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& In November 2018, the Bar-Ilan University Senate approved the appointment of Prof. Karl Skorecki ’71 as the new dean of the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University. Prof. Skorecki is a physician and researcher, a full professor at the Technion Faculty of Medicine, and director of Medical and Research Development at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. Said Bar Ilan University President, Prof. Arie Zaban, “Prof. Skorecki has extensive experience and proven abilities in patient care, research, teaching and administration. He has already begun constructing a comprehensive strategic plan aimed at deepening the impact of the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in all areas”.
Dr. Karen Skinazi ’92 is a senior teaching fellow and the Director of Liberal Arts at the University of Bristol in the UK. She is a scholar of multiethnic, American and women’s literature. Her most recent book, Women of Valor: Orthodox Jewish Troll Fighters, Crime Writers, and Rock Stars in Contemporary Literature and Culture (Rutgers University Press, 2018) examines media portrayals of Orthodox Jewish women and delves beyond stereotypes to identify a powerful tradition of feminist literary portrayals of Orthodox women – often created by Orthodox women themselves.
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4:50PM Ron Davis ’75 is a renowned pianist and composer. The release of his 12th recording, SymphRONica is his 3rd innovative collection that fuses jazz and symphonic music. It was released in October 2018. The event was heralded by a concert at the Bathurst Centre for Culture.
We are excited to share news about our alumni. If you have something you’d like to share, please contact Erica Melamed ’11, Alumni Relations Officer at emelamed@tanenbaumchat.org
In November, Risa (Dodick) Rotman ’85 was at the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation to talk about her book Terror and Emunah in Har Nof (ArtScroll Shaar Press, 2017). In the book, Risa reflects on her family’s experience dealing with a terror attack that ultimately took the life of her husband Chaim (Howie) Rotman ’79. Risa tells her story “in her own words, with honesty, insight, and yes, even humor.”
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