YU News

Mar 16, 2009 -- With cultural, political, economic and military ties never stronger and more apparent between Israel and India, international leaders and scholars will convene at Yeshiva University for a two-day conference, entitled "Israel and India: A Relationship Comes of Age," on March 30-31.…

Mar 16, 2009 -- Four exhibits taking their inspiration from the world of Jewish life and tradition in a rich variety of media are opening to the public at the Yeshiva University Museum in February and March. I of the Storm: Michael Hafftka, Recent Work, March 22 – Aug. 30, 2009 After more than 30…

Mar 12, 2009 -- More than 650 young men in the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program converged on Jerusalem last Saturday night for a special Melave Malke Kumsitz hosted by Yeshiva University in Israel to mark the end of Shabbat. The event was the first of its kind, bringing together students from 23 ...

Mar 12, 2009 -- For the third time in 14 months, the Empire State Stem Cell Board has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University funding for stem cell research. The new grants, totaling $12.7 million, will help create technologies for treating sickle cell anemia, cancer,…

Mar 12, 2009 -- To live as a “citizen of the world,“ as the eminent philosopher and Princeton University Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah urges us to do as best we may, is to heed an ancient prescription from Diogenes, the 5th-century Greek philosopher, that could heal the violence of our own time ...

Mar 11, 2009 -- The 18th annual Red Sarachek Basketball Tournament is coming to Yeshiva University from March 26-30. The event, considered the most prestigious Jewish high school basketball tournament in North America, will feature 20 teams from across the United States and Canada. Games will be ...

Mar 11, 2009 -- Yeshiva University High Schools (YUHS) will hold their Annual Dinner of Tribute on Sunday, March 22 at New York City’s Grand Hyatt. YUHS will honor Rabbi Hyman and Ann Arbesfeld (Kew Gardens, NY). Rabbi Baruch Pesach Mendelson (Brooklyn, NY) and Mrs. Deena Rabinovich (Kew Gardens ...

Mar 11, 2009 -- A combination of two FDA-approved drugs, already approved for fighting other bacterial infections, shows potential for treating extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), the most deadly form of the infection. This finding is reported by scientists from Albert Einstein…

Mar 11, 2009 -- As the economic downturn ripples through the US job market, Yeshiva University students, alumni and other community members interested in working in the Jewish community learned about various career opportunities at a job fair organized by YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) on…

Mar 11, 2009 -- Cardozo Advocates for Kids, a student organization at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, has launched a Web site, www.sol-reform.com, to aid victims of childhood sexual abuse and be a resource in the national grassroots movement to eliminate the statutes of limitations for childhood…