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Dec 10, 2004 -- More than 1,000 people attended the Annual J & R Music and Computer World Hanukkah Concert held in Lamport Auditorium in Zysman Hall on the third night of Hanukkah. Yeshiva University's undergraduate student councils organized the concert, which featured some of the most popular…

Dec 9, 2004 -- Yeshiva University's Wilf Campus community celebrated Hanukkah Wednesday night with one of its legendary “chagiggot”—holiday celebrations known for their “exuberance” that attract revelers from among alumni and friends in and around New York City. President Richard M. Joel and…

Dec 8, 2004 -- On the first night of Hanukkah, Beren students lit up Brookdale Residence Hall to look like a menorah - literally: lights were turned off in some rooms, while lights in others were kept on, creating a pattern that resembles a menorah. Candle lightings will take place throughout the…

Dec 7, 2004 -- This summer, high school juniors from around the country will spend four weeks at YU’s Wilf and Beren campuses as part of a new, four-week program of specially tailored classes in Jewish and general studies. “Summer at YU” offers 11th graders a taste of what YU has to offer through…

Dec 7, 2004 -- Weissberg Commons was filled to capacity with students who came to hear Walid Shoebat, a former member of the Palestine Liberation Organization who perpetrated terrorist acts and now advocates on behalf of Israel. Students from Yeshiva College, Sy Syms School of Business, and Stern…

Dec 6, 2004 -- Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have devised an ingenious therapy for melanoma, the increasingly common skin cancer that kills nearly 8,000 Americans each year and has so far resisted all treatment efforts when it has spread to other parts…

Dec 2, 2004 -- Nova Scotia's Lt. Governor, Myra A. Freeman, presented the inaugural lecture of a series called "Women in Public and International Affairs" at Stern College for Women on Nov. 18. The event, sponsored by Stern's political science department, showcased Lt. Gov. Freeman, a prominent and…

Nov 30, 2004 -- Four of Yeshiva University's extraordinary communal leaders and philanthropists and Dominick P. Purpura, MD, the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, will be honored at the university’s 80th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on Sunday, Dec.…

Nov 30, 2004 -- Contrary to his reputation for rationalism, the Jewish philosopher Maimonides in his youth explored mysticism as a way to characterize the divine realm. This intriguing finding was offered by Moshe Idel, Max Cooper Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,…

Nov 23, 2004 -- Lamport Auditorium was the site of an exciting and heated contest of musical talents when more than 600 students, parents and guests attended a rousing concert on November 16. Five popular Jewish bands squared off at the Third Annual Battle of the Bands featuring a special guest ...