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YU Real Estate Professionals Hosts Presentation by Marc Holliday On June 15, the YU Real Estate Professionals hosted a presentation by Marc Holliday, CEO of SL Green Realty Corp, titled “One Vanderbilt: A Transformational Development Project with Private and Public Benefits.” The presentation took…

Undergraduate Science Education Initiative Celebrates 150 Local Elementary Student Participants Founded in 2011 by Yeshiva University undergraduates, nonprofit organization Project START (Students, Teachers, and Researchers Teach) Science seeks to spark public school students' excitement for ...

Alyssa Herman Appointed Vice President for Institutional Advancement Yeshiva University President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman has announced the appointment of Alyssa Herman ’92S as vice president for institutional advancement. An alumna and accomplished chief development officer, Herman brings more than…

More Than 100 Students and Alumni Mark Completion of Masechet Kiddushin Yeshiva University students and alumni from across the University's many Judaic studies programs and around the globe came together today to celebrate their historic siyum [completion of a unit of Torah study] on Masechet ...

Yeshiva University Mourns the Passing of Longtime Sy Syms Professor Yeshiva University is saddened by the passing of Rabbi Dr. Joel Hochman z”l, the Philip H. Cohen Professor of Accounting at the Sy Syms School of Business. Hochman had served as a member of the University faculty for 23 years. ...

Yeshiva University Students Enhance Shavuot Celebrations in Communities Across North America and the United Kingdom This Shavuot, more than 70 Yeshiva University students traveled to 17 communities across North America and the United Kingdom to share their love of Torah and enliven holiday ...

New Volume in Mitokh Ha-Ohel Series Shares Insight and Inspiration from University Scholars In Judaism, lengthy holiday prayer services can inspire reactions that range from uplifted to frustrated. The text, the additional services, the Torah and Haftarah readings, while intended to convey the ...

On His First Day as President, Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman Meets With Students, Faculty and Staff Across Campuses Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman begins his tenure as Yeshiva University’s fifth president today, meeting with students, faculty and staff across the University. “Yeshiva is filled with so many wonderful…

More Than 1,700 Awarded Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees This commencement season, Yeshiva University celebrated the graduation of more than 1,700 students in its undergraduate colleges and graduate schools in the fields of law, medicine, social work, education, Jewish studies and psychology ...

In Keynote Address, Ambassador Ron Dermer Urges Graduates to Pursue Lives of Jewish Values and Ideas On Thursday, May 25, Yeshiva University’s Class of 2017 celebrated YU’s 86th Commencement along with friends and family in The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ron Dermer, Israeli…