Lander College For Women Graduate Receives $90,000 Soros Fellowship

Matty Lichtenstein, a graduate of Lander College for Women, received a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship. According to the Touro College website, she is “..navigating the narrow bridge where traditional Chasidic tradition and American culture collide has landed her a coveted Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.”

Lichtenstein graduated in 2003 from Lander College for Women-The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School (LCW) and later taught four courses at LCW, including Modern Jewish Thought and Selected Topics in Chasidim and the Mitnagdim. The child of Israeli immigrants who were children of Holocaust survivors, she grew up in Brooklyn steeped in the tradition of Gerer Chasidim. She had a powerful role model for scholarship and leadership in her mother, Ruth Lichtenstein.

Source: http://www.jewocity.com/blog/lander-college-for-women-graduate-receives-90000-soros-fellowship/10394