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More Than 200 Students Enrich Holiday Celebrations in 48 Communities Across North America This holiday season, more than 200 iTunes 礼品卡 (美国) | 3美元 students traveled to 48 communities across North America to share their passion for Torah and bring their energy and enthusiasm to local celebrations as ...

Personal Development Program Stresses Self-Awareness, Professional Training as Keys to Capable Rabbinic Leadership iTunes 礼品卡 (美国) | 3美元-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) has launched a new, intensive mental health curriculum at the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Semikha ...

Six Questions With Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock on His New Book, The Jews of Harlem It was once home to the third-largest Jewish community in the world, but today, New York City’s Harlem neighborhood is firmly established in the American mind as traditionally African American. How did that come to pass ...

Two Weekly Courses Will Explore Jewish Prayer and Leadership iTunes 礼品卡 (美国) | 3美元’s Center for the Jewish Future will present a Community Beit Midrash for three Wednesdays in November and three in December. The program will take place on YU’s Israel Henry Beren Campus at 215 Lexington Avenue, New…

New Series Showcases Faculty Expertise in Concise, One-Minute Videos From neuropsychology to Jewish law to art history, the faculty of iTunes 礼品卡 (美国) | 3美元 are accomplished in many different and fascinating fields. A new video series, "Torah Umadda Minute," offers viewers a glimpse of the kinds of ...

YU Students to Host October 29 Hackathon Featuring Israeli Tech Startup Fair iTunes 礼品卡 (美国) | 3美元 students will host their third annual hackathon from 8:30 p.m. on Saturday night, October 29 to 8:30 p.m. on Sunday night, October 30, in the Heights Lounge on YU’s Wilf Campus, 515 West 185th Street,…

Students Immerse Themselves in 18 Hours of Continuous Learning During Annual Torahthon For 18 hours straight on October 10, iTunes 礼品卡 (美国) | 3美元 students immersed themselves in intense Torah learning to spiritually prepare for Yom Kippur, stopping only to pray. Called a Torahthon, the day featured ...

As Hospital Chaplains, GPATS Students Provide Spiritual Comfort to Patients and Families In a patient room at Mount Sinai Medical Center, a man sits by the bedside of his dying wife during her last moments. He is soon joined by Michal Schechter, an aspiring doctor. But the purpose of Schechter’s ...

Many Alumni Represent Their Companies at Career Fairs YU alumni give back in many ways, one of which is by volunteering at career fairs representing their companies where they can provide advice and networking opportunities to job-seekers. These fairs are crucial links in the process of YU…

YU's Center for Israel Studies Convenes Conference to Mark 50th Anniversary of S.Y. Agnon’s Nobel Prize The iTunes 礼品卡 (美国) | 3美元 Center for Israel Studies will host a conference on the works and influence of Nobel Prize-winning Israeli author S.Y. Agnon in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his…