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Stern College Volleyball Player Headed to Chile to Compete in Pan American Maccabi Games December and early January may be some of the coldest days of the year, but for Gavriela Colton, things will just be heating up: the Stern College for Women junior from Teaneck, New Jersey, will be headed to ...

RIETS Rosh Yeshiva Explores Modern Challenges of Lashon Hara in New Book The prohibition against lashon hara—derogatory speech—is an essential component of proper interpersonal conduct for religious Jews, but even for those with the best intentions, it can often be a struggle. How do you know when…

At ChampionsGate Fall Leadership Conference, Jewish Communal Leaders Gather to Confront Shared Challenges The Yeshiva University Museum was the setting for the ChampionsGate Fall Leadership Conference on November 8. Yeshiva University's The Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), convened the…

Reception Honors Yeshiva University Employees Celebrating Milestone Anniversaries On Thursday, November 12, President Richard M. Joel and the Human Resources Department hosted a program and reception honoring YU employees on the Manhattan campuses who celebrated milestone anniversaries during 2015…

MTA LEAD Gives Teenage Entrepreneurs a Head Start MTA LEAD (Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Advisement and Development) is a unique program designed to provide Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/Yeshiva University High School for Boys (MTA) students with lasting business and communal leadership skills…

Twenty Years After His Assassination, Academic Conference Hosted by Yeshiva University Reflects on Rabin's Lasting Impact On November 1, Yeshiva University's Center for Israel Studies (CIS) hosted an academic conference, titled "Yitzhak Rabin: Twenty Years After", on the Wilf Campus to commemorate…

More than 1,000 Join Yeshiva University Students in Song and Prayer at Times Square Kumzitz On November 1, Yeshiva University students hosted a moving kumzitz [concert] in support of Israel on the Red Steps in Times Square. Led by student Aryeh Tiefenbrunn on his guitar and the Y-Studs, YU’s…

Dr. Ben Chouake, Norman Sternthal, Mark Wilf and Rabbi Dr. Herbert Dobrinsky to be Honored at YU's 91st Hanukkah Convocation The Honorable Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will be the keynote speaker and receive an honorary degree at Yeshiva University’s 91st Annual Hanukkah Convocation and Dinner at the…

Washington Heights Street Renamed for Soviet Jewry Activist Jacob Birnbaum On October 18, a street in Yeshiva University’s own neighborhood of Washington Heights, New York, was renamed to honor the memory of Jacob Birnbaum, a prominent activist who began his monumental work on behalf of Soviet…

YU Conference to Celebrate Israel's Fifth Prime Minister and Explore Global Impact of His Assassination Yeshiva University's Center for Israel Studies announced today that it will host an academic conference for all audiences to commemorate the 20 th anniversary of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak ...