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YU Summer Program Open to Students From Any Institution; Online Courses Available For the first time, Yeshiva University is making its unique and expanded catalog of more than 40 summer courses available to students from any institution. Offering fully online as well as traditional and blended ...

Philanthropist Harold Grinspoon Receives Humanitarian Award at Business School Gala Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business celebrated its 28th anniversary, faculty and the graduating class of 2015 at its annual Gala Awards Dinner on April 30 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. “The dinner is…

Ruth Wisse to Deliver Keynote; Peter Frates, Martin Greenfield and Dean Pearl Berger to be Honored Dr. Ruth Wisse, Yiddish scholar and literary and social critic, will deliver the keynote address at Yeshiva University’s 84th Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 12 p.m. at the Prudential…

Moshael J. Straus Elected Chairman of Yeshiva University Board of Trustees Yeshiva University’s Board of Trustees has elected Moshael J. Straus ’70YUHS, ’74YC as its next chairman. Straus, an accomplished investment executive and YU alumnus, will begin his term on July 1. He succeeds Dr. Henry ...

Students Gather to Commemorate and Celebrate Israel's Memorial and Independence Days Yeshiva University’s annual Tekes Ma’avar, the roller coaster commemoration of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s somber Memorial Day, transforming at night into a joyous celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence…

May 12 Gala will Honor Community Leaders and Dedicated Faculty Yeshiva University High Schools (YUHS) will host their Annual Dinner on Tuesday, May 12, at the Marina Del Rey in the Bronx, New York. Faculty honorees include Ruth Fried, chairperson of the science department and director of the…

Renowned Scholar and Former RIETS Rosh Yeshiva Dies at 81 Yeshiva University mourns the passing of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein ’53YC, ’59R. A renowned author and scholar, Rabbi Lichtenstein was the senior Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion. At Yeshiva University, he served as the Rabbi Henoch and…

Yeshiva University Yom HaShoah Ceremony Links Holocaust and Present-Day Anti-Semitism In a darkened Lamport Auditorium on Wednesday, April 15, Stern College for Women student Michal Kupchik linked the lives of Alfred Rein, a young man who perished in the Holocaust, and Yoav Hattab, a victim of the…