Elana Loeffler Grauer ’11S was majoring in English communications, with a focus in public relations, at Stern College for Women when she and her friend realized there was no official public relations club. “We decided then and there to found one,” says Loeffler. “There’s no reason why students interested in pursuing a PR career should [...]

While we usually highlight one alum or alumna of YU in this space, in honor of the recent Commencement that took place just a couple of weeks ago, we thought we’d introduce you to some of our newest alumni: those who just graduated. Read below as Perel Skier ’09S, writer for YU News, profiles some [...]

ARI PINCHOT ’94YC AND AVI SAVITSKY ’93YC: THE PRODUCERS Ari Pinchot ’94YC always liked the movies but never considered it a potential career, instead picturing himself as a teacher. “It wasn’t until a pulpit rabbi delivered a speech about the religious themes in Star Wars that I understood that movies could impact people on a [...]

After graduating from Stern College for Women and New York University School of Law, Naomi Maryles ’96S was set with a job at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, a highly esteemed law firm in Manhattan. Newly married to her husband, Rabbi Bini Maryles ’97SB, ’00R, ’10AZ, she was employed at the firm for several [...]

In 2005, when the crisis in Darfur was first making headlines, Cynthia Bernstein was in her second year of studies at Stern College for Women. Unable to sit idly by while the papers reported on such atrocities, Bernstein connected with a small group of students who were also interested in becoming socially involved. [That core [...]

Dana (Glasner) Dachman-Soled ’06S, originally of State College, PA, knew she wanted to enter a field of science or engineering since she was young. “I decided to attend Stern College for Women because I wanted to have a ‘dorming’ experience but still be in a Jewish environment,” she says. While at Stern, she double majored [...]

The kosher food industry is virtually unrecognizable from its early days, when it was merely synonymous with bagels, lox and potato kugel. Now, it’s sushi, upscale gourmet caterers and celebrity-filled steakhouses, and those trends, in addition to innovations of modern technology, are revolutionizing the industry—thanks in no small part to several YU alumni who are [...]

As CEO of Quantum Networks, Ari Zoldan ’99SB travels the globe looking for the next big thing in high-tech. He also holds press credentials for the United Nations, the US Senate and House of Representatives, contributes to a Washington, D.C. newswire called Talk Radio News Service, and to national news outlets. And to think, for [...]

Jews are people of the book—and thus, many can be found in the book and magazine publishing industry. Though publishing is a notoriously difficult and often cutthroat profession to break into, especially in New York, many YU alumni have found a way to succeed and make their mark in the industry. The Writer Dr. Erica [...]

Morning talk show enthusiasts may have lost the now-retired Regis Philbin to retirement this past fall, but those in the Jewish community still have Nachum Segal, the gold standard for Jewish talk radio and music since 1983 when Segal was still a senior at Yeshiva University. Segal, who hosted a show at WYUR (Yeshiva’s radio [...]