From the monthly archives: January 2015
Rabbi Jeremy Wieder is the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Professor of Talmud in Yeshiva University’s Mazer Yeshiva Program, an Adjunct Professor of Bible at Yeshiva College and a prolific lecturer on Talmud, Bible and Jewish law. A 1991 YC graduate, he received an M.S. in American Jewish History from the
She’s the author of more than two dozen non-fiction books for kids and has worked in educational publishing for more than 20 years—but Chana (Freiman) Stiefel ’90S, originally of North Miami Beach, was almost going to write legal briefs for a living.
As a student at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, Stiefel had […]
Dr. Steven Fine, a historian of Judaism in the Greco-Roman World, was recently named the Dean Pinkhos Churgin Chair in Jewish History at Yeshiva College. He earned his BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara, his MA from the University of Southern California, and his PhD from Hebrew University. A cultural historian, […]
Former President George W. Bush served as the keynote speaker at Yeshiva University’s 90th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation, but the Point of Light ceremony—which honors outstanding students, faculty and alumni each year who best exemplify the values and spirit of Yeshiva University—might have been the highlight of the night most eagerly anticipated. Ike […]
In November, YU welcomed Suzy (Greenman) Schwartz as its new Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving. But Schwartz is no stranger to YU: she’s a former Assistant Dean of YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), and she is also a proud Stern College for Women alumna and proud YU parent.
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