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Hundreds of Community Leaders Gather to Address Challenges Facing Orthodoxy For four days in August, Orlando, FL, was the epicenter of a series of nationwide conversations in Orthodox communities across North America. The Seventh Annual ChampionsGate National Leadership Conference convened more…
Revel, Bar-Ilan Co-Host International Conference on Scholarship of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and Bar-Ilan University hosted the second conference of a two-part international lecture series to mark the 20th anniversary of the ...
As We Engage in Mirth of Tu b’Av, Remember the Importance of Genetic Testing As Jews, we don’t have many light-hearted holidays, but this week we’ll celebrate one of them, Tu b’Av. Casually known as the Jewish Valentine’s Day, Tu b’Av is the counterbalance to the most difficult of all our holidays…
Yeshiva University Scholars Reflect on the Daf Yomi Phenomenon Last night some 90,000 people gathered at the MetLife stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey for a ceremony celebrating the 12th completion of the daily reading of the Talmud (Siyum ha-Shas). The event followed similar ceremonies, in ...
YU Certificate Program Professionalizes Field of Experiential Jewish Education They work for Hillel, NCSY, Maimonides, Birthright and other Jewish organizations. They range in education and background experience from recent college graduates to seasoned non-profit veterans. Between them, they have…
Choosing Good over Evil: RIETS Alumnus Cary Friedman on the Lessons We Can Learn from Batman It’s important to acknowledge this straight from the beginning: I love Batman. Wisdom from the Batcave"> In fact, no one loves him more than I do. He and I have a history that goes back more than four ...
YU Museum Exhibit Details the Jewish Encounter with Modern Medicine The memo on display at the Yeshiva University Museum exhibit Trail of the Magic Bullet: The Jewish Encounter with Modern Medicine, 1860 - 1960 is short and to the point: "Never admit more than five Jews, take only two Italian ...
Reflections on Henry Wittenberg, Olympic Gold Medalist and YU Wrestling Coach As the 2012 Olympics kick off in London, YUNews looks back at Yeshiva University’s very own London Olympian—a Jewish American wrestler named Henry Wittenberg, who took home the gold in 1948. It was no easy win. Wittenberg…
Rabbi Yona Reiss: Why the Siyum HaShas is Good for Jewish Unity When Rabbi Meir Shapiro zt”l introduced the Daf Yomi learning cycle in 1923, little was it recognized that he was about to affect a major transformation in the enterprise of Torah learning throughout the world. Now, almost 90 years ...
Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks Appointed Dean of Yeshiva University's Wurzweiler School of Social Work Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel has announced the appointment of Professor Carmen Ortiz Hendricks as the Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work ...