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Chief Judge of the State of New York, Jonathan Lippman, to Deliver Cardozo 2012 Commencement Address Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, will deliver the commencement address at YU's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law’s 34th Commencement ...
Commemorating the Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, YUTorah Offers a Tribute to the Rav Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the Rav, was born in Belarus, Russia in 1903, a scion of an enduring rabbinic dynasty. His grandfather, Rabbi Chaim of Brisk, developed an innovative system of Talmudic ...
Meredith Hawkins to Receive Top Award from American Federation for Medical Research Meredith Hawkins, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Global Diabetes Initiative at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, will receive the American Federation for Medical Research’s…
Rabbi Benjamin Blech: The Five Most Important Things to Know About Passover Scholars have long wondered why Jews who number less than one quarter of one percent of the world—as Milton Himmelfarb memorably put it, "The total population of the Jewish people is less than a statistical error in the ...
Yeshiva College Writing Faculty Publish Books, Plays Several professors who teach writing courses in Yeshiva College’s English department are also award-winning authors, playwrights and poets whose works have been published on a national scale or soon will be. Hugh Sheehy, a second-year faculty ...
YU Panel Explores Solutions to Modern-Day Agunah Crisis Members of the Yeshiva University community flooded Weissberg Commons to hear a multifaceted discussion of the plight of the modern-day agunah, a woman whose husband cannot or refuses to give her a get [writ of Jewish divorce], on March 29 ...
Joshua Gortler Establishes Scholarship in Geriatric Social Work at Wurzweiler Joshua Gortler ’54YUHS, ’58YC, ’60W had a more arduous journey than most young men enroute to Yeshiva University. He arrived in the United States with his parents from Germany, where they had spent the previous five years…
YU Screening of “Kony 2012” Sheds Light on Ugandan Rebel War Crimes, Offers Students Chance to Get Involved On March 26 more than 150 Yeshiva University students filled the Koch Auditorium on the Beren Campus for a special screening of the short film “Kony 2012” and an open dialogue with members of…
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Delivers Shiur to Students, Meets with Roshei Yeshiva Rabbi Shlomo Amar, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, paid a visit to Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) on March 28. Upon arrival he was greeted by Rabbi Eliyahu Ben…
YULA Panthers Defeat SAR Sting in Rematch of 2011 Sarachek Finals; Win Record Seventh Championship After five days of thrilling basketball and friendly competition, the YULA Panthers of Los Angeles, CA were crowned champions of Yeshiva University's 21st Annual Red Sarachek Invitational Basketball…