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Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger '77YC, '79R is a rosh yeshiva at the Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Rabbi Neuburger is also the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Abraham in Bergenfield, NJ. From 1986-1990, he was spiritual leader of the Jewish community at the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ…

For Jason Schwartz ’93SB, making aliyah in the summer of 2008 was truly like coming home. And, having been fortunate to walk a professional path that already exposed him to the landscape of Israeli businesses, his transition to living and working in Israel was seamless. From Woodmere, NY,…

Rabbi Jeremy Wieder is the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Professor of Talmud in ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Mazer Yeshiva Program, an Adjunct Professor of Bible at Yeshiva College and a prolific lecturer on Talmud, Bible and Jewish law. A 1991 YC graduate, he received an M.S. in American Jewish History from…

She’s the author of more than two dozen non-fiction books for kids and has worked in educational publishing for more than 20 years—but Chana (Freiman) Stiefel ’90S, originally of North Miami Beach, was almost going to write legal briefs for a living. As a student at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Stern ...

Dr. Steven Fine, a historian of Judaism in the Greco-Roman World, was recently named the Dean Pinkhos Churgin Chair in Jewish History at Yeshiva College. He earned his BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara, his MA from the University of Southern California, and his PhD from Hebrew…

Former President George W. Bush served as the keynote speaker at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s 90th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation, but the Point of Light ceremony—which honors outstanding students, faculty and alumni each year who best exemplify the values and spirit of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ—might…

In November, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ welcomed Suzy (Greenman) Schwartz as its new Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving. But Schwartz is no stranger to ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ: she’s a former Assistant Dean of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), and she is also a proud Stern College for Women alumna and proud…

October 30 th was a memorable night at the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Annual Undergraduate Phonathon, hosted by the Office of Alumni Affairs and Annual Giving. Young alumni volunteers returned to the Wilf Campus after their workdays to phone their peers and ask them to support their alma mater, as well as…

Dr. Emil Prodan, a professor of Physics at Yeshiva, received his PhD from Rice University in theoretical physics and has an MS in theoretical physics and an MS in mathematical physics. He was previously a fellow of the Princeton Center for Complex Materials. He received postdoctoral training from…