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YU Continuing Education Webinar Series for Rabbis Explores Advanced Methodologies for Research, Content and Delivery Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) and YU-affiliate Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) announced today the launch of “Drashas and Shiurim: From ...

From How We View Poverty to What's Missing in Our Pursuit of Happiness, TEDx Yeshiva University Spreads Powerful Ideas TEDx Yeshiva University presented its second year of TED-style lectures on November 16 at the Yeshiva University Museum. The event featured six short format talks from speakers ...

Straus Center Event Explores Life and Legacy of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was a conservative icon, bon vivant, witty observer, music lover and an intellectual warrior. And yet above all else, Scalia valued character and faith. He never forgot the ...

Student-Run Conference Wrestles with Halachic and Ethical Implications of New Medical Technologies On Sunday, December 10, the YU Student Medical Ethics Society (MES) held its 11th annual conference, “Breaking Down the Firewall: A Jewish Perspective to Future Technologies in Medicine,” sponsored by…

Expands Admissions for Students Interested in IP and Technology Law As part of an ongoing effort to attract applicants with science and technology backgrounds, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law announced that it will begin accepting Graduate Record Exam (GRE) test scores in addition to LSAT scores…

Yeshiva University High Schools January 3 Dinner to Focus on "What's Next" Yeshiva University High Schools will present their annual Dinner of Tribute on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at Marina del Rey in the Bronx, New York. This year’s Guests of Honor are Amy and Michael Berger ’86YUHS at Samuel H…

Dr. Edward Belbruno Receives Humboldt Research Award; Recognized for Lifetime Achievement Dr. Edward Belbruno, clinical professor of mathematics, has received the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung/foundation of Germany for his accomplishments in research and teaching…

Volume Published in Dr. Moshe Bernstein’s Honor Explores Jewish Scriptural Interpretation At the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in November in Boston, MA, Dr. Moshe Bernstein ’62YUHS, ’66YC, ’69R, ’69BR , The David A. and Fannie M. Denenberg Chair in Biblical Studies, was ...

Columnist Bret Stephens Keynotes Annual Gala; David Samson and Rabbi Meir Goldwicht Honored Yeshiva University celebrated its 93rd Annual Hanukkah Dinner on Sunday, December 3 at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City. Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, presiding over his first Hanukkah Dinner, conferred…

Straus Center Presents December 11 Talk With Christopher Scalia, Son of Supreme Court Justice Yeshiva University’s Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought will welcome Christopher Scalia, son of late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, for a conversation at the YU ...