"Every faith-based university in the country has the right to work with its students, including its LGBTQ students, to establish the clubs, places and spaces that fit within its faith tradition. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ simply seeks that same right of self-determination. The Supreme Court has laid out…
Zvika Klein at the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Wilf Campus On September 13, 2022, the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, in partnership with the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program, hosted a discussion with Zvika Klein, Jewish world analyst for the Jerusalem Post . Klein…
Community Event Draws Strong Attendance from Washington Heights Residents and Local Leaders On September 8, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and members of the Latino community of Washington Heights came together for Nosotros, an art exhibit and concert that celebrated the common heritage and cultural…
Jeffrey L. Rubenstein | Brown Judaic Studies | 2021 Reviewed by Stu Halpern In Studies in Rabbinic Narratives, Volume 1 , Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, a professor at NºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and renowned scholar of the narrative art of the Talmud, has edited a wide-ranging and intellectually stimulating collection of…
Is there life beyond our galaxy? What are the effects of dark matter and dark energy? Could our universe have come about through a previous universe? In a ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ-hosted panel, "Unlocking the Mysteries of Space," experts discussed the revelations and ramifications of recent images captured by NASA's ...
For Immediate Release: September 9, 2022 Media Contact: Hanan Eisenman | hanan.eisenman@yu.edu | 714-794-4288 WASHINGTON – Justice Sotomayor has just ruled that ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, America’s flagship Jewish university, can continue to live out its religious mission without government interference…
The Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership is proud to welcome the Sacks Scholars Graduate Fellows in Ethics and Entrepreneurship, 2022-2023. The Fellowship honors the memory of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the influential ethicist, faith leader, and former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew…
Dennis Rasmussen | Princeton University Press | 2021 Reviewed by Stu Halpern Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders by Dennis Rasmussen documents the concerns held by many of the country's earliest leaders about the future of the republic. Inspired by the image on the…
(l-r) Emil A. Fish, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, Dr. Shay Pilnik The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ community expresses its immense gratitude to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Queens) and State Senator Anna Kaplan for all their efforts in passing the Holocaust Education Bill. The bill…
Orientation's welcoming faces In a three-day whirlwind of activity, from Sunday, August 21, through Tuesday, August 23, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ welcomed more than 700 new undergraduates to its Wilf and Beren Campuses for a fall orientation focused on Values in Action. With a 20% increase from 2021, this…