Joint Certificate Program to Educate Rabbis on Medical and Halachic Issues Associated with Infertility As former rabbi of South Florida’s Boca Raton Synagogue, Rabbi Kenneth Brander would regularly field questions from couples struggling with fertility issues. “I didn’t know how to answer these ...
Holocaust Scholar Deborah Lipstadt to Discuss Eichmann Trial at December 12 Lecture Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt, internationally renowned Holocaust scholar and best-selling author of the The Eichmann Trial, will discuss “The Eichman Trial: A Legal Travesty or a Crowning Moment in Israel’s History?” on…
Casts of 1776 and Bye Bye Birdie Offer Backstage Preview of Upcoming Student Musicals This winter, the Yeshiva College and Stern College Dramatic Societies will be performing two uniquely American musicals. 1776, opening on the Wilf Campus December 3, offers a hilarious yet insightful take on the…
YU High Schools Hebrew Language Workshop Pairs Students with Acclaimed Israeli Author Twelve students from the Yeshiva University high schools—eight from the Yeshiva University High School for Boys/Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (YUHSB) and four from the Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High ...
A Conversation with Music Professor David Glaser Professor and composer David Glaser has been sharing his passion for music with Yeshiva University students since 1996. His most recent work, Of Twilight, is a five-section piece scored for soprano, violin, bass-clarinet, percussion and piano ...
Renowned New York Artist Designs Textiles for the Altneuschul in Prague, Europe's Oldest Synagogue Before a series of richly designed new textiles is installed in one of the most iconic, oldest and continually active synagogues in Europe, it will be unveiled at Yeshiva University Museum in the ...
After Leading an International Research Team on Jewish, Christian and Muslim Scriptural Interpretation, Dr. Mordechai Cohen Returns to Revel Dr. Mordechai Cohen, a leading world scholar of Jewish Bible interpretation, has taught at Yeshiva University for more than 23 years. Last year, however, this…
Day School Leaders Pool Knowledge and Ideas as Part of YU School-Partnership’s Critical Friends Groups Fourteen principals, heads-of-school and assistant principals from Jewish day schools across the country came together to share experiences, reflect on their own practice and hone their leadership…
Senator Jeffrey Klein Helps Secure Funds for Einstein Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab, Visits YU New York State Senator Jeffrey Klein visited Yeshiva University on November 17, meeting with YU President Richard M. Joel and his government relations team. Klein, who represents parts of Bronx and ...
Rabbi Benjamin Blech on Wealth and the Occupy Wall Street Movement I wish the Occupy Wall Street movement would be a little clearer about what they're protesting. Even as it continues to grow and gain followers outside of New York, with satellite protests in more than 60 American cities as it ...