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Dozens of Shiurim [lectures], Meaningful Programming for All Ages and Torah Insight from Roshei Yeshiva [leading educators] The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) will offer its annual Yarchei Kallah [Gathering for Torah Study] program this Shavuos, June 7-10, 2019, at the Hilton ...

How Israel Managed to Attract Funding to Build its Economy Each year, The Doris and Dr. Ira Kukin Entrepreneurial and Executive Lecture Series invites a roster of business leaders, entrepreneurs, trailblazers and innovators to visit the Sy Syms School of Business where students have the chance to…

On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) held its annual Gala Evening of Tribute at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Over 500 people attended and close to $1 million was raised. The evening’s honoree was Rabbi Daniel Stein, the recipient of the…

Thirteen Wurzweiler Students Attend the UN’s Annual Recognition of the Value of Social Work Monday, April 1, 2019, was the 36th Annual Social Work Day at the United Nations, a day when students, faculty and social workers join together to participate in a morning of presentations that reflect the…

Justice Breyer Joins Other High Court Judges to Discuss Civil Liberties From Sunday, March 31, to Monday, April 1, 2019, the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law held a two-day conference on comparative constitutions approaches to civil liberties, entitled “A Passion for Civil Liberties: Building the…

Sherwood Goffin ’63 YC, ’66BZ, the cantor of Lincoln Square Synagogue on Manhattan’s West Side from 1965 until 2016 and a faculty member of the Philip and Sara Belz School of Jewish Music at Yeshiva University since 1987, died on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. He was 77 years old. Cantor Sherwood Goffin…

A Documentary About an All-Female Ambulance Corps in Brooklyn (l-r): Rachel Freier, Ailin Elyasi and Paula Eiselt On Wednesday, March 14, 2019, students at Stern College for Women were treated to a viewing of 93QUEEN, a documentary about Ezras Nashim [Women’s Help], an all-female ambulance corps in…

On Thursday, March 28, 2019, Yeshiva University’s annual Jewish Career Development Expo, one of the largest Jewish networking events in the United States, connected 400 job seekers with more than 75 Jewish educational institutions, organizations and advocacy groups from across the country. From 6 p…

Yeshiva University Press and Maggid/Koren Publishers recently announced the publication of Creation: The Story of Beginnings by internationally-renowned biblical scholar Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Grossman, an associate professor in the department of Bible at Bar-Ilan University. In the book, Dr. Grossman…

Dr. Arlene “Lu” Steinberg Recognized for her Contributions to the Profession Dean Lawrence J. Siegel and Dr. Arlene “Lu” Steinberg On Thursday, March 28, 2019, 160 alumni, faculty and friends of Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology came together to honor Dr. Arlene “Lu” Steinberg for her ...