YU News

Oct 12, 2004 -- Joseph Wilf of Hillside, NJ, chief executive officer of Garden Homes Management, a Union, NJ-based real estate development, building, and management firm, has been elected vice chairman of the board of trustees of Yeshiva University (YU). Mr. Wilf, a Holocaust survivor, became ...

Oct 12, 2004 -- Warren Eisenberg, chairman and co-chief executive officer of Bed Bath & Beyond, was elected to the board of trustees of Yeshiva University (YU). Mr. Eisenberg became involved in the university’s leadership in 2000, when he joined the board of YU’s Sy Syms School of Business. He…

Oct 12, 2004 -- Dr. Jacqueline K. Barton, Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and a leader in DNA research, delivered the 2004 Ira Kukin Chemistry Lecture, "DNA Charge Transport: Chemistry and Biology," on Monday, October 11…

Oct 6, 2004 -- Scientific research conducted by Alex Kushnir, a Yeshiva College junior and Monsey, NY, native, was featured in an article in The Journal News, a Gannett daily newspaper serving Westchester, Putnam, and Rockland counties. Mr. Kushnir’s research in the molecular cardiology lab of Dr…

Oct 5, 2004 -- Paul D. Brusiloff was elected a member of Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Board of Directors at a meeting held in early September. Mr. Brusiloff, a partner with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, is a 1991 summa cum laude graduate of the Law School, where he served…

Oct 4, 2004 -- An analysis of how Jewish law and ethics affect scientific advances and research will highlight an Oct. 24 discussion sponsored by Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women. The lecture, “When Man Creates Man: Assisted Reproduction, Cloning, and Stem Cell Research through the…

Oct 4, 2004 -- About 750 seniors from Jewish high schools across the tri-state area flocked to Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus in Washington Heights on September 21 for an exciting afternoon of Torah learning that included shiurim (lectures), tefillah (prayer), a multi-media presentation, and ...

Sep 28, 2004 -- Sy Syms School of Business (SSSB) hosted more than 250 scholars, researchers, and academics from across the country at the 31st annual conference of the Northeast Business and Economic Association (NBEA). The event, held Sunday, September 26 and Monday, September 27 on the…

Sep 27, 2004 -- Students and alumni of Yeshiva University and its Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), will enrich the holiday celebrations of Shemini Atseret and Simhat Torah in more than 65 Jewish communities. As part of the annual Blanche Schreiber Torah Tours, groups of four to ...

Sep 24, 2004 -- Join Yeshiva University in celebrating Sukkot at three exciting events in Israel. Motzei Shabbat (Saturday night), October 2, YU presents a concert featuring the popular bands Blue Fringe, Simply Tsfat, and the Moshav Band at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem. Proceeds from the ...