YU News

Nov 13, 2008 -- Yeshiva University (YU) will bestow an honorary doctorate on Roslyn Goldstein at YU’s 84th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on Sunday, Dec. 14 at The Waldorf Astoria. YU will also confer honorary degrees on four other leaders: David Feuerstein; Elliot Gibber; Rabbi Haskel ...

Nov 13, 2008 -- This fall, Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB)/ The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy inaugurated its Honors College, a forum for enriched spiritual and intellectual stimulation geared to engage gifted students. Twenty-four students were recruited from the top echelons of…

Nov 11, 2008 -- Based in the “melting pot” capital of the world, New York City, the Yeshiva University men’s soccer team boasts a tremendously diverse group of athletes. The Maccabees’ roster—comprising athletes from Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, France, Israel, England, Chile, Belgium and the United…

Nov 10, 2008 -- There is no such thing as “the end of Wall Street,” Lance Hirt ’87YC, a partner at Lindsay Goldberg and trustee of Yeshiva University, told students at the second Wall Street Connection Series event on Nov. 3. This came as some reassurance to the more than 150 students who attended…

Nov 7, 2008 -- New York state’s governor, the Honorable David A. Paterson, will be the keynote speaker at Yeshiva University’s (YU) 84th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on Sunday, December 14 at The Waldorf=Astoria in New York City. YU President Richard M. Joel will confer an honorary doctor…

Nov 7, 2008 -- Yeshiva University Museum is pleased to announce a panel discussion "Figuration, Abstraction and the Spiritual" featuring the exhibition "David Stern: The American Years 1995-2008" on November 13, 2008 at 6:30 pm. The curator of the traveling exhibition, Karen Wilkin, will introduce…

Nov 6, 2008 -- Three students at Yeshiva University High School for Girls (YUHSG) performed outstandingly on their Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Tests (PSAT/NMSQT), receiving letters of commendation in recognition of their academic promise. The commended students are seniors…

Nov 6, 2008 -- Three students at Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls (YUHSG) performed extremely well on their Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Tests (PSAT/NMSQT), receiving letters of commendation in recognition of their academic promise. The commended ...

Nov 5, 2008 -- This fall Yeshiva University’s Lady Macs volleyball team began its inaugural season as the sixth women’s varsity team at YU. The team made the quarterfinals of the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC), after a 17-match schedule against the six other colleges in the ...

Nov 5, 2008 -- Before he was killed in the terror shooting at Yeshivat Merkaz Harav in Jerusalem in March this year, 16-year-old Avraham David Moriah was known for his extraordinary commitment to Torah study and worship. He prayed with such devotion that another Torah scholar would travel to the ...