YU News

Dec 12, 2008 -- Yeshiva University men’s basketball junior Martin Leibovich, a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has earned four major weekly awards after an outstanding week of play during which the guard/forward led the Maccabees to a 1-1 record. For terrific play during a competitive loss to ...

Dec 12, 2008 -- When a hospital team confers with terminally ill patients and their loved ones, the discussion may trigger personal anxieties and questions: Is hospice care possible? Can the patient remain at home with pain management and support from a social worker? What about “do not resuscitate…

Dec 11, 2008 -- A study published by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, strongly suggests that regular attendance at religious services reduces the risk of death by approximately 20 percent. The findings, published in Psychology and Health…

Dec 10, 2008 -- With Jewish communities emerging throughout the U.S. and across the globe, the need for qualified rabbis and educators has grown. The search for a suitable rabbi often can be a daunting task. Serving as the community arm of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), Yeshiva…

Dec 10, 2008 -- A capacity crowd of nearly 800 Yeshiva University students studying in Israel on the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program turned out to hear Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, speak on the importance of leadership on Nov. 28. The lecture at the Renaissance…

Dec 10, 2008 -- A panel discussion on the role of ethics in Jewish dietary laws, entitled The Kosher Quandary: Ethics and Kashrut, drew hundreds of students and guests to Yeshiva University (YU) Tuesday night, December 9th. The event was presented by the newly founded YU student-run organization ...

Dec 10, 2008 -- Yeshiva University (YU) will be presenting a conference, Israel and India: A Relationship Comes of Age on March 30-31 in New York City. In light of the recent tragedies in Mumbai, the conference will be dedicated to the memories of those who lost their lives in the attacks. The ...

Dec 9, 2008 -- On Sept. 24, 2000, after walking up and down the span of the Golden Gate Bridge for 40 minutes, Kevin Hines could no longer shut out the voice in his head. “You must die. Jump now!” it screamed. The troubled college student had signed a suicide note to his friends, family and ...

Dec 8, 2008 -- When 18 Wurzweiler School of Social Work students visited New Orleans in November to study the revitalization of its Jewish community after Hurricane Katrina, they took the time to remember some of the city’s other residents still in need of healing. The trip was an opportunity to…

Dec 3, 2008 -- Politicians, media and other influencers pay attention to poverty only during times of economic crisis and only when the “crisis is sufficiently broad and deep enough to affect the middle class,” asserts Yeshiva University professor Dr. Stephen Pimpare in his latest book, “A People’s…