YU’s 87th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation will welcome Senator Kristin Gillibrand of New York as the keynote speaker on Sunday, December 11. Senator Gillibrand declared, “Yeshiva University has been transforming lives for more than a century through its mission of bringing wisdom to life and creating the leaders of tomorrow through a quality education. [...]
Archive for November, 2011
YU’s 87th Annual Hanukkah Dinner Welcomes New York Senator
Monday, November 28th, 2011Two YU Faculty Members Named in the Forward 50
Monday, November 21st, 2011Two Yeshiva University faculty members – Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, Bible and philosophy teacher at the Isaac Breuer College and the James Striar School/Mechinah Program of YU and Dr. Nir Barzilai, director of the Institute for Aging Research at YU’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine – were named in the Forward 50 this year. The Forward [...]
IDF Chief Rabbi Rafi Peretz Visits YU
Monday, November 21st, 2011Rafi Peretz, the chief rabbi of the Israeli Defense Forces, visited Yeshiva University last week to speak to those on the Wilf Campus. During his visit, Rabbi Peretz visited with former IDF soldiers who are currently YU students.
YU Hosts Panel on College Anti-Semitism, YC Senior Chanan Reitblat Speaks
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011Yeshiva College senior Chanan Reitblat spoke before a capacity crowd on the topic of college anti-Semitism, utilizing his own experience as a chemistry student at St. Andrews University last year. The event, which took place in early November omn the Wilf Campus, was titled, “Confronting Campus Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism in America.” Reitblat made headlines around [...]
Student Medical Ethics Society Holds Sixth Annual Conference
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011Yeshiva University’s Student Medical Ethics Society (MES) held its sixth annual conference on Sunday, November 6. This year’s conference focused on “In in the Public Eye: Jewish Perspectives on Public Health” and, as always, brought experts in the field of health and halacha together to discuss their insights into various issues. Rabbi Dovid Fuld sponsored [...]
Dr. Kenneth Chelst YUHS ’65, YC ’70, R’72, Gives Back to YU With the Chelst Book Grant
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Chelst, YUHS ’65, YC ’70, R’72, was enjoying the fruits of his labor after publishing his most recent book, “Exodus and Emancipation”, when he began thinking of just how much the publication of a book increases a professor’s profile and, ultimately, the professor’s school’s reputation. “Journal articles are one thing, and something [...]
Professor Chaim Sukenik ‘72YC Enables YU Students to Participate in Summer Science Research Internships at Bar Ilan
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011This past summer, Yeshiva University students had the chance to engage in international, high-level, scientific research with the inauguration of the Summer Science Research Internship at Bar Ilan University in Israel. Approximately 25 Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women science majors traveled to Bar Ilan to conduct research in one of the state-of-the-art research [...]
Einstein Receives $8 Million in Grants to Study how Cancer Spreads
Monday, November 7th, 2011Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received two grants totaling $8 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study metastasis, or how cancer spreads through the body. To read more, click here.
Alfred and Evelyn H. Solomon Rare Book Room Formally Dedicated
Monday, November 7th, 2011On Tuesday, November 1, the Alfred and Evelyn H. Solomon Rare Book Room was formally dedicated at Yeshiva University’s Mendel Gottesman Library of Hebrew/Judaica by their children, Julia and Todd Solomon. Todd Solomon explained the connection between the rare book room and his parents. “Jews are called, by some, people of the book. My father, [...]
Interview with Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, Honoree at RIETS Dinner on November 13
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS for 45 years, son-in-law and student of Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and prominent Torah personality, will be honored at the RIETS Annual Dinner of Tribute on November 13 at The Grand Hyatt. Rav Lichtenstein was interviewed by Yaffi Spodek, editor of YUToday, for The Jewish Press prior to [...]