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$36,000 Prizes Celebrate Progression in Jewish Education; Three Additional Alumni Receive Honorable Mentions Three alumni of Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration—Rabbi Yoni Fein '13YC ’14A, Shira Greenspan ’14A and Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky '04YC '07R ’15A…

20 Teams Vie for Top Spot in North America’s Most Prestigious Jewish High School Basketball Competition Yeshiva University will convene 20 yeshiva high school basketball teams from across the U.S. and Canada from March 2-6 for YU’s 26 th Annual Red Sarachek Invitational Basketball Tournament. The…

New Book by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Offers Commentary and Insight into Themes of Seder Night This Pesach, a new book by Rabbi Benjamin Blech, professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University, integrates his unique insight into the traditions and themes of Seder night with the complete text of the haggada ...

Humanities in Dialogue Series Explores Social Change Through Art in Professor Young's Recent Book The latest installment of the Humanities in Dialogue series—discussions between faculty members with different areas of expertise, presented by the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at…

RIETS Convocation Will Celebrate More Than 130 Ordained Rabbis on March 19 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and the Yeshiva University community will celebrate the ordination of more than 130 musmachim [ordained rabbis] at their Chag HaSemikhah Convocation on Sunday, March 19, 2017…

Hundreds of Student Delegates Practice International Diplomacy and Form New Friendships at Yeshiva University Model UN Competition At Yeshiva University's 27th Model United Nations (YUNMUN) competition last week, more than 400 yeshiva high school and community day school students from around the ...

Future Teachers Develop Hands-On Techniques in Museum Education Course For the past decade or so, Ilana Benson, director of museum education at Yeshiva University Museum (YU Museum), and Miriam Hirsch, associate professor of education and co-chair of the Department of Education at Stern College for…

Experts to Share Literary, Political and Sociological Insights on Purim Story at February 28 Revel Event On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at 7:15 p.m, the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies of Yeshiva University, in partnership with Lincoln Square Synagogue at 180 Amsterdam Avenue, New…

More Than 100 Students Advocate for Israel on Mission to Washington, D.C. Last week, more than 100 Yeshiva University students participated in a pro-Israel lobbying mission to Washington, D.C. The mission involved a phalanx of campus political groups, led by the Yeshiva University Political ...

March 1 Event Offers Opportunities and Connections in Jewish Communal and Educational Fields Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) and the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration will host their annual Jewish Job Fair on Wednesday, March 1 at the Max Stern…