YU News

Apr 9, 2008 -- A frenzied group of fans stormed the court for the third game in a row following Ida Crown Jewish Academy’s first-place finish in Yeshiva University’s 17th Annual Red Sarachek Basketball Tournament on March 31. Although the final game came easy to the Ida Crown Aces, they barely ...

Apr 9, 2008 -- “Open your hearts and your wallets!” was the rallying cry at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law’s 16th annual Public Service Auction held on April 3. A capacity crowd filled the lobby and enjoyed live rock music, great food, and a silent auction of items including tickets to sporting…

Apr 9, 2008 -- On Purim, over 60 Yeshiva University students helped spread the holiday festivities to fellow Jews by participating in the annual Simcha Deliveries program. Dressed in costume, the young men and women visited patients, sang, and delivered mishloach manot, traditional holiday gifts of…

Apr 9, 2008 -- At 10:30 pm every Wednesday night, Yeshiva University student volunteers climb aboard large scales holding bags filled with glass and plastic bottles and cans. They subtract their body weight from the total and record the figures. This ritual is an integral part of YU’s participation…

Apr 5, 2008 -- Momenta String Quartet, the first ensemble-in-residence at Yeshiva University, performed the world premiere of composer David Glaser’s Kinesis at a concert at the Yeshiva University Museum on Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Glaser is associate professor of music at Stern College for Women…

Mar 27, 2008 -- From the harmonica and Italian Baroque music, to the basics of photography and Yiddish film, this year’s Yeshiva University Arts Festival gathered the top artistic talent among Stern College, Yeshiva College, and Sy Syms students in a diverse showcase of talent in April. “The arts…

Mar 25, 2008 -- Na’ama Nadel raises two toddlers, teaches full-time, is finishing a master’s degree, and pursues an interest in art. This would be enough for any one woman to juggle, but Nadel is also a rebbitzin, the wife of Rabbi Seth Nadel of Young Israel of West Hartford, CT. It’s a role that…

Mar 25, 2008 -- The Yeshiva University (YU) Israel Beit Midrash (study hall) was dedicated as a living memorial to the late Rabbi Israel Miller, formerly of the Bronx, as part of the Second Yeshiva University Colloquium in Israel. Rabbi Israel Miller guided the founding of YU’s Israel Campus in ...

Mar 25, 2008 -- Concert to Feature World Premiere of David Glaser’s /Kinesis/ and Momenta Quartet’s Performance of Works by Renowned Jewish Composers Yeshiva University (YU) announced today the introduction of an Ensemble-in-Residence curriculum and will commemorate the program launch with an ...

Mar 24, 2008 -- Yeshiva University men’s basketball freshman Zachary Gordon was named First Team All-Region by D3Hoops.com for an outstanding freshman campaign during which he earned First Team All-Conference by the Skyline Conference, and was voted the conference’s Rookie of the Year. Gordon is…