YU News

Appointed to the Perez and Frieda Friedberg Chair in Talmud On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) will hold its annual Gala Evening of Tribute at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. This year’s principal honoree is Rabbi Daniel Stein, Rosh Yeshiva…

Israeli Companies Modernizing the Real Estate Industry On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, the Office of Alumni Affairs held a professional networking event to discuss how “big data” in all its forms—artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain—has finally come to disrupt the real estate ...

How His Parents Inspired Him to Success in Business and Politics 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…

“When I looked for good, evil came to me, and when I waited for light, then came darkness” — Job 30:26 It was with grief-stricken incomprehension that we learned of the cold-blooded murder of 50 people at the Masjid Al Noor and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand. As over a hundred…

Dr. Roger Ames of Peking University Unfolds the Complexities of Confucian Thought Dr. Roger Ames (left) and Dr. Mordechai Cohen “ The Chinese-Jewish Conversation” took an interesting turn on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at an event held at the Israel Henry Beren Campus sponsored by the Bernard Revel ...

Righting Historical Crimes Committed by the Nazis On Wednesday, March 6, 2019, the Yeshiva University Legal Professionals networking group heard a fascinating lecture by Howard N. Spiegler, partner and co-chair of the art law group at Herrick Feinstein LLP. Held appropriately enough in the moot ...

Hudson Yards and the Rise of the West Side of Manhattan There is no hotter New York City real estate market than Hudson Yards, located on Manhattan’s west side. With an official opening slated for March 15, 2019, the Yeshiva University Real Estate Executive Circle held a panel discussion on Monday…

Women in Business Initiative Pairs Students With Mentors “What’s the best way to start a career? By building relationships and networking.” With those words, Susan Bauer, executive director of the Career Center, kicked off the ninth annual “Meet Your Mentor” evening, a Women in Business Initiative…

On March 5 and 6, 2019, YU Ideas presented back-to-back panels: “The Media: Its Past, Present and Future” and “New York: Stories Told and Not-yet-told.” The panels were comprised of selected YU faculty. YU Ideas is an initiative hosted by the Office of the Provost and coordinated by Rabbi Dr. Stu…

Drs. Karp And Schaikewitz Publish New Book For Medical Students And Residents Dr. Jerry Karp ’11YC, ’18E and Dr. Matthew Schaikewitz ’11YC, ’15E recently published Sacred Training: A Halakhic Guidebook for Medical Students and Residents. The book addresses many of the halachic questions facing ...