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Weekly Course Open to all Women will Feature Rabbis Jacob J. Schacter and Hayyim Angel Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) will launch a new Women's Beit Midrash Program on February 5 at Stern College for Women's Israel Henry Beren campus in Manhattan for participants of all…
Jeffrey Gurock's City of Promises Awarded 2012 National Jewish Book of the Year The Jewish Book Council has named City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York (NYU Press, September 2012) recipient of The Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award. The three-volume work—with ...
Editor’s note: In an effort to keep the Yeshiva University community up-to-date on the ongoing independent investigation into allegations of past abuse, YU News will continue to share all official statements with the public in the post below. UPDATED Statement from the Yeshiva University Board of…
Students Present Seforim Sale February 3 to March 3; North America’s Largest Jewish Book Sale will Benefit Victims of Sandy The students of Yeshiva University will present their annual Seforim Sale, North America’s largest Jewish book sale, from February 3 to March 3 in Belfer Hall, 2495 Amsterdam…
Screenplays and Directors, Not Actors, Drive Critical and Financial Success of Films according to Study by S. Abraham Ravid George Clooney may be the most bankable star in Hollywood, but when it comes to financial and critical success, studios are generally better served by placing their bets on ...
Grant to Encourage Community Day School Graduates to Study at Yeshiva University The Kohelet Foundation is funding a scholarship for graduates of community day schools to encourage them to study at Yeshiva University, the country’s oldest Modern Orthodox institution of higher learning. The ...
Yeshiva University Extends $1 Billion Fundraising Campaign; to Raise Additional $400 Million for Undergraduate Scholarships Yeshiva University is embarking on a “ Mandate to Matter,” an aggressive drive to both complete the final stages of a $1 billion capital campaign it launched in 2006 and to ...
Student Leaders to Spend Winter Break Making a Difference, Deepening Relationships in Israel, Nicaragua, Mexico and the U.S. Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) will be sending 91 outstanding undergraduate students on service learning, experiential education and humanitarian aid…
New York City Mayoral Candidate Bill Thompson Meets with President Joel, Tours YU Campus President Richard M. Joel greets NYC mayoral candidate Bill Thompson. Bill Thompson, former comptroller of New York City, visited Yeshiva University on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Thompson, a 2013 New York City…
YU Community Commemorates Victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting On December 20, Yeshiva University students remembered the victims of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre with grief, poetry, music and prayer at a commemorative gathering in Weissberg Commons on the Wilf Campus…

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