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Wiesenthal Center Calls UI Professor’s Controversial Twitter Posts Anti-Semitic

The Simon Wiesenthal Center protested the recent appointment of Professor Steven Salaita to the University of Illinois' Native American Studies department. Salaita escalated his...

BGU Develops New Personality Profiling Method to Utilize Against Hamas

The ability to understand the minds of political leaders is an important aspect of strategic intelligence. In this context, personality profiling is a common...

U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman Appointed an Eponymous Chair in Public Policy and Public Service at YU

Former United States Senator Joseph Lieberman has been appointed the Joseph Lieberman Chair in Public Policy and Public Service at Yeshiva University for the...

CCNY Hosts American Advertising Federation AdCamp for Second Year

AdCamp, an exclusive program established by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) to introduce high school students of diverse backgrounds to advertising and communications professions,...

Nearly Lost Yiddish Language Increasingly Popular Among Jewish College Students

For those who try to get in better touch with their Ashkenazi Jewish heritage by studying Yiddish at the college level, there are challenges—but...

Tech-Savvy Tips to Get Kids Organized for Back-to-School

When it’s time for the kids to head back to school, they’ll often find themselves buried in binders, folders and enough loose-leaf paper to...

Smart Tips for Summer Getaways

Summer: six tiny letters that conjure memories of catching fireflies at dusk, barbeques, running barefoot through the sprinkler and last but not least —...

Israeli College Students Wage a Social Media Battle over Jewish State’s Image

Australia’s Sydney Harbor is up in flames. Large letters superimposed on the scene ask, “How would they react?” That image and many others like...

Tips to Keep Kids Learning and Prevent ‘Summer Slump’

“No more pencils, no more books” is a familiar summer refrain. But make sure your youngster doesn’t take those words too seriously. All students...

YU Undergraduates Participate in Cutting-Edge Summer Scientific Research Program at Einstein

Nine Yeshiva University undergraduates have been selected to participate in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), an advanced biomedical research program at YU’s Albert...

Brooklyn College Judaic Studies Department Offers New Courses in Fall

The Brooklyn College Department of Judaic Studies has announced a new list of courses that will be offered for the fall semester. The Jews...

Taking Jewish Education Out of the Box

According to the model of Western philosophy, a successful Jewish student would be one who masters the Talmud, the laws of Shabbat and kashrut,...

Is Your College Covering up Sexual Abuse?

Approximately one out of every five female undergraduate students have been the victim of sexual assault or attempted sexual violence during college. Chairman Claire...

One Parsha at a Time: Color Pages Making Torah Inspire Children

Devorah Katz believes that education, particularly Jewish education, should be an experience that excites and inspires. It was with this philosophy that Katz launched...

Holocaust Education Increasingly Expanded to Other Genocides on U.S. State Level

If Holocaust education in U.S. public schools is to live up to the commitment of “never again,” some experts believe that teaching the subject...

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