YU News

Feb 8, 2006 -- While traveling through Germany on winter break, Yeshiva College sophomore Noah Cheses struggled to shake off the ghosts of the past. Standing in the square where Hitler delivered many of his speeches, Mr. Cheses pictured throngs of Nazis with swastikas over their hearts, raising ...

Feb 6, 2006 -- For those who think predetermining gender is a modern idea, the Talmud—redacted fourteen centuries ago—discusses ways to increase the likelihood of having a male child (give lots of charity, bid farewell to the Sabbath with wine, not beer). This sage advice serves as a starting point…

Feb 6, 2006 -- Dr. Dmitry Fyodorov, assistant professor of cell biology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has received a prestigious Kimmel Scholar Award in support of his research on biochemistry and genetics of chromatin assembly. The award, which includes a two-year…

Feb 2, 2006 -- It has been called America’s pastime. But it has never been Yeshiva University’s pastime. Until now. Welcome to a new era. The era of Yeshiva University baseball. Since the mid-1930s, YU has outfitted a basketball team. In subsequent years, the university added, for the men,…

Feb 1, 2006 -- Adir and Hindi Posy, both Yeshiva University (YU) students, planned a Winter Break trip for New York and New Jersey high school students to aid people in New Orleans still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Posy is a fourth-year rabbinical student in the Wexner Semicha Honors ...

Jan 30, 2006 -- President Richard M. Joel was in Israel during Winter Break continuing his goal to strengthen the relationship between America’s premier Jewish university and Israel. For coverage in the Israeli media see this story from The Jerusalem Post. Highlights of President Joel’s visit to ...

Jan 27, 2006 -- Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and its Manhattan hospital affiliate, Beth Israel Medical Center, have found that a specific mutation in a single gene is a major cause of Parkinson’s disease among Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews. The ...

Jan 27, 2006 -- In a finding that could help prevent some of the worst complications of diabetes, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have uncovered a novel molecular pathway linking high blood-sugar levels to diabetic retinopathy, a serious condition that can lead to blindness…

Jan 22, 2006 -- The S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program hosted a career fair at the Renaissance Hotel in Jerusalem to demonstrate how a Yeshiva University education can benefit them. Students at the many yeshivot and midrashot throughout Israel –– not just those affiliated with the S. Daniel Abraham…

Jan 22, 2006 -- On the evening of January 14, more than 2,000 students, friends, and family participated in this year's Women's Choir Competition, “Kol Chatan V'kol Kallah,” co-sponsored by Yeshiva University and Kedma, an international student organization funded by United Jewish Appeal’s ...