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Award Recognizes Courage and Commitment to Defense of Religious Liberty Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, director of Yeshiva University’s Z ahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought and spiritual leader of the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States, has been named the 2018…

Yeshiva University Benefactors Commit $10 Million in Honor of President Berman’s Inaugural Year, Challenge Community to Raise Additional $3 Million in 24 Hours Yeshiva University will celebrate its 2018 Giving Day April 25-26, with students, alumni and friends joining together to support the YU of…

MK Gila Gamliel Shares Perspective on Issues Facing Jewish State With Students On March 27, Yeshiva University students at the Israel Henry Beren Campus were joined by Israeli Minister for Social Equality Gila Gamliel. Following an introduction by Stern College for Women Student Council President…

Award Recognizes Commitment to Ethical and Principled Leadership Practice Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph, senior vice president at Yeshiva University, will receive the McInnis/Ryan Award for Mid-Career Higher Education Leadership at the Leadership Seminar of the American Association of University ...

Students Are First Yeshiva High School Team to Participate in Tech Challenge Competition This month, the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/Yeshiva University High School For Boys robotics team, Lionotics 2, was the first-ever yeshiva high school team to compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge East Region…

Students Learn Directly from Investors and Entrepreneurs in Sy Syms Class As the current global economy favors innovation, the workings of entrepreneurship have become a vital topic in business courses. Students hoping to be the next Elon Musks or Mark Zuckerbergs want to understand the details…

Joan Dulitz ’70S Has Dedicated Her Professional Career to Helping the Blind For almost her entire life, Joan Dulitz ’70S has been a teacher of and a champion for the visually impaired. “What I do, I love,” she noted, clearly demonstrated by her 35-year career as a New York City public school…

Wall Street Group Explores the Challenges of Artificial Intelligence and Models of Passive Investing On March 14, the Yeshiva University Wall Street Group held a panel discussion on “The Evolution of Active Investment Management.” Hosted by DLA Piper, the panel featured Dan Schwartz ’88YC (Co-CEO…

Visit Attests to YU's Role as Global Center of Judaic Studies On March 22, two Japanese scholars of Judaic studies visited with faculty at Yeshiva University's Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies to discuss their research and the state of Jewish studies in Japan. The scholars--Dr ...

American Political Science Expert Will Join Undergraduate Faculty in the Fall This fall, Matthew Incantalupo will join Yeshiva University’s political science department as assistant professor of political science. The native New Yorker currently serves as a visiting assistant professor of political…