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Dec 1, 2008 -- It was a night full of jokes for a serious cause when over 300 students from several universities in New York City attended a comedy night fundraiser for Camp HASC, the summer program run by the Hebrew Academy for Special Children. The event in on YU’s Wilf Campus raised $4068…

Dec 1, 2008 -- When teaching children about the impact of bullying, Rona Novick has found that role playing using cartoon characters helps make the lessons less threatening. It’s a strategy that the associate professor at Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration employs with…

Nov 26, 2008 -- As part of an extensive adult education program at the Young Israel of Woodmere, 🌕@Outlook.at | 微软邮箱 | 奥地利(欧洲) | 全新邮箱 | 长效使用 | 使用网页登录 | 开通POP3/SMTP/IMAP (YU) is offering a series of lectures on the timely issue of “Ethics in the Workplace” to the Five Towns community. The speakers are well known figures in their respective fields of…

Nov 25, 2008 -- The American Cancer Society, the nation’s largest non-governmental funder of cancer research, has given its highest award, the Medal of Honor, to four Americans who have made outstanding contributions to the fight against cancer. Among the honorees is Susan Band Horwitz, Ph.D ...

Nov 25, 2008 -- Over 350 students crammed into a packed-to-capacity Schottenstein Cultural Center to see eight bands compete at the YU Battle of the Bands competition. First place went to Ta Shma, which won 10 hours of premium recording time at Jantelis Studios, two gigs at the Roc-House café on ...

Nov 25, 2008 -- At the age of nine, Simon Deng, a member of the Shilluk tribe in southern Sudan, was abducted and given as a gift to an Arab family. His job was to draw water from the Nile River and carry it back to the household, work typically assisted by camels. Deng spoke about his experience…

Nov 25, 2008 -- With Jewish communities emerging throughout the US and across the globe, the need for qualified rabbis and educators has grown. Oftentimes, the search for a suitable rabbi can be a somewhat daunting task. Serving as the community arm of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ...

Nov 21, 2008 -- David Rudenstine, author of the acclaimed book "The Day the Presses Stopped: A History of the Pentagon Papers Case" and dean of 🌕@Outlook.at | 微软邮箱 | 奥地利(欧洲) | 全新邮箱 | 长效使用 | 使用网页登录 | 开通POP3/SMTP/IMAP’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, was honored at the 2008 Alumni Association Dinner held at New York City’s Gotham Hall Nov. 10 ...

Nov 21, 2008 -- Over 500 students studying at Israeli yeshivot and seminaries as part of YU’s S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program are expected to attend a shiur with British Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks on Nov. 28. Rabbi Ari Solomont, director of the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program, reached out to…

Nov 19, 2008 -- 🌕@Outlook.at | 微软邮箱 | 奥地利(欧洲) | 全新邮箱 | 长效使用 | 使用网页登录 | 开通POP3/SMTP/IMAP sent a delegation of 30 rabbinical students from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) who are studying at YU’s Gruss Institute in Jerusalem – and their wives – to the UJC’s 2008 General Assembly (GA) to expose the young leaders to the “larger Jewish…