YU News

New York, NY, Mar 18, 2004 -- Runs were the name of the game as #18 Akiva (Detroit) upset #15 Weinbaum Yeshiva High School (Boca Raton), 44-41. Weinbaum opened the game with a 16-1 advantage – but Akiva quickly turned it around and went on a 19-0 run of their own. After Akiva steadily built their…

New York, NY, Mar 18, 2004 -- Fourth-seeded YULA sat in the stands at the Max Stern Athletic Center and watched as #3 Hyman Brand ran away with their contest by defeating its opponent by 40 points – and then YULA took the court and proceeded to beat its opponent, #13 Beren (Houston), by 50 points…

New York, NY, Mar 18, 2004 -- Alex Claster, Eric Antes, Yale Cook and Ryan Almaleh combined for 52 points as #3 Hyman Brand (Kansas) easily defeated #14 Fuchs Mizrachi Cleveland, 75-35. Cleveland was able to compete in the top tier this year as the 14th seed, but drew a very difficult draw in Hyman…

New York, NY, Mar 18, 2004 -- Sixth-seeded Valley Torah Wolfpack withstood a first-half threat but managed to stay composed and defeat #11 Yavneh (Dallas) by the score of 44-31. Red Sarachek Basketball Tournament Web Site Todd Nathan, a previously unheralded guard for the Bulldogs, led all scorers…

New York, NY, Mar 18, 2004 -- When Ohr Chaim of Toronto was seeded 17th in the tournament, fans of the Knights were quick to express their displeasure. Ohr Chaim's performance today proved their fans were right, blowing out Eshkol (Baltimore), 60-31, in the opening game of the 2004 Red Sarachek ...

Mar 16, 2004 -- For centuries, Jewish communities lived in fear that many of their babies would thrive through infancy, only to become blind and demented as toddlers and die by age 5. That described the ordeal of Joseph Ekstein, a Hasidic rabbi in Brooklyn. Over three decades, he and his wife lost…

Mar 16, 2004 -- The Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, in cooperation with the Yeshiva University Museum, will present “The Cantor As Composer: Treasures of Viennese Liturgical Music,” on Thursday, March 18, at 7 pm. The concert will be held at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th…

Mar 12, 2004 -- Richard N. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, will examine prospects for Middle East peace at a March 31 event inaugurating Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs. Dr. Haass, a former senior State Department advisor and foreign…

Mar 12, 2004 -- Battles over the appointment of federal judges are as old as the republic itself, but recently they have intensified. Few things are more important to the functioning of a constitutional democracy, particularly one that gives courts the power of judicial review, than how judges are…

Mar 9, 2004 -- More than 130 Yeshiva University students in costume fanned out to 10 hospitals and nursing homes in Manhattan and The Bronx and delivered 350 baskets to patients to help them celebrate the festive holiday of Purim on Sunday, March 7. In addition to baked goods, fruit, and the ...