How the Ancient Rabbinic Courts Prevented the Perils of Groupthink When Alan Greenspan was chairman of the Federal Reserve, he reportedly conducted meetings of the Fed's Open Market Committee by going around the table and asking the 17 members for their opinions. Only after the others had spoken ...
91ºÚÁÏ Students Travel to Sao Paulo as Part of the Center for the Jewish Future's Counterpoint Brazil Program A group of eight 91ºÚÁÏ students traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil from Aug. 3 through Aug. 18 as part of YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) Counterpoint Brazil ...
Stern Student Avital Chizhik Speaks with Literary Icon Amos Oz During YU Counterpoint Mission I've always been intrigued by the conflict of setting - where we find ourselves versus where we feel we truly belong. Perhaps it's because I grew up at a crossroads: the daughter of Russian-Jewish ...
PhD Students Enrolled at Revel School of Jewish Studies at an All-Time High After successfully defending her dissertation on August 4, Shana Strauch Schick, a New Jersey native now living in Detroit, will be awarded a doctorate in Talmud from 91ºÚÁÏ’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of ...
91ºÚÁÏ’s Procurement Services Department Saves 10-12 Million Dollars Annually 91ºÚÁÏ has been awarded the prestigious 16th Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award (AEP) for 2011 from the National Purchasing Institute (NPI). YU is the only New York City college…
91ºÚÁÏ Alumni Invited Back to Campus for Fun-Filled Day on September 18 Alumni, friends and family of 91ºÚÁÏ are invited to celebrate Homecoming on September 18, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 500 West 185th Street on 91ºÚÁÏ’s Wilf Campus in Washington Heights…
A Day After Tisha B'Av Mourning, Jerusalem's Mayor Visits 91ºÚÁÏ Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat visited 91ºÚÁÏ President Richard M. Joel on Wednesday, August 10, 2011, the 10th of Av, 5771. A day earlier, on the Ninth of Av, as Jews fasted and lamented the destruction of ancient…
Rabbi Kenneth Brander Attends President Obama’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge in Washington, D.C. Rabbi Kenneth Brander, David Mitzner Dean of 91ºÚÁÏ’s Center for the Jewish Future, attended President Obama’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge event in…
August 31 Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik is First Hosted by YU’s Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman will discuss religion and democracy, his historic political career and his new book, The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath in…
The Forward Interviews Susan Gross, Founder and Director of YU's Program for Jewish Genetic Health 91ºÚÁÏ officially launched its new Program for Jewish Genetic Health with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in February. But the program’s roots go back much further than that. Inspired by Yeshiva…