YU News

May 8, 2008 -- Eminent political philosopher and ethicist Dr. Onora O’Neill shone a spotlight on the ethics of public and global health when she spoke as the second Leonard and Tobee Kaplan Scholar-in-Residence of the Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University April 30. Traditionally a neglected area…

May 7, 2008 -- President Richard M. Joel met with 46 faculty members and students from the Israel Defense Force’s National Defense College on Tuesday, April 29 to discuss how Orthodox Jewry fits within the greater context of American Jewish life. The college is Israel’s most elite institution ...

May 2, 2008 -- Sy Syms School of Business (SSSB), Yeshiva University’s undergraduate business school, officially welcomed Dr. Michael J. Ginzberg as the school’s new dean and honored distinguished alumni at its student and alumni gala dinner on Wednesday, April 30, at Bridgewaters at the South ...

May 2, 2008 -- Yeshiva University's undergraduate students and alumni now have a resource for meeting other singles through a new initiative of YU's Center for the Jewish Future. The program, YUConnects, features social activities and Torah events, a Web site, and one-on-one support from couples…

May 1, 2008 -- The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo’s Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican (HarperOne), co-authored by Rabbi Benjamin Blech, assistant professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University, and Roy Doliner, a Vatican docent, reveals some of the many hidden messages of the Sistine Chapel’…

Apr 29, 2008 -- The Sy Syms School of Business (SSSB), Yeshiva University’s undergraduate business school, will host a gala dinner officially welcoming new Dean, Dr. Michael J. Ginzberg, and honoring three distinguished alumni, Wednesday, April 30, 6:30 p.m. at Bridgewaters at the South Street ...

Apr 25, 2008 -- Four Yeshiva University graduates are among the 20 people selected this fall for the prestigious Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program. The fellowship is open to aspiring Jewish leaders who seek to prepare themselves through graduate training for careers in the cantorate, Jewish ...

Apr 16, 2008 -- Renowned ethicist and political philosopher Onora O’Neill will present a lecture on “Broadening Bioethics: Clinical Ethics, Public Health, and Global Health” on Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 pm at the Yeshiva University Museum/Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street. The event…

Apr 16, 2008 -- Dr. Jonathan M. Backer has been appointed the next director of the Belfer Institute for Advanced Biomedical Studies at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Allen Spiegel, The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean of the medical college, announced the new appointment. Dr. Backer ...

Apr 15, 2008 -- Over 500 Attend Celebration to Launch Kollel in Toronto Yeshiva University (YU) made history earlier this month when The Toronto Partnership Gala Celebration Dinner was held at the beautiful Copper Creek Golf Club in Kleinburg, raising $3.2 million thus far. President Richard M.…