YU News

Men's Basketball Rallies to Clinch First Home Playoff Game Since 2000 It was a historical evening for the Yeshiva University men's basketball team, as the Maccabees defeated the Golden Eagles of St. Joseph's Long Island, 75-70, at the Max Stern Athletic Center on Thursday evening. The win clinched…

Author Dara Horn to Deliver Annual Hillel Rogoff Memorial Lecture on Feb. 29 Dara Horn, the acclaimed author of the novels A Guide for the Perplexed, All Other Nights, The World to Come, and In the Image, and winner of two National Jewish Book Awards, will deliver Yeshiva University's Hillel Rogoff…

February 28 Teaneck Yom Iyun Will Focus on Purim, Women's Learning Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS) will host a Women’s Community Yom Iyun at Congregation Keter Torah, 600 Roemer Avenue, Teaneck, New Jersey, on February 28, 2016, from 9 a.m to 12 p.m. The…

For Students, Months of Hard Work and Planning Pay Off at North America's Largest Jewish Book Sale Every year, Yeshiva University students devote countless hours to organizing the Seforim Sale, which makes more than 10,000 titles in Jewish books and music available for purchase in one place and ...

450 Student Delegates to Participate in YU's National Model United Nations from Feb. 21-23 For the 26 th year, the Yeshiva University National Model United Nations competition ( YUNMUN) will bring together high school students from around the world for an interactive simulation of the inner…

Inaugural Class to be Inducted Spring 2017 Yeshiva University has announced the creation of the Maccabees Hall of Fame to honor Yeshiva University alumni and other individuals who have distinguished themselves in NCAA competition and who best exemplify the University’s highest ideals and mission ...

Philanthropist and New England Patriots Owner to Deliver Commencement Address, Receive Honorary Degree Having already won four Vince Lombardi Trophies, Robert K. Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, will add another honor to his collection. Yeshiva University will confer upon Kraft, founder ...

Yeshiva College Students Selected to Present at Princeton Jewish Studies Conference Two Yeshiva College students have been invited to present 15-minute lectures on their research at Princeton University’s inaugural Undergraduate Jewish Studies Conference on February 14, 2016. Yeshiva University is…

Free Feb. 14 Event Open to the Broader Community Yeshiva University’s Student Medical Ethics Society (MES) will partner with JScreen, a university-based nonprofit program specializing in carrier screening for genetic diseases common in the Jewish population, to host a free genetic screening event…

Yeshiva College Student Founds Network to Connect Students with Opportunities to Give Back In Judaism, an eruv is a boundary that symbolically extends the private domain of Jewish households into public areas. To Netanel Paley, however, it also represents a vision—to create a universal Jewish…