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Yeshiva University fans gear up for Sweet Sixteen run, Shabbat in Atlanta

Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team will be playing in the Sweet Sixteen round of March Madness, a first in the program's history.

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Zevi Samet is a star of the Yeshiva University Maccabees men's basketball team.
Argentinian President Javier Milei addresses and Audience at Yeshiva University on March 9, 2026.

Argentina's Milei says 'proud to be the most Zionist president in the world' at Yeshiva University

"Hoppe is bothered that I am a strong supporter of Israel," Milei told the audience.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Cars belonging to Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak members were also mutilated on Oct. 7, 2023.

What history teaches about October 7, according to Rafael Medoff

A renowned historian’s scholarly work examines alarming trends to watch out for.

|ByATARA BECK
BRITISH AUTHOR and conservative political commentator Douglas Murray gestures as he speaks on stage during an evening against the rise of anti-semitism in Europe, at the Theatre Antoine, in Paris on June 3, 2024.

Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University

Murray, who is not Jewish, was appointed as the inaugural President’s Professor of Practice, a role the university billed as bringing “a leading public intellectual into the academic setting."

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John Fetterman disavows Harvard, his alma mater, while receiving an award from Yeshiva University

Fetterman and Y.U. leaders used Wednesday’s event, held at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, to portray the flagship Modern Orthodox university as a counterpoint to college campuses across the US.

MAY 30, 2024ByLUKE TRESS/JTA
Department of Communications and Public Affairs, Yeshiva University

American Jews should take a look at Catholic universities - opinion

The conventional measures of institutional prestige cannot provide two vital pieces of information: What does an institution teach, and what kind of students does it attract?

MAY 2, 2024ByGREG WEINER, PHD
A demonstrator holds a sign across from the Columbia University campus with a student protest encampment in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2024.

Jewish MIT professor accepts post at Yeshiva University following rise in antisemitism

In light of growing antisemitism on university campuses, a Jewish professor accepted the post of visiting professor at Yeshiva University in Manhattan

FEBRUARY 21, 2024ByLUKE TRESS/(NEW YORK JEWISH WEEK)
A visitor looks at an exhibit at the MIT Museum in its new location at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., October 6, 2022.

Bringing Torah to travel: Yeshiva University partners with El Al

Through this new cooperation, travelers on El Al will be offered the opportunity to listen to Yeshiva University Torah classes. 

FEBRUARY 7, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Through this new cooperation, travelers on El Al will be offered the opportunity to listen to Yeshiva University Torah classes. February 7, 2024.

New artifacts join Yeshiva University Museum's Maimonides exhibit

One of the new documents in the exhibit is a receipt written by Maimonides for funds raised to free ransomed Jewish captives taken after the Crusader assault on Bilbeis, Egypt.

FEBRUARY 3, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, WALLA!
A receipt written by Maimonides himself for funds raised to ransom Jewish captives taken after the Crusader assault on Bilbeis in northeast Egypt.

Grapevine January 21, 2024: Correcting misconceptions

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 21, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Yaffa Zilbershats, academic chair of YU Israel.

Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, dean who led Yeshiva U seminary through period of growth, dies at 94

When Charlop was named dean of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at YU in 1971, it had 154 students. When he retired in 2008, it had 340.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
TWERSKY WAS close to top officials at Yeshiva University (pictured) both ideologically and through family ties.

Grapevine, January 3, 2024: Outreach and up-reach

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 3, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
THEN US ambassador Dan Shapiro (second left) and his wife, Julie Fisher, greet Sara Netanyahu and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a reception at the US residence in 2014.

Yeshiva U, congresswoman call on students to fight antisemitism on US campuses

YU is the convenor of a historic coalition of more than 100 colleges and universities, United Against Terrorism, and was the first of its kind to put a spotlight on campuses in the aftermath of Oct 7

DECEMBER 28, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Pro-Israel counter-protesters stand around a demonstration by Harvard Law students participating in the National Day of Action organized by Law Students for a Free Palestine, at Harvard University on November 16, 2023.

Over 100 universities worldwide rallied in solidarity with Israel opposing Hamas

Their collective statement not only articulated support for Israel but also underscored their concerns for Palestinians who endured hardships under Hamas governance in Gaza.

OCTOBER 29, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University, addresses an event in solidarity with Israel during the ongoing war with Hamas.