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Paul Glassman Will Serve as Director of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Libraries After 20 Years of Teaching on Campus Paul Glassman has been named the new director of University Libraries at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Glassman has a 20-year association with the University, having taught architectural history and design as an adjunct…

Stern College Volleyball Player Headed to Chile to Compete in Pan American Maccabi Games December and early January may be some of the coldest days of the year, but for Gavriela Colton, things will just be heating up: the Stern College for Women junior from Teaneck, New Jersey, will be headed to ...

RIETS Rosh Yeshiva Explores Modern Challenges of Lashon Hara in New Book The prohibition against lashon hara—derogatory speech—is an essential component of proper interpersonal conduct for religious Jews, but even for those with the best intentions, it can often be a struggle. How do you know when…

At ChampionsGate Fall Leadership Conference, Jewish Communal Leaders Gather to Confront Shared Challenges The ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Museum was the setting for the ChampionsGate Fall Leadership Conference on November 8. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's The Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), convened the…

Reception Honors ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Employees Celebrating Milestone Anniversaries On Thursday, November 12, President Richard M. Joel and the Human Resources Department hosted a program and reception honoring ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ employees on the Manhattan campuses who celebrated milestone anniversaries during 2015…

MTA LEAD Gives Teenage Entrepreneurs a Head Start MTA LEAD (Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Advisement and Development) is a unique program designed to provide Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ High School for Boys (MTA) students with lasting business and communal leadership skills…

Twenty Years After His Assassination, Academic Conference Hosted by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Reflects on Rabin's Lasting Impact On November 1, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's Center for Israel Studies (CIS) hosted an academic conference, titled "Yitzhak Rabin: Twenty Years After", on the Wilf Campus to commemorate…

More than 1,000 Join ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Students in Song and Prayer at Times Square Kumzitz On November 1, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ students hosted a moving kumzitz [concert] in support of Israel on the Red Steps in Times Square. Led by student Aryeh Tiefenbrunn on his guitar and the Y-Studs, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s…

Dr. Ben Chouake, Norman Sternthal, Mark Wilf and Rabbi Dr. Herbert Dobrinsky to be Honored at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's 91st Hanukkah Convocation The Honorable Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will be the keynote speaker and receive an honorary degree at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s 91st Annual Hanukkah Convocation and Dinner at the…

Washington Heights Street Renamed for Soviet Jewry Activist Jacob Birnbaum On October 18, a street in ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s own neighborhood of Washington Heights, New York, was renamed to honor the memory of Jacob Birnbaum, a prominent activist who began his monumental work on behalf of Soviet…