YU News

May 25, 2006 -- The Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., United States District Court, District of New Jersey will be the featured speaker at the 28th commencement of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University at 2 pm on Monday, June 5. At the ceremony, which will be held at Avery…

May 24, 2006 -- Wurzweiler School of Social Work celebrated its 47th commencement Wednesday, May 24 at Lamport Auditorium on the Wilf Campus. Some 120 graduates received master of social work degrees and eight were awarded doctorates. Click here to see photos from the event. Louise Skolnik, DSW ...

May 23, 2006 -- Joanne Jacobson, a longtime professor of English at Yeshiva College and the department’s chair, is leaping into the next stage of her career: becoming associate dean of academic affairs this June. “This is a moment when the university is hoping to grow significantly in terms of ...

May 23, 2006 -- Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), the Western Hemisphere’s leading center for Torah learning and training for the rabbinate, has significantly revamped its rabbinic professional training program to meet the emerging needs of contemporary Jewish…

May 19, 2006 -- Stern College for Women honored its own on Monday, May 8, when it announced the valedictorians for both general and Jewish studies as well as the recipients of a host of other awards. Leah Olive, a graduating senior from Skokie, IL, was named as the valedictorian for both general ...

May 19, 2006 -- More than 60 people from 25 Israeli yeshivot and midrashot attended the final Mental Health Seminar of the year hosted by the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program in May. Psychiatrist and lecturer Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski discussed "Socio-Halakhic Challenges of the Year in Israel," ...

May 18, 2006 -- Stern College for Women was recently awarded the 2006 Good Neighbor Award by the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association (MHNA). The Good Neighbor Award is given to people who have given generously of their time or other resources to the Association. For many years, Stern College for…

May 18, 2006 -- Many teachers in Jewish day schools across the United States juggle teaching duties in addition to administrative responsibilities. An innovative program for Jewish educators who aspire to securing administrative positions, the Support for Educational Leadership Advancement (SELA…

May 15, 2006 -- Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel joined many of the world’s most respected university presidents and Jewish communal leaders who participated in the Hillel conference, “Inspiring Values, Creating Leaders,” the first international summit of academia and Jewish communal ...

May 12, 2006 -- Tzelem, an incubator project of Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future, hosted its first large-scale program in April with a national conference for kallah teachers. Titled “The Multifaceted Role of the Kallah Teacher,” the conference, organized by Jennie Rosenfeld and ...