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Seven Centuries of Jewish Tradition Spring to Vivid Life at March 21 U.S. Premiere of Braginsky Manuscript and Book Collection Direct from its world premiere in Amsterdam, the Yeshiva University Museum will host the first-ever U.S. showing of an extraordinary private collection -- A Journey Through…

Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks Honored with Inaugural Lamm Prize Commemorating YU's Chancellor Yeshiva University will honor Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks as the inaugural recipient of the Norman Lamm Prize, March 16-21. As the capstone of the Lamm Heritage—a tribute to Dr. Lamm—the Lamm Prize pays…

Mar 1, 2010 -- Yeshiva University will honor Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks as the inaugural recipient of the Norman Lamm Prize, March 16-21. As the capstone of the Lamm Heritage—a tribute to Dr. Lamm—the Lamm Prize pays homage to Dr. Lamm’s lifetime of scholarly achievement. In addition to the ...

S. Daniel Abraham Program Art Competition Draws 200 Young Women Studying in Israel The Yeshiva University Israel Campus auditorium was transformed into an art gallery on Monday evening, when 29 works – all by women studying in Israel for a year – went on display for the third annual S. Daniel ...

Feb 17, 2010 -- Cholent, for hundreds of years the traditional Sabbath-day meal for observant Jews in many countries, is a food for which there is no standard recipe; its ingredients are as diverse as the places where Jews have lived. A slow-cooked stew containing meat, vegetables, potatoes, beans…

Doctors Urged to Manage Cardiovascular Risk Factors of Migraine Sufferers Migraine sufferers are twice as likely to have heart attacks as people without migraine, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The study, published in the ...

Stern College Senior, Tamara Freiden, Finds Common Ground in El Salvador By Tamara Freiden, senior at Stern College for Women The single most surprising thing I saw in El Salvador was not the dust-strewn shacks made of thin slabs of aluminum hardly able to keep a drizzle out, let alone the downpour…

Hundreds of Students Laugh and Learn at Jake and Amir Event The excitement was palpable as more than 500 students packed into Lamport auditorium to hear Internet comedy duo Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld of CollegeHumor.com on Tuesday night, February 9. The event—co-sponsored by the Sy Syms…

Stern Students Lead Health Mission to Nicaragua Driven by their passion to help people in developing countries, Eveline Mordechai and Annie Press, Stern College seniors, initiated the first student-run health mission at YU. In January, ten students traveled to Limon, Nicaragua under the auspices of…

Feb 11, 2010 -- On Sunday, March 7, 2010 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and the Yeshiva University community will celebrate the ordination of the most recent class of musmakhim [ordained rabbis] at their Chag HaSemikhah Convocation, which will take place at Nathan Lamport ...