YU News

Sep 14, 2005 -- Hundreds of students on the Wilf and Beren campuses took time out from classes to learn about the Center for the Jewish Future (CJF). CJF’s on-campus launch, called “You Are The Ticket To Our Future,” on Sept. 12-14, featured food, giveaways, shiurim, and opportunities to learn how…

Sep 14, 2005 -- Nearly 50 pulpit rabbis from the United States and Canada gathered under the auspices of YU’s Center for the Jewish Future in Teaneck, NJ, for a yarchei kallah (rabbinic conclave) in Teaneck, NJ, to help them prepare for the upcoming High Holy Days. The Sept. 12-14 event, at Cong ...

Sep 14, 2005 -- Two officials from the Republic of Palau visited the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/Yeshiva University High Schools (MSTA) to thank the students for their winter visit to that country. Senator Alfonso N. Diaz and Senate Floor Leader Alan R. Seid addressed some of the high school ...

Sep 9, 2005 -- During a keynote speech at Cardozo’s orientation, Michael Cardozo, corporation counsel of the city of New York, encouraged incoming J.D. students to enjoy the practice of law while making a positive difference. Mr. Cardozo, a distant relative of Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, portrayed…

Sep 7, 2005 -- A rare 15th -century Hebrew Bible, held by Yeshiva University’s Mendel Gottesman Library, will be on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from September 20, 2005-January 3, 2006 as part of its “Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437” exhibition. Valued at $3 ...

Sep 6, 2005 -- Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), in partnership with the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) and the Orthodox Union (OU), is implementing a multi-pronged response to assist the Jewish communities in the states ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. These efforts are in…

Sep 1, 2005 -- More than 500 students packed the main beit midrash in Zysman Hall on the Wilf Campus and on the Beren Campus in midtown to hear a videotaped plea from Yisroel Shiff, rabbi of Beth Israel Congregation in New Orleans. Rabbi Shiff was evacuated with his wife and five children from New…

Aug 23, 2005 -- Fourteen of Yeshiva University’s 2005 graduates have decided to spend another year on campus participating in the Presidential Fellows program established by President Richard M. Joel. Now in its second year, the Presidential Fellows program is part of a broader effort to train top…

Aug 22, 2005 -- The annual US News & World Report survey of America’s top universities has once again ranked Yeshiva University (YU) in the top tier of national research universities. It is named with Columbia and NYU as the top universities in the metropolitan area. "We are pleased that US…

Aug 22, 2005 -- More than 40 rabbis from the United States and Canada will gather in Teaneck, NJ, under the auspices of Yeshiva University (YU) Sept. 12-14. The two-and-a half day event, called a yarchei kallah and facilitated by Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, senior scholar of the Center for the Jewish…