As a result of Tuesday's well-attended and much spoken-about panel entitled "Being Gay in the Orthodox World," Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel and Menahel Yona Reiss of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary yesterday issued a written statement asserting the stance that homosexual activity remains forbidden according to Jewish law.
The building known as "245 Lex" on the Beren Campus will henceforth be called Stanton Hall, following the naming ceremony that took place Wednesday afternoon, December 16, in honor of Ronald P. Stanton, a generous donor and educational visionary for Yeshiva University (YU).
During the recent Spring 2010 registration period, some parts of the Beren Campus were gripped with a familiar rumor: certain upper classmen had registered for courses they had no intention to take, or had even taken already, to save a spot for a friend with a later registration date.
The S. Daniel Abraham Honors program at Stern College for Women celebrated its 10th anniversary on December 10th with over one hundred students who have joined the program. The evening was both a celebration and request for funds from its founders, donors, and participants.
On 6 December, Yeshiva University's Bernard Revel Graduate School of Judaic Studies joined forces with Manhattan's Congregation Ohab Zedek to hold a Yom Iyun (day of study) about academic Jewish scholarship. The program, held at the Upper West Side synagogue, is part of a growing effort to reach out to the general Jewish community, said Revel Associate Dean Dr.
America's university system must move toward a meritocracy, argued Director of the National Economic Council Dr. Lawrence H. Summers in his keynote address at Yeshiva University's 85th annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on December 13. "We will not be the type of country we can be until merit determines who can go to college," said Summers, an assistant to President Barack Obama for economic policy and former president of Harvard University.
The Stern Beit Medrash was busy Thursday night, December 3, when the Yeshiva University Tolerance Club (YUTC) held the first club-sponsored Learnathon. The Learnathon was designed so that every person in attendance would be sponsored to learn from Shlomit Cohen (SCW '09, GPATS '10), on the development of tolerance in Judaism.
Many politicians and military experts have responded with harsh skepticism to President Barak Obama's pledge to deploy 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan and cap the decade-long war in the next eighteen months. Due to the precedent of costly and lagging military efforts, many conclude that success in Afghanistan will continue to remain limited without the cooperation of the Afghani people and their political leaders, a reality they claim will not shift dramatically within the context of Obama's political agendas.
Last year, 31 high school students agreed to come to Yeshiva University if accepted, no matter which other colleges granted them admission. These students, only 15 of whom-seven men and eight women-were accepted, were applicants to YU's Early Decision program.
The war began. The residents of on each floor of Stern College for Women's Brookdale Residence Hall engaged in a battle to gather the most pennies for their floor. The weapons: penny jars on every floor of Brookdale, waiting to collect the coins. The aim: to give something back to tzedakah (charity).
Elevators in the 245 Lexington building, recently renamed Stanton Hall, stopped working on Monday, December 7th due to a water valve breaking and subsequent flooding of the elevators and cafeteria. An email was sent from Associate Dean Ethel Orlian at 8:49 AM Monday morning alerting the student body of the incident and that the "the elevators in that building will not be operating until further notice.
Naomi Levitt joins Stern College for Women as the new Madricha Ruchanit, a position meant for providing an outsider's guidance for the students of Stern College. Levitt's position was previously held by Shira Resnick, who joined the program at its inception in 2007.