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46-598: Buchwald studied at Yeshiva University , where he was a student of Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik . He was ordained in 1975. He served from 1973 for 15 years as the Director of Education at Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City , which became one of the largest and most successful centers for adult Jewish education programs in America. He also established and coordinated Lincoln Square's outreach program. Since

92-621: 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

138-532: 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

184-439: 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

230-527: 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

276-735: A division of Yeshiva University . Along with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine , it is located at the Louis E. and Doris Rousso Community Health Center on Yeshiva University’s Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus in the Bronx , New York. As of 2023, the dean of Ferkauf is Leslie Helpern. Ferkauf offers the following degrees: A joint program with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine offers doctoral research opportunities in clinical health psychology. Since 1985,

322-528: 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 ,

368-420: 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

414-593: 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,

460-400: 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

506-498: 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

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552-909: 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 ),

598-604: 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,

644-647: 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

690-593: The AVI CHAI Foundation , a Jewish philanthropy established by Sanford Bernstein , a financial investor who had himself become a Baal teshuva (a returnee to traditional Orthodox observance) and sought to further the cause of education and outreach to alienated and assimilated Jews worldwide. In November 1997 Buchwald was named to the Forward 50 , a list of America's 50 most influential Jews, and has been part of Newsweek’s list of "top 50 Rabbis in America"

736-566: 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

782-823: 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

828-644: 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

874-555: 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,

920-595: 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

966-537: 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

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1012-401: The Men's Cross Country and Men's Volleyball teams have won multiple championships. Many of the Maccabees have gained attention nationwide, like Sam Cohen won an individual championship as well as Capital One Academic honors. Other attention grabbers come from Women's Basketball and Women's Fencing. Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology The Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology is

1058-702: 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,

1104-492: 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 ,

1150-518: 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

1196-832: 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

1242-696: The Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology program is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). Clinical affiliations include: Ferkauf grew out of Yeshiva University’s School of Education and Community Administration (1948–57) and Graduate School of Education (1957–65). It was named in 1965 in honor of Eugene and Estelle Ferkauf. It later became Ferkauf Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (1966–77) and Ferkauf Graduate School (1977–82). In 1975, with

1288-598: The USA and internationally, and leads experiential programs. Buchwald and his wife, Aidel, reside in New York City and are the parents of four children. They also have 15 grandchildren. 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

1334-845: 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

1380-472: 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

1426-628: 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

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1472-489: 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

1518-594: 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

1564-1089: The early 1980s, Buchwald has led the synagogue’s "Beginners Service," a special Shabbat service for people with little or no synagogue experience. In July 1987, Buchwald founded the National Jewish Outreach Program (NJOP). NJOP sponsors "Shabbat Across America/Canada" and "Read Hebrew America/Canada" campaigns, establishes Beginners Services and the "Turn Friday Night into Shabbat," "Passover Across America" and "Sukkot Across America" programs, as well as free "crash courses" in Hebrew reading, basic Judaism and Jewish history . These programs are now offered at more than 4,860 locations across North America and in 40 countries worldwide (as advertised by NJOP as of 12/13). Through these programs and advertising campaigns, NJOP has successfully reached more than 1,428,600 Jews in North America and engaged them in Jewish life. NJOP also has an exciting presence on

1610-498: The last three years. In May 2001, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Yeshiva University in recognition of his outreach work. Buchwald is renowned for making complex Jewish topics easier to grasp through his pedagogic skills and quick sense of humor (as noted in Sh’ma Magazine November 26, 1993 as one of several "Master teachers, recognized nationwide for [their] remarkable skills.") He lectures in

1656-445: 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

1702-529: 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

1748-738: 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

1794-452: 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

1840-517: 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

1886-525: 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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1932-576: The web, offering "Jewish Treats: Juicy Bits of Judaism, Daily" (a daily email) and "Jewish Tweets" on twitter.com (as advertised by NJOP as of 12/13). Rabbi Buchwald was the founding president and is now the honorary president of the Association of Jewish Outreach Programs (AJOP) (previously known as the Association for Jewish Outreach Professionals), which was established in 1988. Both NJOP and AJOP were initially funded by significant grants from

1978-412: 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

2024-556: 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

2070-528: 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

2116-672: 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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