“It’s in their genes” is a common refrain from scientists when asked about factors that allow centenarians to reach age 100 and beyond. Up until now, research has focused on genetic variations that offer a physiological advantage such as high levels of HDL (“good”) cholesterol. But researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Ferkauf Graduate School of [...]

Delighted exclamations and cries of recognition were heard throughout the elegant room at the Museum of Jewish Heritage as alumni of the 25th, 40th, and 50th classes of Yeshiva University ran into old friends and classmates at YU’s 2012 Reunion on Wednesday, May 23rd. The annual event, this year celebrating the classes of 1962, 1972, [...]

YU celebrated its 81st Annual Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 24th at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. More than 750 undergraduate students received their degrees and heard a memorable keynote address from former Israeli diplomat Ambassador Yehuda Avner. “It’s exciting,” said Louis Karp of Teaneck, N.J, who with his wife, Dorothy, was on hand to [...]

Yeshiva University students and alumni continue to greatly impact the Jewish community. In its fifth annual “36 Under 36” section, The New York Jewish Week highlights nine young YU students and alumni for their significant contributions as educators, thinkers, social justice activists and artists reinventing Jewish life: Miriam Leah Droz, 35 Rabbi Dov Emerson, 35 Simon Goldberg, 22 Michael Greenberg, 23 [...]

The Jewish Week recently paid a visit to the YU Museum to explore its latest exhibit, “Trail of the Magic Bullet: The Jewish Encounter with Modern Medicine, 1860-1960,” which highlights achievements of Jews in modern medicine during those decades. Read Jewish Week intern Hannah Dreyfus’s account of a guided tour through the artifact-filled exhibit by [...]