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Program to Provide Free, Public Mental Health Support and Educational Resources This month ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work is launching Care Café: a free, traveling, psycho-educational community resource program to support individuals and families seeking help and information…

Students to Spend Winter Break in Jewish Communities Across Midwest on Mission of Personal Growth and Community Building ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Office of Student Life announced today that 14 undergraduate students will participate in a special Midwest edition of its annual “Jewish Life Coast to Coast…

Jewish Philosophy Students Can Use Distance Learning Platform for Spring 2018 In an effort to make its programs available to a larger pool of qualified students, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies has launched a distance learning option, Revel Remote. Beginning…

Sy Syms Honors Student Awarded $5,000 and Career-Building Perks Kayla Garb, a first-year honors student at YU’s Sy Syms School of Business, has been named a YMA Fashion Scholarship winner by the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF). Winners receive $5,000 toward their education expenses and are up…

New Video Series Highlights ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Classes Welcome to "OnCourse," a new video series showcasing academic classes across ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. Each video will provide a glimpse into a unique YU course and explore the subject matter being taught. In the premiere installment of "OnCourse,"…

OU-JLIC Educators Convene at YU for Day of Inspiration and Learning ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) welcomed back graduates who are serving as OU-JLIC (Orthodox Union Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus) educators to the Wilf Campus for a daylong ...

YU Continuing Education Webinar Series for Rabbis Explores Advanced Methodologies for Research, Content and Delivery ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) and YU-affiliate Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) announced today the launch of “Drashas and Shiurim: From ...

Richard Hidary's New Book Examines Influence of the Art of Persuasion on Talmudic Scholars Rabbis and Classical Rhetoric: Sophistic Education and Oratory in the Talmud and Midrash, by Dr. Richard Hidary, associate professor of Jewish history, is coming out this month from Cambridge University Press…

From How We View Poverty to What's Missing in Our Pursuit of Happiness, TEDx ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Spreads Powerful Ideas TEDx ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ presented its second year of TED-style lectures on November 16 at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Museum. The event featured six short format talks from speakers ...

A Look Back at The Past 12 Months at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ For ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, 2017 was a year of new beginnings, outstanding achievements and memorable moments. In September, the YU community celebrated the historic investiture of Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman as the school’s fifth president and welcomed…