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Yeshiva College Student Leads Team to First-Place Win at International Software Contest A team led by a Yeshiva College student, Yair Saperstein of Lawrence, New York, recently took first place for “Most Useful Software” at the international Association for Computing Machinery Symposium on User ...

YU Hosts Renowned Scholars on Oct. 31 to Discuss “Israel and Iran: From Cyrus the Great to the Islamic Republic” As tension between Israel and Iran escalates and with speculation that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran, a group of renowned scholars will convene at Yeshiva ...

Cynthia Wachtell on The Anti-War Impulse in American Literature from the Civil War to World War I Next April, America will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. A few months later, in July, President Obama has promised to begin troop withdrawals from Afghanistan,…

Oct 5, 2010 -- Next April, America will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. A few months later, in July, President Obama has promised to begin troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, signaling that war's long awaited end. And, of course, just weeks ago, on August 31, the ...

Student Medical Ethics Conference to Explore Jewish Approaches to Mental Health on Oct. 31 Yeshiva University’s Student Medical Ethics Society (MES) will be hosting its fifth annual conference, entitled A Beautiful Mind: Jewish Approaches to Mental Health on Sunday, Oct. 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at…

Sep 29, 2010 -- A groundbreaking survey of child abuse identification and reporting policies among more than 135 Jewish day schools has found some very encouraging results. Conducted by the Institute for University-School Partnership, a division of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education…

Scholars Engage the Place of the Sukkah at Yeshiva University Museum On Monday, September 27, the Yeshiva University Museum, together with the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at New York University and YU’s Center for the Jewish Future, hosted “Judaism and Sacred Space,” a panel discussing…

Sep 28, 2010 -- On Monday, September 27, the Yeshiva University Museum, together with the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at New York University and YU’s Center for the Jewish Future, hosted “Judaism and Sacred Space,” a panel discussing Jewish narrative, legal and thinking approaches to ...

Sep 28, 2010 -- The Yeshiva University (YU) Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization (CJL) at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law will present their Annual Ivan Meyer Lecture in Jewish Law on Thursday, October 21 at 6 p.m. in the Jacob Burns Moot Court Room, 55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street…