YU News

Feb 5, 2007 -- Nathan Lamport Auditorium in Zysman Hall on the Wilf Campus was filled to capacity for the New York premiere screening of Lonely Man of Faith: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, a documentary about the renowned Talmud scholar and Rosh haYeshiva at Yeshiva University…

Feb 5, 2007 -- Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future 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 and…

Feb 1, 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 University…

Jan 29, 2007 -- Diplomats and guests gathered at the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan on Jan. 24 to hear Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke discuss “Discipline Versus Dissent: A Dilemma in Times of Moral Crisis.” But the real honorees of the event were absent: a group of righteous individuals who ...

Jan 27, 2007 -- On the evening of January 20, more than 2,000 students, friends, and family participated in the 2007 Women's Choir Competition, “Kol Chatan V'kol Kallah,” co-sponsored by Yeshiva University and Kedma, an international student organization funded by United Jewish Appeal’s Partnership…

Jan 25, 2007 -- More than 150 Yeshiva University alumni and friends joined together at the Hazvi Yisrael (Hovevei Tzion) synagogue in Jerusalem for a Kollel Yom Rishon and Midreshet Yom Rishon night of learning in January. YU President Richard M. Joel, who was visiting Israel, provided introductory…

Jan 24, 2007 -- Rochel Berman, author of Dignity Beyond Death: The Jewish Preparation for Burial, was at Stern College for Women on Wednesday, Jan. 24, speaking to students about the process and beauty of Tahara, or ritual cleansing of the dead. The program, “When Ordinary People Do Extraordinary…

Jan 24, 2007 -- Yeshiva University (YU) will present a Community Day of Learning on the topic of “Raising Positive Children: The Respective Roles of Parents and Educators,” hosted by the Denver Academy of Torah, on Sunday, February 4, from 9 am to 12:30 pm, at 6825 East Alameda Ave., in Denver. The…

Jan 24, 2007 -- Yeshiva University undergraduate students, under the guidance of the university’s Center for the Jewish Future, participated in a Five Borough Chesed Tour on Sunday, January 28, at five different locations in New York City. In the Bronx, students painted kitchens and studio ...

Jan 24, 2007 -- Yeshiva University (YU) President Richard M. Joel will celebrate the university’s partnership with Los Angeles alumni, donors, parents, and friends at a gala reception and dinner organized by Yeshiva University’s Los Angeles Community Council and the YU Office of Alumni Affairs on…