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Karen Blatt and Dan Gerstein
To close out the Spring 2025 semester, the Senator Joseph Lieberman – Mitzner Center for Public Service and Advocacy hosted two distinguished public servants for private conversations with the inaugural cohort of Lieberman-Mitzner Scholars. Part of the center’s “In Dialogue with Series,” these ...
Israel Nitzan
On February 25, 2025, the Senator Joseph Lieberman – Mitzner Center for Public Service and Advocacy hosted Israel Nitzan, former Deputy Consul General & Acting Consul General of Israel, as part of its “In Dialogue With” speaker series. Over 40 students attended the discussion, which was co-…
Jonathan Greenspun
The Senator Joseph Lieberman – Mitzner Center for Public Service and Advocacy “In Dialogue With” series continued Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, with an open discussion with Yeshiva University graduate Jonathan Greenspun, managing director of Mercury, a public affairs firm that stands at the intersection…
Clarine Nardi Riddle
The inaugural cohort of the Senator Joseph Lieberman-Mitzner Scholars engaged in a private dialogue with the Hon. Clarine Nardi Riddle, executive advisory board member of the Senator Joseph Lieberman – Mitzner Center for Public Service and Advocacy, former Attorney General of Connecticut and former…
The next generation of political leaders and advocates for Israel and American Jewry took center stage at the Senator Joseph Lieberman-Mitzner Center for Public Service and Advocacy student launch event, which was hosted on the Wilf Campus in Belfer Hall on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Over 150 ...
In attendance at the launch of the Lieberman-Mitzner Center were, from left, Sharon Poczter (Director of the Center); Daniella Landau, student scholar; Talya Naggar, student scholar; Oriya Baskin, student scholar; Matthew Lieberman (Sen. Lieberman's son); Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman; Hadassah Lieberman (Sen. Lieberman's wife); Ira Mitzner (Chairman of the YU Board); Steven Mitzner (Mitzner's son); Jeffrey Collins (Mitzner’s step-son); Sam Fogelson, student scholar; and Binyomin Eidlisz, student scholar
The Center, inspired by the legacy of Senator Joseph Lieberman z”l and made possible by a generous gift by the Ira Mitzner and Riva Collins Families, will educate the next generation of public servants and advocates. Drawing inspiration from the late Senator Joseph Lieberman’s unparalleled level of…
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In September 2024, Yeshiva University hosted a three-part virtual series on the upcoming presidential election in a collaborative endeavor between the Sacks-Herenstein Center, the Straus Center, and the Lieberman-Mitzner Center.
YU Launches New Honors Leadership Society
Highly selective fellowships offer unique leadership development opportunities and generous merit scholarships to help students develop their singular talents in a spirit of community, collaboration and friendship For ambitious, high-achieving students distinguished by their pre-college…
From left, Ira Mitzner, Chairman of YU’s Board of Trustees; Senator Joseph Lieberman, namesake of the newly announced Senator Joseph Lieberman-Mitzner Center for Public Service and Advocacy; and Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University
The entire Yeshiva University community is deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Senator Joseph Lieberman — a renowned figure of faith in the public square, a history-making statesman, and a beloved member of the YU family. “Today, I lost a dear friend and mentor, and we all lost an American…
From left, Ira Mitzner, Chairman of YU’s Board of Trustees; Senator Joseph Lieberman, namesake of the newly announced Senator Joseph Lieberman-Mitzner Center for Public Service and Advocacy; and Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University
Inspired by the living legacy of Senator Joseph Lieberman as a model of faith and civility across the political aisle, Yeshiva University has established the Senator Joseph Lieberman-Mitzner Center for Public Service and Advocacy. Founded with a $10 million gift from YU’s Chairman of the Board of…
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