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Meet YU High School for Girls’ Ariella Freedman and Rivka Abbe One is the newly elected international president of an organization with thousands of members; the other is welcomed on Capitol Hill to speak her mind to government leaders and is about launch her own weekly radio program. Perhaps most…
Einstein Hosts its First Stem Cell Institute Symposium The promise of stem cells seems limitless. If they can be coaxed into rebuilding organs, repairing damaged spinal cords and restoring ravaged immune systems, these malleable cells would revolutionize medical treatment. But stem cell research is…
Fellowship Pairs YU High School Students with University Faculty for College-Level Research Five students from the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/ Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB) have been named Senior Fellows for the 2012-13 academic year. Taking advantage of its physical and ...
A Potent Symbol of Jewish Life in America, the Eruv Gets Unprecedented Exhibition at YU Museum It divides private and public, sacred and secular, work and Sabbath. And you might live in one without knowing it. The eruv is one of the most fascinating, though little understood and sometimes ...
Joel Schreiber Elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees; Lance Hirt, Chaim Wietschner and William Schwartz Elected Officers Joel Schreiber has recently been elected chairman of the board of Trustees of Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). In addition ...
In Its Ninth Year, YU’s Presidential Fellowship Expands Impact and Programming They’re recruiting high school students in Los Angeles, preparing speeches for University leadership, and running programming around the country—and that’s just their first month on the job. The 2012-13 cohort of Yeshiva…
New Book Brings Chancellor Lamm's Timeless Commentaries to a New Generation Yeshiva University will be publishing a selection of essays based on sermons on the book of Genesis delivered by YU Chancellor Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm early in his rabbinical career. The volume, entitled Derashot LeDorot , is…
In State of the University Address, President Joel Recounts Progress, Outlines Challenges and Articulates Renewed Vision for the Future In his first State of the University address, Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel announced on September 12 that he would accept the Board of Trustees’ ...
Yeshiva University Ranked Among Best National Colleges by US News & World Report Yeshiva University continues to rank among the very best institutions of higher learning in the United States based on measurements of student quality, academic excellence, and diversity of programs and research ...
Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg and Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh to Deliver Annual High Holiday Lectures Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg and Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh will be the featured speakers at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary’s (RIETS) 28th Annual Hausman/Stern Kinus Teshuva lectures, a special edition of…
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