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Dor L’Dor Programs for Men and Women On Feb. 19, for the second year in a row, YU’s Undergraduate Torah Studies (UTS) hosted the Dor L’Dor event at the Glueck Beit Midrash on the Wilf Campus, bringing together more than 200 fathers, sons —and even grandfathers—for a day of intergenerational learning across all four UTS programs. Alongside the undergraduate Dor L’Dor program, Day of Learning events were also held for YU and RIETS alumni. On Feb. 25, the Stern College Office of Torah and Spiritual Life and YU’s Office of Alumni Affairs offered its first Dor L’Dor Yom Iyun event, “Come Learn at Stern,” for women on Beren Campus, attracting over 150 participants, including alumnae of YU, and current Stern College students and their female relatives. The enthusiastic response to both events underscores the Dor L’Dor programs’ success in nurturing a deep, intergenerational connection to Torah study within the YU community.
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Taking Torah to the Skies Passengers of EL AL, the Israeli national airline, can now listen to audio recordings of YUTorah, which debuted as an online platform of Torah study more than 20 years ago. Passengers have in-flight access to shiurim [classes] from YUTorah’s personali- ties, rabbis and scholars. READ MORE Sy Syms Year in Review On Feb. 12, Dean Noam Wasserman presented the “State of Sy Syms 2024” webinar, offering an in-depth look at the school’s achievements since 2021. The online event covered key milestones from the 2023 Double-Chai Anniversary, recent enrollment trends, major fields of study, job placement rates and innovative programs like the JD+MBA with Cardozo and the Semikha + MBA with RIETS. VIEW WEBINAR
Dr. Dara Horn (second from left) with Stern College honors students.
Acclaimed Author Dr. Dara Horn Speaks at Stern College
On Feb. 5, the Straus Center, along with Stern College’s S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program, hosted distinguished author Dr. Dara Horn for the annual Hillel Rogoff Memorial Lecture. Addressing a packed audience of over 150, Dr. Horn delivered a compelling lecture on “The Final Solution to the Jewish Question: Becoming Prosemitic in a Haunted World.” She eloquently concluded her talk by emphasizing the necessity of reintegrating Jewish history into mainstream textbooks,
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