YU Community Delves Into 18 Hours of Continuous Learning and Prayer During Tishrei Yom Iyun
Tag: Yom Kippur
Steeped in Torah and Tefila
Students Immerse Themselves in 18 Hours of Continuous Learning During Annual Torahthon For 18 hours straight on October 10, Yeshiva University students immersed themselves in intense Torah learning to spiritually prepare for Yom Kippur, stopping only to pray. Called a Torahthon, the day featured shiurim [lectures] with more than 20 Roshei Yeshiva on topics that ranged […]
YU Presents New Semester of Community Beit Midrash Program
Two Weekly Courses Explore Jewish Holidays and Evolving Relationship of Medicine and Jewish Law Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) will present a new semester of its Community Beit Midrash Program beginning February 10 with a six-week series of talks by two faculty members, Rabbi Kenneth Brander, vice president for university and community life at YU, and […]
In the Line of Fire
Professor Avri Ravid Reflects on Experience as a War Correspondent During the Yom Kippur War
To Play or Not to Play
Jeffrey Gurock Weighs in on the Annual Dilemma Jewish Baseball Players Face of Whether or Not to Suit Up on Yom Kippur
Maccabeats Release "Book of Good Life"
YouTube Sensation A Capella Group’s Latest Song Celebrates the Spirit of the High Holidays The Maccabeats, the popular all-male a capella group comprised of current and former Yeshiva University students, have released their newest song, “Book of Good Life,” in time for the upcoming High Holiday season. The song parodies OneRepublic’s “Good Life” and follows in […]
Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock calls foul on ESPN’s decision to reschedule the Red Sox-Yankees game after the start of Yom Kippur
Once again, a major American sports enterprise has to be reminded that the religious interests of this country’s Jews, loyal both to their home teams and to their faith, demand respect. ESPN has apparently prevailed upon Major League Baseball to move the starting time of the Red Sox-Yankees game to 8 p.m. on the eve of Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day, inconveniencing those who observe this holiday.
Center for the Jewish Future Helps Congregation Hold Yom Kippur Services
Members of the 100-year-old Beth Israel Congregation of New Orleans, the city’s only Orthodox synagogue, had a Torah for Yom Kippur this year, thanks in part to Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF).
Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter lecture on “Dialectic of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur” in New Rochelle to be Webcast Live.
Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter will deliver a lecture entitled “The Dialectic of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: Holiday or Days of Awe” on Monday, October 10 at 8:15 pm at the Young Israel of New Rochelle. Beginning at 8:30 pm. Yeshiva University (YU) will webcast the event live via a link from www.yu.edu and www.yutorah.org.