RIETS celebrated its Annual Dinner of Tribute on November 13 at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan, “A Jubilee Celebration Honoring Fifty years of Torah and Community Leadership,” honoring Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and Rabbi Julius and Dorothy Berman. Rabbi Lichtenstein holds the Rabbi Henoch and Sarah D. Berman Chair in Talmud at RIETS, and has served [...]

Each winter hundreds of YU students choose to spend their vacation time engaged in social service trips that, while inspiring and fun, leave little time for sleeping in. This year, the Center for the Jewish Future’s annual Winter Missions include trips to Nicaragua, Mexico, Israel, Ukraine, and travel around the US. Two separate missions to [...]

On December 1, the YU Accounting and Financial Planning Network held its first major event at Grant Thornton LLP with a capacity crowd. The event, entitled “Charitable Giving and Halacha,” featured RIETS Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Hershel Schachter followed by remarks from Jonathan Schmeltz, tax partner at Grant Thornton. The event was moderated by Jack Katz, [...]

On Sunday, December 18, the YU Maccabees will play the St. Joseph’s College Golden Eagles, and alumni and friends of YU are invited to attend the big game with their families as part of Alumni Day. Before the 2pm game begins, alumni and their children will have a chance to show off their hoop skills [...]