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S. Abraham Ravid on The Economic Impact of The Academy Awards The upcoming Academy Awards ceremony has been engulfed in controversy over race and gender. But films are not just about values or even about art; they are a big business. However, research carried out with some colleagues over almost…

At 26th YU National Model United Nations, Hundreds of High School Students Gather to Discuss Global Issues This week, more than 450 high school students from around the world came together at Yeshiva University's 26th National Model United Nations (YUNMUN) to debate the world's most pressing ...

Men's Basketball Gets First Home Playoff Win Since 2002 The #4 Yeshiva University men's basketball team surged past #5 Purchase, 69-62, in the opening round of the Skyline Conference Championships that was played in front of a packed Max Stern Athletic Center on Tuesday evening. It is their first…

More than 1,100 Receive Free Genetic Screening at Largest Event of Its Kind Hosted by YU Students A groundbreaking 1,162 participants were able to receive free and comprehensive genetic testing during three sessions organized by Yeshiva University’s Student Medical Ethics Society (MES), in ...

Yeshiva University Mourns the Passing of Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, Wurzweiler Dean and Community Leader Yeshiva University is saddened by the loss of Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, the Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, who passed away on February 18 ...

Men's Basketball Rallies to Clinch First Home Playoff Game Since 2000 It was a historical evening for the Yeshiva University men's basketball team, as the Maccabees defeated the Golden Eagles of St. Joseph's Long Island, 75-70, at the Max Stern Athletic Center on Thursday evening. The win clinched…

Author Dara Horn to Deliver Annual Hillel Rogoff Memorial Lecture on Feb. 29 Dara Horn, the acclaimed author of the novels A Guide for the Perplexed, All Other Nights, The World to Come, and In the Image, and winner of two National Jewish Book Awards, will deliver Yeshiva University's Hillel Rogoff…

February 28 Teaneck Yom Iyun Will Focus on Purim, Women's Learning Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS) will host a Women’s Community Yom Iyun at Congregation Keter Torah, 600 Roemer Avenue, Teaneck, New Jersey, on February 28, 2016, from 9 a.m to 12 p.m. The…

For Students, Months of Hard Work and Planning Pay Off at North America's Largest Jewish Book Sale Every year, Yeshiva University students devote countless hours to organizing the Seforim Sale, which makes more than 10,000 titles in Jewish books and music available for purchase in one place and ...

450 Student Delegates to Participate in YU's National Model United Nations from Feb. 21-23 For the 26 th year, the Yeshiva University National Model United Nations competition ( YUNMUN) will bring together high school students from around the world for an interactive simulation of the inner…