With the founding of the Talmudical Academy of Yeshiva (now known as the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/ Yeshiva University High School for Boys – more familiarly known as MTA) in 1916, for the first time in history a yeshiva offered both a premier Judaic Studies and a premier General Studies. Its founding set the […]
This article originally appeared and is courtesy of the YU Commentator
On Thursday evening, December 8th, Dozens of members of the YU community joined together in Weisberg Commons on the Wilf Campus to hear brief words from Nir Barkat, the mayor of Jerusalem. Barkat, Jerusalem’s mayor since 2008, was introduced by […]
The CJF is excited to introduce to you various personalities within the organization that work to make the CJF as successful as possible.
This week, meet Aryeh Goldberg!
Aryeh Goldberg, originally from Chicago, now lives in LA with his wife and three children, Noam, Elan, and Eli. He went to the Skokie Yeshiva, Ohr […]
Yeshiva University and Young Israel of Fort Lee Present Summer Learning Series with Dr. Jeffrey Gurock
Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) in collaboration with Young Israel of Fort Lee (YIFL) will present two lectures by Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, on the theme of “American Judaism […]
On December 10th, CJF-RIETS invited our chaveirim Rabbi Zev Goldberg ’10R and Rabbi Yechiel Shaffer ’11R to shared their experiences in a workshop called “Job Placement after Smikhah.” Rabbi Goldberg recently assumed the position of Rabbi for the Young Israel of Ft. Lee in New Jersey, and Rabbi Shaffer recently assumed the position of Assistant […]
In the fall of 2014 the Department of Experiential Jewish Education at YU launched an EJE fellowship for YU students who are currently serving as synagogue and youth movement advisors. The Fellowship convened once a week, for six weeks, to study various EJE concepts and the way in which these concepts relate to their practice. What follows is a participant’s testimonial of her experience in the fellowship.
Yeshiva University EJE Fellowship […]
This past Simchat Torah, over 300 Yeshiva University undergraduates traveled to 52 shuls across North America. Through song, dance, and divrei Torah, the students contributed a level of excitement and ruach, which the shuls wait for all year round.
Prior to the students traveling out for Simchat Torah, they participated in a mandatory orientation […]
In its third year, the Community Beit Midrash program has expanded its reach with over 175 participants from Central and South Jersey, Brooklyn, Queens and the Five Towns. The program was held at the Yeshiva University Museum where participants joined to study from prominent YU faculty.
The program featured Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, Director […]
Despite a severe Nor’easter affecting the New York area, a large crowd attended the YUConnects’ “Game Plan for Successful Dating” Panel on the Beren Campus, December 9th. Co-sponsored by the Stern student leadership club, TAC, and the YU Counseling Center, the presenters fashioned an exciting educational event that focused on everyday issues encountered in the dating […]
On Sunday, October 5, the Daf Yomi cycle finished the first complete seder, Seder Moed, and Yeshiva University and RIETS celebrated the accomplishment with a communal siyum in the Glueck Beit Midrash on the Wilf Campus. The program featured Rabbi Hershel Schachter, (Rosh Yeshiva, Nathan and Vivian Fink Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud and Marcos […]
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