YU News

Men's Basketball's Benjy Ritholtz Becomes Second YU Athlete to Earn Consecutive Academic All-American Honors For the second time in as many years, Yeshiva University men's basketball player Benjy Ritholtz has earned one of the highest academic honors a college student-athlete can earn as the senior…

Revel Talk Sketches Complex Portrait of the Vilna Gaon More than 70 people gathered in Furst Hall on a frigid Thursday evening to hear Bar-Ilan University professor Dr. Raphael Shuchat present a lecture, titled “The Vilna Gaon: Halakhist, Moderate Maskil or Kabbalist?” The event was organized by ...

“This is Yeshiva University” and “Cardozo Life” Receive Gold for Mobile Media For the second year in a row, two of Yeshiva University’s mobile applications have been recognized as winners in the Higher Education Marketing Report’s 2014 Education Digital Marketing Awards. Created for the iPad, ...

Rabbinical Seminary Honors Communal Leaders and Educators at Annual Dinner Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), an affiliate of Yeshiva University, will celebrate dedicated leaders and educators of the Jewish community at its Annual Gala Evening of Tribute on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at…

YU Global Online Courses to Focus on In-Demand Fields of Software Technology and Data Analytics Yeshiva University announces the launch of four skills-based technology career certificate programs beginning May 11, 2015. The programs will provide remote, collaboration-driven courses, focused on ...

YU National Model UN Conference Showcases a Quarter Century of Honing Leadership and Collaboration Skills After months of preparation and anticipation, 450 professionally attired young men and women from 44 Jewish high schools worldwide converged on the Stamford Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in…

The Birthplace of Standup Comedy and One of its Offspring Come Together at Yeshiva University Museum Borscht Belt Event More than 100 fans of the Catskills braved severe winter weather to warm themselves with a nostalgic evening of Borscht Belt comedy at the Yeshiva University Museum on Monday ...