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On Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, Yeshiva University partnered with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan and West Side Institutional Synagogue for a powerful and timely discussion on “ Reinventing the Self,” part of the YU Ideas initiative at the University. Panelists included Dr. Debbie Akerman, adjunct…

Dr. Danielle Wozniak, Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean of Wurzweiler School of Social Work, spoke with YU News about the unique program that Wurzweiler runs in Israel that graduates social workers who can be licensed in both the United States and Israel. What is the genesis of the program ...

Publishers, as both businesses and purveyors of knowledge, have sought novel and model ways to present their publications. Over the centuries, one method of making Hebrew prayer more accessible to worshippers has been to translate it into the vernacular. But beyond the question of language lies the…

This past summer two PhD candidates at Bernard Revel Graduate School coordinated a lecture in Seoul for Korean educators and graduate students interested in Jewish studies. The lecture was initiated by Jeong Mun Heo, a current doctoral candidate in Jewish Philosophy at Revel and a native of South…

The 1939 World’s Fair opened in New York with the optimistic theme, “The World of Tomorrow.” The Fair organizers envisioned a future world of 5000 years of tomorrows, earth dwellers of 6939, who would be intrigued by the civilization of their ancestors. The Westinghouse Company took on the…

Dr. Daniel Rynhold is professor in modern Jewish philosophy at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and director of the Revel doctoral program, having arrived on these shores from London, England, in August 2007. Educated at the universities of Cambridge and London, Dr. Rynhold had…

They may not wear capes, but the graduates of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work-Sara Schenirer program are true heroes. That’s because they’ve dedicated the past two years of their lives studying to become outstanding social workers and are now ready to apply their training and skills to help…

Yeshiva University Libraries is excited to introduce a new portal for accessing our Digital Collections. This platform enhances the user experience for viewing the Libraries’ rare and unique materials through more robust search and browse functionalities and improved navigation of lengthy textual…

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Aharon Dovid Shainberg and William Berman in Hebron Today, it is de rigueur for modern Orthodox student to spend a “gap” year or two studying in yeshivas in Israel after they finish high school, prior to starting their college studies. Ninety years ago, in 1929, two RIETS (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan ...