YU News

Apr 16, 2008 -- Renowned ethicist and political philosopher Onora O’Neill will present a lecture on “Broadening Bioethics: Clinical Ethics, Public Health, and Global Health” on Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 pm at the Yeshiva University Museum/Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street. The event…

Apr 16, 2008 -- Dr. Jonathan M. Backer has been appointed the next director of the Belfer Institute for Advanced Biomedical Studies at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Allen Spiegel, The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean of the medical college, announced the new appointment. Dr. Backer ...

Apr 15, 2008 -- Over 500 Attend Celebration to Launch Kollel in Toronto Yeshiva University (YU) made history earlier this month when The Toronto Partnership Gala Celebration Dinner was held at the beautiful Copper Creek Golf Club in Kleinburg, raising $3.2 million thus far. President Richard M.…

Apr 9, 2008 -- A frenzied group of fans stormed the court for the third game in a row following Ida Crown Jewish Academy’s first-place finish in Yeshiva University’s 17th Annual Red Sarachek Basketball Tournament on March 31. Although the final game came easy to the Ida Crown Aces, they barely ...

Apr 9, 2008 -- “Open your hearts and your wallets!” was the rallying cry at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law’s 16th annual Public Service Auction held on April 3. A capacity crowd filled the lobby and enjoyed live rock music, great food, and a silent auction of items including tickets to sporting…

Apr 9, 2008 -- On Purim, over 60 Yeshiva University students helped spread the holiday festivities to fellow Jews by participating in the annual Simcha Deliveries program. Dressed in costume, the young men and women visited patients, sang, and delivered mishloach manot, traditional holiday gifts of…

Apr 9, 2008 -- At 10:30 pm every Wednesday night, Yeshiva University student volunteers climb aboard large scales holding bags filled with glass and plastic bottles and cans. They subtract their body weight from the total and record the figures. This ritual is an integral part of YU’s participation…

Apr 5, 2008 -- Momenta String Quartet, the first ensemble-in-residence at Yeshiva University, performed the world premiere of composer David Glaser’s Kinesis at a concert at the Yeshiva University Museum on Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Glaser is associate professor of music at Stern College for Women…

Mar 27, 2008 -- From the harmonica and Italian Baroque music, to the basics of photography and Yiddish film, this year’s Yeshiva University Arts Festival gathered the top artistic talent among Stern College, Yeshiva College, and Sy Syms students in a diverse showcase of talent in April. “The arts…

Mar 25, 2008 -- Na’ama Nadel raises two toddlers, teaches full-time, is finishing a master’s degree, and pursues an interest in art. This would be enough for any one woman to juggle, but Nadel is also a rebbitzin, the wife of Rabbi Seth Nadel of Young Israel of West Hartford, CT. It’s a role that…