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Newest Exhibition at the Yeshiva University Museum Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of This Effort to Save the Next Generation On Monday, Nov. 26, several hundred people braved the rain to attend the opening reception of Kindertransport–Rescuing Children on the Brink of War. The YU Museum, in ...

Syms Leadership Program Holds Sterling Event at Deloitte On Tuesday, Nov. 27, the Sy Syms Business Honors and Entrepreneurial Leadership Program sponsored a panel discussion on the “The Evolution of Work: Disruptions, Competencies, Independence.” Hosted by Deloitte at their offices in 30…

Annual Tribute to the Dedicated People Keeping Yeshiva University’s Mission Vital On Wednesday, Nov. 28, several hundred people gathered in Weissberg Commons on the Wilf Campus to pay tribute to longtime employees of the University, including exceptional anniversaries for Rabbi Chaim Bronstein ...

The Medical Explorers Club Gets to Work With a Practicing Physician On Wednesday, November 20, in the Yagoda Commons at the Stern College for Women, the Medical Explorers Club (led by co-presidents Michelle Hoch ’20S and Neda Shokrian ’19S) was fortunate to hear from Dr. Barry J. Hahn, an emergency…

The Actor, Writer and Director Talks About His Journey to Faith On Thursday, October 25, Stephen Tobolowsky came to spend the day at Yeshiva University. Tobolowsky has been in numerous movies and television shows, including Groundhog Day, Freaky Friday, Silicon Valley, Glee and Momento. Jordyn ...

Program in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship This fall, Yeshiva University’s Katz School introduced a new 36-credit Master of Science in Biotechnology Management and Entrepreneurship (BME) designed to prepare entrepreneurs in the life sciences to successfully navigate the complex…

Powerful Services Honor Rabbi Meir Fulda zt”l Rabbi Meir Fulda, who died on July 28, 2018, had a seven-decade relationship with YU, beginning with his attendance at the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/Yeshiva University High School for Boys, his undergraduate education at Yeshiva College, semicha…

Dr. Judah Diament The recent announcement that half of Amazon’s new headquarters will be in Long Island City, Queens, in addition to Google’s approximately 1.6 million-square-foot expansion of its footprint in the Chelsea section of Manhattan has the department chairs of Yeshiva University’s ...

Three Authors Speak About the Importance of Keeping the History Alive On the night of November 9, 1938, and crossing over into the next day, Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels used the murder in Paris of an embassy official, Ernst vom Rath, by Herschel Grynszpan, a Polish Jew, as a…

Student Holocaust Education Movement Honors the 80th Anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass On Monday, Nov. 5, an attentive and respectful audience of students and staff from the Wilf and Beren campuses gathered in the Rubin Shul to listen to a talk by Norbert Strauss titled “My Life Under the ...