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Jan 11, 2008 -- While their husbands pursue rabbinical studies in the YU RIETS Israel Kollel at the university’s campus in Jerusalem, a group of women now have a learning program of their own that will prepare them for their roles as community leaders. The Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish…

Jan 11, 2008 -- Each year more than 900 Yeshiva University undergraduates participate in a wide variety of service programs through YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF). In recognition of this significant commitment to providing service programs to the Jewish community and to humanity, the CJF…

Jan 10, 2008 -- Coming off of two straight wins that saw the Yeshiva University Men’s Basketball team defeat Medgar Evers 58-47 on Dec. 22, and Skyline Conference powerhouse SUNY Old Westbury 58-57 on Dec. 27, the Maccabees was rewarded with a sweep of the Skyline Conference weekly awards.…

Jan 9, 2008 -- Yonatan Frankel, who graduated from Yeshiva College last May, has a heavy workload as a rabbinical student at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary but come the weekend he can often be found traveling to cities such as Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Edmonton, or Calgary. Frankel…

Jan 9, 2008 -- A $5-million endowment will serve as an enduring imprint of the legacy of Dr. Norman Lamm, Chancellor of Yeshiva University who has spent his entire career in service of the university, including 27 years as President. The Lamm Heritage, a series of initiatives that will honor ...

Jan 7, 2008 -- A glitch in the mechanism by which cells recycle damaged components may trigger Parkinson’s disease, according to a study by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The research, which appears in the January 2 advance online issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation…

Jan 4, 2008 -- First-Time Grant Empowers Larger Number of Students to Perform Hands-on Volunteer Work in Needy Communities New York, NY, January 14, 2008 – Each year more than 900 Yeshiva University undergraduates participate in a wide variety of service programs through YU’s Center for the Jewish…

Jan 3, 2008 -- New York, NY, January 3, 2008 – The Board of Directors of Yeshiva University’s Yeshiva College has elected philanthropist and industrialist Michael Gamson to its board. Mr. Gamson joins a prestigious group of dedicated business, professional, and civic leaders on the Yeshiva College…

Jan 2, 2008 -- The first issue of Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture—edited by Steven Fine, PhD, professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University and director of the Center for Israel Studies, Vivian B. Mann, and Margaret Olin—is now available. Published by E. J. Brill, it is the…

Jan 2, 2008 -- Students at Sy Syms School of Business will have the opportunity to learn from and meet the founders of successful start-ups and CEOs of international corporations when the Spring 2008 Doris & Dr. Ira Kukin Entrepreneurial Lecture Series begins on February 1. Each week during the…