YU News

The Maccabeats Celebrate Their First CD Release With a Rousing Concert in Lamport Auditorium Mar 26, 2010 -- The student a cappella group, The Maccabeats, celebrated the release of their first CD, "Voices from the Heights," with a free concert in Lamport auditorium. Despite the late hour, the ...

Stern College for Women's Jane Kitaevich and Yeshiva College's Ari Lamm Awarded Carnegie and Fulbright Fellowships Mar 22, 2010 -- “My motto is sapere aude, Latin for dare to learn,” said Jane Kitaevich, explaining her seemingly endless thirst for knowledge in multifarious spheres. Growing up in ...

Scholars Explore Origins of Cultural, Religious, and Political Zionism Mar 19, 2010 -- Renowned national scholars, as well as professors from University College, London and the Open University of Israel, gathered at Yeshiva University on March 7-8 to discuss “Zionism on the Jewish Street: Urban ...

Yeshiva College Students Research Published in Peer Reviewed Scientific Journal Mar 18, 2010 -- A group of Yeshiva College students had their physics research published in the peer reviewed online scientific journal Entropy. The students, Mordecai Segall YC ’12, Mordechai Kornbluth YC ’12, and…

Mar 18, 2010 -- Accepting the inaugural Lamm Prize on March 16, Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks spoke about the dichotomy between Torah and chachma [secular wisdom] and the need for both in a Jew’s intellectual being. “How can we apply Torah to the world if we can’t understand it?” he questioned…

Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is Recipient of Inaugural Norman Lamm Prize Mar 17, 2010 -- Accepting the inaugural Lamm Prize, Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks spoke about the dichotomy between Torah and chachma [secular wisdom] and the need for both in a Jew’s intellectual being. “How can we apply…

RIETS Honors Next Generation of Rabbis at Chag HaSemikhah Convocation Mar 16, 2010 -- At the conclusion of the Chag HaSemikhah ceremony on March 7, new musmakhim [ordained rabbis] and esteemed roshei yeshiva, teachers, mentors, family and friends poured out onto Amsterdam Avenue to dance in ...

Considering Career Paths and Aliyah, SDA Students Flock to Fair Mar 16, 2010 -- The auditorium of the Yeshiva University campus in Israel was turned over to help students chart their professional paths at the annual S. Daniel Abraham Career Fair, co-sponsored with the aliyah organization Nefesh B…

HAFTR Hawks take home championship in Yeshiva University’s 19th Annual Red Sarachek Tournament Mar 15, 2010 -- Sarachek Tournament

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. to Speak at Cardozo Commencement Mar 15, 2010 -- Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance, Jr., will be the featured speaker at the 32nd commencement of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, 2010. At…