Posts Tagged: Yeshiva University
American Jewry at the Crossroads: Isaac Mayer Wise, Solomon Schechter, and now…Avi Weiss and Sara Hurwitz
On July 11, 1883 a dinner honoring the first graduating class of Hebrew Union College (the rabbinical seminary of Reform Judaism), was held in...
Yeshiva University Chancellor Resigns, Admits Failure Over Sexual Abuse Cases
JNS.org - Yeshiva University (YU) Chancellor Rabbi Norman Lamm, 85, has stepped down from his position at the university. The rabbi's resignation comes several months after The...
How is the President of YU Preparing Students for College?
The Joe Paterno molestation case at Penn State was an international incident at one of the most famous institutions in the world, involving...
Jewish Academic Institutions Launch Fellowship to Promote Use of Educational Technology
Several major Jewish academic institutions have launched an inter-institutional eLearning Faculty Fellowship to promote creative ideas on the use of educational technology in Jewish higher...
Elie Wiesel Ethics Prize Awarded for Essay on Hurricane Sandy
A Yeshiva University (YU) student writing on Hurricane Sandy won first place in the 2013 Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics essay contest, the Elie Wiesel...
ADL, Simon Wiesenthal Center Blast Cardozo’s Jimmy Carter Honor
The Anti-Defamation League and The Simon Wiesenthal Center have weighed in on the decision by a journal at the Cardozo Law School, which is affiliated...
Alan Dershowitz on Jimmy Carter’s Human Rights Award from Jewish Law School: “I Can’t Imagine A Worse Person to Honor for Conflict Resolution”
The Cardozo School of Law, which is associated with Yeshiva University, has decided to honor former U.S. President Jimmy Carter with its annual "International Advocate...
Jimmy Carter to be Honored by Yeshiva University’s Law School Amid Alumni Opposition
Alumni and pro-Israel supporters of Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law have launched a campaign to prevent to the university from awarding former...
Does Yeshiva University Answer to a Higher Authority?
Wearing a yarmulke or sporting a beard doesn't make one "religious," and it is high-time for the Jewish community to question the pervasive sha-shtil (hush-hush) mentality...
Matchmaking in Jewish Orthodoxy Needs Huge Fixing
If there is one area of orthodox Jewish life that is truly messed up and needs fixing it's matchmaking. In our communities we eschew the...
Two Cultures, Two Genocides, One Story
If you saw David Gewirtzman and Jacqueline Murekatete standing together it would be hard to imagine that they had anything in common. David, eighty-three,...
