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Professor James Kahn on the Greek Debt Crisis While it is now widely understood that Greece's inclusion in the euro currency union was a mistake, there is considerable disagreement over where to go from here. Dr. James Kahn To answer this question requires an understanding of the primary flaw in…

Jewish and Art History Courses Take Yeshiva University Students to Ancient Rome The city, culture and history of Rome have been important influences in the evolution of Western civilization. Rome has also played a pivotal role in Jewish history through the ages, for good and for bad. This summer ...

Yeshiva University Students Take Part in Fifth Annual Summer Science Research Program at Bar-Ilan University Twenty three select undergraduate science majors from Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women are currently in Israel participating in the fifth annual 'Summer Science Research…

YU High School Bekiut Program Enhances Textual Skills of Students Across the Country This year, close to 300 students in 30 high schools across North America mastered significant portions of the Talmud—and competed for top awards—through Yeshiva University’s Bronka Weintraub High School Bekiut ...

Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future Partners with Orthodox Union to Offer Tisha B'Av Programming As the Jewish calendar passes through the summer months, the period colloquially known as “The Three Weeks” is being observed through various stages of mourning over the destruction of the…

International Stern Alumnae Share Extraordinary Journeys to YU at Stern Annual Fund Benefit On July 1, Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women celebrated its international alumnae at an event featuring dynamic presentations from extraordinary Stern women from around the globe. The evening was…

In Revolutionary New Book, YU Historian Examines Polish-Jewish Relations During World War II How did members of the Polish resistance movement treat Jewish fugitives during the terrible events of World War II? This question, focusing on one of the darkest and most troubling problems in the history…

Alumni Profile: For Michael Stein ’07YC As the newest CEO of Genie Retail Energy, Inc.—which includes IDT Energy, one of the largest independent suppliers of electricity and natural gas to those who live in the Eastern United States—Michael Stein ’07YC has no small job before him. But, he said, he’…

Anatoly Frenkel Pioneers New Technique to Track Chemical Reactions Under Real Operating Conditions Dr. Anatoly Frenkel, professor of physics at Yeshiva University, is a member of a scientific team that has pioneered a new technique revealing atomic-scale changes during catalytic reactions in real…