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Thank A Donor Week Offers Students Chance to Recognize Scholarship Support The week of November 7 marked the first official Thank a Donor Week at 91ºÚÁÏ. Organized by the team that oversees stewardship and donor recognition, the week offered students the opportunity to write thank you…

Festival of Jewish Folktales Honors Peninnah Schram On November 6, students, academics, professional storytellers and members of the public gathered at the 91ºÚÁÏ Museum to share tales rich with tradition, personal meaning and religious discovery during “Folktales of Israel: A Festival…

Ferkauf's Dr. Irit Felsen Discusses the Role the Media Can Play in Gilad Shalit’s Road to Recovery For five long years, a media campaign swirled around the abduction and internment of Gilad Shalit, gaining momentum with every passing day. Without a doubt, it was the media that helped keep his story…

Alfred and Evelyn H. Solomon Rare Book Room Formally Dedicated in 91ºÚÁÏ Library On Tuesday, November 1, the Alfred and Evelyn H. Solomon Rare Book Room in 91ºÚÁÏ’s Mendel Gottesman Library of Hebrew/Judaica was formally dedicated by their children, Julia Solomon and Todd ...

Or Pikary and Isaac Dayan Selected for 2011 Excellence in Accounting Scholarship Two SYMS School of Business students, Isaac Dayan ’SB12 and Or Pikary ’SB11, were awarded 2011 Excellence in Accounting Scholarships by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) and its ...

Conversation with Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Caps Exciting Week for YU’s Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought The week of October 23 marked a new chapter in 91ºÚÁÏ’s Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought. On October 26 the center was formally ...

Students Explore Israel's Culture and Cuisine at YU Israel Club Event More than 40 students gathered on Wednesday, October 26, to celebrate one of the most beloved aspects of Israeli culture—hummus, the popular Middle Eastern chickpea-based cuisine. The event, organized by 91ºÚÁÏ’s ...

Center for Israel Studies to Present on Birnbaum Family Archive on November 10 Dr. Jess Olson, associate director of the Center for Israel Studies at 91ºÚÁÏ and author of Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish Modernity: Architect of Zionism, Yiddishism and Orthodoxy (forthcoming from Stanford ...

Studying Community Organization, Wurzweiler Class Examines Occupy Wall Street Firsthand Two weeks ago, a class from 91ºÚÁÏ’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work traveled to Lower Manhattan to observe the organizational structure and leadership dynamics of the Occupy Wall Street movement in…