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$1 Million Donation Will Help Accommodate Transferring Jewish Students New York – June 25, 2024 – Yeshiva University, the nation’s flagship Jewish University, today announced the establishment of the Blue Square Scholars program by leading philanthropist Robert Kraft. This new program is timely as…
Since 1903, YU has held Chag HaSemikhah convocations to ordain new rabbis. Pictured are participants at the last event, held in 2021.
Introduces $1 million matching grant in honor of Rabbi Zevulun Charlop to support elite Torah scholars Celebrating a passionate commitment to Torah and the Jewish people, YU RIETS will ordain 135 new rabbis on Sunday, June 16, in the Nathan Lamport Auditorium at Zysman Hall. The triannual event ...
Photo credit: Office of Senator John Fetterman
Will Honor U.S. Senator John Fetterman as an American Patriot and Hero of Israel Yeshiva University is proud to celebrate its 2024 graduates, more than 1,700 future leaders of society, at its 93rd annual commencement ceremony. At the commencement on May 29th, Yeshiva University will award its ...
YU President Berman (center) leads a delegation of university presidents to Auschwitz for the 2024 International March of the Living
Amid a sharp rise in antisemitism on US campuses, especially after the October 7 th attacks in Israel, the International March of the Living launched the first ever University Presidents and Chancellors Mission from the United States and Canada which took place on the Yom HaShoah Holocaust ...
Dr. Rebecca Cypess, the new dean of Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women
Following a competitive national search, Yeshiva University has appointed Rebecca Cypess, PhD, the new dean of Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women. An accomplished and visionary educational leader, Dr. Cypess is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Mason Gross School of the…
Includes Newly Launched Study in Israel Program YU is Creating New Faculty Positions to Accommodate Growth; in Active Discussions with Professors who Seek to be Part of an institution Whose Core Values Align with their Own April 25, 2024 – New York, NY – Yeshiva University, the nation’s flagship ...
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Program Allows Students to Finish Nursing Degree in Just 16 Months Meeting the urgent demand for more competent, caring and qualified nurses in the tristate area and across the nation, The Katz School of Science and Health at Yeshiva University has created a premier program that will bring nurses…
YU congratulates our affiliated medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, our partners in Montefiore Health and the Gottesman family on this groundbreaking and transformative gift. Upon the occasion of this groundbreaking gift, Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University ...
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman and Dr. Mauricio Karchmer
Dr. Mauricio Karchmer leaves a “campus without compassion”; inspired by YU’s values and elite education Dr. Mauricio Karchmer, an esteemed MIT computer science professor who resigned in December over the university’s pervasive, unchecked antisemitism, has found a new home: Yeshiva University. Rabbi…
EL AL passengers now have access in-flight to YUTorah audio recordings
YUTorah offered for in-flight use for first time since 2003 launch NEW YORK – February 1, 2024 - Yeshiva University, the flagship Jewish university, is bringing Torah to passengers of EL AL, the Israeli National Airline. Recently launched in early 2024, travelers currently have the opportunity to…

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