YU News

May 24, 2010 -- On the heels of a $4 million grant to Yeshiva University last September, the San Francisco-based Jim Joseph Foundation announced today that it is making a new $11 million grant to bring its overall investment in YU’s training and credentialing of Jewish educators to a historic $15…

May 24, 2010 -- On the heels of a $4 million grant to Yeshiva University last September, the San Francisco-based Jim Joseph Foundation announced today that it is making a new $11 million grant to bring its overall investment in YU’s training and credentialing of Jewish educators to a historic $15…

May 17, 2010 -- Yeshiva University’s Institute for University-School Partnership convened 14 principals of Jewish day schools from across the country for a Critical Friends Group retreat on May 9-10. The two-day conference in Ridgefield Park, NJ, was the first of what will be an ongoing process of…

Apr 28, 2010 -- Inspired by the story of Ruth, some 200 young women assembled at Stern College for Women for an evening of Jewish scholarship and siyum [completion] presented by the Torah Leadership Network (TLN), a program coordinated by the Center for the Jewish Future (CJF). Representing high ...

Apr 28, 2010 -- Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Michael B. Oren, will deliver the keynote address at Yeshiva University’s (YU) 79th commencement ceremony at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Wednesday, May 26 at 11 a.m. Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (ID-CT) who was ...

Apr 28, 2010 -- Yeshiva University High Schools (YUHS) will hold their Annual Dinner of Tribute on Sunday, May 16, 2010 at New York City’s Grand Hyatt. Zev and Judy (Hecht) Berman will be the guests of honor. Special tribute will be paid to their parents, Rabbi Julius and Mrs. Dorothy Berman and ...

Apr 26, 2010 -- With Iran’s defiance of the Western world in creating nuclear weapons and President Obama considering a number of measures to counteract Iran’s agenda, Yeshiva University will host a discussion entitled “What To Do About Iran’s Nuclear Program?” with Elliot Abrams, Senior Fellow of…

Apr 21, 2010 -- More than 320 mental health providers, researchers in the social sciences, fourth-year RIETS rabbinical students, YU roshei yeshiva, and clergy attended a seminar on couples therapy presented by Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman at Yeshiva University. The event ...

Apr 15, 2010 -- Over 200 high school students from more than 18 day schools across North America will meet on April 25-27 to hone their leadership skills at the Eimatai National Leadership Conference in Stamford, Connecticut. Eimatai, a project of Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future…

Apr 13, 2010 -- “My motto is sapere aude, Latin for dare to learn,” said Jane Kitaevich, explaining her seemingly endless thirst for knowledge in multifarious spheres. Growing up in conflict-ridden Tbilisi, Georgia, a child of a physicist and a music teacher, Kitaevich, a senior at Yeshiva ...