YU News

May 20, 2004 -- Some 148 students were recognized for academic and other university-wide achievements at a May 19 awards ceremony attended by family, friends, faculty, and senior administration. Norman Adler, dean of Yeshiva College, which organized the ceremony in Belfer Hall’s Weissberg Commons…

May 20, 2004 -- Seventy two years ago, Dr. Bernard Revel, Yeshiva’s first president, stood before the first graduating class of Yeshiva College, and sent them forth in a complex world, with timely and timeless words: He said “You, our first graduates, are going forth into a world that is today ...

May 18, 2004 -- May 18, 2004 -- While race and ethnicity have been hot topics in adoption, religion is rarely factored into today’s adoption laws. That wasn’t always the case, according to an article in the Notre Dame Law Review that chronicles religion’s central role in adoption long before the ...

May 18, 2004 -- The Cantorial Council of America will honor the 50th anniversary of the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music at its 44th Annual Convention June 1-3 at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye, NY. The convention will honor graduates of the Belz School of Yeshiva University’s affiliate ...

May 14, 2004 -- Yeshiva University’s annual reception honoring donors of undergraduate scholarships took place on Thursday, April 29. Held at the Beren Campus in the Ivry Student Center/Bet Knesset Ateret Rivka, more than 65 donors and students attended the reception, nearly twice as many as last…

May 12, 2004 -- Alan Brill, PhD, assistant professor of Jewish Mysticism and Thought at Yeshiva College (YC) and an alumnus of YC and Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies (BRGS); Ephraim Kanarfogel, PhD, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Jewish History at Stern College for Women and an alumnus…

May 11, 2004 -- The 2004 Yeshiva College Scholarship Dinner will honor four distinguished alumni of the college and will launch the celebration of YC’s 75th Anniversary. The June 15 reception and dinner at the Marriott New York at the Brooklyn Bridge also features the 10-year reunion of the Class…

May 11, 2004 -- More than 130 members of the Class of 2004 spent May 10, Lag Baomer, socializing, celebrating, and frisbee-throwing at the first annual senior barbeque hosted by President and Esther Joel at their house in Riverdale. First Annual Senior Barbeque Photo Gallery President Joel saluted…

May 10, 2004 -- “I had no idea I could make a living reading books I love,” said Anthony Wexler, a YC senior who was awarded a full scholarship to the English graduate program at The Johns Hopkins University. More Commencement News A Montreal native, Mr. Wexler majored in English with a minor in ...

May 10, 2004 -- Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, PhD, visiting lecturer at The London School of Jewish Studies, will deliver a May 13 lecture sponsored by Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women. “The Secret of Prayer” will take place at 7:30 pm at Beth Jacob Congregation, 9030 West Olympic Blvd ...