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Opinion Don’t Let Islamophobia Into Yeshiva University Along With New President
As an alumnus of Yeshiva University, I am concerned by the news that the school’s search committee has now chosen a new president to lead Modern Orthodoxy’s flagship institution. The committee’s choice is Rabbi Ari Berman, an Orthodox rabbi who until recently has been living in Israel. Particularly worrisome to me are a couple of…
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News Can New President Ari Berman Save Yeshiva University?
Yeshiva University is holding its breath. Next week, the 130-year-old institution will meet the rabbi chosen to try to drag it out of its deepening financial morass. The encounter comes as the future of the troubled university remains very much uncertain. A board committee has picked Rabbi Ari Berman, 47, a former Upper West Side…
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Opinion Money Smarts Isn’t the Most Important Quality for Yeshiva U.’s Next President
The Jewish community has been abuzz this past week with news that Yeshiva University’s search committee selected Rabbi Ari Berman as its top choice to become Y.U.’s next president. As the committee’s press release noted, Berman has the Modern Orthodox and Y.U. pedigree you would expect of the university’s next leader; he was rabbi of…
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Opinion Yeshiva U.’s Likely New President Will Keep School on Track — Toward Financial Ruin
If you’re about to apply for college starting in the fall, will your school of choice still be around to confer a diploma in four years’ time? Students considering applying to Yeshiva University for admission next year may want to think long and hard about that question. Here are a few sample headlines about the…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva U. To Create New Professional School After $25 Million Gift
Yeshiva University is establishing a new graduate program, the Katz School of Graduate and Professional Studies, with a $25 million gift. The donation from Mordecai and Monique Katz was announced by Yeshiva on Monday. The Katz School will offer degrees in fields such as marketing, allied health, community education, data science and cyber security. Programs…
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News Y.U. Comes Up With Shortlist To Replace Richard Joel
As the flagship institution of American Modern Orthodoxy is looking for a new president, a number of prominent rabbis — including Shmuley Boteach and Jonathan Sacks — have been overlooked. “We are looking for someone with the right qualifications,” said a university spokesman. “We need someone who can work with the Torah-observant community but who…
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Fast Forward Patriots Owner Robert Kraft To Receive Honorary Doctorate From Yeshiva University
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, a noted philanthropist, will receive an honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University. Kraft, a noted philanthropist, also will deliver the keynote address at the New York Jewish school’s 85th commencement ceremony at Madison Square Garden in May, the university announced Thursday. “Robert Kraft represents not only success in business, but…
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Opinion What Sex Abuse Cases at Horace Mann and Y.U. Should Teach Us
As a former student at Horace Mann School in the Bronx’s Riverdale neighborhood, I was instrumental in breaking the silence around the prestigious prep school’s decades-long history of child sexual abuse. Although I myself am not an abuse survivor, I saw many of my fellow alumni’s stories come to light when The New York Times…
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