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Innovation and Transformation at the Heart of Yosef Levine ’94YUHSB ’99SB's Work Yosef Levine’s mantra may not be Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things,” but he loves the creative disruption that comes from using technological advancements to improve current practices. “It’s in my DNA,” he…

Center for Israel Studies Arts Festival Portrays Israel Through Image and Word Through May 25, Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies (CIS) will host an arts festival on campus dedicated to celebrating the arts and Israel through imagery and words, continuing a tradition of cultural ...

In IBC Names, Not Numbers Course, Students Become Holocaust Documentarians On April 26, Yeshiva University hosted a screening of “Names, Not Numbers: A Movie in the Making at Isaac Breuer College 2016-17” in the Weissberg Commons on the Wilf Campus. The film, produced by students in the Isaac…

Philanthropist and Investor Michael Steinhardt to Receive Sy Syms Humanitarian Award Michael Steinhardt Michael H. Steinhardt will be presented with the Sy Syms Humanitarian Award, in recognition of his philanthropic efforts in support of Jewish life at the Sy Syms School of Business annual Gala ...

Assistant Vice President for Government Affairs Phil Goldfeder Shares Political Experience with Honors Students For those curious about how to balance Judaism with a life of public service, Phil Goldfeder, assistant vice president for government affairs at Yeshiva University, gave a funny and ...

Alan Dershowitz Discusses Defending Israel on Campus at YUHSB Centennial / Straus Center Lecture On April 25, Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, and Alan Dershowitz ’55YUHS took the stage in Lamport Auditorium at Yeshiva ...

Students Pledge to Preserve Survivor Testimony for Future Generations at Memorial Service At an April 24 memorial service to mark Yom HaShoah, Holocaust survivor Irving Roth stood before hundreds of Yeshiva University students in Lamport Auditorium and recounted a particular Rosh Hashana in ...

Moses Pava, Sy Syms Dean and Noted Business and Jewish Ethicist, Named Alvin Einbender University Professor of Business Ethics Dr. Moses Pava, dean of Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business, has been appointed a University Professor. His new title, bestowed upon him by YU President Richard…

Event Offers More Than 40 Shiurim, Programming for All Ages and Uplifting Torah Insight From Roshei Yeshiva May 30 - June 1 Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) will offer an unparalleled opportunity for participants to spend the Shavuos holiday immersed…

Ron Dermer to Keynote May 25 Commencement; Tzili Charney and Rabbi Manfred Fulda to be Honored Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctorate at Yeshiva University’s 86th Commencement on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 11 a.m. at…