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Responding to Tragedy in Israel
In Wake of Terror Attacks, Students, Faculty and Staff at Yeshiva University Show Support In the last few weeks, as Israel has been hit with another wave of terror attacks, students, faculty and staff at Yeshiva University have come together to reach out to Jews across the Atlantic and around the world. Last week, following […]
Now in Video: “Modeling the Flood Story: Midrash and Movie”
In Fall 2014, the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies partnered with Yeshiva College and the YU Museum in hosting “Modeling the Flood Story: Midrash and Movie,” an interdisciplinary symposium examining the biblical flood account and how the story has been read, interpreted, reconstructed – and modeled – through Midrash, medieval and modern texts, art, and film, with a particular focus on the 2014 Hollywood film Noah, directed by Darren Aronofsky.
The Holocaust Averted: Conversation and Book Launch with Prof. Gurock
The Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and Yeshiva University Museum, in partnership with Rutgers University Press and the American Jewish Historical Society invite you to a nationally-televised conversation with Rabbi Mark Golub and Professor Jeffrey S. Gurock:
Exchange Program with Israeli Yeshiva Brings Renewed Spirituality to YU High School for Boys
The group of ten students from Yeshiva University High School for Boys/Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (YUHSB) knew, as soon as they arrived at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport, that things would be very different.
International Newspaper Honors Yeshiva for Retirement Plan Education Efforts
Yeshiva University received an Eddy Award from “Pensions & Investments,” an international newspaper that focuses on money management, at the newspaper’s 17th annual Defined Contribution Conference in Miami Beach, Fla., on February 9. The Eddy Awards recognize the highest caliber investment education programs of defined contribution plan sponsors — corporate, union and not-for-profit — and service providers.
Yeshiva Junior Martin Leibovich Earns Four National/Regional Awards for Men’s Basketball
Yeshiva University men’s basketball junior Martin Leibovich, a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has earned four major weekly awards after an outstanding week of play during which the guard/forward led the Maccabees to a 1-1 record.
Yeshiva Without Walls Bring Jewish Learning to the Nation
How do today’s busy Jewish professionals—raising families and keeping up with daily activities—face the challenges of incorporating learning Torah into their lives? How does one keep one’s faith vibrant in our not-a-moment-to-spare society?
New Presidents Take Helm at Fordham, Yeshiva
Freshman orientation is fast approaching, yet that intense time of adjustment does not apply to fresh-faced teens alone. It also extends to new college presidents.