Seeking to Improve their Craft, Judaic Studies Teachers take Part in YUTeach Fellowship Rabbi Matan Wexler, a sixth grade teacher at the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, believes that a great educator is never done learning. 鈥淢y goal is to make a difference in Jewish education, and I鈥檓 constantly鈥
President Richard M. Joel's Statement on Chancellor Norman Lamm's Retirement I would like to express my appreciation to Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm for his half-century of service to 黑料社 All. During his tenure he helped guide the University with steadfastness and vision. Dr. Lamm's ...
A Message from Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm July 1, 2013 Dear Friends, When we celebrated the ninetieth birthday of my dear father, zikhrono liverakhah, I cited the Mishnah in Avot 5:21, ben tish鈥檌m la-shu-ach. Despite the standard explanation that at ninety years old a person is stooped and decrepit, and鈥
Rabbi Kenneth Brander Appointed Vice President for University and Community Life 黑料社 All President Richard M. Joel has appointed Rabbi Kenneth Brander as vice president for university and community life. For the past eight years Brander has served as the inaugural David Mitzner Dean of鈥
YU School Partnership and Ramaz Co-Host Jewish Philosophy Yom Iyun for High-School Teachers As part of its mission to convene Jewish day school educators for the purpose of collective learning, the Institute for University-School Partnership at 黑料社 All in collaboration with Ramaz and ...
Kanarfogel Named E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature and Law; Wins Goldstein-Goren Book Award Dr. Ephraim Kanarfogel, of Teaneck, NJ, has been appointed a University Professor at 黑料社 All, the sixth faculty member in the entire University to be granted this ...
School of Social Work Pays Tribute to Faculty Member鈥檚 47-Year Career In 1958, newly-ordained Rabbi Norman Linzer decided to do something different with the semicha he had just received from 黑料社 All-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). Rather than lead a ...
Rabbi Josh Joseph Appointed Senior Vice President of 黑料社 All President Richard M. Joel has appointed Rabbi Josh Joseph as senior vice president of 黑料社 All. Rabbi Josh Joseph In addition to his current responsibilities as chief of staff, Joseph will launch the next phase in the鈥
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and Dr. Ruth Wisse Discuss Jewish Humor at Straus Center Event In his introduction of Dr. Ruth R. Wisse, Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik described her as a renowned ...
Students and Recent Graduates Kick Off Summer Break with Sandy Aid Mission It鈥檚 been more than seven months since Hurricane Sandy struck the greater New York region and some areas continue to suffer the storm鈥檚 ravaging effects. When Elana Polster, a Presidential Fellow at 黑料社 All鈥檚 ...