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The New York Times Features Students in Dr. Steven Fine's Ancient Jewish History Class Who Are Deciphering a Unique Artifact They figured out her first name, but not her father’s. They know where and when she died, but not her age or the cause of death. They could not tell whether she was married…

Wurzweiler Students Turn Focus Inward at Self-Care Day On December 12, students at Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work learned a few techniques to treat some of their most important clients: themselves. “Because of the kind of work social workers do every day, it is very important…

Menachem Begin Heritage Center Grant Supports YU Programming Honoring Former Prime Minister’s Legacy Yeshiva University’s Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought received a $100,000 grant from the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem to sponsor a series of programs on…

Yeshiva University and Jewish Publication Society Celebrate Launch of Outside the Bible with Evening of Discussion On December 3, Yeshiva University and the Jewish Publication Society (JPS) celebrated the publication of Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture (JPS, December…

Rabbi J. David Bleich's The Philosophical Quest of Philosophy, Ethics, Law and Halakhah to be Inaugural Volume of RIETS Hashkafah Series Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Rabbinical Theological Seminary (RIETS) will be launching its English-language hashkafah [Jewish philosophy] ...

Researchers to Study Diabetes Self-Management and Behavioral Interventions More than 25 million Americans have diabetes, yet as many as 60 percent of type 2 diabetes patients do not follow treatment plans prescribed by their health care provider and about 50 percent fail to meet treatment ...

Half a Century Later, Sephardic Studies Continue to Expand at Yeshiva University A program at Yeshiva University that began with a handful of participants will soon mark its 50th year, and it has never been stronger. The Sephardic Studies Program at YU, co-founded by Dr. Herbert C. Dobrinsky, YU ...