YU News

Mar 9, 2005 -- Students from Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women lobbied congressmen to support Israel in Washington, DC, March 6. Photo Gallery With the support of The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the 15 students met congressmen and their legislative aides, as well as Tevy…

Mar 9, 2005 -- Elissa Gelnick of the Bronx, a junior at Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls (SWHSG), was awarded a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) and a free trip to Israel in May for winning first prize in this year’s Jerusalem ...

Mar 7, 2005 -- Rabbi Arthur Schneier, spiritual leader of the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan and distinguished alumnus of Yeshiva University (YU), will be honored on the occasion of his 75th birthday and 50th year as rabbi at a dinner Sunday, March 20, at The Plaza, Fifth Avenue at Central Park…

Mar 7, 2005 -- A shloshim memorial for Rabbi Michael Katz will take place on Thursday, March 10 at 11 am in the Harry Fischel Beit Midrash in Zysman Hall. Rabbi Katz served with rare distinction as a Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Issac Elchanan Theological Seminary for nearly six decades and was the…

Mar 7, 2005 -- Yeshiva University’s Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, an affiliate of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, will honor Marilyn and Jack Belz at its Jubilee Testimonial Dinner and Concert on Monday, March 28, at Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan. The dinner…

Mar 4, 2005 -- Teach for Israel, a Yeshiva University initiative launched by undergraduates this winter, is revolutionizing how Jewish high school students learn about their spiritual homeland. As part of the program, 20 YU students will fan out to yeshiva high schools nationwide to teach juniors…

Mar 2, 2005 -- On Sunday, March 13, 2005, the newly-named Pfizer Oncology Colon Cancer Challenge returned to Central Park, where participants can choose between a 1.7-mile awareness walk, a four-mile co-ed run or men’s half-marathon while running or walking in behalf of colorectal cancer awareness…

Feb 28, 2005 -- An Evangelical Lutheran minister, a Sunni Muslim from Syria, and a Jewish studies scholar came together to address the topic of religious fundamentalism at a symposium sponsored by the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs at Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo…

Feb 24, 2005 -- Kenneth Roth and Dr. Jack Snyder, experts and policy makers in the field of human rights abuse, were featured speakers in a debate on human rights and sovereignty Feb. 23 at the Beren Campus. The event was the first in a series of lectures sponsored by the Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf ...

Feb 24, 2005 -- Avishai (Isaac) Chelst, a Southfield, MI, native and senior at The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy – Yeshiva University High School for Boys (MSTA) in New York City, was one of 236 students nationwide to be named a Distinguished Finalist of the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards…