We must assume responsibility for the ongoing inspiration of both the Jewish community and the professional networks that emanate from Yeshiva University. That’s what it means to advance civilization. That business must be our business. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes Yeshiva University to inform the global village.
President Richard M. Joel, 2003 Installation Address

We speak of buildings, we fill them with students, and we solidify the excellence of the education that takes place there.

But a true university has no walls. It is as boundless as the communities it serves. We embrace our alumni communities, numbering more than 50,000 YU men and women who live around the country and around the world.

We recognize that Jewish communities look to us for programs, services, and continuing education. We accept with pride our obligations to society at large.

Yeshiva University informs the global community with a passion for Torah and higher education anchored in sacred values. As we advance the values of Torah and Western civilization, we become caring partners in the communities we serve.