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| Motto: | תורה ומדע (Hebrew) Torah U'Madda |
| Established: | 1886 |
| Type: | Private, Jewish |
| Endowment: | US $1.410 billion1 |
| Chancellor: | Norman Lamm |
| President: | Richard M. Joel |
| Faculty: | 4,714 |
| Undergraduates: | 3,017 |
| Postgraduates: | 3,496 |
| Location: |  New York, NY |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Slogan: | "Bring Wisdom to Life" |
| Nickname: | Maccabees |
| Athletics: | NCAA Division III, Skyline Conference |
| Website: | www.yu.edu |
Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a leading research institution, ranked 50th in the United States among national universities in 2008.2.
Yeshiva University’s undergraduate schools—Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women, and Sy Syms School of Business—offer a unique dual curriculum inspired by the Modern Orthodox Judaism philosophy of Torah Umadda—meaning “Torah and secular studies”—“combining the finest, contemporary academic education with the timeless teachings of Torah.”3
Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and other graduate and professional schools promote a “dual emphasis on professional excellence and personal ethics.”4
Yeshiva University is an independent institution chartered by New York State. It is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and by several professional agencies.5
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History
Yeshiva University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States combining Jewish scholarship with studies in the liberal arts, sciences, medicine, law, business, social work, Jewish studies and education, and psychology.
In the past 122 years, Yeshiva University has expanded to comprise some twenty colleges, schools, affiliates, centers, and institutions, with several affiliated hospitals and health care institutions. It has campuses and facilities in Manhattan (Washington Heights, Murray Hill, Greenwich Village), the Bronx, Queens, and Israel.
Yeshiva University has its roots in the Etz Chaim Yeshiva founded in 1886 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a cheder-style elementary school founded by Eastern European immigrants that offered study of Talmud along with some secular education, including instruction in English.
Today, Yeshiva University enrolls approximately 3,100 undergraduate students, 3,500 graduate students, and 1,000 students at its affiliated high schools and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. It conferred 1,822 degrees in 2007 and offers community service projects serving New York, Jewish communities, the United States and Canada.6
Richard M. Joel is Yeshiva University's president, while Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm serves as chancellor. The university's past leaders include Dr. Bernard Revel, Dr. Samuel Belkin, and "The Rav," Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
Schools, affiliates, and divisions
Undergraduate Schools
Separate undergraduate programs for men and women combine traditional liberal arts and sciences studies with extensive Jewish studies programs.
For undergraduate men (Yeshiva College and uptown branch of Sy Syms School of Business), there exist four separate tracks for Judaic studies: The Mechina Program (formerly JSS), Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies (IBC), Irving I. Stone Beit Midrash Program (SBMP), and Mazer Yeshiva Program of Talmudic Study (MYP). They offer varied approaches to the study of Torah, catering to the students with different levels of ability and areas of interest in Judaic studies.
Graduate and Professional Schools
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies
- Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology
- Wurzweiler School of Social Work
Affiliates
- Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), a rabbinical school.
- Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music
- Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls
- Yeshiva University High School for Boys
Scholarly and cultural resources
Academic centers and institutes
- Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs
- Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University
- Institute for Public Health Sciences
- Center for Israel Studies at Yeshiva University
In Israel
Community
Yeshiva University maintains four campuses in New York City:
- The Resnick Campus in the Morris Park neighborhood of the eastern Bronx contains the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, along with dormitories, a library, a hospital and other medical facilities.
- The Brookdale Center in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of downtown Manhattan contains the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, law clinics and office, and a dormitory. The Center for Jewish History, which includes the Yeshiva University Museum along with other institutions, is nearby in the Chelsea neighborhood.
- The Beren Campus in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan is home to the undergraduate schools for women, including Stern College for Women and the Midtown branch of the Sy Syms School of Business, along with dormitories and other facilities. The Azrieli School has classes on this campus as well.
- The Wilf Campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan is considered the main campus; it is home to the undergraduate schools for men, the rabbinical seminary, the Belz School of Jewish Music, the high school for boys, the Azrieli Graduate School for Jewish Education and Administration, the Wurzweiler School for Social Work, and the Bernard Revel Graduate school, along with other divisions, offices, libraries, dormitories, and other facilities.
The high school for girls is located in New York City as well, in the Holliswood neighborhood of eastern Queens.
The campus in Jerusalem, in the Bayit VeGan neighborhood, contains a branch of the rabbinical seminary and an office coordinating undergraduate study by YU students at various schools throughout Israel.
Student Government
Numerous clubs and activities are maintained by the students in each school, generally under the auspices of a student government. Activities are funded by a student activities fee collected by the school but freely distributed by the elected council. (Athletics are usually an academic department.) Each graduate school maintains a student council, such as the Student Bar Association at Cardozo, which, in turn, supports the many clubs and publications in each school.
At the undergraduate level, there are separate student governments on the two campuses, although the two work closely in coordinating joint events. The men's schools are represented overall by the Yeshiva Student Union, and specifically by the Yeshiva College Student Association, the Sy Syms Student Council, the Student Organization of Yeshiva (SOY, which represents both undergraduate MYP students as well as RIETS students), and student councils for SBMP, IBC, and JSS. The latter four run most Jewish-related activities on campus, including holiday celebrations and the famed SOY Seforim (Jewish book) sale annually around February, which is open to the general public and attracts large crowds from near and far. There are also individual councils for each class, council committees, a Student Court, and clubs.
The women's schools are represented by the Stern College and Sy Syms Student Councils; there are also a Torah Activities Council, which coordinates Jewish-related events, and individual class councils, along with various clubs.
The various positions on all councils are chosen by elections open to all students (both as voters and candidates) generally held in the Spring (for the following year's councils), although Freshman and Sophomore class councils are elected in the Fall, the latter owing to the large number of students spending the freshman year abroad in Israel.
The undergraduate men's newspaper is The Commentator, and the undergraduate women's The Observer; there is also a student newspaper (in addition to a number of law journals) at Cardozo. There are numerous other publications on a wide range of topics, both secular and religious, produced by the various councils and academic clubs, along with many official university publications and the university press. The call letters of the student radio station are WYUR.
Dormitories and student housing
There are dormitory and dining facilities on each campus. Cardozo has a single dormitory building a block south of the classroom building, while Einstein has a number of student housing buildings on campus for single and married students.
Approximately 90% of the undergraduate student populations live on campus.
The Wilf Campus includes three main dormitory buildings: Morgenstern, nicknamed the "Morg", Rubin, and Muss. Many upperclassmen and some graduate students live in the surrounding independent housing that is run by the university or in other nearby buildings; there is also a small high school dormitory on campus, Strenger Hall, which houses some older students as well who serve as counselors.
The Beren campus includes four dormitory buildings: Brookdale, Schottenstein, 36th Street and 35th Street Residence Halls. Many students live in university-administered independent housing nearby.
Sports Clubs and Teams
The winningest team in Yeshiva College sports history is the fencing team, known as the "Tauberman", named after the illustrious and beloved coach of the team, Professor Arthur Tauber, who served as the head coach of the team from 1949 through 1985. Team members practiced three nights a week from 8-11PM and participated in matches and tournaments with many of the area's collegiate teams. One of the highlights of the season was the match against MIT on a Sunday morning in the spring semester. The members of the team were hosted for Shabbat by the local Jewish community of Brookline, MA, with the match taking place the following day.
Yeshiva's Men's Basketball team is an annual playoff contender. The 2007 - 2008 season had particular note as Yeshiva was home to the NCAA Skyline Conference's Rookie of the Year.
Other teams that are quickly becoming contenders are the Men's Soccer, Baseball, and Tennis teams.
Rankings
Yeshiva University has been recognized for academic excellence throughout the state, country, and the world at large.
The U.S. News and World Report's 2009 "America's Best Colleges" ranked Yeshiva University as the 50th best national university rising from the 2008 rank of 52nd. YU was also ranked 41st "Best Value" Colleges, and 5th in percentage of students studying abroad (90% of the class of 2007). It also placed among the three top universities in the New York City area, together with New York University and Columbia University. The Biological Sciences Program of its Albert Einstein School of Medicine was ranked 48th in the nation.7
The Washington Monthly 2007 College Rankings placed Yeshiva University 94th nationally. 8 In a similar list, The Center for Measuring University Performance found Yeshiva University 45th nationally among the Top American Research Universities. 9
YU has also received worldwide recognition. The Times Higher Education Supplement of the UK put Yeshiva University as the 172nd top world university of 2006; a substantial jump from the 254th ranking the school received in 2005.10 According to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the university is ranked in the 151-200 category among world universities and 76-98 among universities in the Americas.11
The university's national research impact has also been evaluated. The university's rank of research impact in Biology & Biochemistry placed 5th in the US by Thomson Reuters, surpassing Washington University, Stanford, Duke, and UCSF. 12
Notable faculty and Alumni
Notable faculty
- Rabbi Benjamin Blech
- Professor Joshua Fishman
- Professor Harvey Sober
- Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
- Dr. David Alan Johnson
- Professor Elisheva Carlebach Yoffen
- Rabbi Benjamin Yudin
Notable Alumni
- Jeff Ballabon
- Rabbi Seth Farber
- Rabbi Barry Freundel
- Professor Ari L. Goldman
- Aaron Klein
- Daniel Kurtzer, former United States Ambassador to Israel and Egypt
- Matthew Levitt
- Rabbi Dr. Moses Mescheloff
- Chaim Potok
- Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
- Avi Steinlauf, President and COO of Edmunds.com
See also
- Bar-Ilan University – a Ramat Gan based university which aims "to blend tradition with modern technologies and scholarship, and teach the compelling ethics of Jewish heritage to all.”
- Hebrew Theological College - a Chicago based institution, "preparing its graduates for roles as educators and Rabbis", while providing "broad cultural perspectives and a strong foundation in the Liberal Arts and Sciences."
- Lander College - a New York City based college, a division of Touro College, which offers secular, University study in addition to its yeshiva program.
- Jerusalem College of Technology - a Jerusalem based college, founded to "educate students who see the synthesis of Jewish values and a profession as their way of life."
- Famous people affiliated with Yeshiva University
- Education in New York City
References
- ^ "All Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2007 Market Value of Endowment Assets with Percent Change Between 2006 and 2007 Endowment Assets" (PDF). 2007 NACUBO Endowment Study. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Retrieved on 2008-08-29.
- ^ America's Top Colleges, U.S. News and World Reports ranking of America's top colleges. Accessed August 25, 2008.
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- ^ This is Yeshiva University: 2007 – 2008
- ^ This is Yeshiva University: 2007 – 2008
- ^ America's Best Colleges 2009: National Universities: Top Schools, U.S. News & World Report. Accessed August 22, 2008.
- ^ The Washington Monthly College Rankings, Washington Monthly. Accessed April 14, 2008.
- ^ The Top American Research Universities: 2006 Annual Report, The Center for Measuring University Performance. Accessed July 29, 2007.
- ^ THES - QS World University Rankings 2006 - Top 200 Universities, The Times Higher Education Supplement. Accessed July 28, 2007.
- ^ Academic Ranking of World Universities 2006 Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Accessed July 29, 2007.
- ^ US University Top Tens Thomson Reuters. Accessed July 28, 2008.
External links
Undergraduate schools
Graduate schools
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies
- Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology
- GPATS - Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies
- Wurzweiler Graduate School of Social Work
Affiliates and centers
- Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
- Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music
- Yeshiva University High School for Girls
- Yeshiva University High School for Boys
- Center for Israel Studies at Yeshiva University
- The Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University
- Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization
Scholarly and cultural resources
Student organizations
- YU Maccabees Athletics
- WYUR:Yeshiva University Radio
- The Commentator (YU's student newspaper)
- MacsLive, Online Home of Macs Basketball and the Red Sarachek Tournament
Other YU resources
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