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Moshe Lion, Mayor of Jerusalem, and Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President, Yeshiva University

YU Stands Together with Israel

Mayor of Jerusalem Visits YU Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman , President of Yeshiva University, had the honor of hosting Moshe Lion , the Mayor of Jerusalem, on the Wilf Campus on March 6. Following a campus tour and meetings with YU administrators and rebbeim, Mayor Lion addressed students at the Glueck Beit Midrash, expressing his support for YU in Israel. This recently launched four-year undergraduate program, developed in collaboration with leading Israeli universities, was praised by Mayor Lion, who deemed the initiative “essential for both the future of Jerusalem and Israel.” VIEW RECAP Former MIT Professor Joins YU Dr. Mauricio Karchmer , who resigned from his position as a computer science professor at MIT in December due to concerns over

Dual Degree MBA Programs The Sy Syms School of Business is launching dual degree programs with Cardozo School of Law (JD+MBA) and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ( Semikha + MBA). The former, launching in fall 2024, will develop business-fluent legal talent; the latter, open since 2023, hones the organiza- tional skills of future rabbinic leaders and executives in nonprofit sectors. antisemitism, has joined Yeshiva University. Since Feb. 20, Dr. Karchmer has been teaching Portfolio Management and Mathematics for Computer Science at the Sy Syms School of Business. In an event welcoming Dr. Karchmer to the University, Dr. Berman highlighted the significance of the former MIT professor’s new position at YU in light of recent events. “There are moments in time when history invites us to participate in its very unfolding,” President Berman remarked. “This is such a moment.” READ MORE

New and Notable

YU-Affiliated Einstein College of Medicine Receives Transformative Gift The YU-affiliated Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a landmark $1 billion gift from philanthropist Dr. Ruth L. Gottesman , Chair of the Einstein Board of Trustees, a Montefiore Health System board member and professor emerita of pediatrics at Einstein. The gift ensures free tuition for all students. President Berman hailed this as a pivotal moment, praising the Gottesman family’s visionary contribution to Einstein’s mission of making a top-tier medical education accessible to all students. READ MORE

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