Shoshana Samuels ’08S, Sarah Cheses ’06S and Aliza Segal ’93S, ’93BR are wives, mothers, professionals, and holders of a very special title: yoetzet halacha, or female halachic advisor in the laws of family purity. The path to become a yoetzet wasn’t one they knew they would follow early on; for one thing, it wasn’t even […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
As the SYMS School of Business enters its 25th year, it will be adding a significant new program to its offerings – an Executive MBA program suitable for the Orthodox Jewish community and others with Saturday commitments. The EMBA program, developed by the Center for Executive and Professional Education of SYMS School of Business, […]
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP was the midtown location for the annual fall Wall Street Connections Series: Industry Forum hosted by the YU Wall Street Group and YU’s Career Development Center (CDC) thanks to partner Dan Oshinsky ’91YC who also moderated the buy-side panel.
On October 26, more than 50 students interested in learning […]
The Fourth Annual Stern College for Women fashion show, A Night of Fashion and Glamour, was held at the Steuben Flagship store on November 8. A sold out crowd of Stern alumnae and friends enjoyed a stunning show featuring the fashions of clothier Adrienne Vittadini, handbag designer Judith Leiber and shoemaker Taryn Rose. Stern board […]
Many of us cringe when confronted with faces of hunger in ads, in television commercials, and on the street; few of us actually do something about those feelings of discomfort. Joseph Gitler ’92YUHS, ’96YC is one of those few.
A Manhattan native, Yeshiva graduate and lawyer who made aliyah in 2000, Joseph founded Leket […]
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