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Release
New Members Join
Advisory Board of UAlbany Center for Jewish Studies
Contact: Lisa James Goldsberry (518)
437-4980
ALBANY, N.Y. (March 30, 2004) -- Joan Wick-Pelletier,
dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the
University at Albany, has appointed four new members
to the advisory board of the Center for Jewish
Studies. The new board members are Stephen Berk
of Union College, Sol Greenberg, former D.A. of
the City of Albany; Judge Howard A. Levine of
Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, LLP and recently
retired from the New York State Court of Appeals;
and Robert J. Ludwig, immediate past president
of the United Jewish Federation of Northeastern
New York.
"We are honored and privileged to have these
four outstanding community leaders join our efforts,"
said Alan Goldberg, president of First Albany
Corporation, who serves as chair of the advisory
board. "Together we are working to ensure
that all New Yorkers have access to the very best
in Jewish studies."
Levine, who graduated from Yale College in 1953
and Yale Law School in 1956, became Family Court
judge for Schenectady County in 1971, a position
he held until 1980. In 1981, he became a justice
of the New York State Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial
District. From 1982 through 1993, he was an associate
justice of the Supreme Court Appellate Division,
Third Department. In September of 1993, he became
an associate judge in the New York State Court
of Appeals. From 2000 to 2002, he served as chair
for the New York Federal-State Judicial Council.
Currently, Levine is the Robert H. Jackson Distinguished
Professor of Law at Albany Law School.
The charge of the Jewish studies advisory board
is to oversee the growth and development of the
University's Department of Judaic Studies. The
board is also mounting a major capital campaign
to endow the Center for Jewish Studies at UAlbany,
which was inaugurated in April 2002. The Center
seeks to foster knowledge of Jewish history, thought,
and culture through education, scholarship, and
community outreach. The Center provides an environment
in which students, scholars, and community members
can engage in education, research, pedagogy, and
a variety of public programs related to Jewish
Studies.
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