Dr. Pelcovitz holds the Gwendolyn and Joseph Straus Chair in Psychology and Jewish Education at Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, where he is also the Special Assistant to the President. Serving for over two decades as Director of Psychology at North Shore University Hospital-NYU School of Medicine, and as Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine, he has consulted extensively with the Jewish community in the United States, Europe and Israel on a wide range of issues facing children and adolescents.
Dr. Pelcovitz, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, has published and lectured extensively on a variety of topics related to education, parenting and child mental health. Areas of research and clinical specialty include family violence, the impact of domestic violence, stress management, transmitting values to children and adolescents and coping with trauma and loss. His most recent publication was “Balanced Parenting," a book he wrote in collaboration with his father on parenting from a Jewish perspective.
Speaker's Resources
Jewish Medical Ethics 2021
Dr. David Pelcovitz, Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg, Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman, Rabbi Mark Dratch, Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann, Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick
Program
May 12, 2021
e-TiM: Virtual Jewish Medical Ethics 2020 12th International Conference
Dr. David Pelcovitz, Dr. Michelle Friedman, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg, Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman, Rabbi Dr. Eli Rybak, Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner, Rachel Dratch, Yoni Goldstein
Program
May 6, 2020
Digital Challenges: Impact of Social Media on Empathy & Thought
Dr. David Pelcovitz
Audio
Jul 26, 2017
Jewish Medical Ethics 2017
Dr. David Pelcovitz, Dr. Ethan Halpern, Dr. Michael Bouhadana, Rabbi Binyomin Weiss, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg, Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman
Program
Feb 27, 2017
Family Dynamics: 5th International Jewish Medical Ethics Conference 2013
Dr. David Pelcovitz, Rabbi Steven Weil
Audio
Jul 14, 2013
5th International Conference on Jewish Medical Ethics
Dr. Alan Kadish, Dr. Brian Berger, Dr. David Pelcovitz, Dr. Ellen Warner, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg, Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman, Rabbi Gideon Weitzman, Rabbi Steven Weil
Program
Oct 14, 2012