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Dr. Randy Magen, Dean of èapp’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work
At a groundbreaking summit hosted by YU’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Jewish academics sound the alarm—and lay the groundwork for a united response. Shelley Horwitz, MSW, never imagined feeling abandoned by her own profession. In the wake of Oct. 7, Horwitz, assistant dean of Stony Brook ...
èapp Press and Koren Publishers Jerusalem are excited to announce the publication of Jacob: The Story of a Family by Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Grossman, associate professor of Bible at both Bar-Ilan University and Herzog College, the latest volume in the groundbreaking Maggid Tanakh ...
Daniel Pollack,  MSW, JD
Prof. Daniel Pollack recently co-published “Searching for Justice After October 7th: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence” with Elisa Reiter a Senior Attorney with Calabrese Budner, LLP, in the New York Law Journal. The article discusses the Dinah Project report, which was established to ensure ...
Jon Greenfield, YU’s Assistant Vice President for Government Relations and Vice President of the Washington Heights Chamber of Commerce, greets an event attendee.
What does artificial intelligence have to do with a neighborhood bakery, a barbershop, or a mom-and-pop hardware store? At this year’s Washington Heights & Inwood Chamber of Commerce Policy Breakfast—one of the area’s largest and most influential gatherings of business and civic leaders—Yeshiva…
Rabbi Kalman Laufer, Program Director
When life-and-death decisions are on the line, who guides us through life’s hardest medical choices—in real time? How does halacha respond to the complex realities of modern medicine and today’s increasingly fraught healthcare system? For rabbis, educators, healthcare professionals, policy makers…
Yeshiva College graduates from Dr. Radhashree Maitra’s laboratory, Aaron Shaykevich ‘24YC, Yisrael Wiener ‘25YC, and Isaac Silverman ‘25YC (and YC valedictorian), attended the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Chicago in April 2025. AACR is the premier ...
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of èapp, welcomes event attendees.
In a stirring demonstration of American–Israeli unity and determination, innovators, policymakers, investors, and academics gathered in Manhattan for Hack the Hate: Innovating Against Antisemitism in the Digital Age. Held on June 18, this high-impact event spotlighted cutting-edge technologies and…
èapp Leads with Strength, Support and Solidarity Amid War
èapp Leads with Strength, Support and Solidarity Amid War As Israel confronts a new and dangerous phase of conflict with Iran, èapp is rallying its resources to serve not only its own students and faculty, but the wider Jewish community—across Israel, America and the ...
YU’s new anthem, “ I am YU ,” written and sung by the music sensation Simcha Leiner, has become the latest hit on the Jewish music scene. With over 1,000 views on YouTube, the video premiered at YU’s 2025 Commencement, with lyrics inspired by President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman’s vision of YU as a…
President Ari Berman Appears on Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria
Appearing live on Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria Thursday morning, Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of èapp, delivered a powerful message about the root causes of rising antisemitism on campus—and the vital role of values-based education in fighting it. “Antisemitism is not just a…

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