YU News

Jul 22, 2009 -- Ten Yeshiva University students are spending their summer conducting innovative scientific research as Roth Scholars and University Summer Research Scholars. The undergraduate students are working alongside top scientific researchers at YU’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine in…

Jul 22, 2009 -- Read the Editorial in NY Times. The Immigration Justice Clinic at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University released the first public study of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency’s home raid operations, finding that immigration agents have engaged…

Jul 20, 2009 -- Twenty-one outstanding students from select U.S. universities will serve as counselors on the fourth annual Counterpoint Israel Program, run by Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future, from July 23-Aug. 23. The month-long service-learning initiative empowers and builds the…

Jul 17, 2009 -- The Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future (www.yu.edu/cjf) announced today that 21 outstanding students from select U.S. universities will be arriving in Israel next week to serve as counselors on the fourth annual “Counterpoint Israel Program.” The month-long service ...

Jul 7, 2009 -- A first-of-its-kind national study conducted by the Institute for University-School Partnership at Yeshiva University surveyed the presidents of Jewish day schools and found that a key to more affordable schools rests with improving board functioning in two critical areas: financial…

Jul 2, 2009 --Allen M. Spiegel, MD, The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has been appointed by Governor David Paterson to the Empire State Stem Cell Board Funding Committee. During his term, Spiegel will join 12 esteemed members of the funding committee who…

Jul 2, 2009 -- The Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA), a program under the auspices of Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future that assists disputing couples in resolving their differences and obtaining a timely divorce in accordance with the highest standards of Jewish law…

Jul 1, 2009 -- Yeshiva University, through its Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), will introduce a Torah learning program at Lincoln Square Synagogue this summer for women of all ages who want to pursue advanced Talmud and Judaic study. The Women’s Beit Midrash Fellows Program, which takes place…

Jul 1, 2009 -- William Ackman, managing member and portfolio manager of Pershing Square Capital Management, captivated over 70 alumni with his keen insights into today’s financial markets and tomorrow’s economic future at a recent Yeshiva University Wall Street Committee reception held on June 22…

Jun 30, 2009 -- Affirming its status as a pioneer in advanced Talmud and Judaic study for women and its four decade long commitment to developing Orthodox Jewish women as scholars, teachers, and community leaders, Yeshiva University, through its Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), will sponsor the…