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Former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman at this year’s Hanukkah Dinner
(l-r): Shulem Lemmer and Chris Norton
Yeshiva University Raises $100 Million Hanukkah Dinner Celebrates Rise Up Campaign Which Now Stands at $350 million Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University, announced record success in the first year of Rise Up: The Campaign for 613. Last year at this time, the Rise Up campaign, which has a goal of raising $613 million over five years, was launched with private-stage funding at $250 million. With an additional $100 million raised this year, the campaign has passed its half-way mark and now stands at $350 million. The announcement was made in a packed room of over 500 friends and supporters of Yeshiva University at its 98th Annual Hanukkah Dinner on December 4th. The dinner committee included YU leaders from across the country, with Ingeborg and Ira Rennert serving as Honorary Chairs, and Anita Zucker and Senator Joseph Lieberman as Dinner Chairs. READ MORE
Zucker Gift Launches Program for Jewish Early Childhood Educators
Dr. Efraim Zuroff Speaks at Kristallnacht Commemoration To mark the 84th anniversary of Kristall- nacht, the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies offered a compelling lecture on the subject of Holocaust distortion in Eastern Europe with guest lecturer Dr. Efraim Zuroff, holocaust historian and director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem. READ MORE
YU has announced a $5 million gift from philanthropist Anita Zucker of Charleston, South Carolina, to establish the Anita Zucker Program for Jewish Early Childhood Educators. Provid- ing scholarships for
undergraduates wishing to pursue careers in Jewish early childhood education, the gift will also fund the establishment of a peer- reviewed annual journal on early childhood Jewish education, sponsor students to the NAEYC Annual Conference, and further research conducted by YU research fellows from YU graduate schools. READ MORE
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