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On Sunday, December 18, the YU Maccabees will play the St. Joseph’s College Golden Eagles, and alumni and friends of YU are invited to attend the big game with their families as part of Alumni Day. Before the 2pm game begins, alumni and their children will have a chance to show off their hoop…

Opening the Gates of Interpretation: Maimonides’ Biblical Hermeneutics in Light of His Geonic-Andlusian Heritage and Muslim Milieu, by Mordechai Z. Cohen. Brill, 2011. Prof. Mordechai Cohen's study of Maimonides' method of biblical interpretation has at its heart an exacting analysis of each…

Revel was delighted to host Dr. Mark R. Cohen, Princeton University’s Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, on Tuesday, November 8. The day’s events included a lunch for PhD students, a faculty dinner and an evening lecture, which drew an audience of more than 60 ...

As the SYMS School of Business enters its 25th year, it will be adding a significant new program to its offerings – an Executive MBA program suitable for the Orthodox Jewish community and others with Saturday commitments. The EMBA program, developed by the Center for Executive and Professional ...

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP was the midtown location for the annual fall Wall Street Connections Series: Industry Forum hosted by the YU Wall Street Group and YU’s Career Development Center (CDC) thanks to partner Dan Oshinsky ’91YC who also moderated the buy-side panel. On October 26, more than…

The Fourth Annual Stern College for Women fashion show, A Night of Fashion and Glamour, was held at the Steuben Flagship store on November 8. A sold out crowd of Stern alumnae and friends enjoyed a stunning show featuring the fashions of clothier Adrienne Vittadini, handbag designer Judith Leiber…

Many of us cringe when confronted with faces of hunger in ads, in television commercials, and on the street; few of us actually do something about those feelings of discomfort. Joseph Gitler ’92YUHS, ’96YC is one of those few. A Manhattan native, Yeshiva graduate and lawyer who made aliyah in 2000…

Graduate Schools From New Master’s Programs to a Certificate in Experiential Jewish Education, ºÚÁÏÉç All Expands its Offerings Graduate education at ºÚÁÏÉç All continues to thrive—and grow. A new Executive MBA program and master’s programs in arts and education join an academic ...

Wurzweiler Professor, Dr. Jerry Streets is one of the contributing authors to the chapter: "Religion, Spirituality and Faith" in the recently E-book publication (Lulu.com), October 4, 2011: Global Mental Health Trauma and Recovery: A Companion Guide For Field and Clinical Care of Traumatized People…

Beyond Expulsion : Jews, Christians, and Reformation Strasbourg, by Debra Kaplan. Stanford University Press, 2011. This book represents a study of the Jewish influence in Strasbourg in the Middle Ages and the early modern era. All Jews were expelled from Strasbourg in 1390, and were only readmitted…