YU News

Feb 22, 2006 -- In yet another blow to conventional medical wisdom, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that lower salt diets are significantly linked to an increase in risk of dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD): the nation’s leading cause of…

Feb 21, 2006 -- Imagine being able to study Torah using a rare, illuminated Bible written in 1489. Thanks to technology, today anyone can enjoy this privilege by visiting Yeshiva University’s Library Web site. Individuals can see every page of the nearly 2,000 images of the Bible, even enhance the…

Feb 20, 2006 -- The topic, Dr. Gerald Feldman acknowledged, seems almost blasphemous. But the financial aspects of the Holocaust, he said, are integral to the history of the Holocaust. Dr. Feldman, professor of history at the University of California - Berkeley, addresed an audience of Sy Syms ...

Feb 20, 2006 -- Daniel Brody, a 1996 graduate of Yeshiva College, is appearing as a contestant in Season 5 of the popular series “The Apprentice” on NBC-TV, which began Feb. 27. Of the nearly 600,000 people who apply to be contestants on the show, 18 are chosen. “My motto in business is ‘Be fair…

Feb 17, 2006 -- Eleven high school wrestling teams representing five different states will begin grappling in Yeshiva University's annual Henry Wittenberg Wrestling Invitational beginning Feb. 16 in YU's Max Stern Athletic Center. This year's participating teams are: Davis Renov Stahler, Woodmere…

Feb 14, 2006 -- Dr. Ya'acov (Gerald) Blidstein has been awarded this year's Israel Prize in Jewish Thought for the year 2006 (5766). The awards are formally presented in a special Independence Day ceremony. The prize, Israel's highest honor, was announced by the Minister of Education, Culture and…

Feb 13, 2006 -- In an effort to sensitize students to the signs of abusive relationships, Yeshiva University’s Counseling Center at Beren Campus, Stern College for Women’s Department of Student Affairs, and the P2P peer counseling program hosted “Flowers Aren’t Enough,” a one-woman show starring ...

Feb 13, 2006 -- Rabbis’ wives are facing an increasingly complex series of opportunities and challenges in the 21st century. While some are happy and content in the traditional role of “rebbetzin,” helping their husbands lead and minister to their communities, many others are seeking their own ...

Feb 10, 2006 -- How do you bring a first-rate professional development program to educators in day schools from Baltimore to Seattle all in one day? The Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools and Yeshiva High Schools (AMODS) of Yeshiva University created the Global Learning Initiative (GLI) to…

Feb 9, 2006 -- Days into their trip to Germany in January, a contingent of students from Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB) had the thrilling experience of watching themselves on the national news. The group of twenty boys had just spent the day—the anniversary of the liberation of ...