Yeshiva University

On September 15, the Yeshiva University Center for History and Philosophy of Science held its inaugural lecture, "The Importance of Darwin for Philosophy," to a packed audience of 120 students, professors, and faculty members.

The Begin-Sadat Center for Stategic Studies (BESA) at Bar Ilan Universiy and Yeshiva University held their first joint Israel Conference at the YU's Midtown Manhattan Schottenstein Cultural Center, to a mostly Jewish crowd of 250 people on September 14. The conference, open to all, fo...

Yeshiva University will be switching its email system from YUMS to Gmail at some point during the upcoming spring semester, confirmed Marc Milstein, Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for YU on Monday.

Why does Yeshiva University need an Israel Club? Israel clubs on secular college campuses aim to raise awareness about the fundamental issues facing the people and the land of Israel. However, many Yeshiva University students have probably attended more assemblies about the Israeli-...

  United States The New York State Supreme Court in 2001 forced Yeshiva University to allow a same-sex couple to live in its married student housing even though the school's Orthodox Jewish convictions forbid such “marriage.” In Massachusetts, Catholic Charities was ...

 NY A collection of 56 of the beautifully detailed, whimsical and richly dressed miniature Torah mantles created by Carole Smollan are currently on exhibit at the Yeshiva University Museum located in the Center For Jewish History in Manhattan. ...

  USA Rabbi Norman Lamm, the chancellor and former president of Yeshiva University, caused a stir in recent days when he asserted in an interview with the Jerusalem Post that the liberal branches of Judaism are disappearing. “With a heavy heart we will soon ...

 Israel By RABBI SETH FARBER Rabbi Norman Lamm's recent interview with The Jerusalem Post has been cited in virtually every major Jewish newspaper around the world. As leader of Centrist Orthodoxy and Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, Rabbi Lamm is clearly ...

 United States She graduated from Cornell and received a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. She is the daughter of Judith Korman Sultan and Stephen Sultan of Nyack, NY Her father is the president and the general counsel of ...

 NY The book's author, Jeffrey Gurock, has written and edited 14 other works, is a former associate editor of American Jewish History, and currently is Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University. The Jewish Press recently ...

 Israel Schonfeld was reacting to an interview with Chancellor of Yeshiva University Rabbi Norman Lamm in which he predicted the imminent demise of the Conservative and Reform movements. "With a heavy heart we will soon say kaddish on the Reform and ...

U.S. News & World Report, DC It does sound reasonable, but it could only be one of many factors involved in hypertension," said Sylvia Smoller, a professor of epidemiology and population health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York. ...

 NJ Case in point: In a Jerusalem Post interview this week, Rabbi Norman Lamm, who is Orthodox, has violated both of these precepts of the talmudic life. Rabbi Lamm — the former president of Yeshiva University who holds the ceremonial position of ...

 NY It does sound reasonable, but it could only be one of many factors involved in hypertension," said Sylvia Smoller, a professor of epidemiology and population health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York. ...

 Canada He will receive an honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University on June 15 at a convocation and dinner at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, along with Supreme Court Justice Morris Fish and Rabbi Howard Joseph of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue.

 NJ More than 2000 graduate students in the fields of law, medicine, social work, education, Jewish studies, and psychology, as well as undergraduate students from Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women, and Sy Syms School of Business, will be awarded ...

 NY Perhaps the most distinguished writer on Jewish legal issues today in the mainstream Orthodox community is Rabbi J. David Bleich of Yeshiva University, where he holds the Herbert and Florence Tenzer Chair in Jewish Law and Ethics. ...

 NY More than 2000 graduate students in the fields of law, medicine, social work, education, Jewish studies, and psychology, as well as undergraduate students from Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women, and Sy Syms School of Business, will be awarded ...

March 25th saw the second of two annual town hall meetings hosted at the Beren Campus. In what has become a semi-annual tradition since the inception of his administration, Yeshiva University (YU) President Richard Joel responded to student concerns on a myriad of issues after addressi...

On Thursday night, April 23 at 8:30 PM, Yeshiva University Israel Club sponsored an event titled, "Ethics in the Field: An Inside Look at the Israeli Defense Forces." Colonel Ben "Bentzi" Gruber of the Israeli Defense Forces, or IDF, addressed about 50 students in Furst Hall on moral dile...

 United States He graduated from the State University at Albany and received his law degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. His mother retired as an occupational therapist for the Rochester City School District. ...

 Israel - Amotz Asa-El The Conservative movement's Jewish Theological Seminary has seen its endowment shrink by nearly one-third and is now cutting its faculty by 15 percent, and Modern Orthodox Yeshiva University is cutting its budget by $30 million. ...

 NY The Albert Einstein College of Medicine was established by my alma mater, the Orthodox Yeshiva University. As the debate over government provided health care begins to shape up, it's worth noting that David doesn't really believe in any science-based ...

 NY The Green and Ivory will return to action on Sunday, April 26 th to battle Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at 12:00 pm followed by a Skyline Conference matchup with Yeshiva University at 5:00 pm Prior to the first pitch against Yeshiva, senior David ...

 NY Venue: Yeshiva University Museum, the Center for Jewish History After more than 30 years of portraying the human figure with a neo-expressionist style, Michael Hafftka turns to his Jewish heritage for subject matter and inspiration in his new ...

 NY The official newspaper of Yeshiva University in New York is reporting that after Erin Stalcup, a departing professor of English at the school, was discovered to have signed a letter to Obama denouncing Israel as an apartheid state, students called on ...

 NY Yeshiva University Museum: Jacob Wisse, 43, was named director. He continues as associate professor and head of the art history program at Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University. Evercore Partners: George R. Ackert, 39, was appointed senior ...

 Canada Meanwhile, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University proposed a sweeping new theory of autism in research that was published in the March 2009 issue of Brain Research Reviews. The scientists suggest that the brains of ...

 Canada Although Grunfeld is employed, he spent several months last year looking for a job following his graduation from Yeshiva University. Eventually, he said, a Facebook contact who saw that he was job-hunting provided the lead he needed. ...

 United States She graduated from Emory and received a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University. Her father, an internist, is the president of Main Line HealthCare, a network of physician practices in Paoli, Pa. ...

 NY Honored by Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law for her “foresight and generosity in establishing the Laurie M. Tisch Loan Repayment Program. Tisch is also a trustee of the Whitney Museum of American Art, vice chair of the board of ...

 United States He graduated from the University of Michigan and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. He is the son of Mary Erenburg and Steven A. Erenburg of Millburn, NJ His father retired as the director of corporate communications for ITT ...

RABBI FRED ACKERMAN, 75 Rabbi Ackerman earned a rabbinical degree from Manhattan's Yeshiva University. He served as spiritual leader of Congregation Aviv Hadash in New Springville for the past 15 years. Described as a friendly and outgoing person who enjoyed being with people ...

 UT The university is a very well-rounded institution." Other universities with higher acceptance rates that also had high yields were Yeshiva University, a Jewish University in New York ranking number 9 by yield, and the University of Florida, ...

On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, as the Stern College for Women winter break wound to a close, Yeshiva University (YU) sent a delegation of students to the Limmud NY Conference for the first time in university history. Limmud NY is a yearly gathering of nearly 1,000 Jews of all ages an...

When it comes to depression or other mental illnesses, it may be easy to say they exist, but harder to relate them to one's own community. In the interest of relating depression and mental illness to the Yeshiva University undergraduate community, The Observer sent out a poll to the studen...

The Yeshiva University (YU) Office of Institutional Advancement (OIA) has implemented a new initiative designed to have students raise money towards funding peer scholarships. The initiative, called the Student Fund Committee (SFC), was conceived of by Danielle Rohatiner, Presid...

 NJ A cum laude graduate of Yeshiva University in 1954, Mr. Rudoff serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Yeshiva College, the undergraduate college of arts and sciences for men of the University. He also serves as the Honorary President of the ...

A club aimed at eliminating bigotry at Yeshiva University undergraduate colleges was formed at Yeshiva College (YC) this year under the guidance of Avi Kopstick (YC '10) and Ely Winkler (YC '10). Named the Yeshiva University Tolerance Club (YUTC), the organization hopes to decrease th...

Rabbi Rackman, who had been the chancellor and the president of Bar Ilan University, graduated from Yeshiva University High School in 1927 (he was the ... Emanuel Rackman, leading Orthodox thinker, dies at 98 Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Wednesday, November 5, marked the first meeting of the President's Circle (PC) for this academic year. David Himber, the University Dean of Students at Yeshiva University, was in attendance alongside student leaders of various campus organizations. The Stern College for Women (SCW) s...

November 19th at the Beren Campus drew a large crowd for the first of a set of two town hall meetings for the 2008-2009 academic year. The meetings featured back-and-forth discussion with Yeshiva University (YU) President Richard Joel. The town hall meeting was held in the Yagoda Commons a...

By noreply@blogger.com (UniversityPortal.net) 12 Columbia University United States 43 New York University United States 84 University of Washington United States 119 Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel 147= Tel Aviv University Israel 168= George Washington University United States 179 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China

On Sunday, September 14, 2008, esteemed members of the Yeshiva University community gathered for the third annual medical ethics conference held by the student Medical Ethics Society. The conference, entitled "The Sanctity of Life: A Jewish Approach to End-of-Life Challenges," set...

By noreply@blogger.com (UniversityPortal.net) 1. Yale University (CT) 4. New York University 5. Columbia University (NY) 19. Washington University in St. Louis 23. George Washington University (DC) 25. Washington and Lee University (VA) 28. University of Washington 47. American University (Washington) (DC)

By noreply@blogger.com (UniversityPortal.net) U.S. News Rank School Acceptance Rate Yield 79Brigham Young University—Provo (UT)70%79%2Harvard University (MA)9%79% 1Princeton University (NJ)10%69% 4Stanford University (CA)11%67% 7Massachusetts Institute of Technology13%66%91University of Nebraska—Lincoln* 73%66%5...

By A. S. Erickson A news release from the College announced that "Dartmouth ranks third in the nation among doctoral degree granting institutions in undergraduate study abroad participation." The study noted that 60.9% of Dartmouth students studied abroad, behind only Yeshiva University at 75.1% and t...

This is a brief announcement that at my own site on www.donaldsensing.com, Rabbi Daniel Jackson has joined the team as a columnist, blogging from Israel. His first post is, "Hamastan - a view from Israel." Daniel is a former sociology professor who left the academy to study for rabbinic ordin...

By Mark Frauenfelder Mark Frauenfelder: Scientist at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a fungi that uses radioactivity to make its source of nourishment. The upshot? Spacemen will eat this fungus when they travel to other planets. Yum! The ability of fungi to live off...

By Jen Chung Borough of Manhattan Community College: Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer Bronx Community College: Dr. Richard Carmona, former U.S. Surgeon Yeshiva University: Tim Russert, NBC Washington Bureau Chief Fordham University: Willie Randolph, Mets manager