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Alyssa Herman ’92S joined Yeshiva University this summer as vice president for institutional advancement. An alumna and accomplished chief development officer, Herman brings more than 25 years of leadership experience to the position, including a successful track record in raising major gifts, and…

Wurzweiler is hosting a Campaign School for Social Workers in collaboration with The Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work. Join us on Thursday and Friday, November 2-3 at the Weissberg Commons in Belfer Hall. Learn more & register> The Campaign School is open to anyone who wants to…

—Katherine Mitchell Ph.D, LCSW, CASAC One of the customs among the Dilley On The Ground (OTG) team is to do what they call “Big Table” on Monday and Thursday night each week. This gives the week’s group of volunteers an opportunity to process some of what they experienced. On Monday night, it was…

—Katherine Mitchell, Ph.D, LCSW, CASAC Today was certainly calmer than the preceding two days. There were fewer women and children coming to the visitor’s center where the legal staff, law students and social work team have their work space. We have begun to get a rhythm down and have a better ...

—Katherine Mitchell, Ph.D, LCSW, CASAC Day two, incredibly saw more incoming refugees than day one. The legal staff, law school students and social work team worked together efficiently and we were able to respond to a multitude of needs presented by the ladies and their children. Chief among them…

Following the lead of institutions across the country, the Wilf Campus Writing Center has forged a partnership with the University Libraries. Starting Sunday, October 29, 2017, the Wilf Campus Writing Center will open a Sunday satellite in Pollack Library, room 310, in the Gottesman Library…

Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner has been Rosh Beit Midrash of Yeshiva University Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov of Toronto since its founding in August 2009. Rabbi Torczyner received his B.A. (Comp Sci) from Yeshiva University in 1993, and studied toward a Masters (Comp Sci) at New York…

Mr. Leonard Grunstein George Benson, in 1978 [i], sang about how children are our future. They need someone, who they could look up to, like a parent, to teach them well and show them the beauty they possess inside. He encapsulates, in lyrical form, an ethic that is an integral part of Judaism. The…

Mr. Leonard Grunstein Leonard Grunstein, a retired attorney and banker, founded and served as Chairman of Metropolitan National Bank and then Israel Discount Bank of NY. He also founded Project Ezrah and serves on the Board of Revel at Yeshiva University and the AIPAC Bergen Council. He has ...