YU News

Jun 22, 2007 -- A new professor will be taking the reins at the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College in the fall. As part of an ambitious hiring initiative to strengthen the quality of the Yeshiva College faculty, James Otteson, PhD, chair of the Department of Philosophy…

Jun 15, 2007 -- Yeshiva University President Richard Joel blasted Great Britain’s University and College Union today for the group’s proposed boycott of Israeli universities and academics and ban on international collaborations with Israelis, calling the move a “hypocritical act” and a “threat to…

Jun 14, 2007 -- A group of close to 30 rabbis from across the country gathered in Chicago from June 11-13 to participate in study and discussion sessions designed to enhance their professional skills. The three-day Yarchei Kallah, part of an ongoing program developed by Yeshiva University’s Center…

Jun 14, 2007 -- Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future will sponsor the Teaneck Beit Midrash Summer Program for Women, the first program of its kind at Yeshiva University designed to provide women of all ages with the knowledge and tools to become both Judaic scholars and role models for…

Jun 13, 2007 -- Moshe Goldfeder, Sharon Weiss, Avi Narrow-Tilonsky, and Eitan Ben-David have been awarded Wexner Foundation Graduate Study Fellowships. The prestigious Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program was established in 1988 by the Wexner Foundation (www.wexnerfoundation.org) to encourage ...

Jun 13, 2007 -- Three YU alumni are among the 20 outstanding young graduates chosen this year for Wexner Foundation Gra­uate Study Fellowships. The fellowship program was established by Jewish philanthropists Leslie and Abigail Wexner to encourage promising candidates to meet the challenges of ...

Jun 11, 2007 -- When the Israel Baseball League plays its first-ever game on June 24, YU alumnus Dovid Green wil be there, playing the infield for the Petach Tikva Pioneers. Yeshiva College junior Aryeh Rosenbaum will take his place on the field the following day with the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox. At…

Jun 11, 2007 -- When Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), speaking at Stern College last spring noted that she had submitted legislation on funding for Holocaust education, Joseph Luders, PhD, assistant professor of political science, saw a role for his students to play. “I suggested that they…

Jun 11, 2007 -- Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), an affiliate of Yeshiva University, honored distinguished RIETS rosh yeshiva (professor of Talmud) Rabbi Meir Goldwicht, along with Rabbi Shlomo Hochberg and Rabbi Mordechai Besser, at a dinner celebrating Torah excellence at YU on…

May 30, 2007 -- At a ceremony that was at once intimate and momentous, Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, held its first commencement exercises May 29. Attended by degree recipients, family, friends, faculty, and administration, there was a palpable…