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Jun 11, 2007 -- Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), an affiliate of Yeshiva University, honored distinguished RIETS rosh yeshiva (professor of Talmud) Rabbi Meir Goldwicht, along with Rabbi Shlomo Hochberg and Rabbi Mordechai Besser, at a dinner celebrating Torah excellence at YU on…

May 30, 2007 -- At a ceremony that was at once intimate and momentous, Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, held its first commencement exercises May 29. Attended by degree recipients, family, friends, faculty, and administration, there was a palpable…

May 18, 2007 -- Distinguished honorees, distinguished guests, and the Class of 2007: Before all else—congratulations! You finally made it. […] Before you can begin to move on to the next phase of your lives, you must undergo the last grueling hurdle in your career here at Yeshiva University: the ...

May 2, 2007 -- U. S. Representative Charles Rangel, an 18-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Harlem, was honored for his decades of support for seniors, underprivileged youth, and other under-represented communities when Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work ...

May 1, 2007 -- Yeshiva University High Schools will hold its Annual Dinner of Tribute by honoring Miriam and Alan Goldberg and two outstanding faculty members, Ms. Deborah Geller and Dr. Geoff Cahn, on Tuesday evening, May 15, 2007. The event, at the American Museum of Natural History, located on…

Apr 23, 2007 -- Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute, an expert on US Middle East Policy, and author of “Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust’s Long Reach into Arab Lands,” will speak about the role Arabs played in saving Jews from the Holocaust at 8PM at…

Mar 23, 2007 -- Six Yeshiva University (YU) undergraduates, who were given Activist of the Year awards by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) at their annual policy conference in Washington DC last week, were recognized by YU’s Office of Student Affairs and YU’s Center for the ...

Mar 22, 2007 -- It may not be the Oscars, but the suspense was just as great for the students vying for awards in the Center for Jewish Life’s short film competition, “Who is Your Jewish Hero?”. Using the new communications lab in Belfer Hall, some 30 undergraduate students created short films on…

Mar 22, 2007 -- In an edge-of-your-seat finale to the 16th Annual Red Sarachek High School Basketball Tournament, the Young Israel of Century City Panthers (YICC) clinched their sixth trophy as one of the star players from Chicago’s Ida Crown Jewish Academy Aces barely missed a three-point shot at…

Mar 21, 2007 -- Annual Red Sarachek High School Basketball Tournament Now in Its 16th Year New York, New York, March 12, 2007 -- Yeshiva University’s annual Red Sarachek High School Basketball Tournament, named for the university’s legendary men’s basketball coach, will be held March 15 – 19 at YU’…