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Bentzion and Shayna Fishman with daughter Chana Leah When Shayna (Michaels) Fishman ’18S moved to Israel last year, she began the arduous search for a job. Armed with a freshly minted degree in computer science and a new husband, Bentzion, she began to comb postings on job sites. Little did she…

On September 3, 2019, the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/Yeshiva University High School for Boys ( MTA) and the Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls ( Central) welcomed incoming freshmen with exciting orientation programs pointing the way ahead to a productive year of learning…

With many events planned this coming year on the Beren and Wilf campuses, you’re sure to have an unforgettable and inspirational Shabbat. From Beren’s Shabbat on Campus Team On August 23-24, a year of Shabbat on Campus programming started off with a bang on the Beren Campus with Dr. Ari Berman ...

Isaac Telio-Bejar ’16YC spent his youth in Mexico City and, on becoming an undergraduate in Yeshiva College, immediately enrolled in Paul Glassman’s Architectural Design Process, the foundational course of the architecture minor. He analyzed architect Mario Botta’s Casa Rotonda in Stabio ...

Two Decades of Service Leave an Indelible Impact on the University At the end of August, Dr. Morton Lowengrub formally retired from active duty at Yeshiva University after spending 20 years in service to the institution. For much of that time, he served both as a senior administrator (vice…

Here are just a small sample of the many interesting ways people spent their summers broadening their skills and knowledge and building important networks that will help them in the future. NAME: Aharon Benchimol ’21YC MAJOR: Political Science and Psychology HOMETOWN: Caracas, Venezuela Aharon ...

Noted Scholar and Ethicist Believes We Should All Be Citizens of the World On Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, Kwame Anthony Appiah, the noted scholar, teacher and ethicist for the New York Times Magazine, spoke to an audience of close to 200 students, faculty and staff about “Managing Our Multiple ...

On Tuesday, September 3, 2019, Yeshiva University and Tablet, a daily online magazine of Jewish news, ideas, and culture, presented “Days of Awe, Days of Anti-Semitism,” a conversation between Sivan Rahav-Meir, an Israeli television newscaster, radio personality and Torah teacher who is at Yeshiva…

Straus Center Welcomes Dr. Dara Horn as Distinguished Visiting Scholar Dr. Dara Horn, Straus Center Visiting Scholar Yeshiva University’s Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought is proud to announce that Dr. Dara Horn will serve as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar during the…