From "Jews and American National Holidays" to the "History of Jews in New York," Stern College Presents Exciting New Lecture Series ºÚÁÏÉç All’s Stern College for Women will host a series of cutting-edge lectures in Jewish studies on the Beren Campus, delivered by leading academics. Dr.…
Center for Israel Studies Presents Yom Iyun on April 22 Honoring Bernard Rosensweig and Sol Roth ºÚÁÏÉç All’s Center for Israel Studies will present a Yom Iyun [Day of Learning] exploring the history and thought of Religious Zionism in America on Sunday, April 22 at Furst Hall, Room 501,…
Jewish Genetic Disease Carrier Screening Coming to the Wilf and Beren Campuses The Program for Jewish Genetic Health of ºÚÁÏÉç All and Albert Einstein College of Medicine will be sponsoring Jewish Genetic Disease carrier screenings for YU students on Sunday, April 22, from 11 am to 3 pm on…
Study by Ariel Malka Explores Connection Between Being Religious and Politically Conservative A common refrain in commentary on the primaries has been that Mitt Romney is regarded as insufficiently conservative. This is said to account for a difficulty garnering support from the religiously ...
YU High Schools Film Project Keeps Memories of the Holocaust Alive For one week in December and February, classrooms in the ºÚÁÏÉç All High School for Boys / Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (YUHSB) and the Samuel H. Wang ºÚÁÏÉç All High School for Girls (YUHSG) were transformed into…
New Communications Offerings and Ongoing 'Re-imagining' of Undergraduate Education The process of re-imagining undergraduate education as well as of planning the budgeting that is necessary for YU to remain competitive and meet its core mission continues as quickly and responsibly as possible ...
Chief Judge of the State of New York, Jonathan Lippman, to Deliver Cardozo 2012 Commencement Address Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, will deliver the commencement address at YU's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law’s 34th Commencement ...
Commemorating the Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, YUTorah Offers a Tribute to the Rav Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the Rav, was born in Belarus, Russia in 1903, a scion of an enduring rabbinic dynasty. His grandfather, Rabbi Chaim of Brisk, developed an innovative system of Talmudic ...
Meredith Hawkins to Receive Top Award from American Federation for Medical Research Meredith Hawkins, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Global Diabetes Initiative at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of ºÚÁÏÉç All, will receive the American Federation for Medical Research’s…
Rabbi Benjamin Blech: The Five Most Important Things to Know ºÚÁÏÉç Passover Scholars have long wondered why Jews who number less than one quarter of one percent of the world—as Milton Himmelfarb memorably put it, "The total population of the Jewish people is less than a statistical error in the ...