YU News

Feb 4, 2005 -- Dr. Jacob J. Schacter has been appointed University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and also Senior Scholar at Yeshiva University’s (YU) Center for the Jewish Future by President Richard M. Joel, effective this fall. University Professor is a special faculty position…

Feb 4, 2005 -- Yeshiva University is celebrating 10 years of the Doris & Dr. Ira Kukin Entrepreneurial Lecture Series at the Sy Syms School of Business, which began Feb. 4 with a talk by Marco Zarikian, CEO of Hotel Eurobuilding Internacional (Venezuela). All lectures but one take place Fridays…

Feb 3, 2005 -- Students who stayed on the Wilf Campus during intersession had the chance to continue their learning, thanks to a new program initiated by two students. Dovid Preil, a YC graduate and second-year student at RIETS, and Micael Ellman, a YC senior simultaneously studying at RIETS and ...

Feb 2, 2005 -- The largest Jewish book sale in North America, run by the Student Organization of Yeshiva (SOY), featuring more than 10,000 titles, including the latest in rabbinic and academic literature, cookbooks, children’s books, CDs, and educational software, opened on Feb. 9 and will run…

Feb 1, 2005 -- Efraim Zuroff, YU alumnus and chief Nazi hunter for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, is leading a mission to track down suspected Nazi war criminals in the country where Nazism was born. Germany is the last of nine countries where the Wiesenthal Center's "Operation: Last Chance" is being…

Feb 1, 2005 -- Yeshiva University (YU) will offer women of all ages, Jewish backgrounds, and educational levels the opportunity to participate in Torah learning on Sunday mornings with YU’s most renowned roshei yeshiva (professors of Talmud) and other prominent Jewish scholars. The Midreshet Yom ...

Jan 27, 2005 -- Hakarot ha’tov (expressions of gratitude) was the motivation and theme of a recent trip to the Republic of Palau by 10 students from Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy—Yeshiva University High School for Boys. The students embarked Jan. 9 on the 10-day journey to show their appreciation…

Jan 24, 2005 -- A new resource on the Wilf Campus has proven valuable in enhancing the quality of student life. The sgan mashgichim (assistant mentors) Rabbis Ely Bacon, Josh Blass, Daniel Hermann, Yissachar Krakowski, and Chaim Marcus are on hand to listen and offer guidance on the many challenges…

Jan 31, 2005 -- Hundreds of high school students from across North America will debate topics ranging from improving women’s healthcare to illicit weapons trade in the Balkan states at the 15th Annual Yeshiva University National Model United Nations (YUNMUN) conference, Feb. 6-8. This simulated ...

Jan 13, 2005 -- The academic year ended on an extremely high note for Michel Rosenfeld when he received word that on June 4, 2004 French President Jacques Chirac signed a decree awarding the Cardozo professor the Legion of Honor, the French government’s highest and most prestigious award. It was ...