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Rams Remain Unbeaten with Win over Yeshiva

10 Dec 2009 11:46:26 PST

Holliswood, NY - The Farmingdale State women's basketball team remains unbeaten with a 98-49 win over Yeshiva University last night. ...

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Shoring up shaky foundations

10 Dec 2009 11:21:53 PST

These include the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, whose Madoff investments were valued at $18 million, and Yeshiva University, ... and more »

Original story at Ha'aretz .

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For Your Health

09 Dec 2009 21:01:12 PST

the first research director of the Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. ...

Original story at YourNabe.com .

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Rams Defeat Yeshiva for Second Straight Skyline Win

09 Dec 2009 19:23:24 PST

2-1 Skyline) men's basketball team won their second straight conference game with a 66-59 victory over visiting Yeshiva University (4-5, 3-3 Skyline). ...

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A Wikipedia-style siddur is revolutionizing the world of prayerbooks

09 Dec 2009 14:33:34 PST

“Even if you don't feel bound by the law,” says Rabbi David Berger, head of the Jewish Studies department at Yeshiva University, “the siddur has emerged as ...

Original story at The Jewish Journal of greater L.A .

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Al Gore election recount lawyer settles in Newport Lofts

08 Dec 2009 14:05:10 PST

He has written books and taught courses at the New York University School of Law and Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law. ...

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Yeshiva University news and blogs - December 10, 2009

10 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Yeshiva University news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Einstein receives high-risk/high-reward cancer research funding - EurekAlert -- from press release
• Good Life: Your positive achievements -- from Poughkeepsie Journal
• David J. Gerson -- from Pocono Record
• Stairway to Heaven and Back Again! -- from Arutz Sheva
• Thanksgiving from an Israeli Point of View -- from Israel Defense Forces
• Alison Greenberg, Leo Esses -- from New York Times
• International Conference on Lemkin Held at CJH -- from Armenian Weekly
• Nazi-Hunter Efraim Zuroff Continues the Chase, YC's Simon Goldberg Takes on ... -- from YU Observer
• 245 Lexington Dedication, New Art Therapy Course, Coed Plays Addressed at Town Hall Meeting -- from Yeshiva University Observer
• Career Development Center Runs First Annual Yeshiva University Graduate School Fair -- from Yeshiva University Observer

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Student exchange aims to strengthen US teens' ties with Israel

07 Dec 2009 19:11:14 PST

The 10 girls, all students at Yeshiva University High School for Girls in Queens, New York, will attend classes at Ulpanat Tzvia-Ma'aleh Adumim. ...

Original story at Jerusalem Post .

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Tovah Feldshuh to Be Honored by Yeshiva University on December 13

07 Dec 2009 08:49:01 PST

Tovah Feldshuh will receive an honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University (YU) at the school's 85th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on December 13 at ... and more »

Original story at TheaterMania.com .

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Prayer Unbound

02 Dec 2009 16:01:25 PST

“Even if you don't feel bound by the law,” says Rabbi David Berger, head of the Jewish Studies department at Yeshiva University, “the siddur has emerged as ...

Original story at Tablet Magazine .

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Shalem gives local kids 'amazing connection to Israel'

27 Nov 2009 02:53:45 PST

“Most of our students are not going to YU [Yeshiva University], so it's important for them to know how to continue learning Torah in a mixed [gender] ...

Original story at New Jersey Jewish Standard .

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When Mom and Dad Can't Shoulder Tuition: YU Students Working Through School

24 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

About 70 percent of Yeshiva University (YU) students receive some sort of financial aid, declares the YU website. With YU's tuition standing at $15,797 per semester compared to the $2,300 of New York City's community colleges for in-state residents, most YU students and/or their paren...

Original story at Yeshiva University Observer .

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Sy Syms: A Man Who Believed in Education

24 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

The man for whom the Yeshiva University (YU) Sy Syms School of Business (SSSB) was named, and by whom it was endowed, died of heart failure on November 17th at the age of 83. Born Seymour Merinsky, Syms grew up in Brooklyn and through years of hard work became the CEO of Syms, a low-priced, high...

Original story at Yeshiva University Observer .

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Orthodox students are embracing social action

16 Nov 2009 14:28:39 PST

Richard Joel, who headed the college-based group Hillel before becoming president of Yeshiva University and launching its Center for the Jewish Future, ... and more »

Original story at Jewish Telegraphic Agency .

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Rabbi William Cohen dies at 89

11 Nov 2009 10:45:53 PST

He graduated from Yeshiva College of Yeshiva University and its affiliated Rabbinical School, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in New York City in ...

Original story at Connecticut Jewish Ledger .

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Kitcher of Columbia University Kicks Off Inauguration of The YU Center for History and Philosophy of Science

29 Oct 2009 20:00:00 PDT

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.

Original story at Yeshiva University Observer .

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Setting the record straight on Rabbi Lamm

25 May 2009 11:02:03 PDT

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 ...

Original story at Jerusalem Post .

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A guiding light

18 May 2009 20:40:04 PDT

Israel This chasm was chronicled in New Voices, a Jewish student magazine, in 2005. "The separation between YU [Yeshiva University] and the rest of Washington Heights is blatant," said YU sophomore Joshua Balderman. It was a bleak picture, ...

Original story at Jerusalem Post .

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Cheerios and the future of Judaism in America

15 May 2009 08:21:02 PDT

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 ...

Original story at New Jersey Jewish Standard . Related stories include: One Torah, One People - The Jewish Week , 'Kaddish comment presents oppourtunity for inter-Jewish dialogue' - Jerusalem Post , Non-Orthodox Judaism disappearing - Jerusalem Post

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Middle Israel: US Jewry's unlikely savior

02 May 2009 07:25:53 PDT

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. ...

Original story at Jerusalem Post .

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Cardozo names a new Dean

30 Apr 2009 08:09:22 PDT

NY Yeshiva University Appoints New Dean at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law;Matthew Diller, Distinguished Fordham Law Professor and Administrator, Named Matthew Diller, a prominent scholar of social welfare law and policy, who from 2003 to 2008 was ...

Original story at Jewish Telegraphic Agency .

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A Lifeline In The Downturn

28 Apr 2009 16:06:53 PDT

USA In March, a similar event drew some 400 job seekers to Yeshiva University. ParnossahWorks, a program of the Federation Employment and Guidance Service, has seen a 300 percent increase in its client load in the past few months, estimates Virginia ...

Original story at The Jewish Week .

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Racism and Bigotry Targets of New Campus Club

29 Dec 2008 21:00:00 PST

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...

Original story at Yeshiva University Observer .

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Studying Abroad, Dartmouth Tops the Ivy League

20 Dec 2007 16:44:47 PST

Written 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...

Original story at Dartlog .

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A Catholic deacon, a Protestant minister and a Jewish rabbi . . .

18 Jun 2007 12:37:05 PDT

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...

Original story at Winds of Change.NET .

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Class of 2007 Fever

10 May 2007 15:53:11 PDT

Written 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

Original story at Gothamist .

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