YU Benefactor Abe Naymark Leaves Lasting Legacy at Sy Syms School of Business Abraham “Abe” Naymark was a self-made multimillionaire, but one would never know it. Low key and unpretentious until his passing last January, Naymark was also a shrewd businessman and a tough negotiator—traits that helped him achieve a small fortune in his lifetime.…
Central’s Israel Guidance Program Honors Beloved Educator
YU High School for Girls Renames Program Dedicated in Memory of Joy Rochwarger Balsam z”l Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) recently dedicated their Israel guidance program in memory of Joy Rochwarger Balsam, a beloved teacher who touched the lives of hundreds of students in Israel and the United States. The…
YU Presents Community Beit Midrash Program
Interdisciplinary Seminar on Art History and Jewish Thought to be Offered at YU Museum in October Yeshiva University will present a Community Beit Midrash program at the Yeshiva University Museum in the fall. The Image and the Idea is a six-week interdisciplinary seminar on art history and Jewish thought taught collaboratively by Rabbi Dr. Meir…
The Fate of Our Pharmaceuticals
Stern College Student Melissa Kramer Examines The Effects of Pharmaceutical Contamination in Summer Internship Up to 90 percent of a pharmaceutical can leave the body in its active form, meaning that drugs we ingest every day enter the environment via waste water. What happens to those chemicals left behind after waste water processing, and can they…
YU Post-Doc Wins Scholar-in-Training Award
Dr. Anya Alayev Recognized by the American Association of Cancer Research; Will Present Research at Upcoming Conference The American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) has selected Dr. Anya Alayev to receive the AACR-Aflac Incorporated Scholar-in-Training Award. The award will support her attendance and presentation of a poster of her work at the “Targeting the PI3K-mTOR Network in…
YU Press to Release New Volume in Mitokh Ha-Ohel Series
With Latest Publication, Dr. Stuart Halpern Edits 10th Book for YU Press A third book in the Mitokh Ha-Ohel series featuring collections of essays by Yeshiva University faculty is being released this week. The first of a three-volume series on prayer, From Within the Tent: Essays on the Weekday Prayers from the Rabbis and Professors…
Digging Deeper in Israel
Led by Dr. Jill Katz, YU Students Take Part in Archaeological Excavation in Biblical City of Gath
YU Stands With Israel
President Richard M. Joel Addresses Thousands at Community-Wide Rally in Support of Israel More than 10,000 people gathered to show their support for Israel and its right to self-defense at a rally Monday afternoon, July 28, in Manhattan at Dag Hammerskjold Plaza outside the United Nations. The rally attracted throngs of passionate Israel supporters…
Menorah Myth Busters
Students in Yeshiva College Summer Course Discredit Claim That Vatican is Hiding Temple Relics
A Time of Introspection
Yeshiva University and Orthodox Union Offer Joint Learning Programs for Three Weeks and Tisha B’Av