YU News

Feb 17, 2006 -- Eleven high school wrestling teams representing five different states will begin grappling in Yeshiva University's annual Henry Wittenberg Wrestling Invitational beginning Feb. 16 in YU's Max Stern Athletic Center. This year's participating teams are: Davis Renov Stahler, Woodmere…

Feb 14, 2006 -- Dr. Ya'acov (Gerald) Blidstein has been awarded this year's Israel Prize in Jewish Thought for the year 2006 (5766). The awards are formally presented in a special Independence Day ceremony. The prize, Israel's highest honor, was announced by the Minister of Education, Culture and…

Feb 13, 2006 -- In an effort to sensitize students to the signs of abusive relationships, Yeshiva University’s Counseling Center at Beren Campus, Stern College for Women’s Department of Student Affairs, and the P2P peer counseling program hosted “Flowers Aren’t Enough,” a one-woman show starring ...

Feb 13, 2006 -- Rabbis’ wives are facing an increasingly complex series of opportunities and challenges in the 21st century. While some are happy and content in the traditional role of “rebbetzin,” helping their husbands lead and minister to their communities, many others are seeking their own ...

Feb 10, 2006 -- How do you bring a first-rate professional development program to educators in day schools from Baltimore to Seattle all in one day? The Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools and Yeshiva High Schools (AMODS) of Yeshiva University created the Global Learning Initiative (GLI) to…

Feb 9, 2006 -- Days into their trip to Germany in January, a contingent of students from Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB) had the thrilling experience of watching themselves on the national news. The group of twenty boys had just spent the day—the anniversary of the liberation of ...

Feb 8, 2006 -- While traveling through Germany on winter break, Yeshiva College sophomore Noah Cheses struggled to shake off the ghosts of the past. Standing in the square where Hitler delivered many of his speeches, Mr. Cheses pictured throngs of Nazis with swastikas over their hearts, raising ...

Feb 6, 2006 -- For those who think predetermining gender is a modern idea, the Talmud—redacted fourteen centuries ago—discusses ways to increase the likelihood of having a male child (give lots of charity, bid farewell to the Sabbath with wine, not beer). This sage advice serves as a starting point…

Feb 6, 2006 -- Dr. Dmitry Fyodorov, assistant professor of cell biology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has received a prestigious Kimmel Scholar Award in support of his research on biochemistry and genetics of chromatin assembly. The award, which includes a two-year…

Feb 2, 2006 -- It has been called America’s pastime. But it has never been Yeshiva University’s pastime. Until now. Welcome to a new era. The era of Yeshiva University baseball. Since the mid-1930s, YU has outfitted a basketball team. In subsequent years, the university added, for the men,…