Dr. Jesse Itzkowitz is assistant professor of marketing at Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business. He grew up in Ft. Lauderdale and attended the University of Florida, earning his Ph.Ds in Psychology and Marketing. Professor Itzkowitz has been featured in Time for his research on alphabetical bias when it comes to picking stocks. […]

Dr. Chaim Nissel, Psy.D. is Yeshiva University’s Dean of Students and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work. He was recently recognized for the completion of 20 years of service to the YU community.  He holds a master’s degree in education and a doctorate in School-Clinical Psychology from Pace University. […]

The upcoming holidays of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving both celebrate “the family,” especially all of those ancestral legacies that help make us who we are.

At Yeshiva University, we consider everyone who has ever passed through the University’s doors to be part of a worldwide family, and over the past few weeks, we have been gathering […]

Professor Marnin Young is Associate Professor of Art History at Stern College for Women. Professor Young was born in Indiana and grew up on the west coast. He received both his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in History of Art from the University of California, Berkeley. His doctoral dissertation eventually turned into a book, recently […]

Rabbi Kahn is a graduate of YU’s Yeshiva College, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, where he is pursuing a doctorate in education. He served as the Associate Principal for Judaic Studies and Dean of Student Life at Torah Academy of Bergen County […]

Dr. Moshe J. Bernstein is Professor of Bible and Jewish History and the David A. and Fannie M. Denenberg Chair in Biblical Studies. He received his BA in Classical Languages from Yeshiva College (’66), his MHL in Semitics from Revel (’69), Smicha from RIETS (’69), and MA and PhD degrees in Classical Languages from […]

David Khabinsky is the Digital Media Specialist in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. Born in Israel, he moved to Florida in 1997. David graduated from Yeshiva College in 2014 as a Jewish History major. Prior to joining YU, David worked for a production house based out of New Jersey. His clients there included […]

Dr. Stuart W. Halpern, ‘10BR, ‘13A, is the Assistant Director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought of Yeshiva University, Assistant Director of Student Programming and Community Outreach at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and Deputy Editor of YU Press.

Dr. Halpern earned his BA from […]