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After spurning Columbia, Robert Kraft gives $1M to Yeshiva U to support transfer students

Kraft is directing some of his largesse toward Y.U., which has sought to position itself as a safe haven for Jews who fear antisemitism at other schools.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
27/06/2024

YU head to 'Post': ‘Campuses need to be safe for Jews, not free from Jews’

Yeshiva University head Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: As YU sees 53% rise in transfers, campuses need discipline to keep Jews safe

Department of Communications and Public Affairs, Yeshiva University

John Fetterman disavows Harvard, his alma mater, while receiving an award from Yeshiva University

Fetterman and Y.U. leaders used Wednesday’s event, held at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, to portray the flagship Modern Orthodox university as a counterpoint to college campuses across the US.

By LUKE TRESS/JTA
30/05/2024

American Jews should take a look at Catholic universities

The conventional measures of institutional prestige cannot provide two vital pieces of information: What does an institution teach, and what kind of students does it attract?

By GREG WEINER , PHD
02/05/2024

Jewish MIT professor accepts post at Yeshiva University following rise in antisemitism

In light of growing antisemitism on university campuses, a Jewish professor accepted the post of visiting professor at Yeshiva University in Manhattan

By LUKE TRESS/(NEW YORK JEWISH WEEK)
21/02/2024

Bringing Torah to travel: Yeshiva University partners with El Al

Through this new cooperation, travelers on El Al will be offered the opportunity to listen to Yeshiva University Torah classes. 

New artifacts join Yeshiva University Museum's Maimonides exhibit

One of the new documents in the exhibit is a receipt written by Maimonides for funds raised to free ransomed Jewish captives taken after the Crusader assault on Bilbeis, Egypt.

03/02/2024

Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, dean who led Yeshiva U seminary through period of growth, dies at 94

When Charlop was named dean of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at YU in 1971, it had 154 students. When he retired in 2008, it had 340.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
19/01/2024
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