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Topic: Yeshiva University

May 2, 2013
5:50 am

Scientists say key to aging discovered deep inside brain

Blocking protein in hypothalamus helps mice live longer, and could play a role in developing new drugs, researchers at Yeshiva University find

By Joshua Davidovich

April 12, 2013
4:11 pm

Carter given YU journal’s Advocate for Peace prize

Prior to the ceremony Alan Dershowitz challenged the former president to a debate

April 10, 2013
6:39 pm

The Rav: Memories of a giant

An affectionate rememberance of the great Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik as a man of uncommon compassion and true loving kindness

By Kenneth Brander

April 9, 2013
8:13 am

Former US President Jimmy Carter speaks to reporters in Jerusalem in October. (Photo credit: Raphael Ahren/The Times of Israel)

Yeshiva U. backs students’ right to honor Carter

But institution’s president says he ‘strongly disagrees’ with former president’s stance on Israel

March 16, 2013
5:09 am

Yeshiva University High School for Boys in New York City (photo credit: Facebook)

YU dean warns against reporting unconfirmed sex abuse claims

Rabbi Hershel Schachter says false allegations may lead to imprisonment with a ‘shvartze’ — a derogatory term for black person

March 6, 2013
1:22 am

Managing director Alex Zirkler, left, pictured with administrator Julius Dem, has watched as the Lauder Business School has expanded from seven to more than 250 students. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

Jewish business school celebrates 10 years in Europe

With an accomplished student body and classes in a renovated palace, Vienna’s Lauder Business School hopes growth will continue

By Cnaan Liphshiz

February 16, 2013
5:14 am

Nick Muzin, left, and Tim Scott bonded over their shared religious devotion. (Photo by Kay Fekete, courtesy of Nick Muzin via JTA)

Black senator’s secret weapon: an Orthodox Jew from Canada

Yeshiva University-trained doctor Nick Muzin has played a key role in guiding the career of rising GOP star Tim Scott

By Ron Kampeas

January 9, 2013
7:24 pm

When 17 men tell me they were abused

Recent scandals are prompting a few victims to speak, while countless others remain silent

By Michael J. Salamon

December 19, 2012
12:36 am

British-born Beth Schlesinger is battling for custody of her twin sons, Samuel and Benjamin, after her Austrian husband alleged she was mentally ill -- a claim later rejected in two psychological evaluations. (Courtesy of Beth Schlesinger)

Nasty Jewish divorce spirals into an international incident

A custody battle in Vienna has split a family, pitted British and Austrian rabbis against one another and looks set to continue well into next year

By Miriam Shaviv

December 18, 2012
3:27 am

White House official notes Yeshiva University sex abuse allegations

Chief of staff Jacob Lew refers to scandal while accepting honorary doctorate from school’s president

December 14, 2012
10:01 pm

Yeshiva University apologizes following abuse allegations

President calls decades-old instances of sexual misconduct ‘heinous and inexcusable’

December 10, 2012
7:37 pm

The Maccabeats celebrate a bone-marrow match in the video for "Shine." (YouTube screenshot)

Maccabeats seek a Hanukkah miracle

Yeshiva University music group promotes the Gift of Life bone marrow registry in its latest YouTube hit

By Times of Israel staff

November 25, 2012
6:57 am

One expert predicts that prenatal genetic testing will become one of the most controversial issues of the coming decade. (Memorial University of Newfoundland via JTA)

Genetic testing raises wrenching questions for Jewish parents

Rabbis and bioethics scholars struggle over advances that could boost health, fearing they could also lead to more abortions

By Joel N. Shurkin

November 2, 2012
11:36 pm

A Haredi couple awaits the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Monday in Brooklyn. (Azi Paybarah via Twitter/JTA)

Jewish volunteers step up in Sandy’s wake

‘Synagogues, organizations and individuals — everyone has been coming out,’ says Upper West Side resident; kosher soup kitchen dishes out four times its usual fare

By Chavie Lieber

September 12, 2012
12:40 pm

Eli Zborowski, founder of American Society for Yad Vashem, dies

The Holocaust survivor endowed the first academic chair in the United States in Holocaust Studies, at Yeshiva University in New York

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