YU News

Dec 31, 2007 -- New York, NY, December 31, 2007 – Business and the rabbinate may seem to be disparate areas of study, but as Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) is demonstrating, the rabbi has much in common with a business executive. At two three-day long seminars, held from ...

Nov 28, 2007 -- Dr. Kaplan Voted Professor of the Year by Students New York, NY, Nov 28, 2007 -- Debra Kaplan, PhD, assistant professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University, has been named the Dr. Pinkhos Churgin Memorial Professor of Jewish History. The prestigious appointment marks the…

Nov 19, 2007 -- Dr. Scott S. Cowen, president of Tulane University in New Orleans, will be the keynote speaker at Yeshiva University’s 83rd Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on Sunday, Dec. 9 at the Waldorf=Astoria. YU President Richard M. Joel will confer the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters…

Nov 19, 2007 -- When the only “complaint” conference organizers receive is that a gathering is not long enough, program chairs know they’re doing something right. More than 100 women attended a recent conference that sought to provide a wide range of resources to the women who teach premarital ...

Nov 15, 2007 -- CONVOCATION IS CULMINATION OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY IN MANHATTAN WEEK-END PROGRAM New York, NY, November 15, 2007 – Philanthropist Elizabeth (Suzie) Wilf will receive the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel at YU’s 83rd Annual ...

Nov 15, 2007 -- New York, NY, November 15, 2007 – Yedida Singer, of Edison, and Miriam Katzenstein, of Highland Park, both seniors at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, have been inducted into Psi Chi, the national psychology honor society. Ms. Singer, the daughter of Alan and Shanie ...

Nov 15, 2007 -- New York, NY, November 15, 2007 – Rockville resident Michal Golan, a senior at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, has been inducted into Psi Chi, the national psychology honor society. Ms. Golan, the daughter of David and Helen Golan, plans to pursue a Masters degree in…

Nov 13, 2007 -- Yeshiva University Department of Athletics and Physical Education 500 West 185th Street New York, NY 10033 (212) 960-5211 www.yu.edu/athletics Contact: Michael Spinner – Sports Information Director (212) 960-0042 – phone (212) 960-0088 – fax mspinner@yu.edu For Immediate Release ...

Nov 8, 2007 -- When the only “complaint” conference organizers receive is that a gathering is not long enough, program chairs know they’re doing something right. According to Tzelem director and program organizer Jennie Rosenfeld, the over 100 women who participated in the October 28 event were ...

Nov 6, 2007 -- Dr. James Otteson, professor of economics and philosophy and director of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva University, has been named the first place winner of the 2007 Templeton Enterprise Awards for his seminal book Actual Ethics (Cambridge University Press…