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Aug 10, 2010 -- For Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law graduate Kerry Hoffman, writing isn’t just a hobby—it’s a calling. She stumbled upon her passion for the trade during her undergraduate career at the College of the Holy Cross, where she majored in sociology with a concentration in gender…

Cardozo Graduate Turns Passion for Food Writing Into a Growing Career For Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law graduate Kerry Hoffman, writing isn’t just a hobby—it’s a calling. She stumbled upon her passion for the trade during her undergraduate career at the College of the Holy Cross, where she ...

Aug 9, 2010 -- Six Yeshiva University students stepped back in time this summer, to around the year 3080, during the rule of King Yehoash of Judah. The students from Stern and Yeshiva Colleges worked alongside archaeologists for three weeks during a Biblical archaeology course affiliated with Bar…

Dr. Jill Katz Leads Group of Students in Hands-On Biblical Archaeology Class Six Yeshiva University students stepped back in time this summer, to around the year 3080, during the rule of King Yehoash of Judah. The students from Stern and Yeshiva Colleges worked alongside archaeologists for three ...

Aug 4, 2010 -- Twenty undergraduate and graduate faculty members will join Yeshiva University’s diverse roster of scholars this fall. Four professors—Drs. Douglas Burgess, Alessandro Citanna, Andreas Hamel and Yuxi Zheng—will be teaching at both Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women. Burgess…

New Appointments Have Been Made at Stern, YC, Cardozo, Ferkauf and Sy Syms Twenty undergraduate and graduate faculty members will join Yeshiva University’s diverse roster of scholars this fall. Four professors—Drs. Douglas Burgess, Alessandro Citanna, Andreas Hamel and Yuxi Zheng—will be teaching…

Ulpan Offered by Azrieli's Institute for University-School Partnership Helps Teachers Strengthen their Hebrew Instructional Skills “Let’s come up with a sentence that uses this phrase,” said instructor Rivka Weiner, in Hebrew, to the group of students in her Ulpan (a Hebrew term for an intensive ...

Aug 2, 2010 -- Hundreds of leaders representing more than 80 Jewish communities descended upon Disney World’s Magic Kingdom by the busload. However, they weren’t at the legendary theme park to meet its famous characters or experience the rides, but for a rare opportunity to take a peek “behind the…

Hundreds Convene at ChampionsGate National Leadership Conference Presented by Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future Hundreds of leaders representing more than 80 Jewish communities descended upon Disney World’s Magic Kingdom by the busload. However, they weren’t at the legendary theme…

Rabbi Kenneth Brander on Today’s Youth’s Views on Individuality, Community and the Future of Jewish Leadership Rabbi Kenneth Brander is the David Mitzner Dean of Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future. The CJF will be convening leaders of the Jewish community from July 29 to Aug. 1 for…