Lynn Levy, LMSW



Lynn Levy, Ph.D.

2 Sutton Place South 212.207.6646 (home)

New York, New York 10022 646-812-3890 (cell)

Llevy1@yu.edu

Levyfamp@

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Education:

Ph.D. Wurzweiler School of Social Work June 2010

Yeshiva University, Ph.D.

M.S.W. Wurzweiler School of Social Work June 1998

Yeshiva University Recipient of National Association of Social Worker’s (NASW)

New York Chapter, Outstanding Social Worker of the Year Award.

Other Credentials:

J.F.E. Jewish Family Educator, Board of Jewish Education 1998

Certificate in Spiritually Informed Psychotherapy

Practice 2019

Professional Teaching Experience:

Wurzweiler School of Social Work 2005 - Present

Yeshiva University

Associate Clinical Professor 2015 - Present

Assistant Clinical Professor 2010 - 2015

Instructor 2006 - 2010

Adjunct 2005 - 2006

Full-time Associate Clinical Professor 2015 - Present

• Sequence Chair: Philosophical Foundations of Social Work and Social Work Values and Ethics; Co-Chair, Generalist Practice I & II, Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Ideology, Ph.D. program

• Teaching responsibilities include: Social Work Values and Ethics, Cultural Diversity, Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Foundations of Social Work Practice, Family Systems, Working with Individuals and Families with Disabilities: A Clinical Perspective, Philosophical Foundations of Social Work, Jewish Response to Communal Needs, Major Concepts, The Changing Jewish Family, Ideology

• Developed three Core Curriculum Courses for Wurzweiler’s Masters Online Program: Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Social Work Values and Ethics, and Philosophical Foundations of Social Work.

• Teach above courses in Wurzweiler Online Program.

• Co-Developed ‘The Heights’, a virtual community for Wurzweiler Online Masters Progam.

• Developed online course to teach Ideology course in the Wurzweiler Ph.D. program

• Led reorganization of Certificate in Jewish Communal Service program.

• Developed course curriculum for The Changing Jewish Family

• Developed course curriculum for Working with Individuals and Families with Disabilities: A Clinical Perspective.

• Re-designed course curriculum for Jewish Response to Communal Needs, Major Concepts in Jewish Cultural History (now Major Concepts), Social Work Values and Ethics.

• Designed and Taught online course for The Changing Jewish Family

• Advisement for Doctoral Students

• Faculty Advisor for First Year MSW Students.

• Faculty Advisor for Student Government.

• Faculty Liaison for NASW (National Association of Social Workers).

• Developed and implemented Peer Mentoring Program to support incoming students.

• Developed Faculty Mentorship Program to assist students experiencing difficulty in the field and the classroom.

• Developed a professional conference held in April 2012, The Diversity of the American Jewish Family, co-sponsored by Wurzweiler School of Social Work and UJA Federation of New York, held at Cardozo Law School.

• Co-edited issue of Journal of Jewish Communal Service, Summer 2014.

• Co- Chair, Field Work Advisory Committee

• Chair, Washington Heights/Wurzweiler Community Partnership

• Chair, Common Day

• Faculty Liaison for NASW-sponsored Lobby Day in Albany

• Faculty Liaison for Social Work Day at the UN

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Instructor 2006 - 2010

• Certificate in Jewish Communal Service – Courses:

o Jewish Response to Communal Needs, Major Concepts in Jewish Cultural History, Changing Jewish Family

• Social Work Values and Ethics

• Jewish Social Philosophy – Study of Spirituality in Social Work

Adjunct Professor 2005 - 2006

Teaching Responsibilities:

• Jewish Social Philosophy

• Jewish Response to Communal Needs

• Social Work Values and Ethics

Union for Reform Judaism 2000 - 2006

New York, New York

• Researched, wrote, and trained professional mental health workers and rabbis and cantors in The Aleph Bet of Marriage: Journeying toward Commitment, a seven session premarital education program for the Reform Movement of Judaism -offered across the North American Continent. Published by URJPress.

• Led a twenty-member think tank comprised of mental health professionals, rabbis and lay leaders of the Reform Movement in the creation of the premarital educational program.

• Wrote and oversaw the production of The Facilitator’s Guidebook, a training manual for the premarital education program, published by the URJPress.

• Implemented piloting of premarital education program in nine cities.

• Wrote and received grants in excess of $240,000 for continued development and dissemination of the premarital education program.

• Wrote and received a grant for $45,000 for the creation of a series of videotapes, entitled The Kitchen Table tapes, targeting premarital couples, couples who are remarrying and blending families, and teens discussing marriage, intermarriage and family formation.

• Researched and developed workshops on the demographic changes for marriage and family formation in the Jewish community.

• Produced a power-point presentation and a study guide on demographic trends for use by over 900 Reform congregations.

• Developed workshops and presented at conferences for the Reform Movement, including regional and national URJ Biennials and the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), and the CCAR President’s retreat.

• Represented the Reform Movement at Mifgash, a trans-denominational rabbinic conference, with a presentation on demographic trends in the Jewish community.

Samuel Field YM & YWHA 1999 - 2000

Little Neck, New York

Director of Jewish Continuity and Education

• Program and curriculum development for Gesher Institute, a Jewish Adult Learning Center, in conjunction with UJA Federation Jewish Continuity grant.

• Responsible for board and staff training.

• Supervised principal and oversaw programming for N’areinu, a community-based inter-denominational Hebrew High School.

• Represented agency at Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council Rabbi’s breakfasts.

• Created and implemented Tot Shabbat and after-school Jewish programs.

• Created Sukkah under the Stars, a successful parent and child program for Sukkot,

• Facilitated groups for interfaith couples and families.

• Facilitated Jewish Learning Experience for adults enrolled in an Alzheimer’s Respite Program.

• Developed and facilitated a Jewish film course for seniors.

• Led a weekly bible class for seniors.

• Facilitated workshops for families of learning disabled children.

Assistant Director of Jewish Continuity and Education 1998 – 1999

• Received and oversaw grant from Mazer Family Foundation for programming for interfaith couples and families in Northeast Queens.

• Created curriculum for Couples College, a six-week program for interfaith couples that became a model for interfaith programming throughout UJA Federation.

• Created a consortium of Reform and Conservative rabbis to begin dialogue on issues in congregations for interfaith couples and families.

• Oversaw and facilitated Interfaith Family Network workshops, including workshops for parents and grandparents in Reform and Conservative congregations in Northeast Queens and Western Long Island.

• Worked with rabbis, lay leaders, and community organizers across the religious movements to encourage programming for interfaith couples and families.

• Co-chair of Interfaith Professional Network, a think tank for professionals working in the interfaith community. Led quarterly meetings throughout metropolitan area and arranged for speakers and workshops.

• Completed Mishpacha III, a two-year Jewish educator’s training program at the Board of Jewish Education.

• Coordinated Jewish family education programs and Jewish parenting workshops in conjunction with a $60,000 Jewish continuity grant from UJA Federation.

• Facilitated Jewish Learning Experience for adults enrolled in an Alzheimer’s Respite Program.

Social Work Internships:

Samuel Field YM & YWHA

Little Neck, New York 1997 - 1998

• Assisted in the development and coordination of Interfaith Family Network, a comprehensive program for interfaith couples and families, funded by the Mazer Family Fund.

• Conducted weekly support and educational groups for seniors, including bereavement groups and Alzheimer’s support groups.

• Facilitated group for parents of children with learning disabilities.

• Received Jewish Family Educator (JFE) credentials through participation in Mishpacha III, a two-year Jewish educator’s training program, at the Board of Jewish Education.

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Hillside Hospital, a division of Long Island Jewish Hospital 1996 –1997

Glen Oaks, New York

• Social work functions for chronic mentally ill patients on an inpatient psychiatric unit; inclusive of individual and group psychotherapy, family intervention, bio-psychosocial assessments and discharge planning.

• Secondary placement in out-patient unit. Conducted a group with dual-diagnosed persons (schizophrenic and developmentally disabled) that provided daily living skills, medication management and social integration skills.

• Tertiary placement as facilitator of Caring and Sharing Group for families of chronic mentally ill patients for monthly AMI/PATH meetings.

Other Professional Activities:

• Facilitate Are you Thinking about a Future? - a group for interfaith couples at JCC of Manhattan.

• Facilitate the Aleph Bet of Marriage for Reform congregations in Manhattan and at the JCC of Manhattan.

• Facilitated Women in Transition group at JCC of Manhattan.

• Facilitated psycho-social groups for interfaith couples considering conversion at Introduction to Judaism for the Union for Reform Judaism.

• Facilitated groups on December Dilemma at synagogues and JCC of Manhattan.

• Private counseling with premarital couples, interfaith couples and couples in transition.

Presentations at Professional Conferences:

• Workshop Presentation: Creating an Online Community, IASWG (International Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups) New York, NY, June 2019

• Workshop Presentation: Creating an Online Community, NASW-New York Conference, June 2019

• The Resilient Couple Workshop, 92nd Street Y, October 2017

• Love, Marriage Divorce, Presentation Bernstein Alliance, February 2017

• The Resilient Couple Workshop, Continuing Education Program, WSSW, February 2017

• Workshop Presentation: Spirituality in Social Work Education. IASWG (International Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups), Calgary, CANADA, June 2014.

• Presentation at AUCD (Association of University Centers for Disabilities), Crystal City, VA. (November 2010)

• Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly (November 2010).

• Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly (November 2009).

• Led Workshop at Association for the Advancement of Social Group Work, Newark, NJ. (June 2007)

• Workshop at 50th Anniversary Conference for Wurzweiler School of Social Work.

• Premarital education workshop, Union for Reform Judaism Biennial, Houston, 2005.

• Premarital workshop, Union for Reform Judaism, Biennial, Milwaukee, 2005.

• Central Conference of American Rabbis, Toronto. Premarital education training workshop. June 2004

• Central Conference of American Rabbis board Meeting, Demographics presentation, January 2003.

• Pre-biennial premarital education training workshop, Union for Reform Judaism, Milwaukee, 2003.

• Central Conference of American Rabbis, Washington, DC, premarital education workshop. June 2002.

• Mifgash, inter-denominational conference of Rabbis and Cantors, presentation on demographic shifts in the Jewish community, Concord Hotel, NY.

• Central Conference of American Rabbis Presentation Retreat, 2001.

• Premarital biennial workshop, Union for Reform Judaism, Boston, 2001.

• Television interview by Stuart Ain for Jewish Life, a show devoted to issues of interfaith Jewish community.

Publications:

Levy, L. & Levy, P. (2015) The Resilient Couple, 2017.

Levy, L. (2014) Editor’s Preface, Journal of Jewish communal service, JJCS

Levy, L. (2011) Volunteerism in the jewish community, Dissertation.

Levy, L. (2008). Including gay and lesbian couples in a premarital education program in Reform congregations, Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 83(2/3).

Levy, L. (2007). Invited Book Review: The whole wide world, Without limits: International relief, gender politics, and American Jewish women, 1893-1930, McCune, M., Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2005, 280 pp.

Affilia,

Levy, L. (2004). The aleph bet of marriage: Journeying toward commitment. New York: URJPress.

Levy, L., Address, R., Rosen, H. (2004). Facilitator’s guide: Aleph bet of marriage: Journeying toward commitment. New York: URJPress.

Volunteer Work:

September 1994 – December 2003. Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, NY.

• Member of Board of Trustees (1999 – 2003). Involved in policy development and oversight for one of Long Island’s largest Reform congregations. Special interests: Torah Project, Development Committee, Interfaith Outreach.

• Associate Trustee of Board of Trustees (1996 – 1998).

• Secretary of Women of Reform Judaism (1996 – 1997).

• Leader of Shamashim team, greeters at Shabbat services, Central Synagogue, New York, NY.

• Coordinated Yachad, a support group for women with breast and ovarian cancer, Temple Beth El of Great Neck, NY.

• Participated in Gesher Group, calls to the recently bereaved, Temple Beth El of Great Neck, NY.

• Volunteer for Bikkurim, visiting the homebound, at Temple Beth El of Great Neck, NY.

• Organized 5K Walk for Teens to raise funds for Torah Project, Temple Beth-El, Great Neck, N.Y.

Professional Memberships:

• National Association of Social Workers

• Council of Social Work Education

• International Association for Advancement of Social Group Work

• Association of Jewish Communal Service

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