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Rabbi Kenneth Brander Appointed Vice President for University and Community Life Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel has appointed Rabbi Kenneth Brander as vice president for university and community life. For the past eight years Brander has served as the inaugural David Mitzner Dean of…
YU School Partnership and Ramaz Co-Host Jewish Philosophy Yom Iyun for High-School Teachers As part of its mission to convene Jewish day school educators for the purpose of collective learning, the Institute for University-School Partnership at Yeshiva University in collaboration with Ramaz and ...
Counterpoint a “Winning Formula” for Identity Building and Communal Development; Initiative to Serve 300 Israeli Campers Sixty undergraduate students from the United States, United Kingdom and Panama will serve as counselors in Israel on the eighth annual Counterpoint Israel Program of Yeshiva ...
YU Students Connect with Local Jewish Community on Third Service Mission to Ukraine Just a few weeks after finishing the spring semester, a group of 20 undergraduate men and women from Yeshiva University embarked on a nine day service mission to Odessa, Ukraine, as part of a program coordinated by…
Kanarfogel Named E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law; Wins Goldstein-Goren Book Award Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, of Teaneck, NJ, has been appointed a University Professor at Yeshiva University, the sixth faculty member in the entire University to be granted this ...
School of Social Work Pays Tribute to Faculty Member’s 47-Year Career In 1958, newly-ordained Rabbi Norman Linzer decided to do something different with the semicha he had just received from Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). Rather than lead a ...
Rabbi Josh Joseph Appointed Senior Vice President of Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel has appointed Rabbi Josh Joseph as senior vice president of Yeshiva University. Rabbi Josh Joseph In addition to his current responsibilities as chief of staff, Joseph will launch the next phase in the…
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and Dr. Ruth Wisse Discuss Jewish Humor at Straus Center Event In his introduction of Dr. Ruth R. Wisse, Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik described her as a renowned ...
Employees Recognized for Their Contributions at Staff Appreciation Day On Wednesday, June 12, the Human Resources Department presented Staff Appreciation Day on Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus. Hundreds of faculty and staff participated in the annual picnic that recognizes University employees for…
Students and Recent Graduates Kick Off Summer Break with Sandy Aid Mission It’s been more than seven months since Hurricane Sandy struck the greater New York region and some areas continue to suffer the storm’s ravaging effects. When Elana Polster, a Presidential Fellow at Yeshiva University’s ...