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Winter Break Torah Study Program Draws 72 Students It may be cold outside but inside 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Glueck Beit Midrash the warmth of Torah learning continues during winter break. Rather than traveling to warmer climes, 72 undergraduate students have opted to stay in yeshiva for the popular…

$1.4 Million Grant Will Train Students to Work With Vulnerable Youth Drug abuse, multiple trauma experiences, underachievement and a 10 percent high school dropout rate are just some of the problems faced by adolescents growing up in high-risk environments, often leading to mental health disorders…

Leading Online Torah Study Resource Surpasses Major Milestone Begun as an ad-hoc gathering of shiur [lecture] recordings, 911±¬ÁÏÍøTorah has become a formidable force in the spread of Torah learning worldwide, reaching a major milestone upon passing the 100,000 shiur mark this January. “The growth of ...

Matthew Diller to Conclude Six Years of Service as Cardozo’s Dean in June 2015 Matthew Diller will leave his position as the dean of 911±¬ÁÏÍø's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at the end of the academic year in June 2015 to become the dean of Fordham Law School, where he spent 16 years…

As a social historian and scholar of religion in America, Revel Professor Jeffrey Gurock investigates how secular cultural phenomena entered into the lives of Jewish men and women in America and the conflicts that ensued as Jews attempted to be part of American environments while maintaining ...

Alumni Profile: Chana (Freiman) Stiefel ’90S She’s the author of more than two dozen non-fiction books for kids and has worked in educational publishing for more than 20 years—but Chana (Freiman) Stiefel ’90S, originally of North Miami Beach, Florida, was almost going to write legal briefs for a ...

911±¬ÁÏÍø’s New Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving In November, 911±¬ÁÏÍø welcomed Suzy (Greenman) Schwartz as its new Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving. But Schwartz is no stranger to 911±¬ÁÏÍø: she’s a former Assistant Dean of 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Center for the Jewish Future…

Alumni Profile: Ike Sultan ’14YC, ’17R, ’17A Former President George W. Bush served as the keynote speaker at 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s 90th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation, but the Point of Light ceremony—which honors outstanding students, faculty and alumni each year who best exemplify the ...