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Twentieth Volume Examines Challenges Orthodox Community Faces Relating to Jews of Other Religious Ideologies This fall, the Orthodox Forum is celebrating its 20th publication by revisiting a past topic through new and broader lenses. This most recent volume, entitled “The Relationship of Orthodox…

Sep 14, 2010 -- On August 30, Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel delivered the keynote address at the second Chag Hasemikha (ordination ceremony) at the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin. The two newly minted rabbis, both of whom grew up in the former Soviet Union, join a small cadre of…

Sep 14, 2010 -- This fall, the Orthodox Forum is celebrating its 20th publication by revisiting a past topic through new and broader lenses. This most recent volume, entitled “The Relationship of Orthodox Jews with Believing Jews of Other Religious Ideologies and Non-Believing Jews” is edited by ...

Sep 14, 2010 -- The Five Towns will be hosting prominent Yeshiva University visiting scholars over Shabbat, October 8-9, in various shuls around the community. The Shabbaton—sponsored by YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) —will feature renowned personalities including President Richard Joel ...

Sep 14, 2010 -- Yeshiva University will be publishing a collection of original essays on the weekly parashiyot [Torah portions], authored by rabbis and professors from every division of the University. The volume, entitled Mitokh Ha-Ohel, is sponsored by the Michael Scharf Publication Trust of ...

Renowned Personalities to Speak Throughout the Community October 8-9 The Five Towns will be hosting prominent Yeshiva University visiting scholars over Shabbat, October 8-9, in various shuls around the community. The Shabbaton—sponsored by YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) —will feature ...

Intellectual Stimulation and Cultural Experiences Await Students in YU's Honors Programs Rigorous coursework, cutting-edge research and immersion in the culture, history and excitement of New York City: new honors students are learning it’s all par for the course as they begin their first year on…

Sep 13, 2010 -- Rigorous coursework, cutting-edge research and immersion in the culture, history and excitement of New York City: new honors students are learning it’s all par for the course as they begin their first year on campus. “This is what we expect for them and from them,” said Dr. Gabriel…

Sep 7, 2010 -- Through a new and comprehensive program at Yeshiva University established to understand and address school policies and procedures in the detection and reporting of child abuse, the findings of a groundbreaking survey of Jewish day and high schools from across North America will be…

The Huffington Post Features an Op-Ed by Dean Victor Schwartz and Dr. Jerald Kay on Mental Health Challenges Facing Servicemen and Women Returning Home The data released recently by the US government regarding the alarming rate of suicide among active members of our armed forces is cause for…