Alumni Event in Israel: Education, Comraderie, Net-working, and Good Food!

On March 21, as part of a university-wide event, Wurzweiler held a symposium at the Jerusalem Campus for Israeli and Israel-based alumni. The program, "A Sense of Community: Internal and External Boundaries," attracted more than 50 alumni.

Presenters included Stanley Schneider ’72, chair of the Magid Institute Program for Integrative Psychotherapy at Hebrew University; and Reuven Schindler ’72, Dean of the School of Social Work at Ashkelon, a satellite program of Bar Ilan University.

A panel discussion titles, “Crisis, Conflict, and Reconciliation” followed. It included David Bedein ’80, Director of the Israel Resource News Agency and President of the Center for Near East Policy Research; Joy Epstein ’83, Clinical Supervisor for the Department of Social Services of Nefesh B’ Nefesh; and Dyna Tover ’86, a staff member at The Counseling Center for Women.

The event was capped by a dinner. Planning Committee members included Joyce Brenner ’64 (MSW), ’83 (Ph.D.);, Sue Freedman ’74; Chaim Jatkowitz ’77; Marva Perrin Levine ’94; Goldie Marans ’76; David Ribner ’74; Stanley Schneider ’72; Yossi Winiarz ’87; and Mordecai Holtz ’06. Dean Gelman and YU President Richard Joel participated.