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Thanks to the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Office of Communications and Public Affairs Sunny skies appeared over New York City on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, just in time for Cardozo’s 43rd Commencement, as Dean Melanie Leslie told the class of 2021, “You are the bright light around which our ...

As we conclude the spring semester and look ahead to the summer months, Straus Scholars at Yeshiva University continue to make an impact in the fields of political science, law, philosophy and Jewish studies. With the support of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, in partnership with…

Cardozo News Professor Deborah Pearlstein Appointed to U.S. State Department Historical Advisory Committee Professor Kate Levine Quoted About Policing Trials in The New Yorker Professor Sam Weinstein Analyzes Antitrust Matters in Protocol and Yahoo Finance Professor Alex Reinert Discusses Qualified…

From the Dean’s Desk Going from Strength to Strength This week’s Torah portion begins with Aharon, the Kohen Gadol, lighting the newly-inaugurated menora in the Mishkan. The Torah uses an interesting word for it, one that becomes so central that it’s the name of this week’s parsha: Instead of the…

Special thanks to the AECOM Office of Communications and Public Affairs Albert Einstein College of Medicine celebrated its 63rd commencement on Thursday, May 27, 2021, with a joint on-campus and virtual ceremony honoring its graduating medical and graduate students. David Kessler, M.D., J.D., chief…

Dru Johnson | Cambridge University Press | 2021 Reviewed by Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern In his Biblical Philosophy: A Hebraic Approach to the Old and New Testaments, Dr. Dru Johnson argues for the philosophical importance of the Bible. Johnson, an associate professor of biblical and theological studies…

Another traditional event that had to move online because of the pandemic was the annual 8th floor Salon Show, for undergraduate artwork created during academic year by Studio Art Department students. As was done last year, this year’s work is presented in a flipbook format. Click on the image to…

Like so many other events during the time of COVID-19, the 12th Annual Stern Senior Show 2021 has had to move its exhibition online. In “normal” times, the show would have opened at the Yeshiva University Museum on the day before the YU commencement, on May 25, 2021, in a gallery designed by the ...

Dr. Joshua Karlip Dr. Joshua Karlip is associate professor of Jewish history and Herbert S. and Naomi Denenberg Chair of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University. He has taught in the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women. On May 17, 2021, he ...

Dear YU Community, In the May issue of View from YU, you’ll read about YU’s commitment to the Jewish community near and far—its unwavering support of Israel, a dedication to mental health, plans to fully reopen in the fall, and the upcoming 90th annual commencement ceremonies. This issue also ...