YU News

Oct 21, 2004 -- Yeshiva University’s Sephardic Community Program and the Jacob E. Safra Institute of Sephardic Studies hosted a delegation of professional and lay leaders from Montreal’s Sephardic community on Oct.13 and 14. Photo Gallery of Montreal's Sephardic Leaders visit Members of the Unified…

Oct 21, 2004 -- Until the founding of Yeshiva College, observant Jews who planned to pursue undergraduate studies had two choices: suffer the slings and arrows of unfriendly academia—a world that openly disdained Jewish traditions and mores—or forego college altogether. Read the entire article.

Oct 20, 2004 -- Yeshiva University students will have the opportunity to interact with author Salman Rushdie during his visit to campus on November 10. Mr. Rushdie will participate in a class as well as give a lecture at the university’s Wilf Campus in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan at…

Oct 18, 2004 -- On Oct. 17, Sy Syms School of Business kicked off its innovative new series on ethical dilemmas in the workplace with a program at Torah Academy of Bergen County in Teaneck, NJ. “An Interactive Forum: Case Studies of Halacha in Workplace Predicaments” was the first of three series…

Oct 15, 2004 -- Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel today announced the appointment of Rabbi Kenneth Brander of Boca Raton, FL, as the inaugural dean of the Center for the Jewish Future, effective July 1, 2005. The Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) will serve as the ...

Oct 15, 2004 -- At their kick-off event Tuesday night, the Israel Clubs of Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women launched Teach for Israel, a program that trains YU students to teach Israel advocacy and awareness to high school students. Also at the 8 pm event in Weissberg Commons on the Wilf…

Oct 14, 2004 -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University broke ground on Oct. 13 for a 201,000 square foot research building at the corner of Morris Park Avenue and Eastchester Road in the Bronx. The new $200 million facility, to be built on property leased from the New York City…

Oct 13, 2004 -- The Leonard and Bea Diener Institute of Jewish Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and the Rebecca Ivry Department of Jewish Studies at Stern College for Women will host an international conference, “Between Rashi and Maimonides: Themes in Medieval Jewish Law, Thought, and ...

Oct 13, 2004 -- Rabbi Nosson Slifkin - also known as the "Zoo Rabbi" - came to the Beren Campus Oct. 13 to give two talks about the animals, Torah, and evolution. Rabbi Slifkin is an author and teacher at Midreshet Moriah, Peninim seminary, and Yeshivat Lev HaTorah. He also leads "Torah tours" at…

Oct 13, 2004 -- As Stern College for Women celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, the Yeshiva University Museum (YUM) is marking the school’s milestone with an exhibit that highlights its growth and achievements. “Five Decades. One Dream,” the history of YU’s undergraduate women’s college ...