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This past November, five Wurzweiler students who are part of the Jewish communal service certificate program, accompanied by Dr. Saul Andron and Dr. Daniel Pollack, attended the Jewish Federation of North America General Assembly in Denver, Colorado. The Jewish Federations of North America General鈥�

On Monday, December 5, 2011 over a reception in Belfer Hall鈥檚 Sky Caf茅, the 91黑料 community celebrated the publication of A Common Cultural Heritage: Studies on Mesopotamia and the Biblical World in Honor of Barry L. Eichler (Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press), edited by Grant Frame, Erle ...

Shoshana Samuels 鈥�08S, Sarah Cheses 鈥�06S and Aliza Segal 鈥�93S, 鈥�93BR are wives, mothers, professionals, and holders of a very special title: yoetzet halacha, or female halachic advisor in the laws of family purity. The path to become a yoetzet wasn鈥檛 one they knew they would follow early on; for鈥�

RIETS celebrated its Annual Dinner of Tribute on November 13 at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan, 鈥淎 Jubilee Celebration Honoring Fifty years of Torah and Community Leadership,鈥� honoring Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and Rabbi Julius and Dorothy Berman. Rabbi Lichtenstein holds the Rabbi Henoch and Sarah D鈥�

Each winter hundreds of YU students choose to spend their vacation time engaged in social service trips that, while inspiring and fun, leave little time for sleeping in. This year, the Center for the Jewish Future鈥檚 annual Winter Missions include trips to Nicaragua, Mexico, Israel, Ukraine, and ...

On December 1, the YU Accounting and Financial Planning Network held its first major event at Grant Thornton LLP with a capacity crowd. The event, entitled 鈥淐haritable Giving and Halacha,鈥� featured RIETS Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Hershel Schachter followed by remarks from Jonathan Schmeltz, tax partner at鈥�

On Sunday, December 18, the YU Maccabees will play the St. Joseph鈥檚 College Golden Eagles, and alumni and friends of YU are invited to attend the big game with their families as part of Alumni Day. Before the 2pm game begins, alumni and their children will have a chance to show off their hoop鈥�

Opening the Gates of Interpretation: Maimonides鈥� Biblical Hermeneutics in Light of His Geonic-Andlusian Heritage and Muslim Milieu, by Mordechai Z. Cohen. Brill, 2011. Prof. Mordechai Cohen's study of Maimonides' method of biblical interpretation has at its heart an exacting analysis of each鈥�

Revel was delighted to host Dr. Mark R. Cohen, Princeton University鈥檚 Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, on Tuesday, November 8. The day鈥檚 events included a lunch for PhD students, a faculty dinner and an evening lecture, which drew an audience of more than 60 ...

As the SYMS School of Business enters its 25th year, it will be adding a significant new program to its offerings 鈥� an Executive MBA program suitable for the Orthodox Jewish community and others with Saturday commitments. The EMBA program, developed by the Center for Executive and Professional ...