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Yeshiva University (YU), the flagship Jewish university, launched a partnership with the Philos Project, a nonprofit organization that promotes positive Christian engagement with Judaism, to develop a special program for Christian students within YU’s existing Master’s in Jewish Studies. The…

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many local, national and global businesses continue to struggle. Aware of and dedicated to its mission of Tikkun Olam (repairing the world), Yeshiva University's Innovation Lab has initiated a new program that offers free support and expertise to local small ...

The University recognized the founder and benefactor of the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies and will confer Honorary Doctorate at YU’s Commencement (Photo Credit: Jonah Light Photography) NEW YORK, NY March 20, 2023—More than 270 guests celebrated the leadership…

Agreement Lays Groundwork for Resource Sharing and Teacher Training Initiatives Raising to the great need for Holocaust awareness while countering the alarming increase in antisemitism and Holocaust denial in the U.S., a powerful alliance between two historic institutions—Yeshiva University's (YU…

Hanukkah Dinner celebrates Rise Up Campaign which now stands at $350 million Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman at Yeshiva University’s 98th annual Hanukkah Dinner NEW YORK, NY Dec. 5, 2022—Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University, announced record success in the first year of Rise Up: The Campaign…

Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman Yeshiva University, the flagship Jewish university, is proud to celebrate its 2022 graduates with the school’s 91st commencement ceremony followed by a concert featuring acclaimed Israeli singer Ishay Ribo in one of the largest Jewish stadium music concerts in North American ...

The Wurzweiler School of Social Work has announced a new Clinical Doctorate in Social Work (DSW). The 45-credit program, designed to be completed within three years, is tailored for experienced post-MSW clinicians who are either currently in direct practice with a client base or are administrators…

Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology is excited to announce that its Advanced Certificate in Pastoral Counseling program for rabbis in-training, done in partnership with the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), has been officially registered with the New York ...

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Rabbi Sacks lived a life surrounded by books, those he read and those he wrote. In this spirit, Dr. Erica Brown, Vice Provost for Values and Leadership and inaugural Director of the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership, announces the ...

The Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University is presenting a multipart series of discussions titled “What is the Holocaust Today?” It will begin on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, at 4 p.m. ET with a presentation by Dr. Katarzyna Person on her new book, Warsaw…