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YU's Office of Events Implements R25 Booking System and Web Calendar The Office of Campus Events is pleased to announce the implementation of Resource 25 (R25), a centralized event and academic space scheduling system, at Yeshiva University. R25 will be a valuable scheduling and marketing tool for…

Wurzweiler School of Social Work Receives City Grant to Create Financial Literacy Curriculum Wurzweiler School of Social Work of Yeshiva University has been awarded a grant by the New York City Community Trust to fund a curriculum aimed at training social workers to better assist families in ...

Family Members and Friends Get a Taste of a Day in the Life of a Psychology Graduate Student The second annual Family and Friends Brunch hosted by YU's Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology on Sunday, Oct. 25 gave nearly 150 family members, friends and other supporters a glimpse of a day in the…

Donation to Library from High School Alumnus Includes 19th-Century Deed for Land in Texas Purchased by Jewish Pioneer A gift of rare Americana, recently donated to the Mendel Gottesman Library by Dr. Ronald Rubin ’57YH and his wife, Miriam, includes a deed signed by the Governor of Texas, George T…

Student Club Brings Speakers to Campuses to Shed Positive Light on Israel's Image Much attention has been given to anti-Israel activism on college campuses, but a group of Yeshiva University students is working to change Israel’s image as a place of conflict and political turmoil in the eyes of ...

Hayim Tawil's Latest Book Sheds New Light on Biblical Hebrew by Way of Akkadian Language A new lexicon by Dr. Hayim Tawil, associate professor in Hebrew languages and literature at Yeshiva College (YC), is expected to lead to a more precise and accurate understanding of the Bible and its language…

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Honors Four Dedicated Leaders at Annual Dinner of Tribute Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) honored four dedicated leaders and educators—Dr. William and Debbie Schwartz, Dr. Alvin I. Schiff and Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger—and…

Jeffrey Gurock Appears on Shalom TV Cable Network Throughout Week of Nov. 1-7 Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock, the Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, appeared on Shalom TV, a national Jewish cable network, from Sunday, Nov. 1 through Saturday, Nov. 7. Gurock was featured in…

Oct 23, 2009 -- This year’s Yeshiva University Medical Ethics Conference—organized by over 50 students in conjunction with YU’s Center for the Jewish Future and supported by the Fuld family—discussed the latest advances in detecting some 1,600 genetic diseases, coupled with perspectives of leading…

RIETS Annual Dinner to Honor Dr. William and Debbie Schwartz, Dr. Alvin I. Schiff and Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger In celebration of Torah excellence, Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) will honor dedicated leaders and educators of the Jewish community at its Annual ...