About 70 percent of Yeshiva University (YU) students receive some sort of financial aid, declares the YU website. With YU's tuition standing at $15,797 per semester compared to the $2,300 of New York City's community colleges for in-state residents, most YU students and/or their parents must have strong motivation to join the so-called YU family.
By Simi Lampert The subject of medical cannabis is a controversial topic spanning the political, judicial, social, and moral domains. The stigma associated with this Schedule I drug is only one of many factors which complicate honest discussion of marijuana's medicinal benefits versus its potential for harm.
With the cold weather rolling in, plenty of people are looking to get away. Air travel is much too expensive for most, and luckily there is a cheaper way to escape, located right here in the city. Bookstores allow the shopper to go just about anywhere for the price of a paperback, and there are some top-notch bookstores in Manhattan.
In August 2005, the 8,000 residents of Gush Katif were evacuated from their homes and given temporary residences by the Israeli government. Instead of waiting for further governmental support, ten families of evacuees decided soon after the disengagement to rebuild their lives in Chalutza, a desert region close to the Egyptian border that had been barely farmed or settled since the beginning of time.
By Estee Goldschmidt Basic Judaic Studies-or "Mechina (literally, "preparatory study") for Girls," as members refer to it-is a program at Stern College for Women (SCW) that provides high-level courses in Judaic studies for women with a limited Jewish background.
By Faige Seligman This past Sunday, a small group of Yeshiva University students met with Rosh Pinah, a Conservative haburah (group), amidst lines of homeless people and piles of bagels and cream cheese. Sound novel, exciting, and even a bit startling at first? Welcome to the Yeshiva University Tolerance Club (YUTC).
By Alison Silver There is a popular belief that adults of the post-Holocaust period of 1945-1962 remained silent during the aftermath of the war. However, historian Hasia Diner explained in a November 16 lecture at New York City's 92nd Street Y that this notion is false.
By Jen Lazaros On October 2, Maharat Sara Hurwitz gave an interactive lecture in Stern College about the halakhic sources for her new position and its permissibility within the Orthodox community. Hurwitz is a full clergy member of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (HIR), and the first woman to be a self-defined female Orthodox rabbi.
On Sunday, November 15th, the Writing Centers of Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women, and the Fashion Institute of Technology joined forces for a collaborative workshop. Tutors from each institution met at FIT, located on 27th St. and 7th Ave. During the three-hour meeting, each writing center delivered an original, interactive presentation that allowed for group discussion.