Yeshiva College (Yeshiva University)

Yeshiva College is located in New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood in Upper Manhattan. It is Yeshiva University’s undergraduate college of liberal arts and sciences for men. (Stern College for Women is Yeshiva College’s counterpart for women.) The architecture reflects a search for a distinctly Jewish style appropriate to American academia.^[1]

Roughly 1,100 students from some two dozen countries, including students registered at Syms School of Business, attend Yeshiva College.

On July 27, 2009, it was announced that Barry L. Eichler would succeed David J. Srolovitz as dean of Yeshiva College.^[2]

Philosophy

Students at Yeshiva College pursue a dual educational program that combines liberal arts and sciences and pre-professional studies with the study of Torah and Jewish heritage, reflecting Yeshiva’s educational philosophy of Torah Umadda, which translates loosely as “Torah and secular knowledge” (the interaction between Judaism and general culture).^[3]

Academics

Majors offered include:

Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Classical languages
Computer sciences
Economics
English
Finance
General Business
Hebrew
History
Jewish studies
Management
Mathematics
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Political science
Pre-engineering
Psychology
Sociology
Speech and drama

Combined and joint programs in business administration, dentistry, engineering, Jewish education, Jewish studies, law, occupational therapy, optometry, podiatric medicine, and social work are also available.

Minors offered include:

American studies
Architecture
Art
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Classical languages
Computer sciences
Economics
English (Literature and Writing tracks)
Hebrew
History
Jewish studies
Mathematics
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Political science
Psychology
Public health
Sociology
Spanish
Speech and drama

The Robert M. Beren Department of Jewish Studies unifies and centralizes all academic Jewish studies offerings at Yeshiva College: Bible, Hebrew, Jewish history, Jewish philosophy, and Judaic studies.

In addition to courses leading to the B.A. degree, all students undertake Jewish studies requiring intensive analysis of classic texts in Hebrew and Aramaic. Students are enrolled in a full course of study in one of the following options:

James Striar School of General Jewish Studies/the Mechinah Program
Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies
Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies
Irving I. Stone Beit Midrash Program

Yeshiva College's Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors program stresses writing, critical analysis, cultural enrichment, and individual mentoring.^{[citation needed]}

The S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program allows students who wish to spend a year in Israel to take courses at one of 51 different Israeli institutions.

Student life

Athletics include Maccabees basketball, tennis, fencing, cross-country, golf, soccer, volleyball, wrestling, and baseball. Other student activities include the newspaper The Commentator and the radio station WYUR.

David H. Zysman Hall, on the Washington Heights campus of Yeshiva College, is home to one of the main batei midrash (study halls).

Student government

The student government includes the Yeshiva College Student Association (YCSA), the Yeshiva Student Union (YSU), the Student Organization of Yeshiva and Judaic Studies Programs (SOY/JSC), and the Syms School Of Business Student Association.

Dormitories and student housing

Approximately 90% of the undergraduate student population(s) lives on campus.

The Wilf Campus includes three main dormitory buildings: Morgenstern, Muss, and Rubin Residence Halls. Many upperclassmen live in the surrounding independent housing that is run by the university or in other nearby buildings.

Notable alumni

Rabbi Jack Bieler
Rabbi Chaim Brovender
Shaye Cohen
Hillel Furstenberg
Ari Goldman
Louis Henkin
Daniel Kurtzer, former United States Ambassador to Israel and Egypt
Rabbi Norman Lamm
Matthew Levitt
Nathan Lewin
Rabbi Albert L. Lewis
Josef Mandelbaum, CEO of American Greetings
Chaim Potok
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Henry Siegman
Shlomo Sternberg
Alan E. Willner
Aaron Klein, author and chief strategist for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Notable faculty

Facilities

The campus is centered on the area of Amsterdam Ave and West 185th Street (Yeshiva University's main office is 500 185th St).^[4] The buildings in the campus are:

David H. Zysman Hall
Sol and Hilda Furst Hall
Belfer Hall
Schottenstein Center
Mendel Gottesman Library
Max Stern Athletic Building and Benjamin Gottesman Pool
Ruth and Hyman Muss, Morris and Celia Morgenstern, Joseph and Dora Strenger, and Leah and Joseph Rubin Residence Halls
Glueck Center for Jewish Studies

References

^ Eitan Kastner, “Yeshiva College and the Pursuit of a Jewish Architecture,” American Jewish History 96 (June 2010), 141–61.
^ Cinnamon, Michael (August 7, 2009). "Dr. Barry L. Eichler Named YC Dean, Outgoing Dean Srolovitz to Assume Position in Singapore". The Commentator. Retrieved 2009-08-07. ^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Marc Lee Raphael (2013). The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America. Columbia University Press. p. 310.
^ "Yeshiva University Campus Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05.

External links

Official website
Emporis Standards Committee. "Official World's 50 Tallest High-rise Buildings (Educational Use)"^[usurped]

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[1] Eitan Kastner, “Yeshiva College and the Pursuit of a Jewish Architecture,” American Jewish History 96 (June 2010), 141–61.

[2] Cinnamon, Michael (August 7, 2009). "Dr. Barry L. Eichler Named YC Dean, Outgoing Dean Srolovitz to Assume Position in Singapore". The Commentator. Retrieved 2009-08-07. ^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Marc Lee Raphael (2013). The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America. Columbia University Press. p. 310.

[campusmap-4] "Yeshiva University Campus Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05.

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