YU News

Feb 28, 2007 -- Yeshiva University brought Los Angeles and New York closer together when it held a gala reception and dinner in LA for the Jewish community at Edmunds.com on Feb. 11. The dinner featured a live video-conferenced town hall meeting connecting LA students on YU’s campus in New York…

Feb 16, 2007 -- Are Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations a necessary component to finding a comprehensive solution to the war in Iraq? Two experts on Middle East issues – David Makovsky and Raghida Dergham – will discuss “Does the Road to Peace in Iraq Go Through Jerusalem?” on Monday, February…

Feb 14, 2007 -- Students from the Yeshiva University High School for Boys recently returned from a winter break visit to Istanbul, Turkey, and Northern Israel where they spent their time learning from and helping the local Jewish communities. In Istanbul, the 12 students—all from the New York/New…

Feb 14, 2007 -- Michael Walzer, renowned political theorist and writer on society, politics, and ethics, will present a lecture on “Terrorism and Just War” on March 19 at 7:30 pm at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street. This is the inaugural event of The Center for Ethics at Yeshiva…

Feb 14, 2007 -- Yeshiva University (YU) will present a Community Day of Learning on the topic of “Preparing for Pesach” hosted by the Beth Israel Congregation, on Sunday, March 11, from 9 am to 12:00 pm, at 770 West 40th Street, in Miami Beach. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will…

Feb 12, 2007 -- Richard Steiner, PhD, professor of Semitic languages and literature at Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, deciphered the earliest connected Semitic texts and presented the results of this research publicly for the first time at the Hebrew…

Feb 9, 2007 -- Wurzweiler School of Social Work students interested in careers in Jewish communal service got an insider’s view of the fabric of Israeli society when they participated in a 12-day trip to Israel over the winter break. “It was a trip with a difference,” says Rachel Jacobson, a first…

Feb 8, 2007 -- Yeshiva University (YU) will present a Community Day of Learning on the topic of “Jewish Medical Ethics and Contemporary Case Studies: The Role of The Doctor, The Role of The Rabbi,” hosted by the Congregation Beth Hakneses Hachodosh, on Sunday, February 18, from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm…

Feb 8, 2007 -- Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) has developed what is believed to be the first formal program at any rabbinical school in America designed to give rabbis’ wives the opportunity to meet with professionals to discuss issues of self, family, and community in a safe…

Feb 8, 2007 -- A group of 14 undergraduate students from Yeshiva University (YU), under the direction of university’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), traveled to Rabinal, Guatemala, during semester break on a humanitarian aid mission to volunteer in a developing community. The trip was…