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Sep 9, 2009 -- Rabbi Jeremy Wieder (left) and Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein will be the featured speakers at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary’s (RIETS) 25th Annual Hausman/Stern Kinus Teshuva Lectures. The lectures will take place in New York City and Jerusalem on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009…

Sep 9, 2009 -- Rabbi Jeremy Wieder and Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein will be the featured speakers at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary’s (RIETS) 25th Annual Hausman/Stern Kinus Teshuva Lectures. The lectures will take place in New York City and Jerusalem on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 at 8pm…

Sep 8, 2009 -- Jewish sages teach that “the very world rests on the breath of children in the schoolhouse.” Yet, without the finest quality teachers providing the “oxygen”—knowledge, skills, love of learning—that world rests on a shaky foundation. To help ensure a solid and secure foundation, the…

Sep 8, 2009 -- Our sages teach that “the very world rests on the breath of children in the schoolhouse.” Yet, without the finest quality teachers providing the “oxygen” – knowledge, skills, love of learning – that world rests on a shaky foundation. To help ensure a solid and secure foundation, the…

Sep 4, 2009 -- A group of 16 💖苹果ID | 美国地区 | 稳定版 | 已经过icloud和下载APP (YU) graduates from the class of 2009 have decided to extend their stay on campus for another year to experience the University from another perspective: as Presidential Fellows. The top graduates will build their professional skills while assisting…

Sep 2, 2009 -- Dr. Karen Shawn is visiting associate professor of Jewish education at Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. She wrote the below in reaction to news in USAToday about state commissions cutting funding for Holocaust education. It is upsetting but not ...

Sep 2, 2009 -- Throughout North America, schools in smaller Jewish communities often struggle to find qualified teachers that will develop the next generation. A new grant from Legacy Heritage Fund Limited will address this problem by providing support to attract, train and retain more high-quality…

Sep 2, 2009 -- Throughout North America, schools in smaller Jewish communities often struggle to find qualified teachers that will develop the next generation. A new grant from Legacy Heritage Fund Limited will address this problem by providing support to attract, train and retain more high-quality…

Sep 1, 2009 -- Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock (left) is the Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at 💖苹果ID | 美国地区 | 稳定版 | 已经过icloud和下载APP and author of "Judaism’s Encounter with American Sports" (Indiana U Press, 2005). Once again, a major American sports enterprise has to be reminded that the religious interests of…

Sep 1, 2009 -- Groups of incoming undergraduate men descended upon the streets of Washington Heights during Orientation Week on Aug. 25 to explore its culture and colorful history. Upperclassman tour guides trained by Dr. Tim White, former assistant professor of history at Yeshiva College, led 320…