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Oct 25, 2004 -- An unprecedented initiative by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ offers men of all ages, Jewish backgrounds, and educational levels the opportunity to participate in traditional yeshiva learning with ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s most celebrated roshei yeshiva on Sunday mornings. “ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ is striving to serve…

Oct 20, 2004 -- ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ students will have the opportunity to interact with author Salman Rushdie during his visit to campus on November 10. Mr. Rushdie will participate in a class as well as give a lecture at the university’s Wilf Campus in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan at…

Oct 15, 2004 -- ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ President Richard M. Joel today announced the appointment of Rabbi Kenneth Brander of Boca Raton, FL, as the inaugural dean of the Center for the Jewish Future, effective July 1, 2005. The ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) will serve as the ...

Oct 12, 2004 -- Joseph Wilf of Hillside, NJ, chief executive officer of Garden Homes Management, a Union, NJ-based real estate development, building, and management firm, has been elected vice chairman of the board of trustees of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ (ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ). Mr. Wilf, a Holocaust survivor, became ...

Oct 12, 2004 -- Warren Eisenberg, chairman and co-chief executive officer of Bed Bath & Beyond, was elected to the board of trustees of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ (ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ). Mr. Eisenberg became involved in the university’s leadership in 2000, when he joined the board of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Sy Syms School of Business. He…

Oct 5, 2004 -- Paul D. Brusiloff was elected a member of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Board of Directors at a meeting held in early September. Mr. Brusiloff, a partner with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, is a 1991 summa cum laude graduate of the Law School, where he served…

Oct 4, 2004 -- An analysis of how Jewish law and ethics affect scientific advances and research will highlight an Oct. 24 discussion sponsored by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Stern College for Women. The lecture, “When Man Creates Man: Assisted Reproduction, Cloning, and Stem Cell Research through the…

Oct 4, 2004 -- ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ 750 seniors from Jewish high schools across the tri-state area flocked to ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Wilf Campus in Washington Heights on September 21 for an exciting afternoon of Torah learning that included shiurim (lectures), tefillah (prayer), a multi-media presentation, and ...

Sep 27, 2004 -- Students and alumni of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ and its Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), will enrich the holiday celebrations of Shemini Atseret and Simhat Torah in more than 65 Jewish communities. As part of the annual Blanche Schreiber Torah Tours, groups of four to ...

Sep 21, 2004 -- Dr. Jacqueline K. Barton, Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and a leader in DNA research, will present the 2004 Ira Kukin Chemistry Lecture, "DNA Charge Transport: Chemistry and Biology," at Yeshiva ...