YU News

Jun 9, 2005 -- Tzelem, a nonprofit organization addressing issues of sexuality in the Orthodox community, is the inaugural undertaking of the Incubator Project, created by Yeshiva University’s (YU) 2004-2005 Presidential Fellows. Tzelem –– which means “image” in Hebrew –– was created by YU alumni…

Jun 6, 2005 -- Hundreds of Yeshiva University students, alumni, faculty, and friends turned out on Sunday, June 5, to show their love for Israel at New York City’s annual Salute to Israel Parade. The theme for this year’s parade "Saluting Israel, Celebrating America ... Two Golden Lands" marked 350…

May 31, 2005 -- Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration of Yeshiva University (YU) will present a one-day seminar for high school teachers affiliated with the Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools (AMODS), a YU-sponsored network of Jewish day schools and yeshivas. The ...

May 27, 2005 -- Jeffrey Swartz, CEO of The Timberland Company, charged 600 Yeshiva University undergraduates to apply the lessons of Torah in all aspects of their lives during his keynote speech at the university’s 74th commencement exercises May 26 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Mr ...

May 25, 2005 -- Yeshiva University students have raised more than $70,000 since February as part of a campaign to help soup kitchens and philanthropic organizations alleviate hunger and poverty in Israel. The campaign, “Feed Israel’s Hungry,” is an initiative of Lman Achai (for the sake of our ...

May 24, 2005 -- New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will be the featured speaker at the 27th commencement of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University at 2 pm on Tuesday, June 7. At the ceremony, which will be held at Avery Fisher Hall of Lincoln Center for the…

May 24, 2005 -- The YU Purchasing Department held its 17th Annual Vendor Show on the Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus of Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The show is one of the largest in the tri-state area, attracting more than 70 vendors and 1,000 visitors to view the latest in office and ...

May 23, 2005 -- Joey Bohm, a native of Philadelphia, won first place and $5,000 in a business plan competition at Sy Syms School of Business, Yeshiva University’s undergraduate business college in New York City. School officials presented Mr. Bohm with the prize at an awards ceremony May 16. The ...

May 20, 2005 -- Three faculty members of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University – Professors Barton Beebe, Daniel Crane, and Myriam Gilles – were recently chosen to present their work at the sixth annual Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum, to be held at Stanford Law School on…

May 19, 2005 -- The Yeshiva University Women’s Organization (YUWO) will honor Bina Blumenfrucht and her children, Talia Vegh, Reina Malki Roth, and Marc Blumenfrucht, at its 77th Annual Spring Luncheon and Ballet Benefit on Wednesday, June 8, in the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New…