Tag: Yeshiva University
‘Don’t know why anybody would think I like hoodies,’ says Fetterman of new Yeshiva...
More than 100 Yeshiva University students met last week in Washington with Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), one of Israel’s most vocal supporters in the U.S. Congress.
The Pennsylvania Democrat posted photos on social media holding a blue...
Jewish philanthropist gives $1 billion to Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Ruth Gottesman, 93, widow of Warren Buffett protégé David Gottesman, gifted $1 billion to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to cover tuition for all students, the New York Times reported.
The school in the Bronx was...
Professor leaves MIT ‘dream job’ for Yeshiva due to Jew-hatred
After quitting his “dream job” at Massachusetts Institute of Technology due to antisemitism on campus, Mauricio Karchmer is fitting in at his new job at Yeshiva University.
The computer scientist has, in his first two...
OU executive fellowship offers young professionals a taste of nonprofits
In response to what it believes to be a shortage of talented professionals willing to fill Jewish communal leadership positions, the Orthodox Union launched an executive fellowship program in August to encourage those in...
Yad Vashem and Yeshiva University partner on Holocaust education
Yeshiva University president Rabbi Ari Berman and Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to lay the groundwork for the two institutions sharing resources and training initiatives.
A new advanced certificate...
Orthodox basketball player Ryan Turell selected in NBA minor league draft
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Orthodox Jewish basketball player Ryan Turell on Saturday was selected No. 27 overall in the 2022 NBA G League Draft, ESPN reported.
Turell, who went unpicked out of Yeshiva University in June’s NBA Draft, was selected by...
Yeshiva University can go through appeals process without changing LGBTQ+ club’s status
Putting aside their differences for the time being, Yeshiva University and the YU Pride Alliance have agreed to a stay of judgment in their ongoing court battle, allowing the university to go through the...
Yeshiva U. suspends student clubs after SCOTUS declines to block LGBTQ group
Just hours before the start of Shabbat, on Sept. 16, Yeshiva University sent a message to its student body announcing the cancellation of school clubs as it deals with the aftermath of a U.S....
Israel’s president lends ancient stone to Samaritan exhibit at Bible museum
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has presented a special stone inscription to the Museum of the Bible’s first-ever major exhibition on the Samaritans.
The exhibition, created in collaboration with Yeshiva University, provides unprecedented access to the life,...
Herzog hosts celebration of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s legacy
Stepping down in 2013 after 22 years as chief rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks did not retire to Israel. Instead, the Cambridge University-educated Orthodox rabbi took...