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The Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies at Yeshiva University (GPATS) is proud to announce the publication of Tribal Blueprints by Prof. Nechama Price, director of GPATS. The book, which has been generously sponsored by Ann and Jeremy Pava of West Hartford, Connecticut, is published by…

The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs (Dr. Ronnie Perelis, director) and the Center for Israel Studies at Yeshiva University (Dr. Steven Fine, director), along with Dr. Jess Olson, associate professor of Jewish history, have teamed up to create YU Voices, a series of “teach-…

The COVID-19 crisis has presented people from all walks of life with new and unprecedented challenges. A segment that has been especially hit hard is the Orthodox single population. Thankfully, the dedicated team at YUConnects won’t let a pandemic keep them from finding creative and effective ways…

From Dr. Shay Pilnik, Founding Director, The Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University For those who teach the subject and for those who deeply care about Holocaust Remembrance and Education, join us for a series of conversations about this important ...

Sarah Engel Sarah Engel ’20S of Oakland, California, is graduating with a double major in computer science and Jewish studies. Since high school, Sarah has had a passion for Jewish education, and in the fall of 2019, she had a chance to explore this passion more fully when she joined the MafTeach…

Julian Ruggiero Julian Ruggiero, a Fulbright scholar in the Data Analytics and Visualization program, recently conducted an analysis of the occurrence of COVID-19 in the boroughs of New York City and found that people residing in zip codes predominantly populated by low socioeconomic groups ...

Like so many other events during the time of COVID-19, the 11th Annual Stern Senior Show 2020 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 in a gallery designed by the students themselves…

Mrs. Shoshana Schechter Mrs. Shoshana Schechter ’91S has been named the first associate dean for Torah Studies at Stern College for Women, beginning on July 1. She will work under Dr. Selma Botman, provost and vice president of academic affairs, and Dr. Karen Bacon, the Mordecai D. Katz and Monique…

Shira Feen. left, and Lavanya Karanth Katz Digital Marketing and Media students Shira Feen and Lavanya Karanth have won the Triple Bottom Line Challenge, an open #innovation competition on June 18, 2020, to turn COVID-19's quarantine isolation into a startup improving the world post-coronavirus ...

At this time during a normal year, 5,000 friends and family of Yeshiva University would be filling the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City for the 89th Annual Commencement Exercises celebrating the Class of 2020. However, 2020 has been anything but a normal year for universities…