48-757: The Feil Organization is a family-owned real estate investment, development, and management company in New York City governed by a nine-member board, with a portfolio of $ 7 billion as of 2013. The Feil Organization is one of New York City's oldest family-owned real estate companies. Its CEO and chairman is Jeffrey J. Feil . Other board members include Jay Anderson, Marty Edelman, David Schizer, Richard Barry, Eric Derfner, Jonathan Estreich, Brian Feil and Adam Jaffe. The company owns, develops, and manages retail, commercial, industrial, residential, and undeveloped properties. It owns and operates over 26 million square feet of office space. Its New York City properties include
96-621: A 5–4 decision the full court vacated the stay without prejudice, ruling the NY appeals process was incomplete and thus SCOTUS relief premature. In response, the university put all student clubs on hold in September 2022, pending resolution of their ongoing legal challenges. YU-affiliated Cardozo School of Law and the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology have publicly supported their own students and voiced their disapproval of
144-532: A Pride Alliance club for undergraduate LGBTQ+ students and their allies. Controversy over LGBTQ-supportive undergraduate groups has been ongoing since at least 2009, when students created a "Tolerance Club." Its purpose was to promote acceptance of diversity of people within the Yeshiva University community. A founding member said that the group had "determined that the school’s lack of diversity has fostered significant insensitivity to those outside of
192-439: A branch of the rabbinical seminary and an office coordinating the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program. Under the latter, first year students studying in selected Israeli Yeshivot are considered YU undergraduates. The undergraduate university newspaper is The Commentator , and the newspaper for Stern College is The Observer . Law students at Cardozo also edit and publish five law journals . There are numerous other publications on
240-527: A championship with his team in the IBL's first year. Yeshiva's Men's Basketball team is an annual playoff contender. The most successful eras for Yeshiva basketball in recent history have been at the start and end of the 1990s, as well as the dawn of the 2020s. Banners hang in the Max Stern Athletic Center commemorating seasons from both eras. The 2007–08 season had particular note as Yeshiva
288-528: A dual curriculum inspired by Modern – Centrist – Orthodox Judaism 's hashkafa (philosophy) of Torah Umadda ("Torah and secular knowledge"), combining academic education with the study of the Torah . The majority of students at the university identify as Modern Orthodox . The undergraduate body is entirely Jewish, while most of the graduate students, especially at the Cardozo School of Law ,
336-495: A progress report "evidence that student learning assessment information is used to improve teaching and learning." This was accepted by the commission on November 17, 2016 (wherein the university met the minimum requirements for accreditation). In January 2016, the university disclosed plans to cede almost half of its $ 1 billion endowment to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine , as the medical college enters
384-593: A separate joint venture with Montefiore Health System . In the 2020–2021 school year, Yeshiva University enrolled approximately 2,250 undergraduate students, and 2,700 graduate students. It is also home to affiliated high schools— Yeshiva University High School for Boys and Yeshiva University High School for Girls—and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). It conferred 1,822 degrees in 2007 and offers community service projects serving New York, Jewish communities,
432-495: A settlement was reached within the family. https://www.wsj.com/articles/real-estate-empire-survives-brutal-family-battle-1494932405 Yeshiva University Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City . The university's undergraduate schools— Yeshiva College , Stern College for Women , Katz School of Science and Health, and Sy Syms School of Business —offer
480-777: A trustee for the Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medicine; Yeshiva University , and Brooklyn Law School . He also serves on the Board of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York and is president of the Feil Family Foundation. In 2013, Feil donated $ 28 million to establish the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College . Also in 2013, Feil and his wife Lee donated $ 5 million to
528-400: 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, and it is currently an Internet-only station. Yeshiva University has been involved in legal proceedings since April 2021 after it blocked official recognition of
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#1732780661773576-498: A year studying there as well. Over the course of Lamm's tenure, enrollment grew considerably to over 2000 undergraduate students. In addition to its undergraduate schools and affiliates, Yeshiva maintains graduate schools in Jewish studies, Jewish education and administration, social work, psychology, law, and medicine. There are over fifteen schools in total. In addition, numerous joint undergraduate-graduate programs with other schools in
624-909: Is located within the Wilf Campus, at 500 185th St. A 1928 plan to build a spacious Moorish Revival campus around several gardens and courtyards was canceled by the Great Depression of 1929 after only one building had been erected. Building continued after the Depression in modern style and by the acquisition of existing neighborhood buildings. Since it was founded in 1886, Yeshiva University has expanded to comprise some twenty colleges, schools, affiliates, centers, and institutions, with several affiliated hospitals and healthcare institutions. It has campuses and facilities in Manhattan ( Washington Heights , Murray Hill , Greenwich Village ),
672-604: Is the fencing team, known as the "Taubermen", named after the coach of the team, Professor Arthur Tauber, who served as the head coach of the team from 1949 through 1985. Olympic gold medalist Henry Wittenberg was at one time the coach of the wrestling team. In 2014, the Men's Tennis team won the Skyline Conference championship, becoming the first team in school history to advance to the NCAA tournament in any sport. In 2015,
720-647: The New York Daily News , the Los Angeles Times , and The Wall Street Journal . After previous #1 Randolph–Macon lost in overtime, the Maccabees, with their winning streak having reached 44 games, inherited the #1 ranking in the D3hoops.com poll released on November 29, 2021, marking the first time any Yeshiva team had topped any national poll. The Maccabees received recognition from
768-581: The Fred F. French Building at 551 Fifth Avenue at East 45th Street; 4 Park Avenue at East 34th Street; the Rodin Studios at 200 West 57th Street and Seventh Avenue; and 570 Lexington Avenue at East 51st Street. This United States corporation or company article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jeffrey J. Feil Jeffrey Feil is a New York-based real estate developer and president and CEO of The Feil Organization . Feil
816-566: The Middle States Commission on Higher Education warned the university "that its accreditation may be in jeopardy because of insufficient evidence that the institution is currently in compliance with Standard 10 (Faculty) and Standard 14 (Assessment of Student Learning)." On June 26, 2014, the Middle State Commission on Higher Education, which accredits the university "reaffirmed accreditation", but requested
864-823: The Sy Syms School of Business , and the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology , are not Jewish. Yeshiva University is an independent institution chartered by New York State . It is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education . 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. The rabbinical seminary
912-644: The "approved traditional Orthodox alternative to its current LGBTQ student group, the YU Pride Alliance". There is still a dispute with the Pride Alliance who claimed the university's action as a stunt and distraction. Administrators later described Kol Yisrael Areivim as "a framework within which we hope to eventually form a club". Kol Yisrael Areivim is not included on official club lists, and it does not have any student members. On April 10, 2023, student journalist reported that Kol Yisrael Areivim
960-555: The 2019–20 season, the men's basketball team's only loss was in the season opener, with the Maccabees going on to win the Skyline Conference championship. This was the second time in three years that the Maccabees made the NCAA Division III Tournament. They won the first two rounds, pushing them into the Sweet Sixteen (3rd round) for the first time in school history. Before they played in the third round,
1008-595: The Bronx , Queens , and Israel. The Yeshiva University Museum is a teaching museum and the cultural arm of Yeshiva University. Founded in 1973, Yeshiva University Museum is AAMG accredited and aims to provide a window into Jewish culture around the world and throughout history through multi-disciplinary exhibitions and publications. The university's building in Jerusalem , in the Bayit VeGan neighborhood, contains
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#17327806617731056-537: The ESPN and NBA Twitter accounts for their 50th straight win, the longest winning streak in NCAA Men's Division III Basketball. As of December 29, 2021, the men's basketball team held the then-longest active winning streak in men's college basketball with 50 consecutive wins. On December 30, 2021, the men's basketball team lost their winning streak. One of the most successful teams in Yeshiva University sports history
1104-710: The Feil Organization owns or manages over $ 7 billion in real estate spread over nine states including the Fred F. French Building and the General Electric Building . In 2011, Feil donated $ 3 million to the South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, New York to build a cancer center. The center was renamed The Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center at South Nassau Communities Hospital. Feil serves as
1152-702: The Men's Tennis team repeated as Skyline Conference champions and went back to the NCAA National Tournament, advancing to the second round. They lost to the defending National Champions Amherst College. In 2016, the Men's Tennis team won the Skyline Conference a third year in a row and advancing to the NCAA D3 National Tennis Tournament again. The Men's Tennis team repeated as Skyline Conference champions in 2017 and 2018 to extend this streak of success to five consecutive NCAA National Tournament appearances. Since 2010,
1200-492: The NCAA tournament was canceled due to COVID-19. After a 7–0 season in 2020–21 also abbreviated by COVID-19, the Maccabees entered the 2021–22 season on a 36-game winning streak, the longest current streak in NCAA men's basketball in any division, and were ranked #2 in the preseason by the Division III basketball website D3hoops.com . During this streak, the team has been featured by media outlets as diverse as ESPN , CNN ,
1248-518: The New York area and beyond are maintained. The Yeshiva University Museum, an affiliate of the school, is now one of the components of the Center for Jewish History, located in downtown Manhattan. Under Joel's leadership, Yeshiva University's endowment was invested in high-risk investments, including the funds of Bernard Madoff . Losses of at least $ 110 million resulted. In early 2014, Moody's lowered
1296-404: The New York portfolio; his nephews, Justin and Eric Derfner, also worked for the Feil Organization. In 1999, his father died with an estate estimated at $ 250 million. In 2002, Feil was a founding partner of RCG Longview, a real estate financing company, separate from the Feil Organization. RCG Longview and the Feil Organization, would often partner together to complete transactions. In 2004, he
1344-832: The Northeast. Nationally, Yeshiva was ranked 138th by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings , and internationally it is ranked in the 900s by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University 's Academic Ranking of World Universities and 369th in the world by the QS ;World University Rankings . The university's main campus, Wilf Campus, is located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan. Yeshiva University's main office
1392-607: The Peconic Bay Medical Center to open an ambulatory care campus in Manorville, New York . It will be named The Gertrude and Louis Feil Campus for Ambulatory Care. Feil lives with his wife Eileen "Lee" Feil in Remsenburg, New York . After his mother's death in 2006, his three sisters accused him of withholding distributions from their father's estate. The matters within the family ended in 2017 when
1440-845: The United States and Canada. As of 2015, the university had run an operating deficit for seven consecutive years. In 2014, it lost $ 84 million, and in 2013, it suffered a loss of $ 64 million. The university's academic programs are organized into the following schools: The U.S. News & World Report ' s 2024 "America's Best Colleges" ranked Yeshiva University 105th (tie) in National University. In 2023, Forbes ranked Yeshiva University as: No. 226 in "Top colleges 2023", No. 118 in Private Colleges, No. 143 in Research Universities, and No. 82 in
1488-472: The annual Hanukkah Concert and a carnival celebrating Israeli Independence Day. The Yeshiva University Medical Ethics Society (MES) is an undergraduate student-run organization of Yeshiva University which was founded by students in the fall of 2005 with the help of the Center for the Jewish Future toward the goal of promoting education and awareness of Jewish medical ethics in the university itself and
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1536-628: The basketball and fencing teams, and in Hollywood, Florida with the baseball team in 2008. Some international students have participated in NCAA sports, with as many as nine different nationalities representing the school on the sports field. Two members of the Yeshiva Maccabees Baseball team were drafted out of college by professional teams of the Israeli Baseball League . Pitcher Aryeh Rosenbaum celebrated
1584-489: The college's high school campus abused boys there in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Investigations into these allegations by The Jewish Daily Forward and a law firm hired by the university found "multiple instances in which the university either failed to appropriately act to protect the safety of its students or did not respond to the allegations at all." These allegations led to a 380 million dollar lawsuit by former students. The case has since been dismissed. In 2012
1632-594: The community at large. In the first several years, the group hosted a program of on-campus lectures in the field of medical ethics and Halakha (Jewish law). They also host genetic testing events to help combat the high incidence of various genetic diseases in the Jewish community. Yeshiva University includes a number of NCAA Division III -level sports teams. The teams, nicknamed "The Maccabees", include: men's baseball, basketball, golf, volleyball, wrestling, women's basketball, cross country, fencing, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. Because of Yeshiva's dual curriculum, most of
1680-445: The mainstream Y.U. culture" and aimed to address that issue. The group's members included undergraduates at both the men's and women's campuses. Although not organized to address LGBTQ issues specifically, the group's promotion of tolerance for sexual and gender diversity generated controversy on the Yeshiva University campus; the student newspaper reported that the administration quashed a panel discussion because they objected to one of
1728-604: The retail space in The St. Regis Hotel ; in 2012, they sold it for $ 380 million. Also in 2009, he partnered with George Comfort & Sons to purchase One Worldwide Plaza for $ 590 million after developer Harry Macklowe turned the property over to his lenders after the real estate crash (Macklowe had paid $ 1.74 billion for it in 2008); in 2013, they sold 49% of the building to RXR Realty, LLC for $ 600 million. In 2010, he co-developed Bakery Square in Pittsburgh . As of 2013,
1776-529: The school's bond rating by five steps to B1, junk bond level. To raise funds and cut costs, Yeshiva University has sold off real estate, and transferred control of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to Montefiore Medical Center. Joel created the Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future , folding other programs, both from within and from outside YU, into it. In December 2012, Joel apologized over allegations that two rabbis at
1824-738: The speakers, a gay Orthodox rabbi. This controversy came to a head when the Tolerance Club sponsored a panel discussion entitled "Being Gay in the Orthodox World" in December, 2009. Several hundred people attended this panel discussion. Numerous Jewish news sources covered the panel and the conflict that enveloped the Yeshiva campus in its wake, and the Tolerance Club disbanded in May 2010. A decade later, in 2021, undergraduate students sued
1872-452: The sports teams practice at night, sometimes even as late as 11:00 pm. A few of the sports teams practice or work out before classes begin at 9:00 am; for example, the men's basketball team routinely practices at 6:00 am. Teams have participated in weekend tournaments outside of New York City, with athletes staying with local families in the area. This took place in Boston with
1920-517: The university for refusing to recognize a new LGBTQ + student group, YU Pride Alliance. The university has retained the pro-religious practice law firm Becket Law as its counsel. A New York court ruled in June 2022 that the university must recognize the undergraduate Pride Alliance. The university appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in August 2022, and a temporary stay was issued by Justice Sotomayor. In
1968-525: The university's position and legal response. At Cardozo School of Law, there has long been an officially recognized LGBTQ+ student group, and the Graduate School of Psychology also publicly supports the LGBTQ members of their communities. The university announced on October 24, 2022 that they approved "Kol Yisrael Areivim", a new LGBTQ student group. According to the university, this new group will be
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2016-586: Was an investor in a group that purchased the 110-story Sears Tower in Chicago for $ 840 million with partners Joseph Moinian , Joseph Chetrit , and Lloyd Goldman , eventually changing the name to the Willis Tower in 2009. After the real estate crash of 2008–2009, and backed by the real estate held by the Feil Organization, he made several large and lucrative purchases. In 2009, he partnered with Lloyd Goldman and Stanley Chera to purchase for $ 117 million
2064-449: Was born to a Jewish family, the only son of Gertrude (née Cohen) and Louis Feil. His father first worked in the fur business before investing into real estate in the 1950s. He took a conservative approach using minimal debt and re-invested his profits which enabled him to grow his portfolio steadily and to survive the inevitable downturns. His father's motto was "take care of your buildings and your buildings will take care of you." Feil
2112-412: Was chartered in 1897. When Lamm took office in 1976, Yeshiva was facing a serious financial crisis. As a result, some of the schools and programs had to be consolidated or closed. The renowned Belfer Graduate School of Science was closed in 1978. Once this was stabilized, additional divisions were added: For example, the Sy Syms School of Business , with divisions for both the undergraduate men and wome
2160-556: Was home to the Skyline Conference 's Rookie of the Year. In 2018, the team won the Skyline Conference title in a game against SUNY Purchase , earning its first-ever NCAA berth and considerable media coverage. The current head coach of the team is Elliot Steinmetz , who has been with the team since 2014. Steinmetz succeeded Jonathan Halpert, the longest ever tenured NCAA men's basketball coach in New York City at 42 years. In
2208-528: Was opened in 1988. At this time, many of the undergraduate students began to spend their first year (or more) studying in yeshivot and other schools in Israel], which has become an almost universal practice, and a Joint Israel Program regulating these studies was established to allow them to receive credit for this year at Yeshiva. RIETS also maintains a campus in Jerusalem, and many of the rabbinic students spend
2256-544: Was raised in Rockville Centre, New York . He has three sisters: Marilyn Barry (born 1938), Judith Jaffe (born 1940), and Carole Feil (born 1944). Feil graduated with a B.S. from the University of Cincinnati and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School . In 1978, he joined The Feil Organization and after his father retired in 1988, he was running the organization. His brother-in-law Stanley Barry, helped to manage
2304-672: Was still yet to hold a single event. Student groups include the Yeshiva University Dramatics Society (YCDS), which puts on a performance each semester. A student-run group known as the Heights Initiative sponsors several outreach programs that work with the schools and organizations of the Washington Heights community. Student Government is run through YSU, YCSA, SOY-JSC, and SYMS. Additionally, these groups run community events like
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