bible and Jewish History and the David A. and Fannie M. Denenberg Chair in Biblical Studies. He received his BA in Classical Languages from Yeshiva College (’66), his MHL in Semitics from Revel (’69), Smicha from RIETS (’69), and MA and PhD degrees in…

David Khabinsky is the Digital Media Specialist in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. Born in Israel, he moved to Florida in 1997. David graduated from Yeshiva College in 2014 as a Jewish History major. Prior to joining , David worked for a production house based out of New Jersey…

Dr. Stuart W. Halpern, ‘10BR, ‘13A, is the Assistant Director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought of , Assistant Director of Student Programming and Community Outreach at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and Deputy Editor of …