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Joshua Pransky ('09YC) is the Assistant Athletic Director for Recruiting and Alumni, and Head Coach of the Men's Soccer Team. The Philadelphia native has been coaching since 2007 and holds the title of most career wins in the history of soccer coaches at YU. Before coming to YU, Pransky served as a…

Robert Salpeter is the Director of Planning, Design and Construction at Yeshiva University. With a B.Arch from Cooper Union and an MS in Architecture from Columbia University, Robert has been working in the planning and construction industry for over 40 years. Robert began his affiliation with YU…

When Yoel Kelman graduated from Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business in 2006, he felt he was well-prepared for a career in finance, business and accounting. But his passions would eventually take him in a different direction: energy efficiency. Kelman, who grew up in Baltimore, Maryland…

We are pleased to welcome three new members to the Office of Alumni Affairs and Annual Giving Team. Daniel Abraham joins the Office of Alumni Affairs team as our External Relations Associate. Daniel is a 2013 Sy Syms graduate who also spent several years learning in RIETS. During that time he…

YU Chai Initiatives Enable Donors to Stretch Their Giving Dollars Everyone has the ability to give back in various capacities. This year, Yeshiva University alumni have the opportunity to give back and make their dollars go further than ever. The YU Annual Fund is proud to introduce YU Chai, a new…

It’s no surprise that attorney Josh Kahane ‘01YC has been selected as one of 10 players on the 2015 USA National Basketball Team who will compete in the 13 th Pan American Maccabi Games in Chile this winter: the sport has been an important part of his story since high school, even playing a role in…

As an undergraduate at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, Elianna Sable ‘08S loved her major’s multidisciplinary approach to advertising and English communications. “I got to take literature courses and art classes and business courses at the Sy Syms School of Business—I really felt like…

Aliza Abrams Konig is the Director of the Office of Student Life and Jewish Service Learning at Yeshiva University. A Stern and Wurzweiler alumna, she was a student leader, volunteering as Vice President and later President of the Torah Activities Council. Aliza's YU career began as a Presidential…

When he began his academic career at Yeshiva University’s Yeshiva College, Joey Small (‘05YC ‘09BR ‘13A) knew he was in the right place to further the values he’d grown up with in Los Angeles, California—a life dedicated to Jewish living and learning, deeply rooted in both spiritual and worldly ...

Shuey Jacoby is the Executive Director of Yeshiva University High Schools. A YU and MTA Alumnus, he spent a year as the Jesselson Family Presidential Fellow for the YU High School for Boys (MTA). Shuey then became the Director of Admissions at MTA before leaving to attend NYU Stern School of ...