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Jeffrey Gurock Featured on BBC's One Block in Harlem Documentary Around the world the name Harlem is synonymous with people's knowledge of the black experience in America - it means ghetto, cultural achievement, political activism and impoverished despair. But in the last decade the area has been…
The heroism of Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who saved tens of thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish refugees from the Nazis in the first year of WWII, informs and inspires a multi-media exhibition and performance-action work presented by the Yeshiva ...
TEIQU Hosts a Conversation Between Faiths with NYU Rabbi and Imam On January 27, two prominent figures in interfaith dialogue came to Yeshiva University to reflect on their history together and the challenges that face the American Jewish and Muslim communities. The event, titled, “Sharing America…
Feb. 13 Student Medical Ethics Society Conference to Explore Genetics from Halakhik, Ethical and Scientific Perspectives Yeshiva University’s Student Medical Ethics Society (MES) will be hosting a half-day conference on Sunday, February 13, entitled Genomics and Jewish Identity at YU’s Wilf Campus…
Project Kharkov Delves into Ukraine's Rich Jewish Heritage and Complex Post-Communist Identity A group of 18 Yeshiva University students traveled to Kharkov, Ukraine over their winter break to explore a community with a rich history that is struggling to revitalize its Jewish identity, post ...
Desperate on Staten Island Turn to Devorah Weiss, a Graduate of Wurzweiler School of Social Work For emergencies, there is 911. For noise complaints, there is 311. For those in dire straits on Staten Island, there is Devorah Weiss, a social worker whose cellphone number is passed on as a last…
CJF Missions Take Students to Israel, Ukraine, North and South America [flv]http://www.yu.edu/flv/Yeshiva_University_Student_Service_Learning _Winter_Missions.flv[/flv] The Nicaraguan village of Boca de la Montana appears remote and desolate in an image captured from space by a satellite; hardly…
While many in America were listening to the Presidential State of the Union address, yeshiva and seminary students in Israel had the opportunity to hear a State of the University address from President Richard Joel. Over the course of his whirlwind trip to Israel, the president traveled to 15 ...
Wurzweiler Launches Photo Contest in Effort to Promote Paper Waste Reduction Ready to make a difference? Wurzweiler School of Social Work students can help promote the school's efforts to become “greener” everyday and build its virtual forest. What's more, they could become a part of Wurzweiler ...
Now You Know Contest Winner’s Submission Answers What Yeshiva University Means to Him The popular Now You Know campaign has come to a conclusion with the contest’s winning submission coming from Alon Melzter, a rabbinic student at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ( RIETS) hailing from New…