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Students Turn Out in Large Numbers to Press Congressmen on Iran During Advocacy Mission to Washington, D.C. Yeshiva University students made up the majority of a more than 250-strong student advocacy mission to Capitol Hill on Dec. 2. One hundred and thirty YU students joined others from D.C.-area…

YU Faculty and Staff Bring Focus on Education to Discussions at Symposium on Jewish Values Yeshiva University staff and faculty had much to contribute to a two-day symposium on Jewish values co-sponsored by the University and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s organization, This World: The Values Network, at…

Stern Students Offer Hands-on Help to Children at Public School on Lower East Side Two juniors at Stern College for Women have launched a tutoring program aimed at strengthening the academic skills of students in a public elementary school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Helping Hands, co ...

Stephanie Kimmel Makes All-Skyline Second Tennis Team Using Left Hand Expectations were high for Stephanie Kimmel in 2008. The Stern College for Women student-athlete had been voted to the first-team All-Skyline Conference women’s tennis team in 2007, an honor based on votes of the head women’s ...

For YU Students, UJC General Assembly Was Opportunity for Inspiration and Education Wearing bright blue sweatshirts emblazoned with the words “Ask Me About YU,” Yeshiva University students were a significant presence at the UJC General Assembly in November as the largest delegation in attendance ...

Day of Learning Showcases Faculty of Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies held its first Yom Iyun [day of learning] entitled "A Taste of Jewish Scholarship" on Sunday, Dec. 6 at Congregation Ohab Zedek (OZ) in Manhattan…

Yeshiva University's Revel School of Jewish Studies Offers A Taste of Jewish Scholarship Yeshiva University’s (YU) Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies invites the public to attend a Yom Iyun [day of learning] entitled "A Taste of Jewish Scholarship" on Sunday, December 6, at…

Noted Holocaust Scholar Gives High School Students a Primer on the Power of Film to Capture Survivors' Testimony “You are the last generation to know the survivors. The best of you will accept the responsibility for being witnesses for the witnesses.” Addressing seniors at Yeshiva University High…

Israel’s UN Ambassador Takes Issue With Goldstone Report at Student-Run Event More than 250 students from the Beren and Wilf campuses flocked to hear Gabriela Shalev, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, deliver a searing analysis of the Goldstone Report on Nov. 10. The 575-page report…

Nov 19, 2009 -- Yeshiva University profoundly mourns the loss of Sy Syms, a longtime, venerable supporter of the University and founder of discount clothier SYMS Corp., who passed away Nov. 17. A member of the Board of Trustees since 1984, Syms made an indelible impact on undergraduate education at…