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Both Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women have new chairs for their Economics Departments, and conveniently enough, both chairs are occupied by the same man: James Kahn....

By: Michael Greenberg

Known for his sincere personality and dramatic class presentations, Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Schnall is one of the most popular professors in the Psychology department at Yeshiva University.  Whether they get to know him during an advisement meeting or in c...

By: Sammy Steiner

The most recent edition of the Commentator included an article exploring student research in the sciences, noting the exciting opportunities for research. The article focused on research in the “hard sciences,” sidelining the research being do...

By: Josh Jay

While perusing through the course listings for next semester, you may have noticed courses tucked into each of the respective departments with names like Research in Biology, Research in Chemistry, Research in Physics, and Research in Psychology. Many stu...

By: Marlon Danilewitz

You may not have been aware when deciding on Yeshiva University and its dual curriculum that this decision would  be the source of so many sleepless nights, jam packed days and  just a little too much anxiety and stress that often leads one to f...

By: Sammy Steiner

The door to the plane stood tantalizingly open, letting in the bright light and sweet air of a Tel Aviv Summer morning, but we were asked to wait in our seats. An Israeli customs officer boarded hesitantly, as though he almost felt unwelcome on our plane....

By: Jonathan Schwab

Though the words “Jewish History” evoke in most students’ minds visions of Medieval and Modern Eastern European sages and shtetlach, there is a whole other world of historic Jewish life, new Sephardic Studies professor Ronnie Perelis urg...

By: Isaac Silverstein

With the surviving generation slowly aging, the challenge to educate the public about the Holocaust grows day by day. The call to our community to respond, to increase the proliferation of Holocaust education and exist as a living memorial to our brothers...

By: Sammy Steiner

The lights were off; the engines whirled loudly enough to silence the plane; and though I lay back comfortably in my free business class seat, I could not sleep. The shock of being on a Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah flight as press had not yet worn off, an...

By: Sammy Steiner

Josh Polsky was born in Missouri and he attended Solomon Schechter day school until the fourth grade when he switched into public school. Josh grew up in the Conservative movement, attending camp Ramah at age 17 and taking part in the United Synagogue You...

By: Sammy Steiner

Sirena Rubinoff was born in the island of Guam while her father was stationed on the naval base there, in 1985. Her family later moved to San Diego, California and became Baalei Teshuva in the late 1990’s....

By: Jonathan Schwab

From Uruguay to Venezuela to Cleveland to North Carolina to Puerto Rico and finally to Washington Heights and the eleventh floor of Belfer Hall – the long journey of Physics Professor Fredy Zypman has taken many twists and turns. ...

By: Tani Cohen

Dorms vs. Apartments – ever heard of this argument?  Apartments offer lower costs, greater independence, a non-binding café card, and the ability to make waffles or host Shabbat meals. Off-campus residents also pointed to having guests, ...

By: Conducted by Elie Friedman, Transcribed by Sammy Steiner

  Editor’s Note: This interview was conducted during the spring 2009 semester, prior to Dr. Eichler’s appointment as Dean of Yeshiva College.  Interview with Dr. Barry Eichler as he talks to the Commentator about the development of a...

By: Tani Cohn

      With pictures of delicious challah rolls alongside bottles of sparkling Kedem grape juice placed atop latticed white table cloths and seen via the light of glowing candles, Shabbat is often portrayed as a beautiful experienc...

By: Raffi Holzer

  With the advent of the new school year, a variety of changes, additions, and improvements have been made all over Yeshiva University. Perhaps most visible among them however, is the new Glueck Center, across from Furst Hall on 185th St. Its gl...

By: Simeon Botwinick

This year’s publication of US News and World Report’s annual “Best College” list ranks YU as 52, a two-spot drop from last year, only the second time in 13 years that YU has fallen below the coveted “Top 50” category. T...