YU News

Mar 21, 2005 -- Yeshiva high school students from around the United States gathered March 13-15 in Houston, TX, for “If We are for Ourselves, Who are We?”, a student leadership development conference. One in a series sponsored by Eimatai, an initiative of Yeshiva University (YU), it addressed ...

Mar 14, 2005 -- Atlanta native Benjamin Lefkove, a senior at Yeshiva College at Yeshiva University in New York City, was listed as co-author of a paper in the December 2004 issue of Journals of Biological Chemistry for research he conducted last summer at Emory University. Mr. Lefkove researched ...

Mar 14, 2005 -- Yeshiva University professor Richard C. Steiner of Kew Gardens Hills achieved a once-in-a-lifetime recognition for his work as a Hebrew linguist this January, when Israel’s Academy of the Hebrew Language invited him to become one of the first two non-Israeli members in some 40 years…

Mar 10, 2005 -- "Humanity has a propensity for evil and for bystanding," Samantha Power said in the opening remarks of her lecture on "Can the United States Respond to Genocide in an Age of Terror?" Ms. Power argued that the US has done little in major cases of genocide in the 20th century and ...

Mar 9, 2005 -- Elissa Gelnick of the Bronx, a junior at Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls (SWHSG), was awarded a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) and a free trip to Israel in May for winning first prize in this year’s Jerusalem ...

Mar 7, 2005 -- Yeshiva University’s Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, an affiliate of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, will honor Marilyn and Jack Belz at its Jubilee Testimonial Dinner and Concert on Monday, March 28, at Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan. The dinner…

Mar 4, 2005 -- Teach for Israel, a Yeshiva University initiative launched by undergraduates this winter, is revolutionizing how Jewish high school students learn about their spiritual homeland. As part of the program, 20 YU students will fan out to yeshiva high schools nationwide to teach juniors…

Feb 24, 2005 -- Avishai (Isaac) Chelst, a Southfield, MI, native and senior at The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy – Yeshiva University High School for Boys (MSTA) in New York City, was one of 236 students nationwide to be named a Distinguished Finalist of the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards…

Feb 24, 2005 -- Dr. Alvin Schiff of Boca Raton, FL, and Oceanside, NY, was awarded one of Israel’s highest honors for his major contributions to the field Jewish education. A highlight of his 58-year career, Dr. Schiff was presented with the President’s Prize in Jewish Education in Jerusalem Feb.…

Feb 24, 2005 -- Amy Gordon Guterson will present “An Improvisational Journey: From Stern College to Off-Broadway to Hasidut, Creating Theater and Making Film” as the 2005 Morris Epstein Forum on the Arts lecturer Monday, March 7, at Yeshiva University. The public lecture will take place at 7:30 pm…