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Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College welcomed Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff as a guest of its ongoing speaker series. Rabbi Eleff is president of Gratz College in Melrose Park, PA and one of the youngest presidents in…
Eitam Henkin | Koren Publishers| 2022 Reviewed by Stu Halpern Studies in Halakhah and Rabbinic History collects twenty-four articles, each of them breathtaking in depth and scope, authored by the late Rabbi Eitam Henkin. Published through the efforts of his family and a dedicated team of…
Ishay Ribo Performing at YU Isru Chag Concert in Jerusalem On Oct. 18, Yeshiva University hosted the YU Isru Chag Concert, starring Ishay Ribo, at the International Convention Center (Binyanei Hauma) in Jerusalem. More than 3,000 people attended the sold-out concert and were visibly moved by Ribo’s…
Since its launch in the Spring of 2019, YU’s Innovation Lab has worked with over fifty innovative startups across many categories - cyber tech, ad tech, on-demand transportation, early childhood education, medical devices, AI-fueled learning tools, and many more. The lab has provided a unique ...
For the Fall 2022 semester, Rabbi Dr. Dov Lerner, a clinical assistant professor at the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, is teaching The Thought of Rabbi Sacks, which offers a cohesive appraisal of the former English chief rabbi’s intellectual legacy. YU News sat down…
Literary critic, poet and Wall Street Journal editor Adam Kirsch visited Yeshiva University on September 21 for a conversation with students from the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought and the Jay and Jeannie Schottenstein Honors Program . Kirsch spoke with Straus Center…
Rabbi Daniel Feldman and Liel Leibovitz On September 19, 2022, the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought invited Dr. Liel Leibovitz, editor at large at Tablet , and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Daniel Feldman to discuss the ideal of…
Networking Event Boasts Strong Representation from Big 4 and Other Top Tier Firms For the first time in two years, The Shevet Glaubach Center for Career Strategy and Professional Development hosted the annual Accounting and Finance Fair for undergraduate students in an in-person setting. The highly…
"The Samaritans: A Biblical People" at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. Isaac Herzog, President of Israel, has contributed a special stone inscription to the first major exhibition on the Samaritans at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. Created in partnership with the YU Center…
Preparing for the Yamim Noraim : Saying “I’m sorry” with Hope and Optimism In preparation for the New Year and Yom Kippur, Jews recite a series of prayers known as Selihot. From the word “forgive,” these soul-stirring supplications ask G-d for divine mercy. They are usually said in the morning ...